Kenya Moore apologized for wearing a Native American headdress for Halloween on The Real Housewives of Atlanta after receiving backlash for the thoughtless dresser choice.
Moore, 50, dressed as a “Warrior Princess” while attending a holiday bash at the home of Falynn Guobadia on the Sunday, March 21, episode of RHOA.
“I need to sincerely express regret for inappropriately wearing the Native American headdress as a dressing up,” Moore said in a statement to Us Weekly on Tuesday, March 23. “I now realize that this used to be each disrespectful and insensitive and would by no means have done it if I had that wisdom and working out beforehand. I remorseful about it. When you understand better, you do higher. I'm in fact sorry.”
Bravo additionally addressed the controversy, telling Us, “Bravo objectives to have the highest standards of appreciate and inclusivity and we acknowledge that the new episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, through which a cast member wears a Native American costume, didn't uphold those values.”
A network spokesperson continued: “We had hoped it could supply a teachable moment, on the other hand on reflection, it's clear that the community didn't cope with this properly given the gravity of the placement. We apologize to both the Native American community and our target audience as a complete.”
Moore’s apology came after she faced ridicule from a few of her costars and fans during Sunday’s broadcast.
“Kenya’s Native American costume is tremendous problematic but I ain’t seeking to ruffle no feathers for this girls’ travel,” Drew Sidora mentioned in a confessional during the episode. “It feels like I’m at all times the only person who sees the issues with Kenya Moore’s decisions.”
Porsha Williams commented on the gown, saying, “Kenya is a Native American warrior. I assumed we weren’t doing that no more. Like, I knew that this lady was once crazy, however upload lame to the listing, add whack to the listing.”
After a Twitter consumer known as Moore out for her movements the Michigan native first of all defended herself.
“I know Kenya didn’t shade Porsha all season about her paintings with the BLM movement then appearing up with an indigenous folks costume. 2 strikes #RHOA,” the fan tweeted after the show aired.
Moore spoke back in a since-deleted tweet, “Also part of my heritage #RHOA.”
During the Real Housewives of Atlanta After Show, the Celebrity Apprentice alum also confronted backlash for the dress with Williams, 39, calling it “head-to-toe cultural appropriation.”
LaToya Ali famous that she “couldn’t take Kenya seriously” when they had their heated dialog at the Halloween bash as a result of she used to be “in an Indian-chief costume … Isn’t that known as cultural appropriation?”
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Kandi Burruss, then again, defended her costar, telling Ali, 34, “I don’t assume she was wearing the gown to mock someone. I feel she idea it used to be a good looking gown as it’s the signal of a pace-setter — a first-rate is somebody to appear up to, not to be made fun of.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta airs Sundays on Bravo at 8 p.m. ET.
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