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Carlos King Says Gizelle Bryant Was ‘Disrespectful’ During RHOP Colorism Conversation: ‘How Dare You!’

<p><strong>Carlos King<&sol;strong> has some choice words for <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;gizelle-bryant-jason-cameron-instagram-official-bravo&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Gizelle Bryant<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>now that part 2 of <em>The Real Housewives of Potomac <&sol;em>Season 7 reunion has aired&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Gizelle Bryant Had Some Questions During The Colorism Segment<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>During the reunion&comma; the subject of colorism came up&comma; as—in the words of Andy Cohen—it&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;a topic that&&num;8217&semi;s come up frequently as it pertains to &lbrack;<em>RHOP<&sol;em>&rsqb;&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;rhop-star-ashley-darby-once-again-denies-colorism-accusations&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&&num;8216&semi;RHOP&&num;8217&semi; Star Ashley Darby Once Again Denies Colorism Accusations<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>After establishing the definition of colorism&comma; Candiace Dillard Bassett spoke on how she&comma; as a Black woman with a deeper skin tone&comma; is quick to be slammed as the &&num;8220&semi;first one to be emotional&&num;8221&semi; when she pops off while Robyn Dixon has been able to get away with similarly-reactive behaviors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1618748355668226049" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In response&comma; Gizelle hops into the conversation and expresses her confusion at Candace&&num;8217&semi;s point&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;How are you connecting the two&quest;&&num;8230&semi;What does you being emotional have to do with skin color&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>She swiftly adds&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I just want to understand&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Karen Huger then breaks down how Candiace feels as though &&num;8220&semi;she&&num;8217&semi;s judged more harshly&&num;8221&semi; on account of &&num;8220&semi;the pigmentation of her skin&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ashley Darby and Mia Thornton then proceed to express their sentiments&comma; with the former acknowledging how the light-skinned cast members &&num;8220&semi;get preferential treatment&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Inherently&comma; for me&comma; Gizelle&comma; Robyn&comma; Mia&comma; we get preferential treatment&period; I understand that—I acknowledge the privilege as a light-skinned woman&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>After the discussion&comma; Gizelle remarked&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We went high&comma; now let&&num;8217&semi;s get to low&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Carlos King Slams Gizelle&colon; &&num;8216&semi;How Disrespectful Was That To Your Ancestors&quest;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Once the episode aired&comma; viewers took to Twitter and expressed that they felt as though self-proclaimed &&num;8220&semi;Green-Eyed Bandit&&num;8221&semi; was a bit too apathetic during the colorism segment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1630029585084547072" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1630032226153902081" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1630067793986027521" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Carlos King also shared his critiques in a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;aIgAKPwBUqI" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">YouTube<&sol;a> video&comma; and the former <em>The Real Housewives of Atlanta <&sol;em>producer didn&&num;8217&semi;t hold back&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a clip shared to social media&comma; Carlos said he was &&num;8220&semi;very angry&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;disappointed&&num;8221&semi; over how brief the colorism segment was&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;What I saw on display on that stage tonight is bulls&ast;&ast;t&period; How dare you sit up here and give a topic of colorism 2 minutes to a cast full of Black women&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Later during his video&comma; he honed in on Gizelle&&num;8217&semi;s decorum during the conversation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I was so disgusted&comma; disappointed&comma; and Gizelle&comma; how dare you say&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Okay&comma; finally&comma; we can move on&period;&&num;8217&semi; You are the &lbrack;daughter&rsqb; of a civil rights activist&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>He then went on to ask&comma; &&num;8220&semi;How disrespectful&comma; Gizelle&comma; was that to your ancestors&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1630055675265990659" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; 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