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Mika GadsdenFacebook She’s southern — and charmless. Bravo TV’s “Southern Charm” personality Kathryn Dennis is being called out as racist after sending a monkey emoji to a black radio show host. The Charleston, South Carolina native, had an ugly spat with radio host and activist Mika Gadsden over a planned “Trump Boat Parade” being thrown …
She’s southern — and charmless.
Bravo TV’s “Southern Charm” personality Kathryn Dennis is being called out as racist after sending a monkey emoji to a black radio show host.
The Charleston, South Carolina native, had an ugly spat with radio host and activist Mika Gadsden over a planned “Trump Boat Parade” being thrown by local businesses, the messages show.
Dennis, 28, argued that supporting Trump did not make her racist — then sent the emoji tweet in an angry exchange of direct messages.
“This is what happens when a Black woman in #Charleston speaks up against white supremacy,” Gadsden said as she shared the message, saying that Dennis also called her “a whole host of other names.”
Unpublished screenshots of the full chat show that Dennis relentlessly messaged the activist 28 times — calling her a “psycho” and asking if she had “a mom,” BuzzFeed News also revealed.
Dennis admitted Monday that “using a monkey emoji in my text was offensive.”
“From the bottom of my heart I sincerely apologize to anyone and everyone I hurt. Although the context was not my intention, there are no ‘if ands or buts’ that excuse me did not give it thought, and it was and is wrong. I know I am not that person. I know and will do better,” she wrote.
Gadsden wasn’t buying it. “Apology not accepted,” she wrote.
Fans were also outraged at her attempts to excuse what many branded “blatant” racism.
The exchange sparked a huge backlash online, with some calling her racism “blatant.”
“You cannot say that calling a black woman a MONKEY isn’t racist, @_whoisstephanie wrote. “It doesn’t matter if you think it’s stupid or not because it’s offensive,” she wrote.
AnneMarie Burgoyne called herself “a fan,” but tweeted, “I cannot excuse this! As a Southern Woman Kathryn, you knew exactly what you were doing, when you DM’d that emoji! I’m ashamed!”
