The season finale of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New York City” ended with everyone seemingly turning their backs on Brynn Whitfield, one of the stars. The drama between Whitfield and co-star Ubah Hassan built up all season until Whitfield found herself caught in a dangerous lie.
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Despite their differences on the show, the two women connected over their friendship and experiences as women of color. Hassan is originally from Somalia, and Whitfield is biracial and was raised by her white grandmother. But soon things took a turn, with Whitfield catching a side-eye from Black female viewers for allegedly trying to make Hassan look like a bad person and even suggesting she was an “Angry Black woman.”
Aside from her Black fans, everyone else seem have bought the “Angry Black woman” narrative, blaming Hassan, who’s known to be kind but verbally defensive.
But oh Karma is never too late. Now, all of Brynn Whitfield’s foolishness is coming to roost. To catch everyone up, here’s what went down...
The Drama Unfolds
During a heated argument on a trip to Puerto Rico, Hassan claimed Whitfield “may” have slept with an executive to secure her spot on the show. But everything kicked up to a higher notch when Whitfield later told the other women she was especially hurt by Hassan’s accusation because she previously confided in Hassan about being sexually assaulted.
“I’m in support groups trying to deal with s—- that happened to me. You want to go there? And Ubah knows this. Ubah knows this,” Whitfield told her cast mates during the episode. “Before BravoCon, I called Ubah, and I was like, ‘You know, I was raped, and I’m still dealing with this.’”
Everyone was on Whitfield’s side until word got back to Ubah Hassan about Whitfield’s confession to the women. Then, it became clear her story wasn’t adding up. “I was like, ‘Brynn shared that she was assaulted and that you know...’ and I didn’t get much further than that because you can just see on [Hassan’s] face that she was completely blindsided,” Jessel Taank told cameras.
Hassan was then sent reeling, begging Whitfield to explain herself and why she lied. “I just want Brynn to tell me when she told me that, so I can remember before I deny,” Ubah said, having no recollection of the conversation.
“Then [Hassan] proceeds to tell us, ‘May Allah, strike me down and kill my firstborn if I did this,’” Racquel Chevremont said. “No one would ever say something like that if they weren’t telling the truth.”
In the end, it was revealed that Whitfield never had the conversation she claimed to have with Hassan, and with that, all the women began turning their backs on her. Chevremont clarified her stance on the matter saying, “To be completely clear, I am not doubting [Whitfield’s] experience, but it’s clear to me her story — it’s not lining up. I checked out within a couple of minutes, because I realized she was lying.”
Social media Reacts
The cast members weren’t the only ones fed up with Whitfield’s lies. On X, user @BigDaddyAnarchy said “Brynn pulling sh*t out of her a** to make Ubah the villain but talks about the struggles of being a black woman as a white passing mixed woman.”
Another user, @JTweetsTV1, argued this drama is “why it’s hard for black women to exist around white (& in this case white-adjacent) women.”
@isbyeathreat called Whitfield “a dangerous individual” and said Hassan “deserves immense compassion after this scandal.”
The season 15 reunion, part one will premiere on Jan. 28, 2025.
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