Former reality star Monique Samuels recently seemed to make some statements about prolific reality television executive Carlos King.
Samuels got her start on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Potomac. She and her then-husband, retired NFL star Chris Samuels, were on the show from Seasons 2 to 5. The couple left the Bravo franchise after Season 5 but continued with reality television careers, this time on the OWN series, Love & Marriage: D.C
The Love & Marriage franchise is from King, an alum himself The Real Housewives of Atlanta‘s production team. Samuels left the franchise after only one season. In a recent interview on the Jay Hill Podcast, Samuels had some unflattering things to say about her time on LAMDC, particularly and seemingly about King.
When it was revealed that Samuels wouldn’t be returning for Season 2 of Love & Marriage D.C., she said it was because of contract issues. Most people were confused because it had already been stated that she had already begun filming Season 2. But her recent interview gives the real reason for her early exit.
Without naming King, she alleges that she was made to look like the villain on the show and there were issues with production behind the scenes, with her saying the ship was “unorganized on and off-camera.”
Samuels told Hill that a former Housewives producer approached her after her exit from Potomac, and they formed a relationship. From there, she said the producers explained that “white shows” don’t show Black people in the light they should be shown in. She said that they eventually began working together on the OWN series with the promise of natural moments and no scripted drama.
Samuels says she believed him when he used what she referred to as the “Black card,” but claims that it ultimately didn’t work out in her favor. She says it feels like her name was used to gain the audience and then she was dogged out because she was frustrated with her husband on the show, but they didn’t show any context as to why. Instead, she claims they only showed her reactions.
Ultimately, she says that this producer “did her worse than the white folks.”
King hasn’t seemed to publicly respond, at least as of yet, to what Samuels has said.
