Ramona Singer Is ‘Distraught’ After N-Word Controversy

Ramona Singer gained’t be going to BravoCon after she made headlines for utilizing the N-word in a textual content — and followers might not see her for some time.

“She’s very upset by all of this. She’s been distraught,” an insider near the Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis alum, 66, solely tells Us Weekly. “She’s going to lay low proper now.”

Singer was dropped from the BravoCon lineup earlier this week after Web page Six revealed a screenshot of a textual content during which the truth star used an abbreviated model of the N-word. She had been texting the outlet’s reporter a few Self-importance Honest exposé that revisited a earlier Bravo investigation into controversial remarks Singer allegedly made in entrance of former costar Eboni Okay. Williams.

“Bravo execs didn’t say she couldn’t come. She had a dialog with them about attending and he or she mentioned she was not up for it and was too distraught,” the insider claims to Us. “It was a mutual settlement that it wasn’t the proper time. However finally, she made the selection that she didn’t wish to go, and Bravo thought it was a good suggestion given every little thing occurring.”

Ramona Singer Is ‘Distraught’ After N-Word Controversy, Plans to ‘Lay Low’

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A supply near the community, nevertheless, tells Us that Bravo pulled the plug on Singer’s journey to Las Vegas. “Ramona was informed she is just not coming to BravoCon,” the second supply says. “It was not her option to not attend.”

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Singer, who was an unique solid member of RHONY for the present’s first 13 seasons, is ready to look within the upcoming fourth season of Actual Housewives: Final Ladies Journey alongside fellow RHONY alums Luann de Lesseps, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan and Kristen Taekman. She beforehand starred in season 1 of UGT, which premiered in 2021. De Lesseps, Bensimon, Medley, Morgan and Taekman are all nonetheless set to attend the three-day fan conference.

The primary supply tells Us that Singer was “in an excellent place” when she wrapped up her Housewives run in 2021. “She did the present however didn’t like being well-known,” the insider provides. “It took her a few years to get used to that. She likes not being within the highlight and he or she’s in a contented relationship with somebody. Her daughter, [Avery], is getting older and Ramona has a pleasant life.”

The supply — who confirms that Singer was additionally fired from her actual property job at Douglas Elliman — insists to Us that the Bravolebrity’s remarks “weren’t directed at anybody” specifically.

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“She is just not a racist,” the insider continues. “Ramona and Eboni had their ups and downs, however she by no means wished issues or points together with her. She at all times thought she was very vibrant and fairly and at all times wished her nicely. And he or she thought every little thing was OK between them.”

In keeping with Self-importance Honest’s report, Williams, 40, requested conferences with NBCUniversal after listening to that RHONY crew members had reported Singer to human sources in 2021 after she allegedly used the N-word in entrance of a producer. “What I acknowledged even within the midst of my very own trauma is I nonetheless had essentially the most energy of any Black particular person concerned on this factor,” Williams informed the outlet. “These are simply younger Black ladies attempting to go to f–king work.”

Singer, in the meantime, informed the journal that she “by no means” used the N-word in dialog with a Black member of the present’s manufacturing employees.

With reporting by Andrea Simpson