Is Ramona Singer the Meghan McCain of the Real Housewives Franchise?
Eboni K. Williams, left; Ramona Singer Photo : Phillip Faraone ( Getty Images ) , Monica Schipper ( Getty Images )  After 13 seasons, Im not entirely sure who watches the Real Housewives of New York anymore, but I do know it took 13 reasons for Bravos infamously segregated Real Housewives franchise to add a Black woman to its New York cast. Like the fictional Sex and the City and Girls before it, the reality show spent over a decade pretending as if Black women dont exist in every echelon of New York lifewith the rare exception of Luann de Lesseps dipping herself in a vat of bronzer to cosplay Diana Ross for Halloween. Advertisement  So, it shouldnt come as a surprise that the integration of lawyer and Revolt producer and host Eboni K. Williams, the first Black housewife to enter the cast in May 2021, has been accompanied by some...growing pains, especially following a year of racial reckoning. Like many more established members of the cast, Williams may mingle in high society circles, but she is not one to mince words or avoid difficult conversations. As The Root previously reported in June, she called out some longstanding castmembers during a discussion about their respective educations, Williams being the most accredited of the cast. Your white fragility is killing me right now, Williams reportedly told de Lesseps and fellow RHONY veteran. Ramona Singer. That conversation was tense, but Williams has apparently (and thankfully) not backed down in the weeks since, pressing on at least one castmembers most fragile nerve in recent episodes, as reported by Page Six on Wednesday. Ramona Singer just doesnt get it. The Real Housewives of New York City staple told new cast member Eboni K. Williams  the shows first black star  that she doesnt understand how Williams, an attorney and successful media personality, can talk about suffering. But youre living a great life, I dont understand, Singer, 64, said on Tuesday nights episode. I want to live your life  I want your life, bitch. Its real good. Williams  who has spent much of her short tenure on the show trying to teach her co-stars about issues related to race and the Black Lives Matter movement  acknowledged that shes heard that viewpoint a lot. Ramonas saying something that a lot of people who look at me feel, which is you talk about Black Lives Matter and you talk about black subordination of life, but Im looking and Im seeing a first-class existence, Williams, 37, said. Singer responded by saying, You said youve suffered. I said, Looking at you, I dont think you suffer.  Now, if Page Six (part of the traditionally conservative New York Post) says you dont get it, trust: you dont. But at least one RHONY castmate came to Williams defenseat least, during a confessional. Leah McSweeney reportedly told the cameras, Just because shes doing well doesnt mean she didnt struggle or that she didnt have to face any racism or sexism or whatever.  Facts. But this isnt the first time Williams and Singer have bumped heads on pertinent issues, despite the 38-year-old expressing a desire to have a real friendship with the 64-year-old socialite. Feeling that connection should include getting a grasp on Singers values, Williams attempted to broach the subject of politics, much to Singers discomfort, as Page Six reported last week. Lets just have a nice evening, I dont want to talk politics, Singer said after Williams asked for her thoughts, before repeatedly proclaiming that she does not like to discuss politics with friends. Singer, who got up multiple times throughout the heated exchange  heading to the bar and her bedroom  eventually declared that she was going to leave her own apartment. Im going to take a step away because you know what, I dont want to do this. I dont. Im liking you. I dont know you that well, feel like youre teaching me, youre preaching me, Singer told Williams. (Meanwhile, anyone else thinking this is why they rarely let the white housewives and Black housewives play together?) Advertisement  After Singer accused Williams of being preachy, Williams rightly called her out for gaslighting her, adding, you cant like me only when I say the things you want me to say.  Singer again dismissed Williams concerns, telling her she didnt care to discuss race, religion or creed.  Advertisement  Ramona, thats who I am, Williams responded. Granted, I didnt watch the episode (and likely wouldve thrown something at my TV had I attempted to), but Page Six reported that all ended well between the two. That is, if you consider being called a a strong black bitch a compliment. Williams and Singer were able to hug it out by the episodes end, with Williams telling her co-star, Im not going to treat you with kid gloves and white fragility because youre a strong white woman. And youre a strong black bitch, Singer responded. Yeah, Id need a new TV about now.