
When Dr. Karri Turner Bryant stepped onto the red carpet at the 2025 UNCF Atlanta Mayor's Masked Ball on 20 December 2025, she wore a striking black dress with flesh-coloured mesh panelling—an elegant, sophisticated choice for a charitable gala.
She could not have anticipated that her fashion decision would ignite a firestorm of criticism from strangers on the internet, nor that her husband would have to defend her from the pulpit mere days later.