Real Housewives of Potomac’s Gizelle and Robyn Explain Why They Doubted Mia Thornton’s Cancer Scare

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Being questioned. Mia Thornton’s post about her past cancer scare was a hot topic on the season 7 premiere of The Real Housewives of Potomac as her costars doubted the seriousness of her health concerns.“My first reaction when I saw the post was like, ‘Oh, my God, what’s going on?

I hope she’s OK.’ And then I had a ‘wait a minute’ moment, like, ‘Why is she saying all this on Instagram, like, why is she telling this to, you know, hundreds of thousands of strangers?’” Robyn Dixon exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the Sunday, October 9, premiere. “I thought it was odd to share that type of information so prematurely because it definitely caused an emotional reaction in me and I’m like, ‘I couldn’t imagine, like, why you would share this with on a platform like this?’ I definitely had my thoughts.”Mia made headlines in February when she wrote via Instagram that one week prior, she received a call that she needed to go to Johns Hopkins Cancer Center ASAP for further testing. “I’ve been in and out of visits to specialists every day and the storm is not over, but this experience is changing me.

I am working with a phenomenal team of physicians, and I appreciate the outpouring of support. I have not been diagnosed as yet so please keep me in prayer,” she wrote at the time.During Sunday’s episode, Gizelle Bryant wasted no time questioning Mia’s post.“I don’t think Mia was expecting to be called out the way that she was,” Robyn continued. “I think anyone, naturally, would probably go into defense mode and say like, ‘Oh my gosh, how could you?

I was sick. I wasn’t feeling well and how could you turn this into something that it’s not.’ And really be shocked by people’s response — when Mia probably thought she was being sincere