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Angie Katsanevas’ husband Shawn Trujillo addressed the dishonest allegations, which, in keeping with castmate Monica Garcia, had been unfold by Meredith Marks, and who he blames for it.
He additionally shared the place he stands with Whitney Rose, who first addressed the scenario on Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis, and he revealed what it was like to inform his daughter in regards to the rumors.
In line with the unsubstantiated homosexual rumor, Shawn was dishonest on Angie with a number of boyfriends in Salt Lake Metropolis. Each Shawn and Angie have denied that is the case.
Talking on Behind The Velvet Rope With David Yontef podcast, Shawn addressed why he was so emotional within the scene together with his spouse whereas they mentioned the rumor.
“The emotion for me was, , the preliminary factor was anger, proper? So someone that has the, I assume, the wherewithal to make up a lie like that. So I used to be offended to begin. After which it shortly flipped to my daughter. My ideas began to maneuver in direction of her,” he mentioned. “The very last thing that I’d ever need her to suppose is that I might do one thing like that to her mom. So for me, that’s the place the emotion flipped. And anybody will be capable of let you know that it’s onerous for me to even point out her title with out getting emotional.”
He then shared what it was like to inform his daughter in regards to the scenario.
“We had been in a position to deal with it together with her and it was an actual natural dialog. I believe you’ll see a few of that,” he expressed. “[I asked myself] how lengthy do I’ve to carry on to this data earlier than I’ve to have a sit down together with her and let her know what’s occurring so she’s not caught off guard at college with buddies or no matter. In order that led to the emotion as properly. We had an incredible dialog. She is so grounded and good … She chuckled. She had a extremely good time with it. And , it was enjoyable.”
When requested in the event that they thought-about quitting the present after the dishonest allegation, Shawn declared: “We by no means as soon as considered quitting the present … The one factor that we don’t do is let folks win in that form of means. , I’ll say that there are curler coaster moments the place it’s like, oh my God, what have we accomplished? … however but no one’s gonna beat us like that.”
He then addressed the concept that folks can lie on the present. “Individuals can proceed to lie and that’s the unlucky factor. Proper? … After which whenever you’re in a extra public platform, the onerous half is something can get legs … I do know that there’s in all probability going to be different stuff as we get down the street right here. And that’s okay.”
Shawn claimed he and Angie aren’t upset with Whitney for citing the rumor on digicam, however he instructed that Meredith and Monica had been “each accountable in their very own means. Meredith, as you’ve seen from seasons previous, she’s all the time the one which’ll plant the seed after which she’s all the time received someone that’ll run away with it and that’s much like what occurred right here. And , I say disgrace on each of them.”
Shawn was additionally requested in regards to the backlash towards Meredith over the concept that she would out somebody’s sexuality. After the episode aired, Meredith filmed a scene together with her son Brooks, who lately opened up about breaking apart together with his boyfriend, and a few followers claimed Meredith was utilizing her son’s sexuality to defend herself towards the backlash.
“My opinion is that there have been some strategic conversations behind the scenes. And I imagine that after that episode aired, there was a complete bunch of back-peddling occurring. And , she’s a wise girl. And I believe she took the chance to leverage her son and issues like that, realizing that this didn’t land fairly the best way they wished it to,” he mentioned. “My thought is, , if I had been a cheater and if that had been a factor, say that. Don’t make it about sexuality. I believe they tried to do this to, , push the knife in somewhat bit deeper and it didn’t land the best way they wished it to.”
Shawn hinted, nevertheless, that Meredith maybe didn’t plant the seed: “Possibly Monica made it up. After which there was some conversations backwards and forwards and , we’re nonetheless actually unclear the place it precisely got here from.”
He finally said, “My perspective on that is that [Monica’s] utilizing this as a possibility to create storyline for herself … There’s not lots of logical pondering that occurs when she begins battling it out with folks. So she’s keen to go as little as she completely can to harm, destroy or defame anyone on the forged. No one’s exempt … And , she definitely doesn’t run round within the … the homosexual neighborhood that we take part in Salt Lake Metropolis. So, to me, it’s only a blatant mislead create story and simply attempt to harm someone.”
Concerning Monica’s on-screen fights together with her mom, Shawn expressed, “I might simply by no means carry [my parents] on a nationwide tv to attempt to expose the scenario in that form of means. , for me, it’s simply reckless, it’s messy … So for me, I questioned the character of this particular person.”
Shawn then doubled down on the declare that Meredith is not welcome of their residence. “When someone comes for our character, our cash, our household … they don’t get a second likelihood with me,” he defined, “If Angie ever tried to persuade me that she must have Meredith right here for any specific purpose, I can’t be right here for that. So I can’t interact in any form of a relationship together with her shifting ahead.”
Reacting to Monica’s declare that she went to the ER after falling down Angie and Shawn’s basement stars – which allegedly weren’t as much as code – Shawn said, “I didn’t know that occurred after we [had] that occasion … To me, it’s simply one other layer of the messiness and the weeds that she’s keen to get into to type of create and perpetuate sure narratives that make her a sufferer … I don’t need anyone to get harm in my home, however the best way our home is designed, we are able to do no matter we would like with it.”
He went on to say, “I’m sorry that she fell, however I can’t take duty for that. From what I perceive from among the people who form of witnessed the factor, it was similar to she slid down on her butt. So it’s like, I don’t know the way legs and stuff like that received concerned.”
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