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\u201cReal Housewives of Potomac\u201d personality Karen Huger says she has turned over a new leaf nearly two years after crashing her Maserati in a drunk-driving accident.<\/p>\n
The reality TV star, 62, on Thursday opened up about her 2024 DUI arrest and the six-month county jail sentence that followed in a conversation with Sherri Shepherd. Huger, dubbed the Grand Dame by fans, told the \u201cSherri\u201d host that she is \u201cso happy and so at peace right now to be on the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n
In March 2024, Maryland police arrested Huger for driving under the influence after she crashed her car into a street divider and a tree in Potomac. In addition to the DUI, Huger was also found guilty on negligent driving charges<\/a> and sentenced in February 2025 to one year in jail. After serving six months in Maryland\u2019s Montgomery County Detention Center, she was released<\/a> in September. <\/p>\n For her sit-down with Shepherd, Huger was styled in a formfitting burnt orange dress, metallic cuffs and a chic bob. While the daytime host complimented her look, Huger said her exterior is \u201cnot a reflection of what God has done for me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI healed myself, so thank you,\u201d she continued, \u201cbut the inside is what matters.\u201d<\/p>\n Huger spoke candidly about how the 2024 accident pushed her to confront her struggles with alcohol addiction. At the time of the crash, Huger attributed her drinking to the grief of losing her mother and urged drivers to \u201cunderstand your emotional state\u201d before driving a car. She said Thursday that the drunk-driving incident was her running away from the reality of grief and addiction and her choice to not listen to God. <\/p>\n Huger told Shepherd that, prior to the accident, she was a \u201cfunctional addict\u201d who would drink off-screen during her time on \u201cRHOP\u201d \u2014 a habit she said she\u2019s now ashamed of. <\/p>\n \u201cI was dead wrong,\u201d she said Thursday of her accident. \u201cI\u2019m so grateful no one was killed, no other person was hurt. I\u2019m so grateful to be alive. I could\u2019ve died.\u201d<\/p>\n The reality TV star said six months in county jail \u2014 without cameras and her creature comforts \u2014 proved to be a period of self-improvement and empowerment. Huger said she began treatment to address her alcohol addiction and carried that on in prison. She said she led Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings while behind bars.<\/p>\n \u201cI have a responsibility to tell my truth and share it with the world if they\u2019re willing to listen,\u201d she told Shepherd.<\/p>\n