The Real Housewives of New York Season 15 reunion was intense. Very serious topics were addressed and tears were shed. The cast was still struggling with what to make of Brynn Whitfield’s statements regarding Ubah Hassan’s knowledge, or lack thereof, of her past trauma during the finale episode in Puerto Rico.
But just when it seemed that the professional model wanted “nothing to do” with Brynn, Ubah stunned viewers and her costars by walking over to Brynn and giving her a long embrace. Could the two feuding friends come back from conflict?
The RHONY cast was shocked when Ubah Hassan went over to Brynn Whitfield
“I’m really sorry,” Ubah said to the marketing and communications consultant.
“I would never blame you for something,” Brynn responded, continuing to hug her friend.
Ubah said, “I know, Brynn, I’m sorry.” And then, “You smell really good.”
It was a surprise conclusion to the reunion. Prior to that moment, Brynn’s cast mates were pushing for her to take responsibility for what was said in Puerto Rico. Sai De Silva and Jessel Taank especially had grievances with Brynn, with the duo agreeing that Brynn often embellished the truth. Often to the detriment of others.
Andy Cohen felt reconciliation was impossible
Prior to the hug, Ubah became emotional and told Brynn she did “forgive” her, but didn’t see a path forward for them.
“I’m not mad at you, but we will never go back to what we were. Ever,” Ubah stated. “I want nothing to do with you and I’m so hurt because my relationship with you was not over. I loved you and I wanted your friendship, but we’re done. And I want to go back to when I didn’t know who the f*ck you were, that’s where we’re going back.”
Host Andy Cohen sensed the finality of it all. He told Ubah and Brynn, “I feel like you’re not going to get anywhere.”
Brynn was then given the floor to share any final thoughts. She believed that “no one really comforted me” after that fight and that the whole cast turned against her. Jenna Lyons and Erin Lichy both refuted the claims, pointing out that they did reach out.
Brynn also denied having a “master plan to ruin people’s lives.”
“I love Ubah more than probably anyone here, so I think that’s why it hurts the most and it just f*cking hurt to hear it when she got mad, but I know she only says those things, I know she didn’t mean them, you know?” she continued.
Can the RHONY cast move forward for the sake of the show?
It was in that vulnerable moment that Brynn got through to Ubah, who was crying through it all. “Ubah loves me,” Brynn said.
“That was very nice of Ubah,” Sai said, in reaction to the hug.
Erin added, “Yeah, I’m shocked.”
With Ubah leading the way towards forgiveness, Jenna offered her costar some supporting words. Most importantly, it seemed like Jenna wanted Brynn to feel cared for.
“Brynn, I know this was incredibly hard for you and I just don’t want you to think that we don’t love you,” she said. “All we talk about is that we’re worried about you because we know what you’re going through, it doesn’t mean that we’re not mad or frustrated by some of the things that you’ve done, but the two things can exist at the same time.”
In the last moments on stage, even Sai was moved to hug Brynn. It seems that the ladies are open to moving forward and working on their relationship. The influencer suggested that they “gotta work on some things.”
“I’m sorry that everything happened to you,” Sai expressed.
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