The Real Housewives of Orange County<\/a> <\/i>alum Katie Ginella <\/b>was especially emotional to learn that the show reportedly planned a cast trip to Japan after her alleged experiences with racism within the franchise.<\/p>\n \u201cCan you tell me if my tears are overreacting? I just found out that the Real Housewives of Orange County <\/i>confirmed that they went to Japan on their cast trip,\u201d Katie, 41, claimed in a TikTok<\/span><\/a> video shared Saturday, April 25. \u201cI can\u2019t for the life of me figure out why they would go to a country where they have zero respect for Asian culture, most of them, not all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n The RHOC <\/i>season 20 cast<\/a>, including returning Housewife Vicki Gunvalson<\/b>, were spotted in viral social media footage<\/span><\/a> on Saturday alongside cameras at Tokyo\u2019s famed Shibuya Crossing. The women appeared to dress up like Harajuku Girls in ruffled skirts, vibrant prints and multicolored wigs.<\/p>\n Neither the RHOC <\/i>cast nor Bravo have publicly addressed the potential season 20 trip or Katie\u2019s comments. Us Weekly <\/i>reached out to a spokesperson for the TV network for comment.<\/p>\n Katie, for her part, held an orange during RHOC <\/i>seasons 18 and 19, announcing in January that she would not return<\/span><\/a> for the upcoming season 20.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I brought up Asian culture [on the show], I was met with comments like, \u2018Nobody cares about race but you\u2019 and other comments that weren\u2019t funny to me and they weren\u2019t a joke,\u201d Katie, the first Asian-American Housewife on RHOC<\/i>, claimed on Saturday. \u201cMaking fun of the foods and the meats at hotpot, a culture that they obviously don\u2019t know anything about that I was introducing them too.\u201d<\/p>\n Katie also claimed that she once told her fellow Bravolebrities that wanted to take a trip to Korea \u201cpossibly with them\u201d to learn more about her heritage after being adopted as a child.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u201cSo, finding out that they took the cast to Japan on their cast trip it stung,\u201d Katie lamented. \u201cIt broke me [and] it made me cry. It\u2019s not because I need to be there or need to be with those ladies. It\u2019s because of what that trip represents. I deserved respect, I deserved inclusion, I deserved a place there and every minority does.\u201d<\/p>\n Katie further stressed that she doesn\u2019t hold a grudge about her RHOC <\/i>exit<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m moving on [to] bigger and better,\u201d she concluded. \u201cMy life is so much more peaceful, but seeing this news really devastated me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\n Katie Ginella, Heather Dubrow, Gina Kirschenheiter, Tamra Judge, Jennifer Pedranti, Emily Simpson, Shannon Storms Beador Tamra Judge and Gretchen Rossi at the \u2018RHOC\u2019 season 19 reunion.<\/span> Trae Patton\/Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n