Kenya Moore recently talked about what happened before she left Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
The reality TV star and businesswoman was one of two cast members who stayed on for Season 16. However, her time on the show didn’t last long after she hosted an event where she showed explicit images of her new co-star, Brittany Eady. In an interview on the Tamron Hall show, Moore explained why she decided to share those pictures while filming the show.
Moore told Hall that when new cast members join the show, they often try to create drama to “come on and try to make a name for themselves,” and “things took like a really dark turn toward me,” adding, “There was a young lady that was new, and she just was poking the bear.”
Moore stated that during a taping of the show, “the young lady escalated to the point of tearing off mics, screaming all kind of obscenities at me and threatening me.”
“There were threats in my direction, and I felt very concerned. ” She told producers that she was scared and they told her they would take care of it. However, Moore didn’t feel like the show’s producers were taking care of the situation, adding, “They actually made me feel like I was being a Black Karen.”
“I don’t take threats or the way that I felt — you can’t invalidate my feelings,” Moore said. “It was a real concern for me. I’m a single mom with a beautiful child that if anything happened to me, no one would be there for her.”
Moore continued, “I didn’t feel like I was being protected and I took matters into my own hands. I did my research on her. I found a lot of information, especially in the explicit world, with a few clicks with people helping me. I didn’t get things sent to me, photos or videos that I did see that were allegedly her.”
After Moore says she found these images online, she shows them during filming, thinking that the producers will blur them out in the final episode.
Moore appeared to regret her actions after Hall mentioned she was surprised by how aggressive it was.
“If I could do it all over again — I believe the photos were very distasteful and I elevated the situation,” she said. “I’m taking full accountability for the thing that I’ve done. I am sorry for what I’ve done. I didn’t have to take it that far. But when I felt threatened, I never had a child and be in a situation like this before, so that’s why I escalated it to the point where I was protecting not only myself but my child.”
