On Kandi’s Bravo Blog this week, the Real Housewife of Atlanta addresses her comments about Nene always having a motive for her friendships. She gives one example of Nene initially being furious that Marlo was coming on the show because she felt it was a set-up to cause drama between the two over the whole Charles Grant situation. But Nene opted to befriend Marlo simply for the purpose of shutting her up. Nene and Kandi have never really gotten off on the right foot but Kandi has always made an effort to shoot with Nene when no one else but Cynthia would. Like when she was forced to go to Miami with her. Kandi says the Nene freaks are harassing her on twitter. Quelle surprise.
But the most interesting part of her blog was her putting the entire Tardy for the Party and The Ring Didn’t Mean a Thing debacle on paper. Click through for what should be the final word on the subject.
Kandi says, “OK let’s move on to Kim. I haven’t talked to or seen Kim at all since what you saw on last night’s episode. Kim and I have had a shaky relationship ever since the whole Tardy for the Party drama. People always ask, “Why do you never go hard on Kim like you do with NeNe?” Well Kim and I started off on the right foot. We became close quickly. Our daughters had become good friends, and we were taking multiple trips together and had lots of fun. I have made a vow to myself that I will never fall out with friends/family about money.”
“So when she first came to me and said her attorney felt she didn’t have to split the royalties with Don Vito (the producer) and me, I was caught off guard. We never signed an agreement giving her rights to release the song. We could have easily had the song pulled, but I was like whatever at the time. I didn’t want to fall out about money. The problem was this became the topic of every discussion. So of course it became a problem.”
“Then when she asked me to do the next song, Ring Didn’t Mean a Thing, I did it, but I was going to charge her up front instead of just agreeing to split whatever came from sales, which is what we said we were going to do the first time. She didn’t want to pay up front. You may get over once, but never twice. So I would never allow her to release the song. That’s why you never heard any more about it. That for me made the relationship more awkward. So the communication became less and less.”
who are kim ‘s lawyers? i think she is lying. i think KIM DECIDED she didnt want to split royalites with donvito/kandi and blamed her lawyers. for ‘ring didnt mean a thing’ kandi wanted $ up front and kim didnt pay, but why still go into the studio? so you could have camera time? meanwhile kim is still making $ from DBTFTP everytime bravo airs her wedding series. come on kandi!
I don’t know who Kim’s lawyers are, but they are good! At the time, Kim was with Big Poppa.
Sorry I gotta go with KIM on this Kandi has been in the Music Biz 4 ever, She must have known better, She was fiends enough with Kim when her Boo got killed & had her Daughter @ Kim’s for a week & I watched the show again on the Bus Trip, Kandi said she got more out of Free Ads going on the short tour w/Kim I then believe Kandi got her record deal…So shame on Kandi 4 not knowing 2 take care of the $$ up front ~ So what do they ALL care if she is on the trip or not sems like they want the air time anyway so u never have 2 worry about Kim again she has her own show again…..
JMCR welcome! Be prepared to have your ethnicity questioned and be called a racist. The water is full of sharks here. 🙂
Kandi did make a mistake with Kim. Kandi trusted that she would do the right thing! That is why you should be very careful about mixing business with friendship, it normally ends badly. You live and learn.
I honestly don’t think the girls cared one way or another if Kim came on the trip. However, it must have been a planned production trip and all the ladies were required to go. People were obviously trying to work around Kim’s pregnancy and various schedules. It is annoying to say the least, for someone to basicly lie, make excuses, and then say you are not worth my time! Why lead them on? Kim signed a contract to participate on RHOA.
Is anybody really surprised here? Has there ever been a story about Kim that didn’t also focus on some bill she didn’t pay? Kim, imo has been so spoiled living off of men to buy her things that she has this entitlement attitude and thinks that everyone should carry her big ass. U watch how fast she will dump Kroy if he gets injured n the money train dries up and it sure doesn’t look like they are saving any money. I liked her show last year, showed a different side of Kim, actually made her look a little human and vulnerable. Thought maybe now that she had true love she would be less self centered. After her antics w/ Kendra, on twitter n her folks, not sure I will even bother tuning in to see her new series. I predict it will be an epic flop and then RHOA won’t take her back.
I don’t think it’ll be an epic flop since the first season wasn’t. PLUS, since she quit oA her fans will want to see her so will watch it.
I thought Don Vitto tried to sue Kim for his share. Maybe Kandi stopped it. I know at some point Tardy for the Party was pulled from ITunes because of Don Vitto. I remember Kandi confronting Kim and she said she would look into it about paying her. Kim was acting like she didn’t know how much the song was making and she really didn’t need the money. In the end, Kim and kandi fell out over money, the very thing Kandi was trying to avoid!
I find it odd that Kandi has a problem with who Nene makes friends with. Nene doesn’t really have a lot of friends on the show. I am sure Nene was pissed about Marlo because they were trying to start some mess. If I remember right, Marlo approached Nene. In addition, Kandi is the one that threw shade at Marlo. She invited Marlo to her show and tried to embarrass her in front of Charles on her talk show.
Maybe Kandi should be more careful in choosing friends.
Nene never liked Kandi, because 1) She was not responsible for Kandi coming on the show. They built season 1 around people Nene had recommended. 2) Nene is jealous of Kandi. She immediately started attacking Kandi’s career, her singing etc. We all know Kandi has the most money out of all of these women. And 3) Kandi is the most likeable out of these women. Kandi was becoming the fan favorite, and Nene didn’t like it.
Nene even called Kandi ghetto, but Nene and Gregg are the one who left their rented home in a complete cluster fuck after they got evicted. That is GHETTO. Nene’s son is out there shop lifting and getting into trouble left and right. Nene’s son is having children out of wedlock. That is some ghetto shit.
I think Nene was once the most REAL Housewife. In Season 1, she never claimed to be “rich.” She even said “I hang out with women, who are so rich, they just gone and left me child.” She was funny, she was witty, she was outspoken, and sassy.
Now she is the most FAKE housewife out of the entire franchise. She is so jealous of her co stars. She has the biggest ego. And she claims she is “rich” but she rents her homes. She attacks Kim for renting her home and claims Kim had “bad credit”, but yet Nene and Gregg have been evicted and sued for not paying their rent.
Nene definitely isn’t poor by any means. The money is most likely flowing. But she isn’t “rich” or a Hollywood actress on the level of Demi Moore, Sandra Bullock. She is a C List celebrity.
And let’s talk about how obsessed she is with Kim, and how she sub tweets Kim constantly. If Nene was so REAL, she would @KimZolciak and not subtweet it. She would be UPFRONT who she was talking about and insulting.
And this shit about how she is “on a high” and “over these women.” PFFFTT, she is obsessed with Kim, and jealous of most of these women.
As much as I can’t stand NeNe, I don’t think she had an issue w/Kandi initially. I believe a lot of their issues stemmed from things Kim was telling Kandi at the time. I can recall a few times that NeNe gave Kandi props for her talent. During the fight at Sheree’s independence party Nene told Kim that she thought she was a real singer but Kandi had to give her a boost. Also, during the bus tour Nene told Kim that what Kandi does is real work and that what she was doing wasn’t.
As for being ghetto, truth of the matter is they all are, except for Cynthia! Kandi has a child out of wedlock with a man that was married at the time. Come to think of it, they ALL had kids out of wedlock!! And Tamara exposed their little plot to bring Marlo on the show in attempt to embarrass Nene and it failed. When Kandi’s blog was posted, Nene tweeted that Marlo actually befriended her and Marlo retweeted and confirmed that it was true. I think now that Kim is gone Nene & Kandi will be able to sift through some of their issues and make amends.
Oh and Nene’s country bumpkin behind has always said she had money. Her tag line season 1 was “I don’t keep up with the Joneses, I AM the Joneses!” Remember how she said her family members exposed her paternity issues because they were jealous of how much money she had and upset because she wouldn’t provide them with financial support! She has always been a poser, we just didn’t know she was broke back then!! LOL!!
I remember NeNe standing outside that big house pretending she grew up there. There was also her fake charity, which she used to steal money from donors. Kandi’s issue with NeNe is that NeNe is a poser yet belittles everyone else.
I really like Kandi. Kim speaking to Kandi less and less for not getting her way speaks volumes about Kim’s lack of character. Great read, and thank you for sharing.
Kandi acts like she is Kim’s Sweeeeeetie! Kandi takes all the shit her boss Kim dishes out and smiles and makes excuses for Kim. But when it comes to NeNe, Kandi likes to talk shit about the number one star of the show. Like it or not, NeNe is the star of the show. Fact.
Kandi I love u like a cousin girl…but u got fast talked outta ur money by Slick Kimmy. Nene is not perfect, but I’m sure She wouldn’t have disrespected u in ur own house like Kim did. I think Kandi is a punk. Chihuahua type. Always yapping but no bite.
Why am I writing that like Kandi is gonna read it lol.
I’m glad you see that. Kandi was loyal to the woman who swindled her out of untold thousands of dollars; and shunned the sista. She didn’t have to befriend NeNe, but all of that messiness with Kandi is such a turn off. She is really too damn messy to be likable. My momma always said that like-minded people find one another. Maybe that’s why Kandi and Kim were such great friends… they were both messy cowards.
Not a good explanation to the question. Why she never goes hard on Kim? No answer.
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I like Kandi, but why does she always give Kim a pass? Kim has disrespected her, lied, and embarrassed her time and time again but yet Nene always gets the brunt of her shade. Kandi has lost her credibility as the voice of reason. She is a great business woman but a terrible judge of character.
Right. I’d be even angrier at my “friend” for getting out of line than a woman who never purported to be my friend.
Great business woman? Those types don’t “give away” free songs without contracts and signatures.
Well me thinks Kandi stopped liking Nene the moment she heard her say her thighs were HUUUUUGE! Welp.
nah they really got into it over Tardy for the Party.
its funny to me to look back on kim in the first couple of seasons. she was even more absurd than she is now. remember when she went to that restaurant with sheree and said the bowl was unsanitary because it was made from a rock? so hilariously ignorant. and all that shit about how singers dont need to know about singing… what a fucking tool. that synthetic hair, just WHY? i think kandi didnt have any legal arrangement because getting cut out was no skin off her nose, and she just thought kim would treat her as a friend. think of it this way, scale it down to size- if my friend has an ebay store and i give her an expensive garment to sell for me, but instead she does and keeps the money, its not my livelihood with which shes messing, but thats low and hurtful. i couldve prevented the situation, but i simply trusted a friend. stupid analogy, just applying the principle to a situation in which we “regular folk” would be more likely to find ourselves.
I think the whole Kim situation should be a lesson to Kandi or anyone else in her position. All money isn’t good money and you shouldn’t waste your talent on untalented and ungrateful people like Kim. She’s lucky she even made a dime off of singing. Her lazy non-singing behind barely wanted to rehearse, work on her vocals, or stop smoking. All for an opportunity that was handed to her. While other talented people are working overtime every day trying to catch a break. The way Kim didn’t even want to sing the song without NeNe but then ditched her when Kandi got involved should’ve been the first warning sign. I guess Kandi felt she was above that type of treatment, but she quickly learned. NeNe is the one who picked out the song & Kandi made it sound marketable. Kim really didn’t do anything as the computer basically sang for her. They both got hustled by trashy Kim and so will Kroy.
The only things I remember NeNe ‘doing’ to Kandi was 1) say she couldn’t really sing, which I agree with because I can’t stand Kandi’s nasally voice 2) and not wanting to go to her sex-toy launch…and like NeNe stated if she was about making friendships to benefit her, she would’ve bent over backwards to be Kandi’s friend…Kandi is a NeNe hater, period, just own it and stop acting like NeNe has done anything differently than Cynthia, Phaedra, Sheree, etc…and as stated she and Kim were supposed to have a genuine friendship but she keeps being meek about Kim, yet someone who never talks about her, she attacks without a second thought…Kandi is wack
JMCR…so you’re going with Kim on this and implying that Kim proved her friendship by babysitting when AJ died? Kandi was the true friend because she could have had the song pulled and could have used RHOA footage to sue Kim for breaching their verbal contract. Furthermore, she asked to be paid upfront for the next song and Kim screwed her again! She even went behind Kandi’s back and hired Don Vito to produce her next song, “Google Me” that was eventually pulled due to a financial dispute. Even after all of this, Kandi sang at Kim’s wedding. On DBTFTW Kim cried and apologized to Kandi for not including her in the wedding after both her maid of honor and Sheree failed to attend her bridal shower. Kandi supported everything Kim did and Kim abused her friendship. She probably didn’t even babysit Riley. I’m sure Sweetie or the nanny took care of that for her. In response to Tamara’s comment, I could care less about your race. I just want to know if that’s what defines a friend. Or is Kim the only person that can treat people like this and still garner support?
Kandi has the backbone of a slug….oh, they don’t have one, do they? C’mon – only an idiot DOESN’T GET A CONTRACT. The NeNe hate parade will contine with Kandi marching in front, which couldn’t get that much of an eyelash bat from me and a lot of other people. But, trying to explain your way out of a business deal that never existed in a cut-throat business such as entertainment/music, has a lot of us paying attention. Kandi’s decision to make this recording from jump had me in an uproar. While I am no longer seeking the golden contract or the one-hit wonder, I still perform as a vocalist with a band and as a soloist. I do this BECAUSE I CAN….I got pipes, and apparently I ain’t the only who thinks so ’cause I get paid to do it. Kim, on the other hand, has a voice similar to that of nails scratching a chalk board. She first went to Dallas Austin, if you all recall, who all but said “you can’t’ sing” – he wasted no time in telling her to get some lessons. Kandi took it upon herself to use a program called ProTools to mix and “correct” Kim’s voice….I didn’t care much for that at all. Got Kim thinking singing is something she can do. And through it all, still through it all, Kandi failed to get Kim Zolciak (husband screwing ho with no real income or desire to work) to sign a napkin! I have no sympathy for the girl and I would be hardpressed to ever seek collaboration with someone who has no business savvy.