The season finale of Bravo’s “The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis” ended with everybody seemingly turning their backs on Brynn Whitfield, one of many stars. The drama between Whitfield and co-star Ubah Hassan constructed up all season till Whitfield discovered herself caught in a harmful lie.
Regardless of their variations on the present, the 2 girls linked over their friendship and experiences as girls of colour. Hassan is initially from Somalia, and Whitfield is biracial and was raised by her white grandmother. Prior to now, Whitfield caught the side-eye from Black feminine viewers for allegedly making an attempt to make Hassan appear to be a foul individual and even suggesting she was an “indignant Black lady.”
Apart from her Black followers, the present appeared to place blame on Hassan, who’s identified to be variety however very verbal and defensive. Now, all of Whitfield’s foolishness is catching as much as her. To catch everybody up, right here’s what went down…
The Drama Unfolds
Throughout a heated argument on a visit to Puerto Rico, Hassan claimed Whitfield “could” have slept with an govt to safe her spot on the present. However all the things kicked as much as the next notch when Whitfield later instructed the opposite girls she was particularly damage by Hassan’s accusation as a result of she beforehand confided in Hassan about being sexually assaulted.
“I’m in help teams making an attempt to take care of s—- that occurred to me. You wish to go there? And Ubah is aware of this. Ubah is aware of this,” Whitfield instructed her forged mates throughout the episode. “Earlier than BravoCon, I known as Ubah, and I used to be like, ‘You already know, I used to be raped, and I’m nonetheless coping with this.’”
Everybody was on Whitfield’s facet till phrase received again to Ubah Hassan about Whitfield’s confession to the ladies. Then, it grew to become clear her story wasn’t including up. “I used to be like, ‘Brynn shared that she was assaulted and that …’ and I didn’t get a lot additional than that as a result of you may simply see on [Hassan’s] face that she was fully blindsided,” Jessel Taank instructed cameras.
Hassan was then despatched reeling, begging Whitfield to elucidate herself and why she lied. “I simply need Brynn to inform me when she instructed me that, so I can bear in mind earlier than I deny,” Ubah stated, having no recollection of the dialog.
“Then [Hassan] proceeds to inform us, ‘Might Allah, strike me down and kill my firstborn if I did this,’” Racquel Chevremont stated. “Nobody would ever say one thing like that in the event that they weren’t telling the reality.”
Ultimately, it was revealed that Whitfield by no means had the dialog she claimed to have with Hassan, and with that, all the ladies started turning their backs on her. Chevremont clarified her stance on the matter saying, “To be fully clear, I’m not doubting [Whitfield’s] expertise, however it’s clear to me her story — it’s not lining up. I checked out inside a few minutes, as a result of I spotted she was mendacity.”
Social media Reacts
The forged members weren’t the one ones fed up with Whitfield’s lies. On X, consumer @BigDaddyAnarchy stated “Brynn pulling sh*t out of her a** to make Ubah the villain however talks concerning the struggles of being a black lady as a white passing blended lady.”
One other consumer, @JTweetsTV1, argued this drama is “why it’s exhausting for black girls to exist round white (& on this case white-adjacent) girls.”
@isbyeathreat known as Whitfield “a harmful particular person” and stated Hassan “deserves immense compassion after this scandal.”
The season 15 reunion, half one will premiere on Jan. 28, 2025.