Monica Garcia.Photo:Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty
Monica Garciais clearing up some confusion surrounding her “many identities.”
On Tuesday’s second installment ofThe Real Housewives of Salt Lake Cityseason 4 reunion, Monica set the record straight on her various surnames that have been floating around on the internet.
When hostAndy Cohenasked if her maiden name was “Fowler,” the reality star corrected him and claimed that it was Darnell, and Fowler was her “married name.”
“What’s Delgado?” Andy asked, to which Monica replied, “That’s my dad’s side.”
Monica Garcia.Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo via Getty
Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo via Getty
“Garcia is my mother’s side,” she explained, when the Bravo Mogul continued to press her. “My mother was born, ‘Linda Darnell Susan Maria Garcia.’ When she was growing up, she was teased for being a Portagee in Boston and she was called [sic] all the time and it stuck with her. I don’t know, so when she became of legal age, she wiped her entire name off because she was ashamed of it and just kept, Linda Darnell. So when I was born, I was Linda Darnell.”
Though she’s technically “Monica Linda Darnell” like her mother, Monica confessed “that name means nothing to me” and wanted to use a “family name” after her divorce.
“I legally have only ever used three, which is the one I was born with, when I got married, and when I got divorced,” she added before Andy asked why her mother was “confused” about why she changed her name “every f—ing week” this season.
Monica Garcia (left) and her mom Linda.Bravo
Bravo
Monica said that her mother “definitely brought” up her names “as a dig” after she confided in her about “certain” housewives who were making “fun” of her for using “whatever the f— that I was going to use.”
“Because they were saying I was trying to make myself look more Latina to get on the show,” she added.
WhenLisa Barlowasked who she was referring to, Monica accused her of saying she “opened a book” and put her finger on a random name in order to choose the perfect moniker to get her the gig.
Before she could finish her sentence, Monica interrupted and asked if she was simply “repeating what Jen Shah said” when she made the claims which prompted Lisa to scream, “You fake f—ing bitch!”
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The Real Housewives of Salt Lake Cityairs Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
