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Karen Huger reacted to Tia Glover‘s marital drama with her husband, Rob Glover, on Sunday’s Watch What Happens Live.
As she also suggested that Stacey Rusch was “AI,” reflected on her blowup with Gizelle Bryant, 56, and shared her thoughts on Wendy, 41, and Eddie Osefo, 41, having separate legal teams, the 63-year-old Real Housewives of Potomac star revealed what she learned from her time behind bars, spoke of her status with husband Ray Huger, 79, shaded Robyn Dixon, 47, and more.
“The delivery of it all … should’ve been different. It should’ve been a phone call or not at all, not at a table with other people on camera,” Karen said of Tia’s husband being blasted by the cast, mainly Stacey, on the October 11 episode of WWHL. “For me, it was [the] AI Stacey of it all. I’m not sure that was Stacey sitting there. And I don’t dislike Stacey… I just don’t know whether I’m getting AI or Stacey.”
As RHOP fans saw on Sunday night’s episode, Stacey shared with the group that Rob had been on apps, which blindsided Tia.
After noting that she felt Stacey was “AI,” Karen said Gizelle should have gone directly to Tia with the information about Rob so that Tia was able to address the topic privately.
“I certainly do because they have a relationship, an established relationship,” Karen explained.
As for her own issues with Gizelle, which were teased in the season 11 trailer, Karen said their face-off was “painful.”
“It’s a very painful scene for me to even [be] a part of, but I’ll say, I don’t carry baggage I didn’t pack, so stay tuned,” she teased.
After being asked about Gizelle being chosen to represent the RHOP cast on Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th, Karen said, “She did a great job.”
Moving on to Wendy and Eddie, Karen hinted that she was concerned about their decision to enlist separate legal teams.
“Prayers go up,” Karen stated.
During a game in which she was asked if she gave a damn, Karen confirmed she did give a damn that Wendy purchased a Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon in the midst of her insurance fraud case.
Regarding her own legal troubles, Karen said she didn’t regret not taking a plea deal “because [she] wouldn’t have been as accountable.”
“I learned a lot … what people don’t realize is I went away well. I went to therapy first,” she explained.
Karen also didn’t regret not watching body cam footage of her DUI arrest.
“No, because I couldn’t have watched it without my therapist with me because I didn’t know that woman,” she reasoned.
As for her biggest lesson, Karen said, “I would say the biggest lesson I learned is to be accountable.”
Karen went on to say that she was the most grateful for “being able to live [her] authentic life now.”
“I’m free, and I’m happy and healthy,” she declared.
If Karen could go back in time, however, to the moment just before she began serving time for her DUI, she said she would have told herself to “get help sooner.”
Just over a year after being released from jail, Karen confirmed that she still speaks to those she met inside.
“They’ve reached out and said hello, and I say hello, and I told them when I do my live show again, just say you’re from N22 and raise your hand and I’ll bring you on up,” she shared.
Karen then spoke of her marriage to Ray, explaining that she was a “new person” when she left jail.
“Once you’re well, you see things clearer, and that’s different. I’ve been married 29, well, 30 years if we make it, and I certainly came home a different woman, and I’m well,” she noted, adding that she and Ray are “still working” on their marriage.
Also on the live broadcast, Karen shadily revealed how Robyn has improved.
“Robyn’s skin looks great … Robyn was on time for all of the moments she shared with me on film. Old Robyn would’ve been late, so that’s an improvement,” she began.
“[And] being a friend of RHOP suits Robyn well, very well … [She’s] light as a feather … She tries [to hold everyone accountable] … Robyn’s fashion has improved slightly,” Karen continued. “She’s misfiring less, not completely, but less, like, the thing she wore to the basketball game, it looked like Uncle Sam walking through the door kind of thing, but she was beautiful. Her skin was great.”
“I’m glad to report that Robert is alive and well,” she added, referencing her nickname for Robyn.
Later, as she appeared on the WWHL: After Show, Karen was asked if she had any regrets about the way she spoke to Wendy about her legal drama at the season 10 reunion.
“I would hate to be the person that didn’t speak what I was thinking if it was to help you. So I don’t have any regrets because my intentions were good,” she replied.
Karen then confirmed that she and Wendy were “a work in progress.”
“I’m hopeful,” she added.
The Real Housewives of Potomac season 11 airs Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo.