RHOSLC’s Jennie Nguyen Apologizes Amid Backlash for 2020 Posts

Making amends. Jennie Nguyen broke her silence amid backlash over her previous Fb posts, during which she allegedly made racist feedback amid the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.

“I need to acknowledge and apologize for my deleted Fb posts from 2020 that resurfaced immediately,” the 44-year-old Bravo persona wrote by way of an Instagram assertion on Wednesday, January 19. “On the time, I believed I used to be talking out towards violence, however I’ve since realized how offensive and hurtful my phrases had been.”

The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis star claimed she “deactivated” that account “greater than a 12 months in the past” after realizing that she was doing extra hurt than good.

“[It’s] why I proceed to try to find out about views totally different from my very own,” she continued. “I remorse these posts and am sincerely sorry for the ache they precipitated.”

The Vietnam native, who joined season 2 of RHOSLC in 2021, got here beneath hearth on Wednesday when posts from two years prior reappeared on-line. Lots of the resurfaced messages allegedly from Nguyen’s account gave the impression to be selling anti-Black Lives Matter posts amid the riots and protests throughout 2020.

Throughout a six-month span, the mom of three allegedly shared and reposted memes and images that appeared racist in nature. Some had phrases like “BLM Thugs” and “Violent Gangs.”

In September 2020, she reportedly posted a meme of an outdated woman with what gave the impression to be stickers of her relations or children on the again windshield of her van. The caption learn, “No, that’s not my household, that’s what number of rioters I’ve hit!”

One other message allegedly posted by Nguyen that very same month learn, “I’m sick of individuals saying cops want extra coaching. You had 18 years to show your children it’s fallacious to loot, steal, set buildings a blaze, block site visitors, laser folks’s eyes, overturn vehicles, destroy buildings and assault residents. Who failed who?”

Followers had been outraged after seeing the resurfaced messages, with many calling for Bravo to fireside her from the sequence. After issuing her apology on Wednesday, a lot of Nguyen’s followers had been nonetheless upset, with one commenting, “An apology must be as loud because the injury.”

One other fan replied, “One season surprise …. Woman bye ??,” whereas a 3rd Instagram follower added, “Lol, yeah, no thanks. Solely actual apologies welcomed right here….”

Us Weekly has reached out to Bravo for remark.

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