RHONY’s Eboni Williams sparks outrage behind the scenes after blaming production for poor grades

Eboni K. Williams sparked outrage behind the scenes at Real Housewives Of New York after publicly blaming producers for the show’s declining ratings this season.

The former Fox News host, who is the first black woman to appear on the Bravo show, hit back at accusations that fans miss her repeated conversations about race, telling TMZ it’s the producers who make it happen. the final cuts on what appears on television.

Williams, 37, also said the show has addressed sensitive issues like mental health, alcoholism, bankruptcy and divorce in the past, so race shouldn’t be taboo.

But three different sources within the production exclusively told DailyMail.com that they were shocked when they read the TMZ story, with one noting, “Blaming the production is the worst. thing you can do. ”

“First, it was Ramona and Luann who Eboni said she was having trouble with – so what’s the fault of Andy Cohen now or Lisa Shannon (from Shed, the production company)?

“Our network and our production company take good care of us. They want our show to be successful. Andy takes all of our calls and cares about us and our show, ”the source explained.

“We all want Eboni to be successful. The point is, EVERY woman who joins an existing cast is scrambled to some extent. This did not happen to Eboni. The cast and crew were thrilled to have Eboni on the show and really made sure she became a quick friend and colleague.

“It looks like Eboni is on a mission to bring down the show. Talking officially to slam producers shocks me. Shocking.

“She wants Ramona demoted, if not fired and now she’s going after production. It’s not going to end well. Bring the much-delayed reunion.

Last week, the Bravo show recorded its lowest-rated episode of all time, gaining just 764,000 live viewers. (The only lower-rated episodes were the “secret” recap episodes from seasons seven and 12.)

And yesterday, it emerged that RHONY was delaying filming the reunion until at least September and also postponing the filming of season 14 to 2022.

An insider exclusively told DailyMail.com: “Hell breaks loose behind the scenes at The Real Housewives of New York. While the cameras are off, the drama continues.

The cast – which currently includes Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, Leah McSweeney and Eboni K. Williams – have been unofficially informed that a new season’s recording will not take place until early 2022 rather than at the end of 2021 as planned.

A spokesperson for Bravo made no comment when contacted by DailyMail.com on Wednesday.

The insider continued, “The cast is completely divided and the women don’t get along.

“The shoot ended with all of the women as friends, but as soon as the show started airing, Eboni K. Williams went to war with her cast mates – especially Ramona and Luann and the audience. turned off week after week. ”

The source continued, “Our viewers don’t want to be lectured. They want a fun show – tipsy middle-aged women with money fighting over trivial things. Yes – let’s talk about the big issues our nation is on. confronted – but that cannot be the focus of our show.

“That’s not what our show is, but week after week, scene after scene, everyone is being educated by a former Fox News host.”

Fans have responded to the news of RHONY’s drop in ratings online this week.

While some accused her of “doing everything about race,” she also drew positive reactions from viewers for bringing up the subject.

The lawyer has been accused of being “too judgmental” and “waking up” after another episode where she took on the role of educator despite the fact that the cast – and fans on social media – didn’t had no interest in hearing what she had to say.

Eboni pointed to the racial micro-aggressions she faced throughout Season 13 as she encouraged the four white women of RHONY to re-evaluate their habits with words and delve deeper into different cultures.

“I expected white discomfort. I didn’t expect the number of blacks to be so uncomfortable with my presence on the show, ”Eboni told the Breakfast Club in June.

Earlier in the season, Eboni was forced to explain the harsh realities surrounding the angry black woman’s trope when LuAnn accused her of flying away during a lunch in the backyard of her house. of Sag Harbor.

Shortly after the lesson, cast friend Heather Thomson thought she was paying Eboni a compliment when she noted that the talk show host was very “articulate,” only for Williams to describe the show. condescending comment as a “micro-aggression”.

On a trip to Salem, Massachusetts, Eboni said she wanted to share girl-to-girl chats as long as she knew there was no one in the group “aligned with white supremacy.”

And fans took to Twitter with harsh criticism for Eboni’s aroused approach as she tried to educate women about her daily experiences as a black woman in a white world.

One fan wrote to Williams: “After watching this latest episode, so many ignorant people don’t appreciate your approach. I literally appreciated you in every episode… keep ignoring the bs… you gave what had to be given !! ‘

Another user took a lower road with the comment: “Why are you doing everything for the race? Just take advantage of your friends, ”as another called it“ boring and judgmental ”.

“I’m an educated black woman but that’s overkill,” @simplylericka wrote. “She can share our experiences when she is receptive to an open audience. Ramona or Lu don’t work for BLM and that’s good. Eboni is great for this platform, but it’s good to chill out.

“You came to the RHONY, not the View or the Talk,” wrote @ cps7253. “You want to be taken seriously, find a suitable platform to ‘promote’ how ‘awake’ you (and Leah) are … because that’s not it..you were intimidating these ladies by making your better to set them up so that you can shoot them down.

One fan simply asked, “Is it ALL the scenes then ?? I don’t have a racist bone in my body, but you are a bit too much.

Eboni noted on The Breakfast Club: “People want to stress the darkness of it all. black people have the impression that I make them cringe. I make them uncomfortable. And I’m spoiling their good time of entertainment.