Real Housewives Of Lagos: – Carolyna Hutchings Speaks On Misunderstanding With Laura

Real Housewives of Lagos star Carolyna Hutchings is speaking about her beef with co-star Laura Ikeji and explaining how filming the show is like being in Squid Game. Carolyna said:

CAROLYNA HUTCHINGS: I would like to clear the air concerning Laura.

First and foremost, Laura was the first person to bring her sister up on the show in Season One. I remember when we all went to the beach—she said she couldn’t come because something had happened and she was occupied. I remember we all had an amazing time at the beach, and no one spoke of Laura. But to be fair to the ladies, I’m not really speaking to one or two of them, yet I’m still defending them—no one mentioned Laura’s sister at the beach, not a single person.

So I was shocked when we left the beach, came back to shoot the next scene, and I started hearing that Laura said I spoke about her sister and that she was going to slap me. First and foremost, when she realized she was wrong, she never took accountability for that. I remember during the time I was hosting them, it put me in a position where I had to talk about my daughter—something I didn’t want to do because that’s her private life. Even when Laura heard me talking about my daughter and what had transpired between myself and her sister—which I still have emails to back up—she never showed empathy whatsoever. She never apologized, but it went on and on.

Before Laura and I had our misunderstanding and all that drama, it was about two months. What people do not see is that when you watch the show, you just watch Episode 1 to 13, but you don’t realize that we actually shoot for about four months. So I tolerated quite a lot. A lot of people tolerated quite a lot in Season One. Laura wasn’t the best person in Season One—Toyin had issues with her, Iyabo had issues with her, Chioma had issues with her. We all had issues with her because she could come into a space one minute, and she would start frowning and giving attitude, and you just wouldn’t know what the problem was. So I want to believe that she was going through something at that point in time.

Now, accountability for me does not mean that you’re weak—it just shows a form of growth. At the end of the day, I don’t know why Laura would not want to be accountable for her actions, but that’s really up to her. However, I said to myself that if she ever comes back in Season Three, I would take accountability for my words and my actions—not because I feel I am weak, not because I feel like she’s better than me or that she won. No, it’s not about winning here. It’s about me being a grown woman, a mother, and knowing that what I said to this woman was really hurtful.

I want to own up to what I said. I want to bury the hatchet. I want to show her that, you know what, maybe you’re coming from somewhere that I can’t see, but I want you to know that we all are not the same. So whatever you must have been through elsewhere, in this group—made up of just six women—we will find a way to communicate.

I want to thank Showmax and Livespot for creating this show, really, because if I ever knew what “team formation” was before, now I know better. It is like Squid Game, literally. I’m not going to lie—you are in a group with people that you probably don’t want to see, but you just have to see them. You have to be able to manage the situation, communicate, and find a balance.

So for Laura, I think Laura is going to come around.

Source: Jide Okonjo

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