Kate Aurthur editorEboni K. Williams — a lawyer by training and a TV anchor and host by vocation — is also the first Black cast member of “The Real Housewives of New York City” since the show premiered on Bravo in 2008.
One of five in the cast for its 13th season — along with longtime Bravo stars Ramona Singer, Luann de Lesseps, and Sonja Morgan, as well as Leah McSweeney, who joined the show last year — Williams has injected “RHONY,” as it’s called by viewers, with an urgent political message simply by her presence as a Black woman on the show.“It just all feels so counterproductive,” Williams said in a lengthy interview with Variety last week, referring to some of the dramatic back-and-forths of the season. “When we all know the thing.
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