Bravo removes four Southern Charm episodes where Thomas Ravenel laughs at his father not liking $5 bills because Lincoln is on the face and Kathryn Dennis shows off slave cemetery on family's plantation
Bravo quietly took down several episodes of Southern Charm where the show's cast members proudly showed off their family's plantation grounds and laughed about not liking President Abraham Lincoln.
Four episodes in total were removed from Bravo's app and online website, with the page saying the episodes were 'currently unavailable'. The removed episodes aired between 2014 and 2016 and it is not clear when they were removed.
One of the episodes contains a scene where Thomas Ravenel, South Carolina's disgraced former state treasurer, is out to eat with his father Arthur Ravenel, who proclaims he doesn't like the $5 bill because President Lincoln is on the face of it.
Another removed episode features Kathryn Dennis, a descendant of former VP John C. Calhoun who was a staunch defender of slavery and the Confederate South, showing off her family's 800-acre plantation, pointing out a slave cemetery on the grounds.
The deleted episodes were first flagged by TikTok user thetalkofshame, highlighting the offensive clips. 'This was aired! Primetime! Bravo!,' she exclaimed.
But after the TikTok went viral and DailyMail.com contacted Bravo for comment, the episodes were back online, with a spokesperson confirming they were taken down because of 'racially charged moments', but said three of the episodes were now back up.
Bravo quietly took down several episodes of Southern Charm where the show's cast members proudly showed off their family's plantation grounds and laughed about not liking President Abraham Lincoln. One of the episodes contains a scene where Thomas Ravenel (left), South Carolina's disgraced former state treasurer, is out to eat with his father Arthur Ravenel, who proclaims he doesn't like the $5 bill because President Lincoln is on the face of it
As they close out their tab, Thomas asks his father if he has $5 to tip the waitress. Arthur pulls out a $5 bill, declaring he likes to get rid of the bill because it 'has ole Lincoln' on the face. Thomas starts laughing and asks, 'you don't like Lincoln?' and Arthur smirks at the camera
In Season 4 Episode 8, Thomas stops by to visit his father's office in downtown Charleston,. He has a Museum of the Confederacy magnet on an old Rolodex
The camera pans to show Arthur has a large portrait of Confederate general Robert E. Lee hanging on his wall
Four episodes in total were removed from Bravo's app and online website, with the page saying the episodes are 'currently unavailable'
The spokesperson told Variety the episode of Dennis showing off her plantation was still unavailable because they were removing the scene, but would later be put back up.
They added the network was combing through episodes of all their shows to flag 'potentially offensive content' but Southern Charm was the only show that had episodes removed.
In Season 1 Episode 2, which aired in March 2014, Thomas Ravenel is out to eat with his 93-year-old father Arthur, a former US Congressman who proudly flew the Confederate flag at the South Carolina statehouse.
He also referred to the NAACP as the National Association of Retarded People, only to apologize to mentally handicapped people for comparing them to the group.
While eating, the father and son talk about Thomas' dating life, and the 58-year-old describes being denied a kiss by a woman he is seeing, saying he isn't used to being rejected.
Arthur quips that Thomas can solve that problem by getting a woman pregnant, adding that if it's a boy, he'll give Thomas $10,000.
As they close out their tab, Thomas asks his father if he has $5 to tip the waitress.
Arthur pulls out a $5 bill, declaring he likes to get rid of the bill because it 'has ole Lincoln' on the face.
Thomas starts laughing and asks, 'you don't like Lincoln?' and Arthur smirks at the camera.
In Season 4 Episode 8, Thomas stops by to visit his father's office in downtown Charleston.
The camera pans to show Arthur has a large portrait of Confederate general Robert E. Lee hanging on his wall, as well as a Museum of the Confederacy magnet on an old Rolodex.
Another removed episode features Kathryn Dennis, a descendant of former VP John C. Calhoun who was a staunch defender of slavery and the Confederate South, showing off her family's 800-acre plantation, proudly pointing out a slave cemetery on the grounds
Dennis emerges from the house with iced drinks and takes Ray on a walk of the grounds, explaining: 'Our whole plantation is about 800 acres. There's actually a slave cemetery right over there. No joke'
The removed episodes aired between 2014 and 2016 and it is not clear when they were removed
In Season 3 Episode 1, Dennis has her co-star K. Cooper Ray over to her family's plantation outside of Charleston in Moncks Corner.
Ray declares upon seeing Dennis: 'The ride in was, like, seriously a travel through time. You know, you're Scarlet O'Hara after the war out here.
Dennis laughs, saying: 'After the war, yeah, pretty much.'
Ray excitedly says: 'I want to see, I want to see, I want to see. I mean it's so beautiful. And it's huge.'
Dennis emerges from the house with iced drinks and takes Ray on a walk of the grounds, explaining: 'Our whole plantation is about 800 acres. There's actually a slave cemetery right over there. No joke.'
Ray marvels at the fact the plantation is still intact, saying 'wow' multiple times as Dennis adds the plantation grew rice, cotton and tobacco.
They then proceed to sit down on lawn chairs, drink in hand, and gossip about their love lives and friends.
In another removed episode from Season 4, star Shep Rose makes a crude joke about his friend Craig Conover, saying he 'couldn't get p***y in a money w***ehouse with a sack of bananas over his shoulder.'
Dennis, 29 and shares two children with ex-partner Ravenel, was publicly dumped as a brand ambassador by a Charleston-area luxury department store over racist remarks she made to a black woman.
In May she had hit out at Charleston radio host Tamika Gadsden who had tweeted dismay at the decision by a beauty salon owner to host a 'Trump boat parade'. The reality star bombarded Gadsden with a series of DMs including a monkey emoji
This is not the first time cast members have gotten themselves into hot water over offensive comments.
Dennis, 29 and shares two children with ex-partner Ravenel, was publicly dumped as a brand ambassador by a Charleston-area luxury department store over racist remarks she made to a black woman.
In May she had hit out at Charleston radio host Tamika Gadsden who had tweeted dismay at the decision by a beauty salon owner to host a 'Trump boat parade'.
The reality star bombarded Gadsden with a series of DMs including a monkey emoji.
Dennis attempted to explain the use of the offensive use emoji, saying: 'I use that emoji all the time bc it looks silly and awkward and that’s my baseline. The account was anonymous I didn’t even know who I was messaging????'
Shen then said: 'Y’all have to know that this whole thing has been blown out of context. I’m freakin heartbroken and SO depressed because of the way I’m being portrayed is totally not true!!!
'And it’s not fair. And I see now that I’m back on IG that some*** people are thrilled to use this situations to come up on their own. Use for their own benefit. But I’m not gonna let that happen. Never have never will.'
And she had to respond because she 'cannot stand my character being annihilated. Please just be patient and know this s**t is just not true.'
