Real Housewives Star Garcelle Beauvais Stands Up for Haitian Community

After every week, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Garcelle Beauvais is speaking out on behalf of the Haitian community. This weekend, Beauvais spoke out in Instagram to answer unfounded rumors circulating about Haitian immigrants.

“Silence in the face of racism and hatred is something I refuse to do,” she said in video“This past week, the lies that were told about the Haitian community — about my community — were disgusting, deeply hurtful and dangerous.”

More recently, former President Donald Trump and his 2024 vice presidential candidate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, have been spreading rumors about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, eating dogs and other pets. The Republican vice presidential candidate first stirred up the rumors on Sept. 9 ahead of the presidential debates. The next day, during a presidential debate with Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump underscored the claims, saying that immigrants “eat dogs, eat people who come in, eat cats.”

Despite ABC News debate moderators and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine saying there was “no evidence of that,” the unfounded rumor sparked threats against Ohio’s Haitian community and on social media.

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“This isn’t about politics now. This is about humanity. We have to condemn this kind of hate, this kind of racism, against anyone,” Beauvais continued in her video. “And I will not sit back and let people talk about my community the way they want to for their own benefit.”

While most individuals know her as a Beverly Hills housewife, Beauvais reminded her fans that she has at all times been a “proud Haitian immigrant.” Before making her Hollywood debut within the 1988 film “Coming to America,” Beauvais moved to the United States from Saint-Marc, Haiti. From her memoir “Love Me As I Am: My Journey from Haiti to Hollywood to Happiness” to her brand partnerships, the Haitian-born actress has at all times been pleased with her roots.

In response to those latest conspiracy theories, Beauvais encouraged everyone to get out and vote.

“The power that we have is the power to vote, to register and vote and stop this madness, this chaos,” she said, also emphasizing the identical message in Haitian Creole. “I’m not going to sit idly by. It’s just not right to treat people this way. We need to support each other, from our leaders to our neighbors. This has to stop and we have to do something about it.”