Bravo has dropped a preview of Karen Huger’s extremely anticipated sit-down with Andy Cohen forward of the Real Housewives of Potomac Season 10 finale, and followers will lastly get the solutions they’ve been looking for.
In the emotional clip, the 62-year-old Grand Dame opens up about the aftermath of her March 2024 DUI arrest and the viral bodycam footage that adopted.
Huger admitted she averted watching the footage for months, explaining that denial, her “cloudy” thoughts state, and worry stored her from confronting the truth of her actions after she crashed her Maserati in a single-car accident in Potomac, Maryland.
“I didn’t even watch that movie. I didn’t permit Ray to observe that movie,” Huger instructed Cohen, describing the emotional whirlwind that adopted the incident.
By shutting out her husband, Karen mentioned she additionally distanced herself from totally understanding her authorized state of affairs, regardless of her attorneys’ repeated recommendation.
“So, I didn’t have enter from my husband, so I couldn’t relate to what my attorneys had been telling me, which they had been giving me nice recommendation like, Karen, take a plea deal, let’s get you a plea deal as a result of the video goes to nail you.”
At the time, Karen defined, she was unwilling to face the footage as a result of she was “nonetheless in denial and nonetheless below the affect” of “prescribed drugs” and “alcohol.”
“I used to be cloudy and I used to be in denial.”
What did Karen Huger’s bodycam footage seize?
The bodycam footage, launched shortly after her arrest, confirmed Huger being questioned by police about her alcohol consumption following the crash. In the clip, she appeared visibly intoxicated, slurring her speech, stumbling over her phrases, and trying to downplay how a lot she had been consuming. Officers rapidly shut that down, with one telling her she was “hammered,” a declare Huger dismissed as “bulls***.” She additionally allegedly instructed police to “fk off” and “go fk yourselves” a number of instances.
In one other second from the footage, Huger, already detained, was filmed rambling about varied matters earlier than telling officers she was “Thomas Jefferson’s concubine.”
Mortified by the incident, Karen mentioned she selected to “isolate” Ray from the authorized proceedings as she tried to confront the state of affairs on her personal.
Later within the interview, Andy Cohen requested Huger about rumors that she had been supplied a plea deal involving “just a few months of home arrest,” which she instantly denied.
“Not true,” she mentioned bluntly.
What was true, nonetheless, was how lengthy it took her to lastly watch the footage. Huger admitted to Cohen she “had not seen it” as a result of she “was not dealing in actuality.” It wasn’t till she entered rehab that she discovered the power to face it, alongside her therapist.
“I used to be afraid of it. And then once I was in rehab, it was when my therapist sat with me to observe it…. I used to be blown away.”
Looking again, Huger acknowledged that all the state of affairs may have been averted.
“It was preventable,” she mentioned, including, “But let’s not underestimate the facility of medication and alcohol.”
Karen Huger’s emotional sit-down with Andy Cohen will air in full in the course of the Season 10 finale of The Real Housewives of Potomac, Sunday, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo, and can stream the following day on Peacock. In addition to the arrest footage, Karen may even focus on the realities of jail life and what’s in retailer for her future.
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