White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will make a cameo appearance in the new season of the reality show The Real Housewives of Potomac. In a trailer for the upcoming series, Jean-Pierre is seen welcoming cast member Wendy Osefo to the White House and conducting an interview for Osefo’s YouTube talk show, The Dr. Wendy Show.
A White House official said the discussion was to inform America’s black communities about actions the Biden-Harris administration has taken to improve their lives.
The Real Housewives franchise follows affluent women’s professional and personal lives in various cities or counties throughout the United States. Season nine of the Potomac series will hit TV screens in October, featuring Osefo and co-stars Karen Huger, Ashley Darby, Gizelle Byrant, and Mia Thornton. Two new cast members, Stacey Rusch and Keiarna Stewart, will also join the group.
The Washington, DC, version of the show famously caused uproar in 2009 when cast members breached White House security and crashed a state banquet hosted by President Barack Obama. The President was meeting with then-Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when the incident occurred, and subsequent investigations revealed that Michaele Salahi and her husband Tareq made it past two separate security checkpoints.
Roxanne Roberts of the Washington Post reportedly recognized the couple and questioned security officials about their presence, but their concerns were dismissed. The Salahis managed to gain access to the banquet room and shook hands with President Obama. After the meeting, the couple shared a Facebook post stating, “Honored to be at the White House for the state dinner in honor of India with President Obama and our First Lady!”
The social media post alerted the White House to the security breach, and in the aftermath, members of the US House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee asked Michaele and Tareq Salahi to attend a Congressional hearing to answer questions on the incident. Under subsequent questioning, they refused to cooperate. Tareq Salahi told lawmakers that on the advice of his attorney, he “respectfully” asserts his constitutional right to remain silent and “declines” to answer their questions.
