New ‘RHONY’ Housewife Ubah Hassan on Her Intense Phone Fight With Erin Lichy: ‘She’s a S— Stirrer, Everybody Knows It’
02.10.2023 - 03:29
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McKinley Franklin editor SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for Episode 12 of “The Real Housewives of New York City” Season 14 now streaming on Peacock TV and airing on Bravo TV. Ubah Hassan is the breath of fresh air “The Real Housewives of New York City” needed. When Andy Cohen told Variety last yearthat its NYC-based “Real Housewives” franchise would be “rebooting and recasting” the series from scratch, the network took a huge leap of faith — before Season 14 of “RHONY,” no franchise had ever been stripped to the bone before. Though some of the new “RHONY” cast members are still in the limelight for vexed viewpoints, “RHONY” has found light in Hassan.
Of the cast, Hassan often serves as the lighthearted, bubbly voice of reason among the six New Yorkers. While she possesses an uplifting personality, Hassan has dealt with struggle throughout her life. Born in Somalia, she fled her home country with her family at a young age to live in Kenya, before they immigrated to Canada.
Amid fights about dinner reservations and cheese, Hassan grounds her cast, offering adequately timed comedic relief. “It’s mind-boggling to me,” Hassan said to the camera in a confessional. “These girls are fighting about cheese.” And that’s just who Hassan is — a realist, like a true Virgo.
For the past few weeks, audiences have tuned in as Hassan has had a multiple-episode quarrel with Erin Lichy that stemmed from a push in a pool on a girls trip to Anguilla. When Lichy decided to “prank” Hassan back by stealing her phone, it sparked the most intense fight that the new group of “RHONY” women have seen thus far. In this week’s episode, Hassan got the most vulnerable she’s been on the show, talking about the death of her mother, in
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