Jen Shah’s Rep on Why RHOSLC Alum Refused Andy’s Interview

Jen Shah received “direct calls” from execs after she refused the interview with Andy Cohen earlier than her jail sentence, based on new claims being made by Jen’s rep.

Her crew stated the community “labored over time” to “convey down Jen,” and so they knew about Monica Garcia’s controversial previous amid her casting for Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis.

“I perceive that feelings are excessive proper now as quite a lot of misinformation is being put out to the general public maliciously resulting from a call that was made again in January 2023,” wrote Jen’s rep, through a press launch on dearjenshah.com. “That call was to not transfer ahead with a 1:1 interview [with Andy] and a mini-series.”

“Now that sure phrases have been disclosed publicly on a radio present, I discover it vital to make clear the true occasions as Jen closes the door on this poisonous relationship with the community and manufacturing firm,” the rep added, referring to Andy’s current claims. “The 1:1 interview would [have] take[n] place in her dwelling as they mentioned the particulars of her case, and her relationship with the opposite girls of the present. Because of the holidays and the looming sentencing date approaching, Jen elected to spend time along with her household, in addition to proceed to abide by the recommendation of her authorized illustration – which is why she didn’t attend the Salt Lake Metropolis Season 3 reunion.”

In line with the rep, Jen declined the community’s provide after weighing “sure clauses” of the settlement over “exclusivities and misrepresentation.”

“From there started a bunch of unknown and direct calls from manufacturing and community executives, attorneys, and different relative events about this being her ‘alternative’ … and threats of her exclusivity with the [show],” the discharge continued. “We had been instructed ‘you understand how a lot of an honor that is to take a seat down with Andy’. These calls and emails lasted till the center of January, which had been all met with respectful declines.”

The discharge additionally claimed government producers needed Jen’s husband Coach Sharrieff Shah to movie for the most recent season.

“That call didn’t sit nicely with the community and manufacturing firm,” stated the rep. “Since Jen has made this determination, together with declining different request from government producers over the months, (I.E Asking Coach Shah to movie for season 4, inquiring on her life in jail, and her launch date which continues to maneuver up) – the community and manufacturing firm have labored over time of their try and retaliate and produce down Jen.”

In comes Monica.

“These examples [of retaliation] embrace casting a person that was given a stop and desist again in 2021, by which the manufacturing firm, and community had been despatched a duplicate of at the moment. Permitting numerous visitor to return on a weekly selection present and suggest Jen’s involvement in a bodily act that didn’t happen,” alleged the rep, alluding to Heather’s black eye. “Even sending sure solid members to attempt to rekindle with Jen or shut members of the family in ‘hopes’ of getting added to her video name record, for what we are able to all assume was for storyline in Season 4. These cases had been all met with no reply.”

The discharge stated Jen will “converse her facet of the story” in time, and so they cryptically added: “The wonderful thing about expertise is that each one telephone calls, emails, and textual content messages are recorded.”

In the meantime, Andy threw some main shade at Jen throughout Sunday evening’s episode of Watch What Occurs Stay whereas addressing rapper Eminem’s lawsuit towards RHOP stars Robyn Dixon and Gizelle Bryant.

“Who ever thought you’ll be in a lawsuit with Eminem over the phrase shady? That’s dumb,” stated Andy.

Robyn responded: “It’s essentially the most weird twilight zone…”

Andy replied, “Kinda like Jen Shah tweeting from jail.”

Stay Viewing Thread – That is additionally the reside viewing thread for half one of many RHOSLC season 4 three-part reunion. Be at liberty to speak and remark under because the episode airs tonight on Bravo at 8/7c.