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Taking a pass. Real Housewives of Salt Lake City<\/em><\/a> star Jen Shah<\/strong><\/a> opened up about the choice to skip her interview with Andy Cohen<\/strong><\/a> following her January 2023 prison sentence.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI will not be doing the 1:1 with Andy Cohen and Bravo because of their unwillingness to remove contractual provisions that would allow the network to legally make misrepresentations of me and my story, relating to any and all topics, prior to and during the course of my participation,\u201d\u00a0 Shah, 49, wrote via Instagram<\/a> on Thursday, January 19. \u201cThe specific 1 on 1 interview was not part of my\u00a0<\/span>RHOSLC<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/em>reality TV contract. I promised myself and my loving family that I would not allow this portion of my life to be sensationalized or inaccurately conveyed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Bravo star explained that she \u201cstood in front of a judge on January 6\u201d and asked him \u201cto see me not as a fictionalized character<\/a>, but as the real Jen Shah,\u201d adding that she was now at a point where she could \u201clegally, emotionally and mentally, where I can answer some questions and provide a few unknown details about my case\u201d and wanted to share her \u201ctruth\u201d with the people who \u201clove and support\u201d her.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n She continued, \u201cI would rather remain silent and wait until I am able to accurately share my story than continue having complete lies and misrepresentations about me smeared across<\/a> the headlines,\u201d she added. \u201cI intend to speak and you will hear from me. I will share my story and this painful part of my life very soon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier this month, the Utah native was sentenced to six and a half years in prison<\/a>\u00a0after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in July 2022. Shah was arrested in March 2021 for a wire fraud charge as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering, but the money laundering charge was dropped after she changed her plea last year.<\/span><\/p>\n On January 6, Judge\u00a0Sidney Stein<\/strong>\u00a0also ordered the former marketing pro to forfeit $6.5 million and pay restitution of $6.64 million. After her release from prison, she will be subject to five years of supervised release. the reality star is set to begin her sentence on February 17.<\/span><\/p>\n Shah has starred on the RHOSLC<\/em> since its 2020 premiere. While part 1 of the Season 3 reunion\u00a0<\/span>aired Wednesday, January 18, the reality star confirmed she skipped the reunion taping in December 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After news broke that she would appear at the reunion, Cohen, 54, revealed during an episode of his SiriusXM show Radio Andy<\/em> that he planned to sit down with Shah before she reports to prison.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m hoping to go talk to Jen this weekend,\u201d the Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen<\/em> host shared earlier this month. \u201cI\u2019m hopeful that I can do that sit down with her in front of some cameras and deliver that to you. I\u2019m really hoping to do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Bravo exec then made headlines on Sunday, January 15, when Chris Wallace<\/strong><\/a> asked about him previously saying he hoped Shah received \u201cno jail time.\u201d Cohen thought he made the comment before the Salt Lake City resident changed her plea, however, the news broadcaster, 75, noted that he made the remarks several months later.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOh, really? Oh, God,\u201d Cohen said during the CNN interview<\/a>. \u201cWow, this is fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n On Tuesday, January 17, Cohen took to social media to share his thoughts on the conversation, revealing via his Instagram Story that he thought Wallace was missing context from the quote, which he gave to Us Weekly<\/em> in November 2022.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s being sentenced on December 15, so I don\u2019t know what to say to people who want her on the show<\/a>,\u201d he told Us<\/em> at the time. \u201cI hope that she gets no jail time whatsoever and she can come right back \u2026 but I have a feeling that she\u2019s not going to be available to be on the show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n