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Brooks Marks and Ava Dash supported Riley Burruss on Instagram after she called out Charlie Zakkour and Georgia McCann‘s microaggressions on Next Gen NYC.

Following the latest episode of their Bravo series, which saw Riley, 22, accusing her castmates of trying to paint her as a “scary Black girl” on a number of occasions, Brooks, 25, and Ava, 25, shared posts of support.

“I’m grateful for this platform and committed to using it to stand for what’s right,” Brooks began in his June 19 post. “Microaggressions are never okay—these conversations are a chance to listen, learn, and lead with kindness. I’m proud of Riley for speaking up, even when met with resistance, and I’ll always echo her voice and support her.”

After Brooks’ post was shared, along with an image of him and Riley engaged in conversation, Ava reshared the message, along with thoughts of her own.

“Beautifully said [Brooks Marks]! We love you!” she wrote. “It’s not our job as Black women to teach well educated adults these types of lessons. If we choose to that’s great, if not that’s also fine. We are allowed to approach these situations at our own personal discretion. Emotional labor is not owed. Black women are expected to be ‘graceful educators’ in moments like you saw on episode [three] and that is an unfair expectation.”

“Proud of [Riley Burruss] for speaking up for herself! Spread love, support your friends, [and] protect your peace,” she added.

During the June 17 episode of Next Gen NYC, Riley brought up the microaggressions she was experiencing from her co-stars after a night out saw Charlie and his roommate, Dylan Geick, talking to some girls.

“You were like, mad at the girl,” Charlie recalled.

He then said that Riley had allegedly told one of the girls, “’Yo, you think it’s cool to just be here with Charlie but not come up and make sure it’s cool with me?’”

“I did not do that. That’s a lie,” Riley fired back.

“Yes, you kinda did,” Charlie argued.

But according to Riley, she simply went up to the girl and introduced herself since they hadn’t made a point to do so.

Then, after accusing Riley of having an attitude as he mocked her by swinging his hand around, Ava admitted it was “odd” that the girls hadn’t introduced themselves.

“Riley didn’t introduce herself either. I didn’t see her go up and say, ‘Hey, nice to meet you.’ The first thing was accosting her,” Charlie alleged, applauding the girl for handling the conversation “well.”

At this point, Riley began breaking down into tears.

“I’m just so mad because every single time y’all do this … and I try not to make it a thing, but I hate when you guys try to play this like, I’m scary or I’m scaring your random white girl, that’s just so annoying,” she explained. “It’s like a real thing that I have to go through every day. I’m so f*cking nice to everybody. And it’s always like, everyone’s trying to come off, whenever I talk to some white girl, that I’m trying to scare them. No, your girls are rude. It’s disrespectful.”

“I don’t know if my being white is relevant,” Charlie fired back, denying his hand motion was a “racial thing” as Ava pointed out “nuances” that Charlie may not understand.

Riley calls out Charlie for his microaggression towards her and she holds nothing back! #NextGenNYC pic.twitter.com/hSZvPtcQJ1

— Queens of Bravo (@queensofbravo) June 18, 2025

Riley then signaled to a moment in which Georgia described her as “scary,” sharing that she had “let it go.”

“You confronted her … a little girl,” Charlie pressed on.

“A little girl? What do you mean? She’s probably older than me,” Riley replied. “Because I’m taller, I scared her? I just don’t like that y’all are trying to spin this narrative that I’m like the scary Black girl when I’m not.”

“That is so far from what I said. Let’s be clear,” Charlie insisted. 

“It’s your mannerisms, Charlie,” Riley explained further. “You do this all the time. You don’t realize when you do sh*t, and it’s annoying because it’s bigger than a stupid conversation.”

While the cast encouraged Charlie to apologize and stop defending himself, he seemed to dig his heels in. 

“I will be silent. That is what I can offer,” he stated.

Next Gen NYC season one airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.