Monique Samuels Seemingly Accuses Carlos King of Manipulating Her into Joining “Love & Marriage: DC” by Playing the “Black Card” [Video]

Former “Real Housewives of Potomac” star Monique Samuels has stepped back into the spotlight to share unfiltered views on her interesting reality TV journey. From her departure from “RHOP” following a physical altercation with Candiace Dillard Bassett to her brief time spent on “Love & Marriage: DC,” Samuels is speaking candidly about what she learned and even issues with “LAMDC” production.

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To give some context, after Samuels left “RHOP,” many fans hoped that she would return to the franchise. Instead, Monique decided to take her talents over to Carlos King’s “Love & Marriage: DC,” showcasing a more authentic side of herself. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. In a recent interview with Jay Hill, Samuels revealed she was not pleased with how she was portrayed on the show, calling it the “greatest nightmare but my greatest teacher.”

“Imagine you being on camera and having a conversation, and now something’s said in the conversation that pops you off. They not showing nothing about that; they just showing you pop off. When I tell you, it was like every single scene, I was yelling, and I was going off. And when I tell you the whole synopsis of the show was get to know the real, full me. Get to know the real me…and they got me like only had me yelling and acting crazy,” she explained.

Monique didn’t shy away from taking shots at an unnamed producer, presumably King, who told her the show was aimed at breaking stereotypes about Black families in reality TV.

“He approached me with support and came to me with some, ‘You know we Black. These white shows, they don’t show Black people in the light that they should be shown in. You know it can be natural drama. It doesn’t have to be this scripted drama,'” Monique recounted. “And it created a relationship of ‘Alright, let’s see what we can do together. Let’s work together.’ So, I believed him when he used the Black card. And he did me worse than the white folks. I was like, ‘He could have at least waited till the second season to trash me.’”

She further explained, “It was just like, ‘We got her. Dog her a** out.'” It was like my name was used to gain the audience and I felt like I got trashed on that show. They didn’t show any of my real moments where I gave more context to what was happening.”