Jennie Nguyen reacted to criticism that she used a “blaccent” while interacting with nemesis Mary Cosby during the first installment of the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” Season 2 reunion Sunday.
“I don’t see I have a black accent. I grew up in Long Beach, California. It shaped who I am. That’s where I get my accent, and I don’t understand why people look at me and say, ‘When I talk to Mary, I have a black accent.’ I don’t see that,” said Nguyen, who is of Vietnamese descent.
Nguyen, 44, then asked co-stars Meredith Marks, Lisa Barlow, Jen Shah, Heather Gay and Whitney Rose whether they thought she used a “blaccent,” but none responded.
The topic came up after host Andy Cohen read a fan question that lambasted Nguyen for her questionable behavior.
“We all agree that Mary was wrong for mocking your accent,” the query read, acknowledging Cosby’s racist actions.
The fan continued, “When are you going to address, take accountability and apologize for the fact that you constantly use a blaccent? You roll your neck and you wag your finger and other stereotypical depictions of black women when you talk to or about Mary?”
Seemingly frustrated, Nguyen responded, “I have an accent. Whatever comes out comes out.”
Cosby, 49, was unable to share her side as she did not attend the reunion.
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A source previously told Page Six that the controversial preacher bailed because she did not want to address allegations of racism and rumors that she runs her Faith Pentecostal Church as a “cult.”
By skipping out on the reunion, Cosby ousted herself from participating in Season 3, which is currently in production.
Earlier this season, Cosby shocked her castmates — and viewers — when she commented on Nguyen’s “nice slanted eyes” and skin with “yellow tones.” Cosby also compared Shah, 48, to a “Mexican thug,” which the religious leader apologized for later.
But Cosby maintained that her remarks about Nguyen’s appearance were made as a “compliment.”
“There’s a part of me that thinks something in Mary is racist because it didn’t stop there and it seemed to always come up,” Gay, 39, said at the reunion.
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Cohen, 53, noted that he recently had a phone conversation with Cosby, who told him she doesn’t “think that black people aren’t capable of being racist.”
“They are. Everyone is capable of being racist,” Nguyen retorted, an eerie foreshadowing of Bravo’s decision to fire the one-and-done “Real Housewife.”
The network gave Nguyen the ax in January after a succession of her offensive Facebook posts surfaced, many which disparaged the Black Lives Matter movement. The reunion was filmed before the posts came to light.
Part two of the “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” Season 2 reunion airs Sunday, March 6, at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.