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The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jennie Nguyen stirred up the Internet as her offensive posts from last year resurfaced and people called out her and demanded the network to get her removed.
Now, according to reports, the network asked Jennie Nguyen to leave last Tuesday acknowledging that the posts she had posted in September 2020 were overtly racist. Bravo took to their official social media account to announce that they had to let her go, "Bravo has ceased filming with Jennie Nguyen and she will no longer be a cast member on ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’. We recognize we failed to take appropriate action once her offensive social media posts were brought to our attention. Moving forward, we will work to improve our processes to ensure we make better informed and more thoughtful casting decisions."
The reality TV star on Wednesday, took to Instagram live where she not only addressed the posts that resurfaced on the internet which followed a huge amount of backlash for her but also how she felt after she was asked to leave. Jennie was joined by a friend Michael during her life where she said, "I just want you to understand my point of view and where I come from, and what's going on during that time. I mean it's an old post on my account, it's in 2020. I just want you to understand, during that time I had a team of people that were helping me. Whether they post it, I post it, it doesn't really matter at this point. For me, it's on my account, and I take full responsibility and accountability for what was posted.”
Jennie further added, "I know I hurt a lot of people. I know my viewpoint during that time in 2020 was emotional. And it brings back a lot of memories during that time when we went through such a tragic, terrible year. And I just want to let you know that I am taking full responsibility and accountability for the things that were posted on my account, whether it was me or somebody else. It's on my account and I'm big enough to understand that those posts are very sensitive and inappropriate, to the point where it is disgusting. But I want you to understand that my political stance, I still support that. I am very proud to be a Republican. I am proud to be able to say I have the freedom of speech to choose and to have an opinion. I respect your opinion, I respect your political stance. We are different. But we need to respect each other and we need to understand that we live in this country, where we have the freedom to speak our mind, as well as we have a freedom to choose.”
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star continued in her live by stating, "I don't tolerate violence. But I do support my law enforcement. I know with every profession, there's good and there's bad. I don't support the bad, I don't support the brutality of Black people or with any race. But I do support my law enforcement. But that doesn't make me racist. To support my political stance, that does not make me a racist. And I want you to understand that. And whether I remember the posts in 2020, I don't remember whether it's on my account or not. We don't remember what we ate yesterday, let alone two years ago. But like, again, I take full responsibility.”
One of the posts that resurfaced on the Internet by Jennie was dated back to September 2020 and read, "I’m sick of people saying cops need more training. You had 18 years to teach your kids it’s wrong to loot, steal, set buildings ablaze, block traffic, laser people’s eyes, overturn cars, destroy buildings and attack citizens. Who failed who?" This was about the death of George Floyd which was followed by the Black Lives Matter movement and Jennie criticized the movement in her posts.
One of the Jennie Nguyen's post from September 2020. Image Source: Page Six
Jennie Nguyen who joined The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City in the second said also shared on her social media, "We're all human, we make mistakes. If you did not make any mistake in your lifetime, then you're not speaking the truth. I made a mistake. And to say, this is the only mistake I made, no I make tons of mistakes in my lifetime. Am I going to continue to make a mistake? Of course. Am I going to learn from it? Absolutely. Am I going to learn and adapt and teach? Of course, I am, but I'm still human, we're all human. We need to understand, to support each other. And at this moment I understand the pain that you're going through, I understand the suffering, I understand that the organization of Black Lives [Matter] meant for something. I'm taking full responsibility for it. What matters is that I hurt people, I hurt my fans, I hurt the people that are out there supporting me, and I feel, really, really awful for that. And I never want to put anyone. From, you know, I understand that Black people have suffered a lot and went through a lot and dealt with a lot, more than any race on this planet.”
The star lastly shared that she regrets posting the posts which have resurfaced and she is willing to learn more about the movement and different perspectives of people in life. "I regret those posts and am sincerely sorry for the pain they caused”, she lastly added.
