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“There is no room in this world for hatred. We are all human beings and deserve the same treatment of respect and dignity,” she wrote on Twitter. “Negative commentary rooted in prejudice regarding one’s race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality or gender is vile and should never be tolerated.”
“Educate if it comes from a lack of knowledge and condemn if it comes from a place of hatred,” she added. “I pray to see this world without prejudice.”
Marks has since chosen to directly speak on the controversy, sharing a lengthy messageon TwitterSunday.
Concluding her statement, Marks asked that fans remain patient in this situation.
“You will see repercussions,” she wrote. “As difficult as it is, give things a moment to come to light. Know that I do not support this behavior in anyway and will continue to use my platform to speak out against it.”
“At the time, I thought I was speaking out against violence, but I have since learned how offensive and hurtful my words were,” the reality star wrote on Wednesday. “It’s why I deactivated that account more than a year ago and why I continue to try to learn about perspectives different from my own. I regret those posts and am sincerely sorry for the pain they caused.”
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Marks isn’t the onlyRHOSLCcostar of Nguyen’s to publicly condemn her actions.Jen Shah— whose husband,Sharrieff Shah, and sons, Omar and Sharrieff Jr., are Black —said she “must now stand up"on her family’s behalf.
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Lisa Barlow— a longtime friend of Nguyen’s — also addressed the controversy, saying her “heart hurts for those hurting.”
“Working for change is constant; it’s something that I personally work towards daily,” she continued. “Through action is where we all have the most impact and where we can have change that lasts. I want to be a support and be a proponent for change and improvement.”
Jen, Marks, and Barlow as well asRHOSLCcastmatesWhitney RoseandHeather Gayno longer follow Nguyen on Instagram.
On Monday,Andy Cohenconfirmedon an episode of his SiriusXM show, “Radio Andy"that “there are many serious discussions happening right now” regarding Nguyen’s controversy and “it will be addressed very soon.”
“People were very upset about the lack of discussion on last night’s episode relating to Jennie’s disgusting and upsetting posts, and I’ve also seen all the tweets wanting to know what’s being done about those posts,” he said. “I just want to say, in case anyone doesn’t realize it, that there are many serious discussions happening right now about everything — abouteverything. And I can’t address the situation right now, but it will be addressed very soon, and thank you for your patience. And the posts were very upsetting, rightfully, and disgusting.”
“It is insulting to our Asian culture to call me that, and it comes across as racist,” Nguyen said in a confessional. “And it’s shocking cause Mary should be more educated and understand it’s not appropriate to say stuff like that.”
source: people.com
