Dr. Jacqueline “Jackie” Walters said the Black community has misconstrued her saying that black women “cry wolf” about their pregnancy pains.
The star of Bravo‘s Married to Medicine has issued an apology after she was criticized over her resurfaced clip of her claiming black women are “dramatic” about their health concerns.
Dr. Jackie has issued a video apology to take accountability for her words, saying that she “used the wrong words and descriptions to convey her concerns regarding maternal mortality and women of color.”
The reality TV Star added that she was “heartbroken” over the criticism she received after the footage went viral.
“I’m taking a much-needed pause to address comments that I made during a 2020 live interview with one of my castmates,” she began her apology.
“First and most importantly to Black women and mothers, including your friends and the medical community who care for you because my words left you hurt and feeling unsupported. I want you to know I hear you, I see you, I believe you, and I apologize from the bottom of my heart.”
In 2020, Dr. Jackie appeared on a live broadcast with her Married to Medicine co-star, Dr. Heavenly, where she said Black women are not always honest with their doctors.
“Sometimes as African American women, we’re a bit more dramatic and that you go to the doctor and you complain and you complain and you complain and you’re not taken seriously because you cry wolf the entire pregnancy,” Dr. Jackie said in the controversial interview.
Three years on, the clip resurfaced after a recent episode of the reality series where Dr. Jackie discussed the maternal health crisis in the US with VP Kamala Harris in a Zoom meeting.
“First and most importantly to Black women and mothers, because my words left you hurt and feeling unsupported, I want you to know I hear you, I see you, I believe you, and I apologize from the bottom of my heart,” the OBGYN apologized through tears.
Watch the full apology video below:
