The world of The Real Housewives has become increasingly complicated. We have Housewives that are accused of running cults, scams, and schemes. We’ve watched women of color endure racial microaggressions from their castmates on-screen. Several Real Housewives have shared problematic posts on social media, ranging from racially charged to anti-vaccine. It’s a lot, and for the fans following along, it’s extra confusing when some cast members are punished for their behavior while others are seemingly left unscathed.
Most recently, this topic came up after The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City newbie Jennie Nguyen was put on blast for her anti-Black Lives Matter Facebook posts that resurfaced. Although Jennie tried to blame it on her “social media team,” Bravo eventually fired her. However, their sluggish reaction to the controversy almost became the bigger story. It took nearly a week before they acknowledged that Jennie was a trending topic for all the wrong reasons.
For many fans, the controversy called into question how someone with such hateful content on their public Facebook page could make it through the casting process. And if Jennie got fired for her problematic posts, why is Ramona Singer still allowed to terrorize The Real Housewives of New York City? Across all of the different Housewives cities, where do they draw the line, and how will they prevent this from happening in the future?
In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, the head honcho of Housewives, Andy Cohen, gave a status update on all of the franchises. When talking about RHOSLC’s season 3 casting shakeup, he admitted that the Housewives casting process is a “work in progress.”
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“Listen, I think that we’re in a time where we’re producing a show that is about outspoken, sometimes politically incorrect people who are speaking their mind and, you know, we have to be sensitive to issues of racism,” Andy said.
“And we have to look out for everybody who is not only watching, but who are also on the show, and you know, look– there’s, every case is different, but we wanna do the right thing, and it’s a work in progress,” he continued.
Now, The Real Housewives has never been a show that we look to as a moral compass, but they should have always been sensitive to issues of racism. That’s not a new concept or a symptom of the 2020s. But, it’s refreshing to know that there is some intentional work happening behind the scenes so they can weed out some of these bad apples before they ever make it to our screens.
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TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ANDY SAYING THE REAL HOUSEWIVES CASTING IS A “WORK IN PROGRESS?” DO YOU THINK BRAVO SHOULD BE MORE CONSISTENT WHEN RESPONDING TO THESE ISSUES?
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