Kandi Burruss is the latest star of the Real Housewives franchise to say one of her children is a victim of online bullying.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member says her daughter Riley, 20, has been unfairly ridiculed on social media.
“I despise it. It bothers me so much,” Burruss tells People. “Everybody already knows that Riley dealt with her weight issues growing up in the public eye. People would make comments on her body, and say things about her personal look and it really boils my blood.”
“You can deal with anything for yourself, but you don’t want your kids to be bullied online,” the 46-year-old entertainer adds. “It’s just really terrible.”
Several Real Housewives stars, including Garcelle Beauvais from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, have condemned online hate against their kids.
Kandi say she’s reached out to Garcelle as Jax, one of her 14-year-old twins, has faced racist online comments.
“The people who watch our show and who are on our show, sometimes they take things too far, and it’s not cool. It’s crazy,” Burruss continues. “This is a TV show at the end of the day.”
“Words definitely matter,” she says. “I’ve seen one of my kids definitely get bullied multiple times.”
Burruss says last week “somebody was posting that [Riley] was pregnant and she was so upset about it.” Riley responded on TikTok that the rumor was false.
Bravo, the network behind the Real Housewives shows, issued a statement blasting the online harassment Jax was receiving.
“We are shocked and appalled at the social comments directed at Garcelle’s son,” the statement read. “We urge our viewers and social followers alike to refrain from targeting our cast and their families with hateful rhetoric.”
Copyright © 2022, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
Related Posts
Music notes: Selena Gomez, Charlie Puth and more
April 24, 2024
Selena Gomez spoke about her cosmetics brand Rare Beauty while at the annual TIME100 Summit in New…
Fans think Beyoncé may perform at Stagecoach Festival
April 24, 2024
Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadioStagecoach Festival will be taking place April…
Lauv releases new song and video for “Potential,” his first song “about a boy”
April 24, 2024
Daniel PrakopcykLauv's first new song and video of 2024, "Potential," shows him coming to terms…
“It hurt”: Ben Stiller talks the negative and positive effects of ‘Zoolander 2’ tanking
April 24, 2024
Pablo Cuadra/FilmMagicIn the forthcoming May 7 episode of David Duchovny’s Fail Better podcast, Ben…
Tina Fey, Steve Carell to reunite for Netflix comedy series ‘Four Seasons’
April 24, 2024
Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty ImagesDate Night co-stars Tina Fey and Steve Carell will…
Nick Jonas’ new movie, ‘The Good Half,’ to get nationwide sneak preview screenings this summer
April 24, 2024
Utopia/Fathom EventsIn 2023, Nick Jonas' movie The Good Half premiered at the Tribeca Festival. Now…
Taylor Swift’s ‘TTPD’ is now first album to hit 1 billion Spotify streams in one week
April 24, 2024
Beth GarrabrantIt's hard to keep up with all the records that Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets…
Disney+ drops trailer to Ron Howard-directed documentary ‘Jim Henson Idea Man’
April 24, 2024
Disney+On Wednesday, Disney+ released the official trailer for the upcoming Jim Henson Idea Man,…