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Jennie Nguyen Fired From ‘RHOSLC’ Over Resurfaced “Racist Posts”

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January 25, 2022

Jennie Nguyen No Longer A Cast Member Of ‘RHOSLC’ After Controversial Facebook Posts Surface

Just a day after Andy Cohen broke his silence on the controversy surrounding ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’s’ Jennie Nguyen, whose racially-insensitive Facebook posts from 2020 recently resurfaced causing major backlash, Bravo has decided to part ways with the reality star.

The network said in a statement, “Bravo has ceased filming with Jennie Nguyen and she will no longer be a cast member of ‘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.”

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Following backlash online, Jennie herself called her old posts “offensive” in her apology. She didn’t clarify which ones she was talking about, however several were about the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd. One post even made a joke out of running over “rioters” with a car:

“I want to acknowledge and apologize for my deleted Facebook posts from 2020 that resurfaced today,” Jennie wrote in a statement shared to her Instagram and Twitter on Wednesday, Jan. 19. “At the time, I thought I was speaking out against violence, but I have since learned how offensive and hurtful my words were.” Despite this, it looks like her apology didn’t help.

During Cohen’s SiriusXM show Radio Andy on Monday, Jan. 24, he said, “The posts were very upsetting, rightfully, and disgusting.”

He added, “People were very upset about the lack of discussion on last night’s episode relating to Jennie’s disgusting and upsetting posts, and I’ve also seen all the tweets wanting to know what’s being done about those posts.”