Ramona Singer ‘used the N-word with a black crew member’ while filming RHONY and said ‘most’ black people don’t have a current father
Ramona Singer has been accused of using the N-word against a black Real Housewives Of New York crew member and saying that “most” black people don’t have present fathers, according to a new bombshell report.
According to him, the 66-year-old reality star was at the center of racist complaints within Shed Media, Warner Bros. Discovery, Bravo and NBCUniversal. Vanity fair on Monday.
DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Singer and Bravo for comment.
According to the report, Singer’s alleged “racial animosity” and use of the N-word stemmed from a conversation with a black crew member during production of season 13.
That season was the first to feature a black cast member on the Bravo show Eboni K. Williams, as it is alleged that the reality series’ cast participated in a “virtual education session” that focused on the topic of race and what types of commentary came along with it were used. okay to say while the cameras were rolling.
Ramona Singer has been accused of using the N-word with a black Real Housewives Of New York crew member and saying that ‘most’ black people don’t have present fathers in a new bombshell report from Vanity Fair; she was pictured in New York earlier this month
According to the report, Singer and Williams, 40, were joined by RHONY castmates Leah McSweeney, Sonja Morgan and Luann de Lesseps, along with an NBCUniversal communications manager, a Bravo publicist and two representatives from a racial justice organization.
Williams – who reportedly interpreted the meeting as “cover your a** move” – said the meeting covered issues that cast members should avoid saying, such as “the racist trope of black fathers not being there for their children .’
‘What if they don’t have a father? Why can’t I say that?'” Singer said during the meeting, according to Williams. “Most of them don’t.”
It was alleged that the reality show’s publicist — who Vanity Fair noted is black — told Singer she has a father, but Singer responded that she had read a study that had confirmed that most black children do not.
The publication noted that McSweeney, 41, had corroborated Williams’ account of the alleged events.
Singer responded to Vanity Fair, saying, “The training included ‘open dialogue.’
“In that spirit, I asked about a statistic I had read about single-parent families, where children from single-parent homes were statistically less likely to succeed than two-parent families.”
In the series’ 13th season, there was a memorable scene involving an outburst between Williams and De Lesseps, in which the latter called the former an “evil woman.”
Hot water: The 66-year-old reality star was at the center of racist complaints within Shed Media, Warner Bros. on Monday. Discovery, Bravo and NBCUniversal, according to Vanity Fair; she is pictured in New York in May
Williams took it as an “angry black woman” to which De Lesseps replied, “I never talked about your color,” before Williams walked away while Singer stayed behind.
Vanity Fair reports that viewers then thought the scene had ended, but it had actually continued.
The publication states that one of the people left there claimed, “Ramona slammed her hands on the table. She says, “This is why we didn’t need black people on the show… This is going to ruin our show.”
Singer responded to the allegations with the publication, saying it “absolutely” didn’t happen, as she explained, “In fact, I supported adding several cast members long before Eboni was added.”
Williams left the show after just one season.