![]() And it’s from there that it derives its power. But what do you do when someone throws that word at you? I think it’s an incredibly powerful piece of television for precisely that reason: because you – and Gilda, Julia, everyone – are figuring out what it means and how to respond on the fly, in real time. Some people will say I did the right thing, others will say I overreacted. I don’t like being in that position – you know what I mean? Because there’s not a right or a wrong way to react to it. I can’t explain it, but I also felt like I had to be the spokesperson for ‘what to do when you’ve been called the N word’. I’ve had people make slurs or whatever – but never the ‘N word’. I’ve never, ever been called that before. I think what was dawning on me more was that I’ve never been called that before. ![]() You hear it, and you can’t believe she said it. There’s the initial reaction when you’re sitting alongside her, then the true gravity of it, and what it implies about the way she perceives you sinks in. I think the way she clings to the idea that ‘boat’ is more acceptable is shocking and instructive in and of itself. So I just don’t know how that makes it acceptable. However you still have the ‘N word’ in the content. It’s just knowing what ‘house’ means – that’s just majorly insulting. Then later she corrected me to make it clear that she said ‘boat’. Just to clarify – there is an issue around ‘boat’ and ‘house’. Going back to the moment, can you tell me about your instinctive reaction upon hearing her say it? I was shocked. See how long he could stand there without getting shot. ![]() Put it this way: Michael should come down to Harlem or Brooklyn, where I’ve just been, and stand there with a sign saying “Boat N*****s needed for a hand on a boat”. And those that had considered it a highly inappropriate comment to make. I know a lot of boating people, and they do not use that term. Don’t blame it on anybody else or make it out to be a lighthearted comment that you jokingly use, because you know what? It is not a lighthearted comment. We have a professional working relationship. I have no problem with Julia – I want to make that clear. You’ve got to be shitting me! See this is the problem – she just doesn’t want to own what has come out of her mouth. The thesis seems to be that they’re the victims in this thing. He essentially says that because it initially happened off camera they should have just let it be, as if that were even possible. Michelle Blanchard: The production was irresponsible? In what way, shape or form was the production irresponsible? I can’t understand it. And that the production was irresponsible for including it. THAT'S WHY HER ASS WAS OUT TO GET GILDA, COUL NOT STAND THE FACT THAT AS A BLONDE WHITE WOMAN SHE LOOKS LIKE sh!t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ĭuncan Greive: The main quote the Herald on Sunday has to hang their story on is Michael Lorimer, Julia’s husband, saying that it’s an old boating term they use in a joking way. įIRE JULIA NOW!!!!!!! UNACCEPTABLE RACIST HEFFA. Blanchard, who is currently on holiday in the US, has said she was "absolutely shocked" following the remark. Sloane is white and Blanchard is English with Jamaican ancestry on her mother's side. Bravo said the slur would be "bleeped out" to adhere to Broadcasting Standards Authority regulations when it screens, but insisted the incident was a major point in the show's narrative. The comment, which was recorded as the women sailed on a luxury yacht in Australia's Port Douglas, involves Housewives star Julia Sloane referring to fellow housewife Michelle Blanchard as a "boat n.". The incident has seen the lawyers called in and prompted Bravo to axe any advertising during Tuesday's episode. Real Housewives of Auckland star Michelle Blanchard has opened up about a racial slur that was used against her on an upcoming episode.
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