Britani Bateman has come forward with details of a startling phone conversation involving a man accused of bigotry, revealing that she reached out to Bravo amid the ensuing controversy. In addition, Bateman has opened up about the reasons behind the breakup of her engagement to Jared Osmond.

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During the reunion episode of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, cast member Meredith Marks accused Bateman of supporting a manicurist with bigoted views. Bateman, however, denied these accusations, stating that she and Marks had already resolved the misunderstanding privately and away from the cameras.

Speaking on SiriusXM’s Page Six Radio, Bateman addressed the allegations directly.

“The only thing I knew was that the man called me and said, ‘Hey, I do Meredith’s nails. I would love to do your nails for free,’” Bateman explained. “I thought, ‘Well, sure. If he does Meredith’s nails, that’s a pretty good endorsement.’ So, he did my nails. Then, he started texting me, saying, ‘Hey, I’m getting a bunch of bad reviews,’ on whatever platform it was. ‘Can you give me a good review?’ I said, ‘Yeah, sure. That’s the least I could do.’”

“All I knew is that [the man] called me and said, ‘Hey, I do Meredith’s nails. I would love to do your nails for free,’” Britani recalled. “And I thought, ‘Well, yeah, sure. Anyone that does Meredith’s nails, you know, that’s a good stamp of approval right there.’ So he did my nails. The next thing I know he’s texting me, ‘Hey, I’m getting a bunch of bad reviews,’ on whatever platform it was. ‘Can you gimme a good review?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, sure. That’s the least I could do.’”

“[Then] someone sent me a text … with a screenshot and said, ‘Did you know this guy is anti-Semitic?’” she continued. “I was like, ‘What?’ So I called him myself. I didn’t, like, wait to hear. I pick up the phone and said, ‘Are you anti-Semitic?’ And he said, ‘Yep, sure am.’”

According to Britani, she then told him: “‘Don’t ever call me again. … You need to go get some help. You need some therapy. Go get some help and bye. Don’t ever contact me again.’”

Britani said she relayed this conversation to Meredith at the reunion, but it “doesn’t look like it aired.”

“[My call with him] was just off the heels of her calling me vile and disgusting and terrible person and all the things from [last season],” she went on. “So anyway, I hung up the phone immediately, took down the review and … made a public apology of some sort … And then I called Bravo and was just like, ‘Hey, this just happened.’ And Bravo was like, ‘Great. You handled it perfectly.’ And didn’t think another thought of it.”

Britani shared that she thinks Meredith steered the conversation in this direction because she feared having to talk about her drinking. Later on, Britani addressed when Meredith first confronted her off-camera about the manicure artist.

“[At first] I was like, ‘Are you effing kidding me? You can go to hell for calling me that … that’s a terrible thing to say unfounded,’” she said. “But then by the end I realized that, you know, she broke down and was really vulnerable with me and said, ‘Look, you know, I received death threats over my bat mitzvah.’”

At one point in the interview, Britani revealed why she and Jared called off their engagement.

“I’m not engaged,” she stated. “No, no, no ring. And as you know, like someone stole my ring outta my bag in New York. Maybe it’s a sign. I’m just kidding.”

“When we got back together in November, we [discussed a timeline]. And then we just, there was such a backlash with our kids … And we’ve got six together. I mean, between the two of us, not one of [our kids] thought, ‘Oh, this is a great idea. You guys should get married.’ … So we just decided to put the whole marriage talk on hold. … So we’re just feeling it out.”

But Britani clarified that they’re still together.