Karen Huger isn’t mincing phrases with regards to what she thinks about The Actual Housewives of Potomac costar Stacey Rusch’s new relationship.
“Effectively, they’re not married. It was a sexless relationship,” Karen, 61, solely instructed Us on the Us Weekly + Pluto TV Actuality Stars of the Yr Social gathering on the Dream Lodge on Thursday, October 10. “There’s a distinction. I’m married. Twenty-eight years. Reward the Lord. Shout-out to Ray.”
Karen, finest often known as the Grand Dame of RHOP, has been married to Ray Huger since 1996, and so they share two youngsters. Stacey, 39, in the meantime, joined the Bravo collection within the at present airing season 9 alongside her boyfriend, Thomas Anthony Jones (nicknamed TJ), and revealed that they’re celibate.
Whereas talking with Us on Thursday, Karen quipped that she was “completely not” shocked by Stacey’s relationship. (The Bravo newcomer, previously a QVC host, met TJ via the procuring community.)
“I learn that from the bounce,” Karen stated. “It’s over, isn’t it? Keep tuned.”
Stacey has not publicly confirmed the standing of her relationship however gushed about TJ throughout the season 9 premiere that aired earlier this week. Us Weekly reached out for remark.
“TJ and I met at his audition to grow to be a number on QVC,” Stacey stated throughout the premiere. “It was this real friendship, after which after about six months, we simply each couldn’t deny that we wished to be part of each other’s lives.”
In a preview for an upcoming episode, Stacey revealed to costar Ashley Darby that she and her beau is perhaps “on that journey” of an eventual marriage.
“I really like somebody,” she added. “He’s a religious Christian, so we aren’t intimate in any respect.”
Karen additionally gave Us her ideas on Stacey’s RHOP debut.
“Was it a transition or a rejection [from QVC]? Allow us to see. I’m simply saying,” Karen quipped on Thursday. “The daggers you noticed between Stacey and I, I feel is phenomenal TV, however it’s actual? … I’m the viewer watching. So, let’s see what unfolds sooner or later for Miss Stacey.”
Regardless of drama with Stacey, Karen was happy with how she appeared within the season premiere.
“With me, I at all times like authenticity and I really feel I spoke out the authenticity of others that have been phony,” Karen instructed Us on the Los Angeles social gathering. “I truly known as it ‘My Press Convention With No Press No. 2,’ however I labeled the social gathering ‘The Interrogation Social gathering’ and I simply flipped it on them.”
She added, “I can not say that these new ladies didn’t step as much as the plate and … I’m excited to see what they do sooner or later. You must keep tuned.”
The Actual Housewives of Potomac airs on Bravo Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Mike Vulpo