Though Karen Huger was sentenced to 1 yr in jail for driving beneath the affect, Bravo just isn’t halting manufacturing for the upcoming season of “The Real 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, which means the possibilities of Huger showing in season 10 of “RHOP” are slim to none.
In actual fact, 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 select up formally on the finish of March [2025],” the insider said.
If her sentence is lowered whereas manufacturing is ongoing, nonetheless, Huger might 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 discovered that her co-star would spend the following yr behind bars.
“My jaw dropped,” she stated. “I could not imagine it. On the finish of the day, we could have our variations, however I at all times want her effectively, and I am simply conserving her in prayer 100 [percent].”
Osefo, nonetheless, maintained that even with out Huger within the combine, the way forward for “Actual Housewives of Potomac” remains to be vivid.
“With this group, now we have discovered a option to navigate together with her presence and with out her presence,” Osefo stated.
The fact 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 feel that we maneuvered in a optimistic means as a collective, as a unit,” she said. “I want her one of the best, however I feel 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, similar 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 up to now, admitted the information was troublesome to soak up.
“I actually care about her,” the mom of two stated. “And I discovered this on the prepare coming right here at the moment, 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 at the 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 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 fact star’s repeated run-ins with the legislation.
“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 all the pieces beneath the rug. Clankity clank bish.”
“Genuinely curious how individuals 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 automotive actually caught hearth and nearly blew up from hitting a tree full pace? If something, she wants the complete 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 wish to see Huger spend a yr behind bars; nonetheless, additionally 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 day out.”
“I do not need her in jail both, however god d-mn,” an X consumer replied. “I feel she’s a hazard to the neighborhood [because] of her lack of ability to confess she has an issue. Sadly, the one factor that may assist her could also be jail time.”
