Real Housewives of Dallas star Tiffany Moon subjected to racist bullying

Variety

The Asian-American anesthesiologist's changing of her social media bios to "previous cast member of #RHOD" prompted a report that she had quit the Bravo reality show. But she has since changed her bio back to “Season 5 cast member of #RHOD.” Moon, the second woman of color on the show's cast was known for educating the show about anti-Asian racism. Variety's Kate Aurthur reports that Moon "had to deal with a lot of difficult things on camera, especially as a working doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic and as an Asian American woman during this year of hate crimes and violence toward the AAPI community. But this week, Moon faced something unprecedented: She was subjected to racist bullying online by the family of one of her fellow cast members, Kameron Westcott. In tweets, Kameron Westcott’s husband, Court, and her brother-in-law, Chart, attacked Moon on Twitter. Court Westcott, who has since deactivated his Twitter account, decried the concept of 'anti-racism,' called it racism, and compared the philosophy to World War II Germany. 'I don’t understand how many of your patients would be comfortable with you treating them with your open vile racism,' he wrote in a since deleted tweet. And Chart Westcott, whose tweet is still up, posted a screenshot showing that Moon had blocked him on Twitter, and wrote: 'I’ve spoken to her twice, once when she was blackout drunk at my house but needed to get home for early work. Wonder if she had a hangover while working on her patients?'" Moon's lawyer responded with the following statement to Variety: "The insinuations the Westcotts made in those tweets are reckless, defamatory and appalling. Dr. Moon is a professional in every sense of the word and is deserving of the excellent reputation that she’s earned as a physician and as a hard working mother." Aurthur reports Moon has "also served as an unwilling avatar" for cast member Brandi Redmond, who came under fire last year after a 2017 video of her talking in a mocking Asian accent emerged. The Westcotts haven't responded to a request for a comment. Bravo also hasn't responded to the controversy.