Real Housewives’ Leah McSweeney sues Bravo, claiming discrimination for being compelled to skip grandmother’s funeral

Reality star Leah McSweeney has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Bravo, alleging that she was forced to miss her grandmother’s funeral due to filming commitments. 

The 41-year-old is the latest star to speak out against Bravo, after Vanity Fair released a ‘deeply rooted’ investigation into the television network’s relationship with the Real Housewives franchise stars. 

McSweeney reportedly filed a discrimination complaint with the EEOC against Bravo after filming Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip (RHUGT) earlier this year. 

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DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for Bravo who have so far not been available for comment. 

Among her complaints is that she had to miss her grandmother’s funeral due to a conflict with a RHUGT trip to the Hamptons. 

A production source told Vanity Fair that the Married to the Mob alum was offered ‘whatever day or time [she] need[ed] to be with [her] grandmother,’ McSweeney claims that’s not what actually happened. 

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‘It hurt so bad that I was not able to grieve,’ she noted. ‘That I had people not showing me any kind of compassion or humanity regarding it.’

The death of her grandmother drove her into a severe depressive episode and she spent eight days in a psychiatric facility. 

McSweeney was also deeply affected when producers for RHONY told her that viewers didn’t find her as likable sober as they did when she was drinking.

Specifically, McSweeney alleges that she was told ‘there was such a stark difference between [her] when [she was] drinking versus this season.’ 

She had been sober for nine years before a relapse in 2020.

McSweeney quit RHONY but later signed on to do RHUGT for $250,000 and found her fellow cast members encouraged her to drink. ‘

I wish you were still drinking. That’s all,’ Marysol Patton admitted texting McSweeney before the Thailand trip.

Meanwhile, Gizelle Bryant asked her, ‘Like, if you drank this week, would that be a big deal?’ 

Discrimination: McSweeney filed a discrimination complaint with the EEOC against Bravo after filming Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip earlier this year

Complaints: Among her complaints is that she had to miss her grandmother’s funeral due to a conflict with a RHUGT trip to the Hamptons

Support: A production source told Vanity Fair that the Married to the Mob alum was offered ‘whatever day or time [she] need[ed] to be with [her] grandmother,’ McSweeney claims that’s not what actually happened

Grieving: ‘It hurt so bad that I was not able to grieve,’ she noted. ‘That I had people not showing me any kind of compassion or humanity regarding it.’ The death of her grandmother drove her into a severe depressive episode and she spent eight days in a psychiatric facility

An attorney for Bravo denied the fashion designer’s claims of discrimination.

‘Production spent endless amounts of time accommodating her,’ the attorney told Vanity Fair.

Support was reportedly offered for McSweeney’s ‘alleged disabilities,’ referencing her drug and alcohol addiction struggles. 

The attorney went on to say that McSweeney was offered support for her issues, but the reality TV star thinks those offers were ‘reneged on’ or not ‘offered in good faith.’