Ryan Oubre wrote a lengthy Instagram post explaining why he divorced “Married at First Sight” star Clara Berghaus in July.
Oubre, who married flight attendant Clara on season 12, began his statement by saying he’s “not here to debate anyone’s feelings or emotions” and that “getting married to a stranger is indescribable.”
While he stopped short of calling Berghaus a racist, Oubre suggested she was disrespectful of the Black culture.
“You can’t truly be open to marry another race and not want to marry their culture (or at least at the minimum understand it),” he wrote, adding that the “Black experience and Black culture are not monolithic” and are “ever-evolving and ever-changing with time.”
He added:
“What I can say is: walking into a family gathering and not speaking to anyone and scrolling through your phone will never fly and declining food (outside of a food allergy or avoidance) because you don’t like the way it looks won’t help either…
“by marrying into a different race/culture you inherently adopt parts of their identity” and “most importantly, your kids 100% will, and your kids will need you to help navigate it.”
He wrote, “it’s possible (all too often) to not be racist, while still being completely unaware” and that it is an “example of not understanding Black America.”
