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Jennie Nguyen slammed for using Black man 'as prop' in video explaining racist posts scandal

Jennie called those posts disgusting emphasizing she was a Republican, blamed her then social media team for sharing the racist posts on Facebook

After being fired from 'The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' for her old racist social media posts, Jennie Nguyen has come up with an explanation in an Instagram Live on Wednesday, Jan 26. According to Jennie Nguyen, 44, her then social media team shared the offensive posts in 2020 on one of her non-verified personal Facebook pages that existed before she was a part of the RHOSLC show.

While talking about the posts then, many of those posts mocked the Black Lives Matter movement and protesters in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, and contained phrases like 'BLM Thugs' and 'Violent Gangs' For an explanation to these posts the star said, "I just want you to understand that, during that time, I had a team of people that were helping me out. Whether they posted or I posted, it doesn't really matter at this point. For me, it's on my account and I take full responsibility and accountability for what is posted." Moreover, Jennie called those posts disgusting emphasizing herself being a proud republican and sharing her full support for law enforcement.

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Jennie said, ' I Know I Hurt a lot of people. My viewpoint during that time in 2020 was emotional and it brings back a lot of memories during that time when we went through such a tragic, terrible year. I want you to understand my political stance, I will support that. I'm very proud to be a republican. I am proud to be able to say I have the freedom of speech, too, and to have an opinion." Michael, a Black man, was sitting beside her insisting that she is not a racist.

After her justification on Instagram live, fans reacted to the explanation the matter. A viewer tweeted, "Jennie isn't sorry for what she did she is just sorry she got caught. #RHOSLC #rhoslcracist #jennienguyen." Another fan said, "Jennie just had to use a black person as a prop in her video #RHOSLC #jennienguyen." Another tweet read, "The white supremacists think they have found a cheat code to get away with anti-Black racism, by giving ppl like #jennienguyen of #RHOSLC “prioritized hate crime protections” while they perpetuate vile anti-Black racism themselves #StopAsianHate #againstBlackPeople."

A tweet read, "So to be clear #jennienguyen got on live to tell us she stands by her post."It's repulsive to use a black person as a prop but what’s even worse is being a black person/MAN and letting them use you!!! I absolutely canF*ckingNot!!! #RHOSLC #jennienguyen" said another tweet.