Fans have been quite unhappy with Ramona Singer after the last season of The Real Housewives of New York City, and they were begging Bravo to let the RHONY OG go.
There were rumors that she was going to be fired after the disastrous season 13, but Ramona decided that she wouldn’t attend the reunion if they were true. But it appears Ramona will return for the next season of RHONY, and her co-star Eboni K. Williams is defending the network’s choice to keep the problematic star.
In an interview with Page Six, Eboni K. Williams said she doesn’t think Bravo has the grounds to fire Ramona Singer.
“If I’m just looking at what was on the show, I don’t think anything on the show warrants the firing of Ramona,” the 38-year-old told the outlet. “That is my opinion.”
Although Ramona and Eboni butted heads numerous times during season 13, she believes that firing the RHONY veteran could disrupt the entire Housewives franchise.
“Andy [Cohen] kind of speaks to this in different interviews — and I agree with him: Ramona’s way of thinking and the way she presents on the show is very representative of a significant portion of our country, OK?” Eboni said.
“If the answer is, ‘Well, we don’t like that,’ or, ‘We’re going to decide that is not “mainstream” and we’re going to silence it,’ personally, I think that’s where radicalization and other really dangerous things take place,” Eboni continued.
She added that although she might not agree with everything Ramona says and thinks, that doesn’t mean that there is reason to let her go from the show. Eboni also explained that although the two do not politically align, they were able to connect on other levels while filming last season.
“The gag is I enjoy Ramona Singer, I really do. There’s a lot of quirky personality elements that we actually share in terms of taste and lifestyle,” she told Page Six. “We’re both savvy businesswomen, we’re both about our coins, we’re both about being self-made… We have points of connectivity, fun and similarities.”
Eboni said she’s aware of Ramona’s shortcomings though, which allows her to better communicate with her.
“You see it in the scene last season where we’re in her apartment and we reach an impasse as to whether she can have a celebratory moment for a woman in the White House in the capacity of vice president,” Eboni continued. She explained that she chose to remain on the couch and wait for Ramona to return so that they could finish their conversation. Ramona tried to change the subject in order to prove to Eboni that she knew something about Black women’s history.
“She had some of her facts wrong, but that’s OK because that’s what happens when you cram!” Eboni joked. “But I [didn’t want to leave her apartment] because I believe better of Ramona. I believe Ramona can sit there like a big girl and have a conversation that doesn’t have agreement, and still enjoy her champagne and have a lovely night with a friend.”
Eboni might be a bit more forgiving than RHONY fans though since they’ve lived through seasons of watching Ramona’s questionable missteps.
