Sonja MorganandDorinda Medleyare apologizing for some insensitive remarks they made about LGBTQ models who hit the catwalk at New York Fashion Week.
TheReal Housewives of New York Citysparked somedramaon Tuesday at the Garo Sparo show, where their castmateTinsley Mortimerwas walking. While the two, who were sitting front row with Ramona Singer andLuann de Lesseps, were supportive of Mortimer, they were less supportive of the other models on the runway.
Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, and Dorinda Medley.Thomas Concordia/Getty
Sparo, who was a season 17Project Runwayfinalist, had a wide range of diverse models in his lineup, including Madeline Stuart,who’s known as the world’s first “super model with down syndrome,”MiMi Tao, thefirst transgender model onProject Runway, transgender model Amanda Lepore along with many other queer and transgender models.
According toPage Six Style, Morgan shared a now-deleted Instagram video of drag queen Miz Cracker walking down the runway where she was heard asking, “Who is that? Oh, that’s a guy, right?”
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When transgender model Yasmine Petty took the limelight, Medley remarked, “With a body like that, that’s a guy.”
Morgan chimed in, “Yeah, with a body like that it’s a guy, you’re absolutely right.”
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After Petty posed for cameras at the top of the catwalk, she was seen giving a look towards Medley and Morgan’s direction as she walked back down the runway. She later talked to Page Six Style about the incident.
“I was really excited to do the fashion show for Garo Sparo for New York Fashion Week because he was using models of diversity,”Petty told Page Six Style. “And I knew they were filming theHousewives of New Yorkand I knew they were front row and literally, as I was walking down the runway, I heard them making these statements.”
She continued: “It’s pretty disheartening and disappointing, especially this day in age and being in New York City,” Petty said. “My philosophy is that people can’t choose their sexual orientation. They can’t choose their gender identity. They can’t choose or not choose to have a disability or a mental illness or even their race, but things people can choose to do is not to be rude and cruel to people over things they have no control over.”
In the background of the now-deleted videos, de Lesseps could be heard saying that she loves “how diverse the show is.” They were all on-hand filming the upcoming season to watch Mortimer, who closed the show in a princess-style tulle dress with crown.
TheRHONYcrew also made an appearance at the Pamella Roland show on Tuesday.
source: people.com
