‘RHOA’ Star Kenya Moore Apologizes For Wearing ‘Disrespectful’ Native American Costume

Kenya Moore is apologizing.

The 50-year-old reality star took to social media to apologize for wearing a Native American costume in a recent episode of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”

“I want to sincerely apologize for inappropriately wearing the Native American headdress as a costume. I now realize that this was both disrespectful and insensitive and would never have done it if I had that knowledge and understanding beforehand. I regret it. When you know better, you do better. I am genuinely sorry,” she wrote on Twitter.

Bravo also issued an apology about the situation.

“Bravo aims to have the highest standards of respect and inclusivity and we recognize that the recent episode of ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ in which a cast member wears a Native American costume, did not uphold those values. We had hoped it would provide a teachable moment, however, in retrospect, it is clear that the network did not address this properly given the gravity of the situation. We apologize to both the Native American community and our audience as a whole,” the network said in a statement obtained by multiple outlets.

Moore wore the outfit while at a Halloween party at Falynn Guobadia’s home and some of her castmates voiced concern during the episode.

“Kenya’s Native American costume is super problematic but I ain’t trying to ruffle no feathers for this girls trip. It feels like I’m always the only one that sees the issues with Kenya Moore’s decisions,” Drew Sidora said.

Porsha Williams also took issue with the costume.

Kenya is a Native American warrior. I thought we weren’t doing that no more. Like, I knew that this girl was crazy, but add lame to the list, add whack to the list,” Porsha said at the time.

— Stephanie Swaim

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