“Married to Medicine” star Dr. Jackie Walters has issues an apology to everyone she hurt following the backlash she received after making controversial comments she made in a resurfaced clip.
Earlier this week a clip was taken from a YouTube Live Stream in 2020 Dr. Jackie along with castmate Dr. Heavenly Kimes for a Q&A session on women’s health.
According to Page Six, Dr Jackie called Black women dramatic.
“Sometimes as African Americans 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.”
“We wanna also make sure that you’re being serious with your doctor and not playing the games so that could take you off work… Because then we see you 25 times in the pregnancy, it’s hard to believe there’s a true problem when there’s a true problem.”
On Thursday (Dec. 21), she addressed that comment in her Instagram story.
“Recently, a clip from a nearly 2 hour video was taken out of context to make it appear that I, somehow, take lightly, what I have advocated for concerning the devastating problem facing the Black maternal health crisis,”
“It has been my life’s work to highlight and attempt to rectify the issues that devastatingly impact Black maternal mothers versus our counterparts. As a physician, I educate my patients every day to be their own best health advocate. As we continue to face medical mistreatment and gaslighting, my intention with the broader conversation was to ensure patients enter their pregnancies armed with information and tools to effectively communicate their needs with their doctors to ensure a positive outcome.”
“Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, I will continue to fight for the lives of Black mothers and babies.”
Then on Saturday she appeared on video with a teary eyed apology.
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