Joel Kim Booster apologizes to Shannon Beador for calling her “drunk.”
Actor Joel Kim Booster, host of the upcoming “Real Housewives” dating show “Love Hotel” for Peacock, has apologized to “Housewives” star Shannon Beador after calling her a “pathetic drunk” on social media.
In a series of now-deleted Instagram Stories late last month, Booster called the “Real Housewives of Orange County” star a “pathetic drunk” and claimed she abused production staff. He wrote: “Just because you’re a pathetic drunk on a reality TV show best known for a string of failed relationships, and a DUI doesn’t give you permission to treat the people you work with like they’re subhuman .”
On Friday, Booster apologized to Beador, saying, “An incipient conflict clouded my judgment and access to the darkest, ugliest part of myself.”
“Re: The ‘housewives’ of it all, I’ve had a lot of time to think and process this and I wish I could say I wasn’t the guy who posted these statements on Instagram, but the fact is I am . “I allowed an incipient conflict to cloud my judgment and access the darkest, ugliest part of myself and say things I don’t support or even believe, and I am deeply sorry that my worst self clouded my judgment,” he wrote. his Instagram. Story. “I know Shannon has had an extremely difficult year because she courageously shared that, and as someone who has his own issues that have spilled over into work, I should have had more grace for her at that moment.”
During a fan Q&A event earlier this month, Beador said she didn’t know why Booster made the comments about her, and at the wrap party for “Love Hotel” he had “tears in his eyes and said, ‘I’m so happy for you. ”
“He says I’m nothing but a pathetic drunk and it’s going to look really weird for him because he had nothing but love for me the entire show,” Beador said. “What I’m sad about is that I did nice things on the show and people said it was nice. It’s hard for me to walk away from an experience that I really enjoy. But we’ll see what happens. I don’t know where it comes from, I really don’t.”
Booster added, “I am deeply sorry for the ways I made Shannon’s path to stability more difficult, and I hope she comes out the other side of this stronger, healthier, and with the love she deserves in her life . I regret making this part of the story of our show, because I am extremely proud of the work that I, the ladies and the crew have put into it.”
