Gizelle Bryant is facing backlash for using a gay slur on her podcast.
During Monday’s episode of their “Reasonably Shady,” Bryant was talking to co-host Robyn Dixon about a Fox Nation documentary she had just seen that discussed the Jussie Smollet hate crime hoax.
“What he did was, in case you guys don’t remember, was he staged a hate crime,” Bryant explained. “So they were supposed to put a noose around his neck, they were supposed to call him ‘f—got’ or something … gay empire boy or something.”
Her word choice seemed to catch Dixon, who is also her “Real Housewives of Potomac” co-star and best friend, by surprise, as she could be heard letting out a long sigh.
“They were supposed to scream that,” Bryant, 52, tried to rectify after noticing Dixon’s reaction. “These were the words that Jussie gave the trainers to do.”
The five-episode documentary — which was released on March 13, 2023 — discussed the 2019 alleged attack on the “Empire” actor, who claimed he was physically assaulted by two people who called him racial and gay slurs.
A month later, a police investigation found that Smollet, 40, had paid the two brothers to stage the assault. After a lengthy legal process, the actor was found guilty of five counts of felony disorderly conduct for making four false police reports.
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While some fans argued the use of the slur “pertained to the story,” others were outraged that Bryant would say it so casually.
“what a disgusting woman,” one user responded to a clip posted on Twitter while another added, “woah. wtf.”
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“Not her pretending to hesitate saying that word when you know she probably says it on a regular basis,” someone else replied. “A true actress.”
Bryant has yet to address the backlash on social media and her reps did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Last month, the “Housewife” found herself in hot water once again after asking her Spanish-speaking co-stars to stick to English.
Bryant was dubbed a “Karen” by fans online for telling Alexia Nepola and Marysol Patton that she has a “No Spanish” rule during an episode of “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip.”
Although Bryant defended herself by saying she just didn’t “want to feel left out,” social media users slammed her as a “bigot.”
“Please think about your narrow minded silly words before you have an entire Culture against you! #LatinX #Triggered @Andy where’s the cancel button #WWHL,” one critic tweeted.
“It’s a bit disturbing that @GizelleBryant would try to hush #Marysol & #Alexia for speaking their Native tongue, Spanish. Does she not know her own history of bigotry?! For SHAME!! #RHUGT3 #RHOP,” added another upset viewer.
New episodes of “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip” are available to stream on Peacock on Thursdays.
