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Every wild comment Karen Huger made during that RHOP DUI bodycam footage
Every wild comment Karen Huger made during that RHOP DUI bodycam footage
Karen Huger kept telling RHOP viewers they’d find out the truth, until bodycam footage from the night of her DUI were shared on Bravo. She name-dropped Andy Cohen – as well as Thomas Jefferson.
The Real Housewives of Potomac launched this season with a crash re-enactment of the night Karen Huger was arrested for a DUI. Now, Bravo has showed the genuine bodycam footage of the incident.
Karen Huger’s DUI captured on bodycam
Karen Huger has been found guilty of driving under the influence, along with four other charges on December 18. On the same day, RHOP producers shared bodycam footage of the crash.
In March, Huger was driving her 2017 Maserati in an “aggressive manner” in Potomac when she struck an intersection crosswalk sign and a parking sign, court records reveal.
Though she was acquitted of reckless driving, the footage shows Karen saying she is called the “Grande Dame” after being arrested, with a police officer driving while she talks to him as a passenger.
When taken to a police station, she is asked if she remembers the crash, she says yes, but says no when questioned if she remembers the other vehicle involved, while disagreeing with officers.
As of December 18, Huger has been charged with a DUI, negligent driving, failure to control speed to avoid a collision, and failure to notify authorities of an address change in court.
While talking to officers, she refuses a breathalyser but immediately signs a form once told she’d be released in about 30 minutes, if she did. She now faces a maximum of two years in prison.
She name-dropped Andy Cohen
When Karen tells the officer in the drivers’ seat “they call her the Grande Dame,” she adds, “Andy Cohen did that. I don’t know what the f*** that’s about,” referring to when Andy asked her about it in 2022.
He had asked her about Robyn Dixon saying Charrisse Jackson-Jordan is the real Grande Dame of Potomac, to which she responded saying she’s the “true Grande Dame of Potomac.”
At the time, he said he “likes it because it’s very declarative, and it’s boastful, which I like.” However, he said he doesn’t understand it, and she said, “Well Andy, you of all people should understand it.”
She explained how the iconic tagline has been on her coat tail through seasons 1 to 8, with her explaining that she “rides the fence.” It is even mentioned in Karen’s Instagram name!
Huger also mentioned Thomas Jefferson
Karen mentioned she was “Thomas Jefferson’s concubine” – what on earth?! The third US president honestly has no idea he was mentioned, and viewers are equally in shock.
She said this to officers while refusing to listen to audio they showed her. During her trial, an officer said she was “hammered” as she appeared to slur her words, and “swayed” before getting into an ambulance.
After getting arrested, she literally shouts, “I’m lit.”
Huger claimed she was dealing with emotional distress at the time of the incident, and has since told TMZ that the seatbelt she was wearing “saved her life” and is “grateful to be alive.”
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