I told you guys a bit of background on Kenya Moore here the other day. Kenya is the first person cast on RHOA who is not only not a housewife, but not a resident of Atlanta. You could say that she’s the Joanna Krupa of Atlanta, except at least Joanna is truly bi-coastal and has a real boyfriend with a permanent residence in Miami. Kenya on the other hand lives in L.A. and rented both a house and a boyfriend for the show. It seems that both leases have ended.
In a recent interview with the Huffington post, Kenya makes it clear that the guy hired to play the role of her love interest is not interested in a second season. Here’s what Kenya had to say about her “relationship” in an interview with Maggie Furlong.
You have a man in Atlanta, who we meet very briefly in the premiere, but you had to know going into this that these shows put added pressure on every relationship. In previews, it sounds like you’re ready for a ring and a baby. Are you happy with how this season turned out as far as your relationship goes?
“I totally agree with you. I think there’s definitely added pressure on everyone, from the “Housewives” to their significant others, and some people really excel under pressure, and some people buckle. Obviously, we’ve seen relationships succeed or fail under this kind of magnifying glass. But for me, I feel that whatever has happened with me and my relationship happened for a reason, and I have to thank the show for that — the good, the bad and the ugly of it.”
Everything happens for a reason, yes. The reason in this case is that this relationship was a non-relationship. I don’t know how the poor guy from South Dekalb Towing got himself dragged into this mess. But one thing is evident and that is that he has removed himself from the drama. Clearly, the free trips and TV time were simply not worth playing the role. I don’t know why Bravo thinks that we are going to believe these random housewives castings, let alone the latest plan to cast a love interest for the fake “housewife.” And really, we need to stop calling them housewives. Although, at least in the Atlanta franchise, if we get Kandi married off, and get rid of Kenya it would be the only franchise where everyone is married. Am I right?
I highly recommend you click the link and read the entire interview. Here’s one more excerpt I found particularly hysterical…
Do you think you’ll be happy with how you come across on the show? It looks like the cameras caught you at some tough moments …
“There were some times where I feel like I got out of character, I lost my cool, and I disappointed myself as well as my younger fans who look up to me from knowing me as Miss USA. But we’re human. The greatest thing about this show is it is a reality show, and it’s capturing our lives, and we’re not perfect. I’m not perfect, I don’t act like a model citizen all the time … but I certainly felt the stress at times being in these different situations with these ladies. So you’ll see some of that. But you’ll also see the fun side of me, the great side of me and the compassionate side, and all of those things make up who I am. Hopefully you guys will have a fun time watching me take this ride.”
Wait, I can concede that Kenya probably has some fans. There are a some people out there who enjoy seeing a half-naked woman with huge butt implants on the cover of third-rate magazines. But is she really deluded enough to think that she has young pageant girl fans? She was Miss USA twenty years ago. I promise you there are no young women in the pageant circuit who even know who she is. Even if by some miracle there are some young fans out there, I think that little fake porno you did as a publicity stunt for your book would have put them off well before now.
I’m not a fan of all this ridiculous casting by Bravo. But Kenya Moore is a laughingstock. So at least with all the other women being a bit more civilized for now, we have someone to mock.
How long is she going to tread on that former Miss USA title. At this point in her life she should have way more as a way to identify herself. Sad that her identity is all about being a former MIss USA.
Right. It’s just like Luann on RHONY who keeps throwing her Countess title in everbody’s face. STFU. No one cares.
SMH….
Welp, I guess acting a fool/bit*# gets her all the attention her sex tape could not……
Wait..she had a sex tape too?
Sort of. It’s really a promotion for her book she wrote trying to teach men how to get laid. Or find a whore or something. Let’s see if this posts….
Umm who cooks bacon in the nude? Eeew the dude she has in the video is ummm…no words. Yeah you can really see her laying up with someone that looks like him.
This book was supposed to be sold to men. The general idea is no matter how ugly you are, you can get a girl like Kenya. I could totally see her laying up with him. She’s been around the block several times.
Yeah, she strike me as a chick that wants to be kept and would take on whatever if he could be a sugar daddy.
Has anyone done any diligence on her finances to see if she has the type of money and property she was boasting about owning?
I’m not even sure what to think other than there she was running her mouth at the Bailey agency…and this is online for all to see. Where does this woman get off…oh I see. Tasteful, no coochie crack here…
Eeewwww. She’s just something else. Not really sure what else to say… Just eeww. and Gross AND….. Love your Blog :*)
You know I have Bizzy. After she won Miss USA in 1993 she got passed around the L.A. area first stop was Mike Tyson. He bought her a house to get rid of her. Then she went on about her rounds. Her gold digging is legend. She makes Kim Zolciak look like a nun. She’s more on par with Marlo….
Lordie you know she has to be touched if Crazy ass Mike put her out to pasture. Guess she earned that money on her back instead of within “all of her many business ventures that have all made her money.”
Damn Gucci. So does Kenya even really know Lawrence? Atlanta is a city with plenty of successful black women fashionistas…why go out of their way for this lady? I think I read in a previous post that Kenya lives in Detroit? Who in the hell still lives in Detroit. I thought anyone with sense and dollars been got out.
She didn’t know Lawrence for the magic 12 years that all these housewives keep spouting off about. That whole scene with them felt so forced and scripted. As much of a queen as Lawrence is, if he was really with an old girlfriend you would have known it. The flow would have been easy and he would have known things that he could easily have pulled out to discuss. That was simply a set up to keep Lawrence around as a friend of the housewives and to get some of her staged life out for people to hear.
She’s from Detroit. She’s lived in LA since she won Miss USA. I don’t think she really knows lawerence. In the Huffpo interview she claimed she’s known him for 8 years and she was his first “celebrity client.” I could have sworn on the first episode she said 12 years… I’m probably wrong. I can’t remember anything these days. 🙂
No mam you are spot on with the 12 years. I remember hearing him and doing a double take because there would have been better friend flow for that kind of length of time.
She also said that she has family in Georgia. I think an Aunt?
It’s possible to have a casual friendship with someone and not speak to them on a daily basis.
Totally agree it’s possible to have a casual friendship and not speak every day. But if they had a true friendship you would have seen that comfort level there. I have a friend that lives several states over and we trade occasional emails here and there but when we see each other the flow is non-stop and easy. Lawrence has no problem hamming it up or appearing on tv so that was not the case there. Sorry but I don’t see any evidence of a genuine or 12 year long friendship.
I agree. When Lawrence first came in, Kenya commented on his weight. Lawrence played it off. It looked like something was wrong with his neck or something. I don’t think Lawrence is from Georgia. I don’t know if I believe the 12 years. How old do you think Lawrence is? he would have been very young.
Lawrence might be late 20’s or very very early 30’s I would guess. He has had good flow with the other housewives on the show after hanging with them for a few episodes so I would think with his old friend it would be even better.
Wonder if he is sick?
Ooh yeah, LA. She must feel very inadequate living in Los Angeles since she is on the D list. Seems like she is taking all of her inadequacies out on the ladies of Atlanta. Maybe she feels that her status has been elevated since she’s in Black Hollywood now….good luck with that one.
She’s rough looking! Love these comments, y’all are making me laugh.
Maybe Sheree really did quit unexpectedly! Production needed a quick replacement.
Nah Katrina, Sheree has no means of support and the Bob well was drying up. I don’t see her quitting a job that gave her a nice check, possibly opened doors for her to be paid for appearances and live or pretend to live this lavish lifestyle. She is a woman with no real formal education or job experience to speak of. I don’t see her giving up that job without maybe a back up sugar daddy to take care of her.
What state did she represent in the USA pageant (which, btw, is far inferior to America. Always has been. Not sure why anyone would make it a point to make sure you know they are inferior)
Aren’t all the Nj wives married?
Yes, all the NJ housewives are married. In the original casting, there was only 1 single person, Danielle.
Kenya represented Michigan in the USA pageant.
My first exposure to Kenya was during the first episode of RHOA, and I judged her to be a delusional crazy bitch.
Well after reading the info in this post, and seeing that soft porn marketing tape, it’s official to me now that she is one delusional hypocritical skanky ass bitch. I am gonna hate her maybe more than Kim Z, who I hate because she is a lazy ass skany bitch.
skanky*
( i wish there was an edit feature here Ms. Tattles)
OMG! a sex link???? Welll guess who’s Chootchie Crack is on blast now…….
FAKE BOOTY! LOL
Tamara, what is going what with the first link? I’m being told I don’t have access to your dashboard…
Looks like some technical difficulties. I fixed it. (I think) Thanks for the heads up.
If she’s so successful then she would have wayyyy more to claim than only being a former miss USA winner. She’s beyond annoying and tries way too hard. And please!!! A bodyguard?! Really?? I don’t mind drama but this is too ridiculous.
Tamara, can you confirm something? Did I hear Kenya say she has a successful production company making movies and such? If so, is that company in Atlanta?
She was cast in some movie called….Haitian Nights or something and the director quit mid filming so she tried to produce it herself because it was her biggest role. She got some money from her *cough* sponsors to thry to produce it…but …I don’t think it went anywhere.
So no, no production company and she has no ties to Atlanta at all. We don’t claim her. She was only her for RHOA filming.
I’m beginning to warm to my theory that the Real Housewives franchise is WWF for women & gay men. But half the fun of that is in some way shape or form the shows have to retain a semblance to reality for us to buy into the set-up.
By shoehorning Kenya into RHOA that pretense is being stretched. The instant the participant casts herself as a villain then we have a problem with the concept that this is a reality show. I may as well watch any TV drama.
Surely there were other ladies out there that could have been cast?!?
Why if Marlo was a guest star (and I wasn’t a fan of Marlo at any point through Season 4), never to be offerred the full fledged Housewife title, I want to understand why this Kenya woman is better placed to receive this opportunity.
She is an unmarried import (with a potty mouth), which part of her biography means I buy that Kenya is a Real. Housewife. Of. Atlanta?!?
I am finding this casting difficulty fathom…
Kenya is crazy but Marlo is I am crazy and will cut you bitch. I don’t know if they wanted that liability.
“Cut you Crazy”… Good point & LOL.
Surely there are actual Atlanta Housewives that could have been called on?
Kenya is beautiful, and I don’t understand why kandi brings these men into her daughters life and shack up, instead of getting married and what happened to her daughters long thick beautiful hair? Kim is pathetic and they need shrewd back, love phaedra and nene, Cynthia is o.k. but boring. They need Marlo back.
@Katrina, I just realized that Sheree’s not on the show. LOL. She was starting to disgust me, talking about buying shoes and purses worth thousands of dollars while you’re buying your son used shoes. Sick. And, I don’t like Kenya. She’s really holding on to that Miss USA/America *shrug* title. Get over it. I saw her clip on Wendy. She’s a home-wrecker.
Kenya is becoming or is like her mama, eventhough she was disowned. She’s teaching women to keep from building cobwebs. She’s a no-nonsense (usually comes with age) woman. She probably learned that early on with the pageantry. Probably can take Nene down.
what the hell are you trying to say? If you are just trying to get a website link, mission accomplished. If you want to make sense, not so much.
I think Kenya is fake, Head-to-toe. Has no career, no man, no sense. The wave she did while coming down the escalator and the fish net outfit she wore to Shoedazzle establish her as being delusional as well.