[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Nicole Curtis is hitting back against her racism scandal! By saying it was... blackmail?? In case you didn't hear about this WILD video, the Rehab Addict star got fired from her work with HGTV after she said the N-word. The clip started going viral showed her working on a house renovation, when she got frustrated and shouted: "Why? It's the last one. Oh, fart [N-word]." Seriously - WHAT?! It got worse from there, too, when she begged the camera man to erase the footage. She knew she effed up! And her lackluster apology had fans so disappointed. She insisted the video was manipulated to make her look bad, stolen, and sold to a tabloid. And she's doubling down on that claim, now saying someone demanded ransom money to not release the video! In a new post to her Instagram on Wednesday, she wrote a lengthy caption talking about her business and all the positive messages she's received since her scandal: "So many moments of kindness have come my way this week via my amazing family, my friends, my neighbors, my fans, our city leaders & A lot of folks that were in my DMs who chose to have calls with me to find a pathway of understanding in all of this." She also took a moment to talk about how she's helped her home city of Detroit over the years, as well as how she's continuing to do her rehab work without cameras on her. She mentioned how she's brought $20 million dollars into neighborhoods over the years, all with her small crew who doesn't "get paid residuals". Related: Nicole's Ex Speaks Out Amid Her Racism Scandal - His Surprising Take! At the end of her post is when she starts addressing the elephant in the room, though. Nicole said she "will never condone" her actions: "As Ive said in the past few days, reach out let's have a conversation. I'm reading the DMs -ignoring the headlines. I'm turning of the comments -if the hate was just geared at me, I could take it, but the hate toward each other is exactly what we should all be working diligently to work through --go back to human connection, actual conversations instead of internet tit for tat. Let's do better together Send some love out into the world &!to anyone using my name as a pass for calling another human this -don't. I wasn't and I will never condone it...ever" She also addressed some of what she says is "misinformation" surrounding the scandal: "4 years ago -I was not contracted to any network or show. (think free agent in sports)Any crew hired, paid by me, The footage is mine. My crew didn't steal my footage.I don't have "sets". I own all my properties. In other words, no one is my "boss", I'm the boss. I create product & sell the rights of it & my likeness for limited contracted use. Someone personal (not crew) had access, demanded $, I didn't pay-here we are." OMG! This is a serious claim to make! Blackmail?! See the post (below): View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nicole Curtis (@detroitdesign) Listen, blackmail is wrong: straight up. But the most important part of all this is she said it. And she tried to cover it up - it's on film that she wanted that footage gone! If she hadn't been thrown into controversy when this footage was released, no one would've ever known. So is she regretful that she did it - or regretful that she was caught? Because her alleged actions on set over the years - that have nothing to do with her racist slur use - have been getting blasted by insiders! Not to mention, her poor kids have been dragged into this. Ugh. What do U think, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF (below). [Image via Nicole Curtis/Instagram] The post Fired HGTV Star Nicole Curtis Claims Someone Tried Blackmailing Her Over Racist Video appeared first on Perez Hilton.