Brynn Whitfield Speaks Out After Disturbing RHONY Finale: ‘I Was Mortified’

The second season of the rebooted collection led to dramatic vogue on Tuesday night time after Brynn and Ubah Hassan went at it throughout a forged trip to Puerto Rico.

However it was past a typical housewives struggle, and maybe the darkest we have seen in Bravo historical past. After Ubah made a declare that Brynn would possibly have slept with somebody at Bravo to get onto the present within the first place, Brynn informed the remainder of the ladies that the remark was notably hurtful as a result of she was a survivor of sexual assault — earlier than claiming Ubah knew she had been raped and nonetheless mentioned made the hurtful remark.

The admission shocked Brynn’s costars, as she had not but disclosed her historical past with assault with them. The ladies started to activate her, nonetheless, when Brynn later admitted it is potential Ubah “did not clock it,” or did not understand Brynn informed her concerning the assault. It is then that a few of them felt she was mendacity about telling her within the first place or believed she was unfairly weaponizing the state of affairs.

Talking with Rolling Stone in a brand new interview, Brynn shared extra about what allegedly went down that night time.

“I really feel so protected with everybody on the manufacturing firm and at Bravo, and I felt protected with how they dealt with sharing my sexual assault story in Central Park with my brother,” Brynn mentioned. “It was by no means my intention to share it with the women after which that transpired, however I felt so bizarre that night time. I keep in mind they have been taking off my microphone and I used to be like, ‘How do I discuss to those folks now that they know this factor about me?'”

After listening to what her forged mates needed to say about her after she departed the forged journey sooner than the remainder of them, Brynn mentioned she felt “mortified.” Along with doubting she informed Ubah about her assault, in addition they criticized her for — of their thoughts — performing as if nothing occurred once they awakened the subsequent day.

“I used to be so irritated after I noticed what they have been saying about me as a result of they’re like, ‘She’s psycho. She seems to be like she’s fantastic and she or he left.’ No, I used to be mortified. Within the second, I am very very similar to, ‘All the things’s fantastic,’ and I could make a joke or distract from one thing, however I used to be like, ‘Simply get me out of right here,'” she recalled. “‘I do not really feel comfy anymore, and I really feel like everybody’s taking a look at me in a different way. It wasn’t like, ‘Oh, I am cool with every part, every part’s regular, and I am simply going to go away.’ I requested to go away. I requested to be placed on the primary flight out.”

Brynn additionally doubled down on telling Ubah about her assault — saying Ubah may’ve missed the revelation throughout a frantic name about her pal’s suicide. She mentioned any allegation of making an attempt to take her costar down by weaponizing her trauma is “surprising.”

“You are telling me that within the three minutes from after I’m referred to as horrible names [by Ubah] and I am clearly upset that I by some means devised a plan? It is disgusting that I am speaking about two issues that I might hope that no lady or particular person must expertise — suicide and sexual assault — and everybody’s like, ‘Brynn, we really feel taken benefit of.’ Perhaps do not use these phrases to explain the state of affairs. I simply really feel like I wasn’t proven a lot [respect],” Brynn defined. “These are tough, severe issues we’re speaking about. That is the way it felt for me the entire season, like I used to be all the time being attacked. I might go into filming a variety of the time and I might really feel dread and despair. I used to be similar to, each single factor goes to show into one thing. It was bizarre power from the very first scene.”

As for the place she feels she stands together with her castmates now, Brynn says the reunion helped convey some readability, telling RS, “I did really feel higher after the reunion to clear the air on these items. The reunion felt like going to a exercise: You do not actually need to go exercise and would possibly even not take pleasure in some elements of it when you’re doing it, however you recognize afterwards you are going to really feel higher for it. No ache, no acquire.”

“It was like, ‘I need to hear the place you are coming from, are you able to hearken to the place I am coming from, and might we no less than not have this large void between us? After the reunion I personally felt like — are we able the place every part is fastened and ideal? No, not remotely. However no less than we’re now, possibly hopefully at the 1st step,” she added earlier than breaking down the place she stands with every castmate individually.

“I am all the time cool with Jenna [Lyons] and Raquel [Chevremont]. Erin [Lichy] looks like a sister. I used to be simply texting together with her and [her husband] Abe the opposite day, I really feel like I am fantastic with them. I believe Sai [De Silva] and I nonetheless have stuff to work on. I miss my friendship with Sai lots. After which with Jessel [Taank] I did not understand, however I ought to have realized, I mentioned one thing that upset her, so I have to work on my friendship with Jessel,” Brynn shared earlier than revealing the place her and Ubah are at now.

“With Ubah, I believe what’s executed is completed. Ubah’s an incredible particular person. She has a coronary heart of gold. I believe she loses her mood, however she has probably the most stunning coronary heart and on the finish of the day I do know I am additionally particular person, so I really feel like we’ll get again. However it takes time to restore.”

Whereas Brynn seems to be on a street to restore together with her RHONY castmates, there was one one that took challenge with Brynn’s feedback after the interview was revealed — and it wasn’t Ubah.

Erin took to the feedback of a put up about Brynn’s interview, shared by Bravo fan web page, Queens of Bravo, to reply to the declare that she and Brynn are like “sisters.”

“To say we’re sisters is kind of the attain… we’ve not spoken or seen one another in months apart from Brynn thanking Abe for clearing up the intention for the decision. I actually needed Brynn to win so unhealthy. I used to be excited to observe her shine like I’m with all my girlfriends. Every lady on this present is so particular and good and I actually actually excited for us collectively however Brynn all the time had all this childhood trauma that I used to be notably excited to see her break away from,” Erin started.

“But, right here we’re once more… An article doubling down as a substitute of claiming hey, I tousled. It is upsetting to learn for all of you viewers, are you able to think about the way it feels for us?” she continued. “This present is meant to be FUN, it is all I attempted to do all through but by some means issues simply preserve getting twisted and turned and I’ll take possession that I very a lot was naive and really feel sufferer to a lot manipulation. I swore I would not remark however this text is so triggering to me and I simply can’t keep silent.”

Erin additionally took a second to deal with that trolls which have come for her over the “coloration of her pores and skin,” insinuating that her feedback about Brynn have one thing to do together with her being white, and Brynn being biracial.

“Truthfully f u. I spoke out when she referred to as Ubah an indignant black lady, I used to be the one one who heard the SA story that night time and instantly mentioned NO manner that does not sound like Ubah she would not neglect that, which result in to the ‘she did not clock it’ remark. I’m not saying I am excellent however I am truthful and I arise for what’s proper when it counts. So respectfully, f–k off.”

Brynn has but to publicly reply to Erin’s feedback.

See the drama unfold when a part of RHONY’s two-part reunion kicks airs January 28 on Bravo.