The Challenge’s Wes Bergmann finds Dee Nguyen mental health help after her ‘offensive’ BLM comments
The Challenge’s Wes Bergmann revealed that he’s found Dee Nguyen help for her mental health after MTV cut ties with her following insensitive comments in regards to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Dee had been living with Wes, 35, and his wife in his Missouri home during the current coronavirus pandemic but he asked her to leave following her offensive remarks.
Sharing a lengthy statement on Twitter, the 35-year-old penned: “I stand in support of the BLM movement.
“As evidenced not only by everything I stand for, but everyone I stand with. What Dee said was absurd, insensitive & wrong.
“But most of all, it was ignorant,” he added. “Dee was basically my daughter. I made the decision to ask her to leave in less than an hour.
“This public decision is what the world needed & deserved. But it doesn’t stop me grieving.”
Bergmann then explained he consulted with a “doctor, a hotline, a CEO and a lawyer” to help find a place for Dee as her mental health has “deteriorated” where he didn’t want to leave her in a hotel.
The five-time Challenge champ continued: “Her mental health by this time had deteriorated to a level where being in a hotel alone would have been the most dangerous option of all.
“An international flight out of Missouri in the early evening of a pandemic is non-existent. And none of the above keep her safe, heal or educated her…”
The Real World alum added: “Yesterday, we successfully landed her in what I’m going to refer to as a mental health lodge.
“We have sourced daily psychotherapy sessions in an effort to essentially build her and outpatient care program from then she eventually leads.
“Where she’ll go is unknown at this second, and not the current priority — but my best guess is Australia.”
The comments come after Dee was fired by MTV after she brushed off the Black Lives Matter movement.
She made a series of insensitive comments, including one that claimed “people die every f***ing day.”
Dee, 27, was forced to apologize after she made insensitive comments about Black Lives Matter and some of her teammates from The Challenge called her out on it.
The native Vietnamese competitor had taken part in the social media movement to support Black Lives Matter before she continued to post provocative pictures of herself in bikinis and bathtubs.
One follower called her out in it and wrote: “READ THE F***ING ROOM.
“All you posted was a black square and went about your day and posting your lame a** thirst traps. Wake up!!! People are dying. Smh.”
The Challenge alum clapped back at her follower but came off as insensitive and racist.
She answered him: “People die every f***ing day. [You] don’t know me or what I do. I suggest [you] wake the f**k up and get off social media.”
A few days after that exchange, she took to Twitter to defend why she supported Black Lives Matter.
She wrote: “IDK why some of [you] think I’m anti BLM. I’ve been saying that since the day I lost my virginity.”
Following her comments, several of her fellow The Challenge competitors called her out on social media and condemned her for her attitude towards the Black Lives Matter movement.
After receiving backlash from both her followers and her teammates in The Challenge, Dee took to Twitter to post an apology.
She wrote: “I am sorry for the insensitive tweet I posted earlier. I was being defensive and not speaking from my heart.
“But there’s no excuse. I also want to extend an apology to Bayleigh and Swaggy – who are my cast mates and deserve my respect and compassion.”
Dee finished off her apology: “BLM to me every day. I’m trying to do the best I can with what is currently accessible to me.”
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However, her apology was not enough to save her contract as MTV announced on Monday that they had cut ties with Dee.
The Challenge announced on Twitter: “As a result of Dee Nguyen’s offensive comments on the Black Lives Matter movement, we have severed ties with her.
“Out of respect for our Challengers, we’ll air our season as planned. We strongly condemn systematic racism and stand with those raising their voices against injustice.”