‘I was a Karen,’ admits axed Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder as she’s branded ‘ignorant’ by talk show host Tamron Hall in first tell-all since racism scandal
- Stassi Schroeder sat down for her first interview since getting axed from Vanderpump Rules since her racism scandal
- The pregnant reality star admitted on the Tamron Hall Show that she was a Karen
- Stassi, 32, said she was ’embarrassed’ that she reported her Black co-star Faith Stowers for a crime she had nothing do with it
- Tamron branded her ‘ignorant’ and grilled her about her previous usage of ‘Nazi chic’ to describe an outfit
Stassi Schroeder sat down for her first interview since her Vanderpump Rules firing for the Tamron Hall Show.
The 32-year-old, whose past racially insensitive actions resurfaced last summer leading to her firing, admitted she ‘was a Karen’ after Tamron asked her about why she reported her Black co-star Faith Stowers to the police for a crime she had nothing to do with.
Hall said she was ‘shocked’ at her ‘level of ignorance as it relates to race,’ specifically because she is from New Orleans and lives in Los Angeles, both of which are highly populated, diverse cities.
Getting grilled: Stassi Schroeder sat down for her first interview since her Vanderpump Rules firing for the Tamron Hall Show on Thursday morning
Tamron questioned her judgment on making insensitive jokes about Jewish people in addition to the ones directed toward the black community..’
The talk show host asked Stassi why she had used the phrasing ‘Nazi chic’ to describe an outfit, to which the star said: ‘I was so used to making jokes’ at other people’s expenses.
The daytime host candidly said: ‘Going back to your history, being in a big city like New Orleans and Los Angeles, I am shocked – and don’t take this as an insult – at your level of ignorance as it relates to race and what it means to say Nazi chic to Jewish people and what it could have done to Faith’s life.”
Tamron point blank asked her: ‘You saw a grainy photo. why did you think that that was Faith Stowers? Or did you really?’
Straight to the point: Stassi also admitted in the interview that she ‘was a Karen’ when Tamron brought up the fact that she supported the All Lives Matter movement after slamming the Oscars So White
Stassi responded: ‘Yes I did. And it wasn’t just the photo. Kristen [Doute] and I had received texts from multiple people about this.’
The star added that ‘there were people that Kristen knew who were texting her and said there’s this whose stolen from us and we think its this person in the article and she’s saying she’s on your television show and her name is Faith.’
‘And when you’re on a show like Vanderpump Rules, your existence on that show is kinda dependent on sticking your nose in other people’s conflict or creating conflict.’
Stassi said: ‘I look back at that podcast and I’m so embarrassed that I even had those thoughts, much less put it out there. Because I was that…’
On her past actions: Stassi said: ‘I look back at that podcast and I’m so embarrassed that I even had those thoughts, much less put it out there. Because I was that…’
Tamron added: ‘And so strongly’ before Stassi admitted: ‘I was that Karen. I was a Karen. I was a Karen who basically said, but what about All Lives Matter?’
Schroeder was fired from Vanderpump Rules along with Kristen Doute, when it was revealed that they filed a false police report against former VR co-star Faith Stowers, the only Black woman to appear on the hit reality show.
Schroeder and Doute told police that Stowers fit the description of a Black woman who was robbing men in Los Angeles, and Schroeder and Doute even admitted to calling the cops on Stowers.
Schroeder had started working at Lisa Vanderpump’s restaurants Sur and Blanca Villa in 2010, and she has been on Vanderpump Rules since it debuted in 2013.