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Riley Burruss addressed her drama with Georgia McCann and Ariana Biermann, and she shared where she stands with them today. The Next Gen NYC star also revealed why she didn’t reach out to Ariana after their controversial episode, and she recalled getting hate messages from fans.
Earlier this season on Next Gen NYC, Riley lifted her drink as if to throw it at Georgia, which came after Georgia clapped back at Riley for accusing her of taking ketamine. At one point, Riley said Georgia shouldn’t cheers with their castmates because Georgia can’t afford to buy a Birkin.
After the episode came out, Riley said Ariana didn’t meet her “criteria” as a friend because she didn’t step in to take up for Riley sooner in the argument. Ariana later shared that Riley hadn’t reached out to her since the scene aired.
On Casual Chaos with Gia Giudice, Riley was asked what she would do differently with Georgia this season.
“I would do everything differently,” said Riley, who shared that she and Georgia are now in a good place. “People don’t realize [that] when [Georgia and I] have these snarky comments to each other, we just laugh at each other … we kind of have a running joke, so people don’t realize that we’re literally fine.”
“I talked to her since the episode came out, and me and her are good, like when we were at [an] event, we were hanging out, and I think people were so surprised,” said Riley. “[Our] generation … even if we do mess up, we can have a conversation and talk things through and let each other know what made us upset or whatever and how to move forward.”
Riley said she and Ariana are also “good,” and they recently hung out.
“I got a lot of hate [after the episode],” she said. “I’ve even spoken to Ariana about this, but when she said on Watch What Happens Live about how I didn’t reach out after the episode aired, it was genuinely because my number somehow got leaked or something, and I got racist like texts, and so I had to literally turn off my phone for a week.”
“I get it, the way I showed up on TV was really not okay, and I get some of the comments. But when it comes to, like, race … [and] the microaggressions, that’s not okay, and I don’t appreciate that,” she said. “But if you want to call me a spoiled brat, honestly, I did look like a spoiled brat; I’m not gonna lie. I agree, but I don’t appreciate the text about me being a black B word or the N word.”
As for her claim in the season that Shai Fruchter doesn’t have friends but acquaintances in the cast, Riley said she stands by it.
“A lot of people were telling me things behind the scenes that they weren’t saying to [Shai’s] face,” said Riley. “I did not tell him any names, so let’s make sure that’s clear.”
At one point, Riley said cryptically that she has to be okay with making “other people uncomfortable” so she can have “good mental health.”