In a statement posted on “The Challenge’s” official Twitter account, reps for the show said, “As a result of Dee Nguyen’s offensive comments on the Black Lives Matter movement, we have. The Challenge star Dee Nguyen is speaking out following MTV’s decision to cut all ties with her following her racially charged tweets. 'The Challenge' Cuts Ties With Dee Nguyen, Cast Reacts Read. MTV has 'severed ties' with The Challenge star Dee Nguyen over a pair of since-deleted tweets in which she made light of the Black Lives Matter movement and the death of George Floyd. “Dee Nguyen will NOT appear in the reunion to be filmed at a later date “Out of respect for the competition and other Challengers, MTV will air the season as planned,” the network concluded. The latest tweets from @msdeenguyen.
© Riccardo Giardina for MTV; MTV Wes Bergmann and Dee Nguyen.Getting her help. Hours after MTV’s The Challenge announced that they had cut ties with Dee Nguyen following her racist tweets, she is focusing on her mental health, Wes Bergmann revealed.
“What Dee did was absurd, insensitive, and wrong. But most of all it was ignorant. Dee was basically my daughter. I made the decision to ask her to leave in less than an hour. This public decision is what the world needed and deserved. But it doesn’t stop my grieving,” the Final Reckoning star, 35, wrote via Twitter on June 9, one day after MTV made the announcement.
He went on to explain that within the last 24 hours, he was “finding a place for her to go,” as she was staying with him and his wife in Kansas City at the time.
“Her mental health by this time had deteriorated to a level where being in a hotel alone would have been the most dangerous option of all,” the five-time Challenge champ wrote. “An international flight out of Missouri in the early evening of a pandemic is non-existent. And none of the above keep her safe, heal or educated her.”
The Real World alum then stated that he “required third party counseling” to make the best move and spoke to “a doctor, a hotline, a CEO and a lawyer” since the situation was beyond what he knew how to control.
“A lot was at stake: everything from the continued momentum of a movement I firmly believe in, all the way to a literal human life,” he wrote. “Throughout this time we were able to sit with her and educate her on her mistakes. Systematic racism can not be explained in a night, but I tried and made as much progress as could be expected in this short of a window. This growth will continue where she has been transplanted.”
Bergmann continued: “Yesterday, we successfully landed her in what I’m going to refer to as a mental health lodge. We have sourced daily psychotherapy sessions in an effort to essentially build her and outpatient care program from then she eventually leads. Where she’ll go is unknown at this second, and not the current priority — but my best guess is Australia.”
On Tuesday morning, Nguyen shared an apology via Instagram. “The last 24hrs have made me realised [sic] what is important and that is forgiveness. I would like to offer my sincerest apology to my colleagues to whom I have hurt directly and indirectly due to my insensitive remarks,” she wrote. “Let me be clear I am a POC that cares about BLM. I believe in this movement and I’m stepping away from social media to focus on my wellbeing and mental health. This is not a goodbye, it’s a I will see you again.”
Hi Twitter fam. I will be taking time off to recoup and rehabilitate my mental health. Please respect my privacy during this time. I wish the best of luck to my fellow cast mates and will not be live tweeting this week. Stay safe
— Dee Nguyen (@deenguyenMTV) June 9, 2020
The War of the Worlds 2 winner added a second statement later in the day.
“I will be taking time off to recoup and rehabilitate my mental health,” she tweeted. “Please respect my privacy during this time. I wish the best of luck to my fellow cast mates and will not be live tweeting this week. Stay safe.”
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© Courtesy of MTVMTV has “severed ties” with The Challenge star Dee Nguyen over a pair of since-deleted tweets in which she made light of the Black Lives Matter movement and the death of George Floyd.
Nguyen on Saturday tweeted, “Idk why some of u think I’m anti BLM. I’ve been saying that since the day I lost my virginity.” She also commented on an Instagram post about Floyd, writing that “people die every f–king day,” according to Us Weekly.
In response to these posts, MTV on Monday took to social media with an announcement of its own: “As a result of Dee Nguyen’s offensive comments on the Black Lives Matter movement, we have severed ties with her,” the MTV reality competition series announced via Twitter on Monday, June 8. “Out of respect for our Challengers, we’ll air our season as planned. We strongly condemn systemic racism and stand with those raising their voices against injustice.”
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First introduced to TV audiences via the British reality hit Geordie Shore, Nguyen joined The Challenge franchise in 2019, competing in War of the Worlds and War of the Worlds 2.
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UPDATE: Nguyen issued the following statement to Us Weeklyon Wednesday, June 10:
“I want to sincerely apologize to my fellow cast members, the production crew at [Bunim-Murray] and the staff at MTV for my choice of words and actions in the most recent events. What was stated wasn’t meant to be hurtful or discriminatory in any matter. It was a knee jerk of a reaction and it’s certainly not the way that I feel nor what I meant.”
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She continued, “I would love to take it back. … Racial intolerance is intolerable and unacceptable. Having had to deal with racism my entire life, ironically through all this, there is a warm feeling I have with the fact that humans are standing together to call out unacceptable comments and behaviors that in the past were rarely called on. Again, we are shown that you can be judged in a second on all social media platforms.”
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