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Feb, 5 2015 | Written by ATLien
VH1’s controversial reality show “Sorority Sisters” has come and gone, but not without a few casualties.

The show, which featured five ladies from various Black Greek organizations, but the backlash from viewers and advertisers became a nightmare for the cast members.

[READ: WTF?! Sorority Sisters Cast Receiving Death Threats?!? + Watch ‘The Dialogue’ (FULL VIDEO)]

Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. was first to take action against VH1’s controversial Black Greek sorority show by suspended two of it’s members (click HERE if you missed that) and then Delta Sigma Theta took action and took things a step further with expulsion.

[READ: Delta Sigma Theta EXPELS All Members Involved in ‘Sorority Sisters’ Reality Show…]

Adrene Ashford, owner of House of Adrene Boutique and cast member of the former reality show, breaks her silence after expulsion from her sorority, stating:

The backlash was not something that I expected in this way. I would have never thought it would come to this. I have a lot of mixed emotions when it comes to the show. It is a very sensitive subject for me. There was some humiliation and I was very devastated. This year would be 20 years invested in Delta for me. This is my whole adult life.

Ashford also offers a public apology to her former sorority.

Details below…

Adrene offers the following apology to Delta Sigma Theta:

I apologize to all sorors and Delta Sigma Theta for any offense that I have made them feel. I didn’t intend to offend the sorority in any way.

My decision to go on the show was purely a business decision for the betterment of my brand. I’ve been working on it for as long as I’ve been a soror and as a business you’re always looking to evolve. I took a step to evolve.

My involvement in that was telling my story and I can’t really tell my story without having a reference or mentioning that I am a Delta, because that is significant to my story. I think a lot of reasons why I am a great businesswoman is because I pledged and because of some of the principles and the relationships that I developed through Delta in my business world and in my personal life.

It was never my intent to offend or misrepresent my sorors of Delta Sigma Theta in my involvement on the show. I want to graciously say, “I have been a proud member and have been for 20 years with Delta Sigma Theta.”

Adrene goes on to state that she would like to have a conversation with her former sorority about the situation. Something she reveals was never done prior to their decision to expel members who participated in the reality show.

There was not any direct dialogue between nationals and myself. I would love to have had a hearing before the final expulsion.

I think we live in a fair country and I think that one of the beautiful things about America is that we have choices. That is how I saw my interaction and involvement with the show. I never once thought, “Hey, I’m a Delta!” “I’m going to show them what Delta is about.” It was never that for me.

I would really like to share that with national and the powers that be. I would love to have the opportunity to have my voice heard and give them the opportunity to ask me questions directly as to what their issues are. I do understand that there are issues. I am willing to approach, talk about it, and discuss it.

What do you think about Adrene’s apology?

Was Delta’s punishment too extreme? Do these ladies deserve a 2nd chance?
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- jtmoney
  
  Po thang.. After the dust settled, she finally realized (probably along with the rest of her cast members) that it doesn’t pay to sell your soul to be on reality TV. I actually wish there were more repercussions for getting on national TV and making a fool out of yourself, regardless of if you are representing a BGLO or not. And finally to the Black community: you’ve shown you can rally around something as meaningless as this. Maybe try coming up with some type of National strategy to ensure our kids aren’t being shot and left for dead in the streets?? Maybe?? Just a thought. I’m sleep tho.
  
  ISAIDIT!
  
  She was the most extra one on the show! She thought that would make her a star.Now she’s all remorseful?She treated those girls like they were beneath her! A classic mean girl! So I say BOOOOOOOOOO MS.CELIE!
- Erika Show via Facebook
  
  Yeah I think they deserve a second chance.
  
  JENNY JONES!!!
  
  ME TOO BUT NOT NOW. I THINK A 2-3 YRS EXPULSION AND THEN THEY CAN GO THROUGH A RE-PLEDGING OF SORTS WHERE THEY HAVE TO SHOW WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THOSE 2-3 YRS WHICH SHOWS GROWTH & WOULD BRING PRIDE TO THEIR SORORITY IF THEY WERE A MEMBER AGAIN. BLACK SORORITIES ARE REALLY COMMUNITY ORIENT SO THEY SHOULD BE DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE LIKE A MUG AND SITTING ON ALL KINDS OF BOARDS & COMMITTEES. I THINK THIS OPPORTUNITY WOULD REALLY SHOW THE THE FORGIVENESS & SISTERHOOD BUT WITH CONSEQUENCES OF THE SORORITY…….JENNY JONES!!!
- Stephanie Thomas via Facebook
  
  Nope
- Wayne Keith via Facebook
  
  NO
- Bridgett Burt-Coleman via Facebook
  
  No
- Vickie Page via Facebook
  
  Lol,REALLY!!!!
- Andromada DeBerry via Facebook
  
  They didn’t care enough to let the sorors speak and defend their actions, we can all guess they won’t be given a second chance.
- Will Bunch via Facebook
  
  No because sorority girls have never made bad decisions in their life
- Kara Gershon via Facebook
  
  Adrene was the worst one.
- anotherNote
  
  I will say it again. We live in a world where freedom of choice is your right but you do not have freedom from consequences. So no..now that the show is gone, she want her sisters back.
- MKITAG
  
  Yes it was extreme punishment…. That is all.
- Lisa
  
  If DST is the culmination of her whole adult life, she has bigger issues than expulsion from the sorority. If she wants her pearls back, I have 20 she can have for free.
- Darcee Delrose Synoracki via Facebook
  
  She can apologize, as I WOULD HOPE she is truly sorry, but they have every right to cut ties with her. You have to take responsibility for your actions, and what repercussions there may be. Be sorry, learn from it, suck it up, and march on. Glad they did what they did to secure their good stature.
- Unbalanced Libra Scales via Facebook
  
  Nope do away with the show already. It was a bad representation and it. SUCKS anyway
- MiMi La’Roue Everett via Facebook
  
  I just don’t get the whole SororitySister ordeal…
  
  bigeasy
  
  I love this comment.
- Angela Johnson-Oriste via Facebook
  
  LOL
- Tanisha QueenRising Coleman via Facebook
  
  They deserve second chance. It wasn’t that deep. They got the show cancelled
- Eukeyia Posey-Jackson via Facebook
  
  Yep, when people get the boot, their apologetic side usually surfaces…
  
  Guessed
  
  Like my friend’s mom used to always say, "You was all wrong and strong, now you humble as a lamb!" LMBO!!! She was so arrogant. I refuse to believe that the organization didn’t ask them not to do this. She just thought she could exhaust the appeals process and would probably only get a slap on the wrist. Surprise, surprise! You’re done. She must be appealing to the public out of pure desperation because her little crocodile tears ain’t workin’ with them. That little sit down they did Tryn to justify it was probably the straw that broke the camel’s back. Haahaahaaa! Finally someone in this community had the guts to preempt this foolishness. Yessss!
- Sheda Dnt Ramp Raymond via Facebook
  
  Yes
- Koolkitty Cowboysforlife Johnson via Facebook
  
  Yes
- Marcus Welby via Facebook
- Kym Vida Wainwright via Facebook
  
  Why apologize if you did what was in your heart ? Need those letters i guess
- Edmond Champagne via Facebook
  
  Ooh oop
- Tika Tha Ruler via Facebook
  
  Smh…..she’s an idiot
- Betty Bailey via Facebook
  
  No keep them rachet sisters off tv no apologies needed girl bye u showed ur true self worth
- Loving This Site
  
  "business decision for the betterment of my brand " How is acting catty, childish and rude bettering your brand? They did not need to have a conversation with her or other prior to expelling them due to the fact that they each had an opportunity to present their case on tv during that special segment they had.
  This show wasn’t the worst thing on TV, but if your going to act the fool and look dumb on tv, do it in your own right like K. Michelle and Rich Dollarz.
- ME
  
  None of them were apologetic when they had the chance to be humble in the light of their organizations and sorrors except April. I think that is why the punishment for the Deltas was more harsh.
- Edmond Champagne via Facebook
  
  Ghetto fabulous
- Hot Caddy Girl
  
  They are all classless! Who cares?
- Erika Tate via Facebook
  
  Completely irrelevant but, how old is she?!
- Chet Jackson via Facebook
  
  Adrene was part of the messsiness that caused such a backlash…
- Mizzez Charlay via Facebook
  
  Really? It’s funny how those Sororities got so angy at seeing how those ladies “portrayed” their sority. Yes it may have shed some negative light upon them, but i’m willing to bet there were so many sorors sitting at home looking at themselves through those ladies; there are plenty of stuck up ladies who act JUST like Adrene and the rest of them; yes plenty of them take pride in looking their noses down upon others who are not greek. I guess “Truth Really Does Hurt”
- Joye Clinkscales via Facebook
  
  What she keep apologizing for? Let it go.
- Eric Medley via Facebook
  
  Yes they do.
- Angie Mitchell via Facebook
  
  That dumb. She didn’t talk to the head of the organization when she went on that show representing her sorority. She’s an idiot.
- Crockett RM via Facebook
  
  Take care
- NopeNotforit
  
  That is some BS I am a Delta she new it went against rules and regulations to appear on that show broad casting ur letters! There are certin things we are NOT ALLOWED to do with our LETTERs on! I’m not saying folks don’t do it! But if your STUPID Enough to go on national TV broadcasting and REPin the BRAND while acting the FOOL knowing that if u dust off your rule book you got 20 yrs ago it would have told u that Delta don’t play that you would have known! I’m not for folks CRYING bout punishment when they knowingly did the crime with a smile! Nope! She knew it could come to this she rolled that dice! Took that bet! And LOST! If her letters meant THAY much to her she would have said NO!
  
  Dee
  
  So you all have written things you all KNOW you cannot do? Can you fill me in on some of them? I never knew that.. So yall cant appear on a show? Or you just cant say what org u represent?
  
  Reading Is FUNdamental
  
  Sororities and Fraternities all have regulations/bylaws/codes of conduct that they are to abide by. Such codes of conduct are only for the privileged eyes of the members of said fraternities and sororities…
  
  VoiceofReason
  
  Basically it’s a bunch of bullshit. Where is the censure for those Deltas who are Deltas in or out of their letters who do not act right, what happens to them? Or, were these ladies easy prey because they were on TV?
  
  I’m just saying….
  
  I love it. We’ll stated.
- Dee
  
  My thing is its one thing to dislike or hate somebody you watch or seen on tv or in the public but this is still real life.. Ive met many sorrors and frats that behave and treat people 100 times worst than these girls behaved on the show.. On top of that we live in a free country AND dont we get the right to defend ourself when we commit a crime in society?? Im sure you all wouldnt agree if your employer told u they dont like the way u behave in your personal life outside of work, so now youre fired and cant work for this company anymore? Or lets say you committed a petty crime like steal a bag of chips and a judge sentenced you a harsh punishment and said u can never step foot in that company again.. Yall kill me with this DEEP hate for people you never met to the point where you agree with unfair shit that happens to them.. If you hate or dislike them fine, but be fair dont be a cunt about it
- shemessedup
  
  The first thing she should have done was run this opportunity by her sorority before agreeing to do this show. There are consequences for representing any organization in the media without their consent.
  
  She would have been salty if an employee of hers repped her boutique without permission, especially if it was in a negative light.
  
  Reading Is FUNdamental
  
  Basically…that’s it right there.
  
  VoiceofReason
  
  April indicated that she advised "corporate" of her participation and they had nothing to say it wasn’t until the public backlash or those members who didn’t want these women to "represent" them started screaming the loudest. Like I’ve said all along, the treatment of these women by the organization to which they pledged fidelity was but a joke say more about Delta and AKA than it did those individual women who showed us their lives and of which their fidelity to an organization who turned their back on them was but a small part of it. They pledged to uphold "sisterhood," not for membership in a cult.
- Betty Bailey via Facebook
  
  What do u think guy it is what it was n u know this man lol
  Bye bye
- Svetlana2009
  
  It was a business decision for her to be on the show because she thought it would be good for her. It was a business decision for her former organization to expel her permanently because they thought it would be best for them. She made her choices and they made theirs. Those decisions are final so she should move on.
- Nicole Tia via Facebook
  
  Poor choice In how they portrayed the show I’d like to see the actual process of what it takes to get into a sorority and the selection process not degrading one another instead of uplifting
- Terri Patton via Facebook
  
  Yes they do.
- Orlanda Welch via Facebook
  
  sorry day late and dollar short
- Lynn Jackson
  
  As I stated from the beginning. What was so wrong? Truth be told the behavior exhibited on television was tame compared to some real life events. I am sure there are many of us who can tell a story in dealing with a member of a female sorority. I think the embarrassment for the Deltas was that it was put on blast. Why punish those instead start a campaign to educate those who might not know the history or legacy.
- VoiceofReason
  
  Seems to me that expulsion for being on reality tv is a subjective decision at best. Have the "powers that be" as diligent regarding the rest of their members’ behavior and censuring or did they bow down to the pressure of the public and turn their backs on their sister(s)? Seems to me that they would at least have some type of hearing or proceeding before meting out punishment and then advertising it to Social Media as if that made them look better. This show and all the drama surrounding it shined the spotlight on the organizations and its management than it does these women … I mean their sisters.
- Andrew Joseph Harris via Facebook
  
  Who cares?
- Lala Jaymes via Facebook
  
  There is a such thing as grace and the sororities taking this hard lined stance when they COULD have used it as a teaching moment and one that could have fostered intelligent conversations and forgiveness only quantified what I’ve ALWAYS thought about these so called sororities
- Sasha
  
  My mother is an AKA and has mixed views about this scenario. My own personal opinion is that how can an organization claim "SISTERHOOD" then at the slightest difference in opinon(because that’s basically what this is…) turn their backs on those same "sisters"? I don’t get it. Had the reviews been favorable and highest rated on tv, everyone would’ve been on board. As several have stated, I know and have seen sorority chics from diff organizations act a complete fool on a regular basis. I worked with a lady who had he nastiest attitude I had ever seen in my LIFE years ago. The kicker is that she loved to talk about her sorority experience! We would be looking like-wtf??? I’m assuming the punishment is at the discretion of the organization, but who reached out to speak with the ladies and offer some type of redemption? Where is the bond they speak of? Smh…
- Annamaria
  
  As a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta for fifty-three years, I can say that her actions was an embarrassment to our sisterhood. There is a old expression that says if you go to the dance you have to pay the band. Consequences should be thought of before taking potentially negative actions. She made her decision and our sorority made ours. She has to be content to pay the band.
- Mnyama
  
  Boo hoo… girl bye.
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