Though Karen Huger was sentenced to 1 yr in jail for driving underneath the affect, Bravo shouldn’t be halting manufacturing for the upcoming season of “The Real Housewives of Potomac” for the truth 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, they usually’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 underneath the affect (DUI) case that originated in March 2024.
She was taken into custody instantly, that means the probabilities of Huger showing in season 10 of “RHOP” are slim to none.
The truth is, 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 subsequent season of filming, they usually’re not ready round for Huger. “Cameras are anticipated to choose up formally on the finish of March [2025],” the insider said.
If her sentence is lowered whereas manufacturing is ongoing, nevertheless, Huger may return to the sequence “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 sequence throughout season 5 in 2020, revealed how she felt when she realized that her co-star would spend the subsequent yr behind bars.
“My jaw dropped,” she stated. “I could not consider it. On the finish of the day, we could have our variations, however I at all times want her nicely, and I am simply maintaining her in prayer 100 [percent].”
Osefo, nevertheless, maintained that even with out Huger within the combine, the way forward for “Actual Housewives of Potomac” remains to be shiny.
“With this group, we now have discovered a technique to navigate together 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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“Wanting on the reunion, I believe that we maneuvered in a constructive approach as a collective, as a unit,” she said. “I want her the most effective, however I believe that the Potomac model nonetheless is powerful.”
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Karen Huger’s Co-Stars React To Her Sentence
Along with Osefo, Huger’s co-stars, akin to 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 sequence 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 realized this on the practice coming right here as we speak, and I cried like a child, I did.”
Bryant shared related emotions throughout her “Gizelle 21 Shady Questions Reside” occasion and revealed the decide’s ruling “shook” her.
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“This simply occurred as we speak. I don’t have her wigs. I’m involved. In all seriousness, I’m involved for her security. Karen ain’t reduce out for jail. I pray that she’s OK and that the Lord is together with her,” she said.
Followers Are Reacting To Huger’s Jail Stint
On-line, “Real Housewives” viewers revealed their sturdy reactions to Huger’s jail sentence in numerous threads. In accordance with a number of netizens, it is difficult to “really feel unhealthy for Karen Huger,” contemplating the truth star’s repeated run-ins with the legislation.
“This was her fourth DUI, and she or he’s fortunate she did not kill somebody or herself,” somebody wrote. “She spent this complete season mendacity to folks’s faces and brushing every little thing underneath the rug. Clankity clank bish.”
“Genuinely curious how folks can really feel unhealthy 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 automobile actually caught fireplace and nearly 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 Be taught
Many different customers wrote about how a lot they did not need to see Huger spend a yr behind bars; nevertheless, additionally they acknowledged how harmful driving underneath 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 neighborhood [because] of her lack of ability to confess she has an issue. Sadly, the one factor that can assist her could also be jail time.”
