Real Housewives of Beverly Hills newcomer Diana Jenkins has quickly issued an apology over a comment that she made on social media that fans deemed “racially insensitive”. The incident started on Thursday evening but quickly snowballed into Friday.
Diana Jenkins Looks A Little Different
The 49-year-old was called out by a bravo fan account called @philly.diva managed by a black woman named Kristen Dionne. Kristen shared a photo of Jenkins in her younger years beside a photo of the former model now and noted that in the words of Lisa Vanderpump about Dorit Kelsey, she looked like she had a “head transplant”.
“Uuhhhh I guess the first @sdjneuro was the one that shopped in stores and the 2nd is allergic to dust and doesn’t know what an outlet is,” wrote Kristen alongside the photo. The caption over the photo written by someone else also noted that Jenkins look significantly different.
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“My mind can’t comprehend that this is the same person,” reads the post that is bound to be a meme in the bravo-verse for years to come.
Diana Jenkins Accused Of Racial Slander
When the shocking post was brought to the new housewife, she responded in what she thought was an eloquent manner. “That picture was actually taken At UCLA law school talking about war crimes in my country and setting up human rights clinic that i financed Before war criminals were brought to justice,” she writes.
The new mom also pointed out that she was in a different place in life when that photo was taken. “I was probably 20 or 30 Pounds skinner and having glam was last thing on my mind,” she wrote. Probably because of the seriousness behind the event.
Jenkins also went on to say something looked off about the photo. “looks like picture is manipulated. But shame on you!!!! You and your bulls–t shopping!!!” While Kristen was surprised that Jenkins responded, she definitely engaged in a back and forth with the housewife.
“But the fact is…. both pics are you. However, neither of them look alike! Welcome to the bravo-sphere!” Kristen clapped back.
Diana Jenkins Doesn’t Backdown From A Fight
One thing fans have noticed about Jenkins, and she has mentioned a handful of times or two now, is that she is a fighter. Due to her upbringing and coming from a war-torn country she has learned that backing down isn’t an option. She naturally thought she was backed in a corner and defended herself.
Naturally, Kristen’s response ticked off the reality star more and she responded with a less than savory response. “It can’t feel good being a Black content creator.” The WTF post immediately rubbed fans of the show the wrong way and needless to say, overnight her phone and post were blowing up like crazy!
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‘RHOBH’ Crystal Kung Minkoff Checked Her
The Bosnia-born entrepreneur shared with her followers that she was unaware that what she had said could be considered racist. In fact, her co-star Crystal King Minkoff, who has spent most of this season and some of last season bringing awareness to race allegedly called her screaming about the reckless post.
Jenkins issued an apology noting that she thought that was the name of the “title page” “I copied the term because I thought that’s what it meant. I didn’t realize it was referencing to you as a Black woman and a content creator.” She pointed to the language barrier being a big factor in how the message was received.
“Please understand i am not from this country @philly.diva so deeply sorry. I’m devastated that this was taken to mean something racially insensitive,” pleaded Jenkins. “I understand now why it was taken that way and that was never my intention. I am truly sorry.”
We have to admit the apology does seem sincere and fans of the show have watched Jenkins struggle to keep up with some of her co-stars when they use slang ad unfamiliar words with her or even speak too fast. Plus translating between two languages is hard, period.
That being said, only time will tell how sincere Jenkins truly is but Bravo fans are counting this as strike one!
