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Below Deckseason 9 chief stewardess Heather Chase has apologized for using a racial slur while speaking to deckhand Rayna Lindsey.
The moment was shown during Monday night’s episode of the Bravo series, when Lindsey, who is Black, used the N-word and Chase, who is white, repeated it back to her.
Chase addressed the situation on her Instagram page Monday, writing, “I am sorry for the hurt my ignorance caused Rayna in tonight’s episode. While I apologized to Rayna throughout the season, I cannot express enough how remorseful I am.”
“Over the past nine months since this episode was filmed, I have learned how my words and actions can affect others and I vow to do better in the future,” she added.
Lindsey also responded to a follower who said Bravo’s lack of a response to the situation is “disappointing.”
“@bravotv you heard the people,” Lindsey replied. “I’m very disappointed. They kept rewarding her all season and she thought she was gonna get away with it.”
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She later added that Chase was “too comfortable” using the slur. “Like I said, she said that s— regularly,” Lindsey wrote.
When another fan similarly commented that Chase said the word “so easily,” Lindsey noted, “It makes my skin crawl.”
She also claimed thatCaptain Lee Rosbach"knew" about what happened, “and just didn’t care to talk to me.”
“Something happens so bad that it becomes impossible to trust anyone. With time and the reunion I hope we can unpack everything,” she wrote, adding in another slide that “things kinda get worse.”
“I wish her nothing but the best though,” she wrote. “She’s young and hopefully can learn from these mistakes.”
source: people.com
