RHOP’s Gizelle Bryant and Candiace Dillard-Bassett Quotes About Feud, Chris Bassett Drama: ‘You Are Not a Victim’
19.10.2022 - 22:01
/ usmagazine.com
A broken friendship. Candiace Dillard-Bassett and Gizelle Bryant shocked viewers when they ignited a feud during season 7 of the Real Housewives of Potomac over claims about Candiace’s husband, Chris Bassett.
Before the season premiered in October 2022, Gizelle teased trying to tell Candiace about a conversation she had with Chris at the season 6 reunion.
“I was very honest about what I felt happened and I wasn’t like shady about it. I didn’t add any hot sauce to it,” the Texas native exclusively told Us Weekly that same month. “I was just like, ‘This is what happened, and I think you should know.’ I didn’t think she was gonna be so angry.”
Gizelle noted that she wasn’t thrilled about how the singer reacted to her concerns, adding, “I’m very clear about what happens. I just didn’t like how it was handled after I was very honest and forthcoming about how things made me feel.”
As cameras were rolling during season 7, the model revealed that a private conversation with Candiace’s husband made her feel uncomfortable. “Many a married man have tried me and I felt like he was trying to see if I was with it,” Gizelle told Robyn Dixon. “He was complaining about his wife. So he was letting me know he was unhappy. Maybe I was supposed to say, ‘Oh, I can make you happy.’ Like, get out of here. He’s a sneaky link!”
Later in the episode, the former Bravo’s Chat Room host attempted to bring the topic up to her costar. Candiace, for her part, tried to stop filming by walking off and calling for a producer.
“If it’s going to be about maligning my f–king husband, you don’t want me here,” the Mississippi native explained, before referring to a 2018 legal case with Ashley Darby‘s husband that was dismissed. “Michael Darby is available for that.