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Nicole Curtis once again took to social media to defend herself after a clip surfaced showing her using the ‘N-word’ while filming her series Rehab Addict.
The former HGTV star was last week after the footage, shot in 2022, came to light.
Curtis has apologized, insisting the slur is not part of her vocabulary, and claimed the video was stolen and deliberately released to sabotage her career.
She argued the footage had been manipulated and edited to coincide with her return to HGTV on February 11, when two new episodes of Rehab Addict were scheduled to air.
On Tuesday, Curtis shared more details in a new Instagram post, revealing that someone close to her attempted to blackmail her over the clip - but she refused to pay, sparking a public fallout.
She explained in the lengthy post that she had turned off the comments because of the ‘hate’ in the replies, before adding details about the footage: ‘Someone personal (not crew) had access, demanded $, I didn’t pay - here we are.’
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Nicole Curtis once again took to social media to defend herself after a clip surfaced showing her using the ‘N-word’ while filming her series Rehab Addict
On Tuesday, Curtis shared more details in a new Instagram post, revealing that someone close to her attempted to blackmail her over the clip - but she refused to pay, sparking a public fallout
While Curtis begins her latest post by highlighting the 'many moments of kindness' she says she’s received since the clip went viral, she made it clear she’s had enough of the hateful backlash.
She wrote: 'I’m reading the DMs - ignoring the headlines. I’m turning off the comments - if the hate was just aimed at me, I could handle it, but the hate toward each other is exactly what we should all be working diligently to work through - go back to human connection, actual conversations instead of internet tit for tat. Let’s do better together.'
Curtis explained in the lengthy post that she had turned off the comments because of the ‘hate’ in the replies, before adding details about the footage: ‘Someone personal (not crew) had access, demanded $, I didn’t pay - here we are'
While Curtis begins her latest post by highlighting the 'many moments of kindness' she says she’s received since the clip went viral, she made it clear she’s had enough of the hateful backlash
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Curtis also addressed questions about how easily she said the racial slur and argued that she has long thrown 'random' words together.
