It’s over for Jennie Nguyen!
The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis forged member has formally been fired from the Bravo present after racist social media posts from her Fb account surfaced over the previous couple of weeks.
Within the 2020 posts, which have been written through the Black Lives Matter motion following the homicide of George Floyd, Nguyen known as BLM protesters “thugs,” shared racist memes, and regurgitated pro-police speaking factors. The mother-of-three shared an apology on social media final week, saying:
“On the time, I believed I used to be talking out towards violence, however I’ve since realized how offensive and hurtful my phrases have been. It’s why I deactivated that account greater than a 12 months in the past and why I proceed to attempt to find out about views totally different from my very own. I remorse these posts and am sincerely sorry for the ache they induced.”
However that was too little, too late for followers — to not point out, the community, which introduced it has now “ceased filming” with Jennie on Tuesday.
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An announcement from the community learn:
“We acknowledge we didn’t take applicable motion as soon as her offensive social media posts have been dropped at our consideration. Transferring ahead, we are going to work to enhance our processes to make sure we make higher knowledgeable and extra considerate casting selections.”
Andy Cohen shared related sentiments on Monday’s episode of his SiriusXM present, Radio Andy, telling listeners:
“The posts have been very upsetting … and disgusting.”
The 53-year-old host went on to disclose that he and Nguyen’s co-star, Lisa Barlow, solely shortly mentioned the controversy on Sunday’s episode of Watch What Occurs Stay as a result of they pretaped it final Wednesday, simply hours after the posts began making headlines.
He defined:
“Folks have been very upset in regards to the lack of debate on final evening’s episode regarding Jennie’s disgusting and upsetting posts, and I’ve additionally seen all of the tweets eager to know what’s being accomplished about these posts… I simply need to say, in case anybody doesn’t notice it, that there are numerous critical discussions taking place proper now about all the pieces — about all the pieces. And I can’t deal with the scenario proper now, however it is going to be addressed very quickly, and thanks to your endurance.”
Barlow, a buddy of Jennie’s for years, mentioned through the WWHL taping that she doesn’t “condone” her co-star’s posts, including:
“I’m utterly anti-racist, so I hope everybody does higher, however I undoubtedly don’t condone these. I haven’t checked out Jennie’s Fb web page in years. I used to be completely shocked.”
Different RHOSLT stars — together with Heather Homosexual, Whitney Rose, Meredith Marks, and Jen Shah — have additionally denounced Jennie’s posts and unfollowed her on IG. Shah, who has a Black husband and sons, known as out Nguyen immediately, noting that her apology appeared “disingenuous.”
The second season of Salt Lake Metropolis is at the moment airing on Bravo, with Nguyen simply coming into the season’s major storyline. The post-show reunion was filmed earlier this month.
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