The Real Housewives of Dubai season 1 reunion left fans shocked, when an old tweet from Caroline Stanbury’s husband, Sergio Carrallo, was discussed on the show…
It turns out Carrallo posted a pretty offensive tweet back in 2016, and it was the subject of a huge discussion between cast members…
Caroline Stanbury has since addressed the tweet and the recent publicity surrounding it.
Now, the Real Housewives of Dubai is relatively new to our screens…
The reality show premiered on Bravo on June 1 this year, and it’s safe to say we were instantly hooked.
It is the latest installment of The Real Housewives franchise, but with brand new faces.
However, we do get to see some famous faces too, such as Phaedra Parks, from The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, who appears in a guest role.
And Lystra Adams from The Real Housewives of Cheshire, who appeared in the finale.
So far the first season has been a hit, with many sharing their favorite parts on social media…
One fan tweeted: “The funniest thing about real housewives of Dubai is that they always look like they are all dressed for different events.”
Another fan commented: “I ain’t gon’ hold you, Real Housewives of Dubai has had an amazing first season. The looks are fierce, the storylines are interesting, Ayan throws the best shade. I’m a fan.”
“Chanel Ayan and Lesa Milan carried the entire season of real housewives of Dubai. main character energy – the other ladies attached to them for a storyline creating fake beef for a moment with the queens. the Nicki Minaj’s of Dubai me thinks???” a third penned.
It’s clear that the women are causing a stir already, but after such an interesting season, fans are surprisingly talking about something else entirely…
And it has to do with Caroline Stanbury’s husband, Sergio Carrallo.
Fans were eager to watch the reunion episode of RHOD, but things quickly got heated.
“Who is watching the real housewives of Dubai reunion right now?!?! It’s about to get wild!” one fan tweeted.
During the season 1 reunion on August 31, Stanbury found herself having to explain her husband’s actions.
It all started when Andy Cohen read a tweet given in by a fan, which contained the viral text.
Lesa Milan was quick to respond, saying: “Oh, the racist tweets?”
The post was allegedly from 2016 and featured a racial expletive, seemingly tweeted by Carrallo.
Caroline Brooks shared that she had spoken to Carrallo privately as soon as she saw the tweet had gone viral…
Brooks recalled: “That morning when I saw it when it surfaced, Caroline called me first — furious, pissed — then I got on the phone with him because he was really upset.”
“Here’s the deal, that word is unacceptable,” Brooks continued.
“Sergio then explained to me he’s never even heard that word before. I explained to him how problematic that is, as did Caroline, and I think he got a good enough lashing from everybody around him for that.”
She continued: “He was very apologetic. He didn’t apologize publicly but he was apologetic.”
But it seems, after some digging into the tweet by a “tech team” hired by Sara Al Madani, it turns out Carrallo might not have written the offensive tweet after all.
“They investigated everything,” she explained…
“And it wasn’t attached to his Instagram. Somebody used his Twitter to promote an R&B nightclub because he was famous back then. He said someone else wrote it to promote it.”
Stanbury added that before they even started filming for the show, she highlighted that Carrallo had never been on TV before, so was unaware of the intense public backlash he could face…
“Before you start something like this—he’s never been on TV like this or in the public eye like that—just check everything,” she said.
“And obviously he hadn’t gone that far back,” she continued, “but he apologized to whoever he thought he should. Sergio is the least racist person.”
What do you think?