#RHOPReunion: Dr. Wendy Succinctly Shuts Down Karen’s Claim That The Cast Is ‘Best Equipped’ For A Colorism Conversation

Not so fast, Grand Dame! Dr. Wendy Osefo put on her professor hat during the #RHOPReunion and (correctly) taught the cast why they weren’t “equipped” to discuss colorism. Her comments came after Karen Huger said that there’s no “better group of Black women on Bravo” to have the conversation.

On Sunday, viewers watched part two of the reunion which included a continuation of Robyn Dixon and Candiace Dillard Bassett discussing their fallout. During the conversation, the two rehashed what led to them ending their friendship and according to Robyn, it started at the season 7 reunion.

As previously reported, in 2022 Candiace blasted Robyn’s bestie Gizelle Bryant, and said she benefits from white privilege with her “white looking a**.”  She also tweeted about people being more offended by a “read from a dark-skinned woman” rather than by a “white adjacent woman.”

Candiace was unaware that Robyn was offended by her comment and recalled later complimenting Robyn’s “long hair” in a DM, to which Robyn replied;

“Probably makes me look even more like a “white adjacent looking woman”, so can’t imagine that’s a good thing.”

Candiace said she later DMed Robyn again and was ignored, and on Sunday, Robyn revealed why.

“I did not respond to your message because the colorism conversation is so uncomfortable for me,” said Robyn who said she was “extremely hurt” by colorism accusations. “It was an extremely uncomfortable thing to be accused of. I’ve never experienced that in my life, never.”

“For me talking about any aspect of race is not uncomfortable for me,” said Candiace who also clarified during the season 7 reunion that doesn’t think her cast mates are colorists. “I mistakenly thought that you all thought that way as well.”

Candiace & Robyn talk what went wrong in their relationship, & the colorism conversation is rehashed. 🌸 #RHOP #RHOPReunion

Source: @BravoTV pic.twitter.com/rz9khQV4nt

— jay (@JaysRealityBlog) April 8, 2024

After some more chatter and a brief comment from Gizelle Bryant about why she couldn’t possibly be a colorist, Dr. Wendy Osefo jumped in with some schooling.

“If we step back for a second and if this was a black-or-white conversation, it’s almost equivalent to someone saying ‘Man, I’m so hurt that you called me a racist’, but when is the conversation ever going to shift to–‘Why did you think or believe that to be true for me to be a racist?’” said the Johsn Hopkins Professor. “If you’re not gonna talk about why they believe this phenomenon exists, then let’s not talk about the phenomenon itself.”

Wendy is making perfect sense regarding why this colorism conversation always hits a stalemate, and now everybody is on mute #RHOP pic.twitter.com/2iAePdvrY7

— E. (@bez184) April 8, 2024

To that, Karen offered a different take but was quickly shut down respectfully.

“There’s no better group of Black women on the Bravo network to talk about that than us,” said Karen.

“No, actually that’s very incorrect,” retorted Wendy. “If you want to talk about colorism then you need to have the range to talk about colorism, and a lot of people do not have the range and I’ll stop it there.”

One of Wendy’s best moments since she’s on the show. Spoke nothing but facts. #RHOP pic.twitter.com/BLrTva3MR4

— Like my hunnids 💙 (@Nick_ForeverFly) April 8, 2024

Viewers have since weighed in and applauded Wendy for being the voice of reason.

I’m really glad Wendy shut Karen down about that “being equipped to talk about colorism” comment. The fact of the matter is, if the RHOP ladies were truly equipped, we wouldn’t have been dealing with this subject for 4 years.

Dr. Wendy hit the nail on the head. pic.twitter.com/OuC1R0hq2X

— The Third King 👑 (@thirdking0208) April 8, 2024

Oh Wendy that’s why you’re my fav you better clock it mother. Not everyone has the range to talk about the issue of colorism on this cast and that’s why they’ll never get anywhere with it. Karen tried it with that one little thing there. #RHOP pic.twitter.com/P19IH5sq19

— Monte (@ilookfuckncool) April 8, 2024

What do YOU think about Dr. Wendy Osefo’s comments during the #RHOPReunion?