Bravo announced Tuesday that “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” cast member Jennie Nguyen has been let go from the show after viewers found “offensive' posts.
One of the screenshots from the Reddit user was an Islamophobic meme allegedly shared by Nguyen. It mocked Colin Kaepernick for his faith and for the stance he took in 2016 by kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games as a protest against injustice and police brutality in the United States. Another image included false and derogatory claims about George Floyd’s murder and a separate post that included photos of multiple Black men referring to them as “animals.
Before she was fired from the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” Nguyen uploaded a written apology to heraccount acknowledging that her Facebook page contained posts that were offensive and hurtful. She did not callout or reference the specific memes themselves. “I want to acknowledge and apologize for my deleted Facebook posts from 2020 that resurfaced today," she wrote.
this season. During the Dec. 5 episode of the series, co-star Mary Cosby, who was accused on the show of stealing money from congregants and being a “cult” leader by her ex-church members, defended herself by telling cast member Lisa Barlow, “It’s not fair to put me with someone so … like, when I think about Jen , I see heartless, I see a thug. Like, you know, those Mexican people that make all those drugs.