Caroline Stanbury may be thousands of miles from home, but she still feels safer in Dubai than in the United States, despite rising tensions between the United Arab Emirates and Iran.
The “Traitors” star and “Real Housewives of Dubai” alum exclusively told Page Six’s “Virtual Reality” on Friday that she plans to return to Dubai on March 15, explaining that availability on a plane, not fear, is what’s keeping her in Los Angeles.
“I’m on the first flight, flight 15,” Stanberry said. “People keep asking me about this, so I’m actually going to work it out. Flights from the U.S. (opened) on the 7th, so that’s very good, but there’s no direct flight from LA until the 15th, so I’m on it.”
The 49-year-old TV personality, who is currently staying at a friend’s house in Los Angeles with her husband Sergio Carraro, said she was relieved to know her twin boys were safely home.
“But I feel safe now because my ex-husband is with the kids and he’s in the house and we’re all together,” she explained of her ex-spouse, Cem Habib. “So they weren’t home alone.”
Ms. Stanberry has two boys, Zach and Aaron, 16, like Ms. Khabib, and she said the teenagers have remained surprisingly calm despite the headlines.
“Again, I have two 16-year-old boys, so of course I know the seriousness of the situation, but thankfully, being teenagers, they’re like, ‘Mom, calm down. We’ll be fine, stay there,'” she said with a laugh. “So it’s not like they’re in this huge disaster zone and having a heart attack while I’m sitting here in Los Angeles.”
Stanberry briefly considered taking an alternate route home, but ultimately decided it was best to wait for his scheduled flight.
“But a flight is a flight,” she said. “Right now I can fly to Doha on another airline, but once I get there, the airspace there is closed. So I’m going to sit back and wait. We only have a week left.”
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Stanberry argued that despite the ongoing conflict involving Iran, the situation in Dubai is far less dangerous than many assume, especially when compared to gun violence in the United States.
“I mean, I actually want to put this in perspective as well. This is very interesting. 600 missiles intercepted, 500 drones intercepted, I was in Austin on March 1st, 24 hours before the shooting. So three people have been killed in this war so far,” she said.
Since her interview, PBS reported that six people were killed and 122 injured in Dubai.
“And I think 14 people were injured in Austin, but we don’t know how many people died. Since then, there have been two more shootings in America,” Stanberry continued. “So, let’s put it into perspective: I still feel safer there than in most cities in Europe and America.”
The Ladies of London alum insists that she has “a lot of friends there” in Dubai. “Everyone says it was great,” she told us.
