Wendy Osefo Discusses That $1.5 Million Dollar Student Loan Debt Rumor And 9 Other Things You Wanted To Ask Her

Wendy: And I want to be clear when it comes to my degrees, I’ve often been put on the defense this season. When you have people like Karen who say, “What type of doctor is she” or “Are we gonna learn anything else besides the fact that she’s a doctor?” When you’re put on the defense about something you worked hard for with your own blood, sweat, and tears, you’re going to defend that. I had to defend that because people were coming for it.

I’m on the cast of a show of people who brag about their financial wealth. This season alone, Ashley said, “My husband has a millionaire” to throw it in Candiace’s face or even Karen calling herself the Grand Dame. People use their financial status to try to son people in a way. But the moment I say that I have four degrees, that’s a problem? no, it’s not a problem because this show has been predicated on people using their financial wealth as a way to say, “This is the life I live.” I came on this platform and I said “Yes, there’s financial wealth, but there’s also educational wealth. Now check that.”

I don’t know why people up in arms because you have these people rubbing in your face how many homes they have, how many cars they have, how many millions they have. They’re telling you how their lives are so much better than yours because of their financial footing, but for the moment I say actually, “I’m from the family immigrants, my dad worked at fast food restaurant and you know what, I don’t necessarily brag about my financial wealth but one thing I am damn sure proud of is my educational wealth and that’s the problem?”