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Adriana de Moura says Alexia Nepola shamed trans girl on ‘RHOM’
Adriana de Moura is looking out Alexia Nepola for “shaming” a transgender girl on “The Actual Housewives of Miami” Season 4.
“Alexia was shaming a trans girl at a Pleasure occasion,” the “Really feel the Rush” singer, 57, remembers in an unique interview with Web page Six.
“In case you have a look at the footage on Season 4 when she’s going to be the marshal of the Pleasure parade in Miami in Wynwood, she’s sitting there along with her then-fiancé, Todd [Nepola],” she continues.
“And he’s trying out the ladies, this lovely blonde on stage.”
As Todd, 52, admired a girl named Godfrey Arbulu on the occasion, de Moura remembers Alexia, 55, telling him, “That’s a person, that’s a person.”
The truth is, the third episode of Season 4, titled “Painted With Pleasure,” sees Alexia — a famous LGBTQIA+ supporter who has participated in a number of Pleasure parades and occasions over time — misgender the performer.
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“That’s a man, that’s a man,” she tells Todd, to which the businessman smiles and nods, replying, “I do know … I do know.”
De Moura, a fierce advocate for the trans neighborhood, says the scene nonetheless bothers her greater than a 12 months after it aired in December 2021.
“That’s a trans girl who went by way of so much to get to that area the place she wanted to be,” she tells us. “So, discuss sticking your foot in your mouth.”
On the time, Wynwood Pleasure, the group that invited Alexia to participate in that 12 months’s celebration, issued a statement on Twitter, condemning the TV persona for her offensive selection of phrases.
“We’re very disillusioned in Alexia’s feedback about considered one of our performers, we’re much more disillusioned that Bravo / Peacock would enable these transphobic feedback to be aired on nationwide tv,” learn a December 2021 tweet.
“@godfrey_0612 deserves an apology and so do our Trans siblings at giant.”
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Alexia — who has but to situation a public apology — didn’t instantly reply to Web page Six’s request for remark.
De Moura introduced up Alexia’s remarks whereas discussing their ongoing feud — additionally involving the latter’s finest buddy, Marysol Patton — which is rooted in a sequence of conflicts which have performed out on Season 5 of “RHOM.”
“In case you’re excellent, then it’s best to forged the primary stone,” de Moura says. “However I feel [Alexia’s] not that excellent.”
The Alexia + Frankie’s Magnificence Bar founder notably accused de Moura of courting a married man when authorized docs in the end proved he was single, leading to an explosive change between the 2 ladies.
“I by no means obtained an apology from that, no regret in any way,” de Moura instructed us.
However issues took a flip for the more severe throughout a forged journey to the Bahamas when the “Fyah” songstress in contrast her foot harm to the near-fatal automobile accident survived by Alexia’s 26-year-old son, Frankie Rosello, in 2011.
The analogy — which de Moura describes as “unlucky” and says she is “deeply sorry” for — infuriated each Alexia and Patton, 56, inflicting the duo to shun her within the Caribbean.
“Did I stick my foot in my mouth? Sure, I did. However once more, I already apologized. I already groveled, apologizing they usually proceed to kick me,” de Moura says. “So, when do you cease kicking somebody when they’re down? There’s no compassion.”
“The Actual Housewives of Miami” is out there to stream on Peacock.