Julia Lemigova is calling out “nepo baby” Marcus Jordan.
The “Real Housewives of Miami” star, 51, is firing back at the 33-year-old son of Michael Jordan after he made a disparaging remark about the cast backstage at the Season 6 reunion.
“Since leaving a communist country without a dollar to my name, I have had to work hard for everything I have achieved,” the Russia native exclusively tells Pvnew.
“I will be neither belittled nor degraded by a nepo baby,” she continues, “who’s using our platform to leverage a career for himself.”
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After going public with his romance with “RHOM” OG Larsa Pippen in January 2023, Marcus filmed heavily for the latest iteration of Bravo’s Florida-set iteration of their juggernaut franchise.
In a preview for the upcoming three-part reunion — which begins airing this week — he is seen lambasting the majority of the cast during a discussion with Pippen, 49, and host Andy Cohen.
“He’s like, ‘My dad’s name keeps being mentioned,’” Pippen tells Cohen, 55, with Marcus standing by her side. “Nobody asks about other people’s dads and moms and like…”
Cohen then reminds the Larsa Marie jewelry designer that nobody else’s parents are NBA legends like Marcus’ father.
“Right,” he says. “But nobody else’s dad is Michael Jordan.”
Inexplicably, Marcus then offers an insult to the “Miami” ladies at large.
“These women wouldn’t even be able to do the dishes in our house, let alone try to bring themselves into this conversation,” the sports scion says, inciting nervous smiles from both Pippen and Cohen.
“Some people need to just stay in their lane,” the Trophy Room founder adds.
The sneak peek, which was released Tuesday, comes just days after Lemigova told Pvnew that she heard that Marcus “came for all the women” during a “nasty, condescending, diminishing and shocking” outburst — though she had yet to discover any of that was said.
Earlier this month, multiple sources claimed to Pvnew that Marcus shared heated opinions about the other ladies during an alleged backstage outburst when the reunion taped in January.
“The women did not hear what Marcus said backstage, and didn’t even know about the incident until after the reunion taped,” one insider told us. “But it was captured, and the ladies have been made aware of it.”
Another source claimed at the time that what Marcus said was “so bad” that it would “change the cast’s opinion” of him should it ever get out.
Lemigova — who blew the whistle on the alleged incident with fellow “Real Housewives” personality Dorinda Medley on the Feb. 14 broadcast of SiriusXM’s “Reality Checked” — told us that she’s since lost respect for Marcus.
“I always thought that Marcus was such a sweet guy and everybody was saying he was such a nice guy and such a kind man. Every time we said hello to each other before, he appeared to be a very nice, kind man,” the former Miss USSR explained.
“And then I heard he said these things unkind about us, and so I don’t think of him that way anymore.”
The reunion was filmed about a month before Marcus and Pippen briefly split.
Their relationship has generated headlines and social media scrutiny because of the enduring rivalry between Marcus’ dad, Michael, 60, and Lara’s ex-husband, Scottie Pippen — former Chicago Bulls teammates with an enduring rivalry.
Notably, Lemigova was among the first of the “RHOM” women to ask Larsa how Marcus’ father felt about their romance, as documented in scenes filmed last summer.
Larsa — who has yet to meet Michael as Marcus’ significant other — didn’t offer a solid response, only insisting that Marcus’ mother approved.
Incidentally, Michael later denounced his son’s relationship with Larsa when paparazzi pressed him on the matter during a trip to Paris in July 2023.
This all, of course, came up at the reunion.
Lemigova tells Pvnew that no resolution was made between her and Larsa. Conversely, she believes conversations had that day made it clear to both parties that a future friendship is likely unfeasible.
“I give people a lot of chances. But when something big happens or you hear that something big happens, it really can change your perspective of the person itself and I don’t need to be around them,” she says, adding that she is “not on speaking terms” with either Larsa or Marcus.
“They’re not part of my life. They never were really. We are not friends, and I feel like our feelings toward each other are pretty mutual.”
Part one of the “Real Housewives of Miami” reunion begins Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo. Reunion parts two and three will shift to a special time on Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET.
