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RHOP Producers on What's Really at the Root of Karen Huger's Drama with the Other Housewives
There's something The Real Housewives of Potomac cast may not be getting about the grande dame.


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Decoding Karen Huger 101: Are the Potomac Producers Fluent in Karen?
She's an interesting, complicated, deep person.
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3:32S5 - E10 | Part 1Gizelle Bryant: "Monique Could Not Stand Candiace From Day One"
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6:20S5 - E10 | Part 2The Potomac 'Wives Break Down the Winery Incident Moment by Moment
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5:16S5 - E10 | Part 3Did Monique Samuels Really Black Out at the Winery?
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3:23S5 - E10 | Part 4Did Gizelle Bryant Hire a Bodyguard Because She's Afraid of Monique Samuels?
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4:46S5 - E10 | Part 5Which of the Potomac 'Wives Is Talking to the Blogs?
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1:24S5 - E11 | Part 6Robyn Dixon Shares Major Updates on Her Upcoming Wedding
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4:10S5 - E11 | Part 1Karen Huger Reveals Why She Would Have Pressed Charges if She Was in Candiace Dillard Bassett's Shoes
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2:07S5 - E11 | Part 2Did Robyn Dixon and Gizelle Bryant *Actually* Want the Incident at the Winery to Happen?!
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3:41S5 - E11 | Part 3Gizelle Bryant: Robyn Dixon Is Consistent...Late to the Party and Late Paying Her Taxes
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3:22S5 - E11 | Part 4Karen Huger Reveals Why She Brought Gizelle Bryant and Ashley Darby to Her Hometown
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4:06S5 - E11 | Part 5Monique Samuels Opens up About Exploring and Understanding Her Triggers With Her Pastor
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5:19S5 - E12 | Part 1Why Did Candiace Dillard Bassett Wait to File Charges Against Monique Samuels?
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3:17S5 - E12 | Part 2Karen Huger: "I Thought My Marriage Was Strong Enough to Take Anything...I Misjudged"
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5:09S5 - E12 | Part 3Was it Fair for Ashley Darby to Defend Monique Samuels When Ashley Wasn't There for the Incident?
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3:35S5 - E12 | Part 4Wendy Osefo Dishes on Her Sip and See Party: "That Is Nigerian Culture!"
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3:45S5 - E12 | Part 5What Does Karen Huger Know About Candiace and Monique That the Other Ladies Don't?!
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4:42S5 - E13 | Part 1Karen Huger to Wendy Osefo: "Girl, Back Off! Your Turn's Coming!"
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4:09S5 - E13 | Part 2Monique Samuels Reacts to Feeling Iced Out by the Other Ladies
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3:14S5 - E13 | Part 3Karen Huger Reveals the Exact Moment Captured on Film That Saved Her Marriage With Ray Huger
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4:19S5 - E13 | Part 4The Potomac 'Wives Reveal Their Real Thoughts on Their Newest Cast Member...T'Challa!
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2:16S5 - E13 | Part 5Robyn Dixon Reacts to the Sweet Moment When Juan Dixon Asked Her Parents' Permission to Marry Her Again
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2:32S5 - E14 | Part 1Candiace Dillard Breaks Down While Discussing Monique Samuels' Counter Charges Against Her
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4:17S5 - E14 | Part 2Wendy Osefo to Karen Huger: "Do Us All a Favor and Shut the F*** Up"
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3:30S5 - E14 | Part 3Gizelle Bryant Says Karen Huger Was Shading Wendy Osefo Because Wendy Is "Actually Smart"
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2:15S5 - E14 | Part 4Karen Huger Says Her Impersonation of Wendy Osefo Was "Not That Serious"
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2:43S5 - E14 | Part 5Is Wendy Osefo the Only Real Housewife of Potomac Who Recognized the Portuguese Flag?
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3:27S5 - E15 | Part 1Did Karen Huger Really Drink Milk for Her Ulcer? Or Was There Another Reason She Ordered Milk?
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4:31S5 - E15 | Part 2The 'Wives React to Wendy Osefo Being Named After a Fast-Food Restaurant
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5:03S5 - E15 | Part 3Karen Huger: Gizelle Bryant Has "Tried at Love Several Times and It's Been Disastrous"
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3:47S5 - E15 | Part 4Did Ashley Darby Jump Back Into Her Marriage Too Quickly? The Ladies Weigh in!
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3:04S5 - E15 | Part 5Monique Samuels Reacts to Not Being Invited on the Cast Trip to Portugal
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2:03S5 - E15 | Part 6Ashley Darby Reveals the Real Reason Behind Her Breakdown in Portugal
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3:02S5 - E16 | Part 1Gizelle and Robyn React to Ashley's Written Statement for Monique: "What Does Monique Have on You?"
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5:16S5 - E16 | Part 2Wendy Osefo Still Has Nightmares Over the Prank the 'Wives Pulled in Portugal
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2:21S5 - E16 | Part 3Did Karen Huger Want to Ruin Juan Dixon's Surprise Proposal?!
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5:15S5 - E16 | Part 5Was Ashley Justified to React the Way She Did After Candiace Revealed She Wanted a Baby?
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1:34S5 - E16 | Part 4Ashley Darby Responds to the Ladies' Reactions to Her Public Pumping
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3:40S5 - E17 | Part 1Karen Huger Explains Her Pillow Fetish: "Let Your Mind Run Wild"
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4:26S5 - E17 | Part 2Are Ashley Darby and Candiace Dillard Bassett Even Now?! "That Was My Way of Getting My Vindication"
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2:51S5 - E17 | Part 3Candiace Dillard Bassett Explains the Depths of Her Hurt After Finding Out About Ashley Darby's Written Statement
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3:05S5 - E17 | Part 4The Ladies React to Ashley and Michael Darby's Sexually Fluid Marriage
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2:08S5 - E17 | Part 5Do Monique and Chris Samuels Trash the Darbys Behind Their Back?!
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4:02S5 - E18 | Part 1Was Karen Huger Trying to Set up Monique Samuels and Candiace Dillard Bassett by Inviting Them Both to Her Party?
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3:49S5 - E18 | Part 2The Complete History of Karen Huger's Wig Line
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4:00S5 - E18 | Part 3Why Did Karen Huger Just Storm Out of Her Own Party?
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3:55S5 - E18 | Part 4Why Did Karen Huger Drink Champagne With Monique Samuels After Refusing to Drink in Portugal?
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3:02S5 - E18 | Part 5Did Karen Huger *Really* Invite Monique Samuels to Her Wig Party?!
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1:35S5 - E18 | Part 6Karen Huger Opens up About Keeping Things Sexy for Ray
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6:58S5 - E19 | Part 1An Exclusive Play-by-Play of Michael Darby and Chris Bassett's Heated Confrontation
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4:40S5 - E19 | Part 2Monique Samuels Breaks Down in Tears Over Her Broken Friendship With Candiace Dillard Bassett
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5:50S5 - E19 | Part 3Every Question Is Answered About Karen Huger's Wig Shift Party in This Definitive Party Timeline Recap
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4:29S5 - E19 | Part 4Why Was Wendy Osefo *So* Amped for Juan Dixon's Proposal?
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3:27S5 - E19 | Part 5Why Was Michael Darby So Insistent That Juan Dixon Would Not Propose?
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3:17S5 - E19 | Part 6The Ladies React to Candiace Dillard Bassett and Monique Samuels' Charges Being Dismissed
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5:01S5 - E19 | Part 7What's the *Real* Reason Karen Huger Arrived Late to Robyn Dixon's Party?!
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4:00S5 - E20 | Part 1Where Does Candiace Dillard Bassett and Karen Huger's Friendship Currently Stand?
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2:10S5 - E20 | Part 2Ashley Darby Opens up About What You Didn't See After the Explosive Finale Party
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4:00S5 - E20 | Part 3Karen Huger Explains Why She Didn't Tell Everyone the "Truth" About the Fight
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3:57S5 - E20 | Part 4Robyn Dixon on Her Relationship With Juan Dixon: "He’s a Much Better Person Today Than He Was When I Married Him"
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1:59S5 - E20 | Part 5The Untold Truth: Juan and Robyn Dixon's Romantic Origin Story
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3:31S5 - E21 | Part 1Watch Hilarious Outtakes From The Real Housewives of Potomac After Show
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3:02S5 - E21 | Part 2Decoding Karen Huger 101: Are the Potomac Producers Fluent in Karen?
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3:01S5 - E21 | Part 3The Real Housewives of Potomac Love to Eat and Eat and Eat!
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4:37S5 - E21 | Part 4Best Dressed? Biggest Flirt? Here are RHOP's Season 5 Superlatives
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1:58S5 - E21 | Part 5Ashley Darby: "Being Pregnant and Having a Toddler Is No Joke"
Season 5 of The Real Housewives of Potomac was one of the most intense for longtime cast member Karen Huger, from opening up about her background like never before to letting viewers into the most intimate parts of her marriage to husband Ray Huger. Along those lines, Season 5 has also been one of the most dramatic for Karen as her friendship and loyalty came into question.
That all came to a head in the RHOP Season 5 finale when the ladies confronted Karen about the invites to her Wig Shift Party. But according to RHOP executive producer Kemar Bassaragh, Karen could have avoided this situation altogether.
"If she had just explained her position earlier on, it would not have caused that big pile-on at Robyn [Dixon]'s engagement party," Bassaragh explained in The Real Housewives of Potomac After Show, above. "I feel like that's something Karen has to deal with outside, like always telling everyone up front how she feels."
Josh Brown, Vice President, Current Production at Bravo, agreed with Bassaragh, also sharing in the RHOP After Show that much of Karen's conflict with the other Potomac Housewives might boil down to communication issues.
"Now that you're saying this, I feel like it's also that some of the other women maybe need to be better at being fluent in Karen Huger, because I think Karen, when she says things, she gives off certain signals in the way that she's saying it or in the words that she chooses where you have to read between the lines," Brown said. "Even when we're having conversations off-camera or if I've heard her speaking with Kemar or one of the other producers during parts of the year when they're not filming, about just other random things, if you read between the lines on Karen, she is actually saying a lot; she just doesn't overtly say it, and I think sometimes the women maybe need to pick up on that and read the tea leaves a little better."
When it comes to these RHOP producers' proficiency in being "fluent in Karen Huger" themselves, Bassaragh admitted, "I'm still working on it," while Brown said that he feels like they're "understanding better" as time goes on. "She's an interesting, complicated, deep person," Brown said of Karen.
She certainly is!
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