The latest episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills saw Garcelle Beauvais calling out Dorit Kemsley, accusing her of displaying “Karen behavior” after Dorit claimed that Garcelle had “attacked” her during a civil conversation.
During their meeting, Garcelle attempted to enlighten Dorit on the implications of using the term “attack” when referring to a discussion involving a Black woman.
Garcelle had ZERO issues with Dorit until she made that comment about her kids being exposed to diversity through her Black, Filipino and Latino staff. Garcelle called her out on it and since then, Dorit’s been mad. That’s what it boils down to. #RHOBH pic.twitter.com/yqI7F7oY6V
— Chatterbox Keirn (@ChatterboxKeirn) January 4, 2024
“The other night the word attack just hit me in the wrong place. There are certain words when you point them at me it has a complete different impact. There are three words you don’t say to Black women. You don’t say aggressive, you don’t say attack and you don’t say angry, because that’s labeling us,” she expressed.
Garcelle elaborated, “What I feel is there’s a pattern with you that I don’t know whether you’re aware or not, but I’m just going to be completely blunt, it feels like an unconscious Karen behavior with you.”
In response, Dorit emphasized her Jewish identity and suggested that implying any racial undertones in her words was absurd due to the marginalized status of the Jewish community.