RHONY's billionaire newbie has been on our screens for about a month, and someone from her past is already claiming she was the mean girl. On this episode of The Salty Chip Podcast, Mackenzie and Isaac break down the bullying allegation against Erika Hammond. A TikTok creator named Hannah Stella claims she and Erika attended St. Louis school in Waco, Texas, for one semester of seventh grade, and that she had to transfer schools because Erika allegedly bullied her so badly. Hannah hasn't said what the alleged bullying involved, and she says she doesn't plan to. She says it happened about 20 years ago, that she has no beef, and that Erika is probably really nice now. As of October 10, Erika had not responded publicly. This is one person's account and it hasn't been verified, so we're treating it as an allegation.
The twist is the casting angle. Hannah says that when the RHONY reboot was first being cast, someone at Shed Media DMed her, and she filmed a casting tape but wasn't picked, while Erika eventually was. In her words, she could have had "a confrontation with my middle school bully on Bravo television and then had Andy Cohen ask us about it." We ask whether a seventh-grade story matters 20 years later, and whether it changes how we watch Erika this season.
Then we bridge into what RHONY fans are saying about Erika right now. In Episode 5, "Trouble in Paradise," Erika took the cast to Moskito Island in the British Virgin Islands, and Daisy and Erin Lichy were caught bad-mouthing the accommodations. Daisy said Martha Stewart would think it was a "dump," and Erin was mostly mad about the pull-out couch. Erika called Erin's follow-up apology "a fake apology." We also get into the "is it even her island?" debate and Erika's "you want the deed?" moment, her explanation that nine families each own an estate on the island, Sai De Silva backing her up on the After Show, and how Erika got pulled into the Jessel and Erin drama over the flooded Hamptons house.
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