Though Karen Huger was sentenced to 1 12 months in jail for driving beneath the affect, Bravo will not be halting manufacturing for the upcoming season of “The Actual Housewives of Potomac” for the fact star to complete her keep.
In accordance with sources, though Bravo and Karen Huger’s co-stars are shocked by the information of her jail sentence, the present should go on, and so they’re able to ship.
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Sources Say The Present Will Transfer On With out Karen Huger
On February 26, 2025, a Maryland-based decide sentenced Huger to 2 years in jail with one suspended following a jury’s responsible verdict in her driving beneath the affect (DUI) case that originated in March 2024.
She was taken into custody instantly, that means the possibilities of Huger showing in season 10 of “RHOP” are slim to none.
In truth, sources near the manufacturing of the upcoming season shared behind-the-scenes data with PEOPLE and stated that the women are gearing up for the following season of filming, and so they’re not ready round for Huger. “Cameras are anticipated to choose up formally on the finish of March [2025],” the insider stated.
If her sentence is decreased whereas manufacturing is ongoing, nonetheless, Huger may return to the collection “sooner or later.”
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Wendy Osefo Says The Present Will Transfer On With out Karen Huger
In one other interview, Dr. Wendy Osefo, who joined the collection throughout season 5 in 2020, revealed how she felt when she discovered that her co-star would spend the following 12 months behind bars.
“My jaw dropped,” she stated. “I could not imagine it. On the finish of the day, we might have our variations, however I at all times want her nicely, and I am simply preserving her in prayer 100 [percent].”
Osefo, nonetheless, maintained that even with out Huger within the combine, the way forward for “Actual Housewives of Potomac” continues to be brilliant.
“With this group, we’ve got discovered a method to navigate along with her presence and with out her presence,” Osefo stated.
The truth star and mom of three referenced the season 9 reunion particular that Huger determined to skip days earlier than filming commenced as proof.
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“Trying on the reunion, I believe that we maneuvered in a optimistic approach as a collective, as a unit,” she stated. “I want her the very best, however I believe that the Potomac model nonetheless is robust.”
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Karen Huger’s Co-Stars React To Her Sentence
Along with Osefo, Huger’s co-stars, resembling Gizelle Bryant and Ashley Darby, additionally shared their emotions about their castmate’s new actuality with the general public.
Throughout an look on “The Tamron Corridor Present,” Darby, who joined the collection throughout season 1 in 2017 and has feuded with Huger previously, admitted the information was tough to absorb.
“I actually care about her,” the mom of two stated. “And I discovered this on the practice coming right here right this moment, and I cried like a child, I did.”
Bryant shared related emotions throughout her “Gizelle 21 Shady Questions Stay” occasion and revealed the decide’s ruling “shook” her.
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“This simply occurred right this moment. I should not have her wigs. I’m involved. In all seriousness, I’m involved for her security. Karen ain’t lower out for jail. I pray that she’s OK and that the Lord is along with her,” she stated.
Followers Are Reacting To Huger’s Jail Stint
On-line, “Actual Housewives” viewers revealed their sturdy reactions to Huger’s jail sentence in several threads. In accordance with a number of netizens, it is difficult to “really feel dangerous for Karen Huger,” contemplating the fact star’s repeated run-ins with the regulation.
“This was her fourth DUI, and he or she’s fortunate she did not kill somebody or herself,” somebody wrote. “She spent this complete season mendacity to individuals’s faces and brushing every thing beneath the rug. Clankity clank bish.”
“Genuinely curious how individuals can really feel dangerous for Karen Huger going to jail when that is her FOURTH DUI,” another person posted on X, previously Twitter. “You actually anticipated her to get a slap on the wrist when her automotive actually caught hearth and virtually blew up from hitting a tree full velocity? If something, she wants the total two years.”
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Others Are Upset For Huger However Say She Has To Study
Many different customers wrote about how a lot they did not wish to see Huger spend a 12 months behind bars; nonetheless, in addition they acknowledged how harmful driving beneath the affect is.
“I perceive she ought to go to jail, however the considered it sucks,” somebody wrote. “However, sure, she wants a outing.”
“I do not need her in jail both, however god d-mn,” an X consumer replied. “I believe she’s a hazard to the group [because] of her incapacity to confess she has an issue. Sadly, the one factor that may assist her could also be jail time.”
