Celebrity Apprentice #PhoneGate has not died down on the Internet. This site seems to have become the last safe (sort of) refuge for those who for whatever reasons do not think Kenya sent out the nasty tweets about menopause and Vivica Fox. Kenya is taking a pretty big drumming for #PhoneGate and I personally think it is because Kenya’s fans wish she would have just owned her evil. A simple “It is a very cutthroat game. I used everything I could to insure I made it to the end to play for my charity.” or “after days of very long hours and very little sleep I impulsively sent a tweet on Vivica’s phone to make light of her lack of usefulness on the Hawaiian King task. I certainly meant no offense to all the hormonal women in the world. And am sorry to all those I insulted.” Something. Anything that didn’t fly in the face of logic to the degree of ” I didn’t do anything” does. But she didn’t. That is why the comments here are imploding with debate.
So yesterday she was supposed to do a Q & A on the Celebrity Apprentice Facebook page and hoards of angry menopausal women descended with their claws out. It was not pretty. Today TMZ rolled another story on #PhoneGate including a video of Vivica Fox saying she knows beyond a doubt that Kenya stole her phone and providing her makeup artist as a “witness.” To be clear it didn’t appear he actually “witnessed” anything.
Also, Geraldo Rivera has blogged about the episode and he is convinced that Kenya is behind the shenanigans. Click through for his take on what went down.
There are ambitious divas in the news business, but in my experience we don’t steal each other’s microphones to prevent our rivals from broadcasting. Something like that happened last night on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’.
As I took the pictures of New Yorker’s ogling the women’s backsides, Kenya and our teammate the veteran actor Vivica A. Fox strutted through various poses. It did not go smoothly. There had been enormous friction between the pair from the very beginning of the season and this project was no different.
To make a long story short, Vivica was distracted during the production because her cell phone was missing and she feared stolen. After we lost the challenge, ‘King’s Hawaiian’ easily picking the other team’s traditional approach over our big bun angle, Kenya and Vivica started pointing fingers at each other as being responsible. At one point, Kenya charged that Viveca was struggling with personal issues as evidenced by Vivica’s salacious tweets about going through menopause and being 50 years old.
Vivica essentially said, “Wait a minute, I never tweeted about any such thing.” To make a long story short, it turned out that Kenya had either stolen or caused to be stolen Vivica’s phone. And then wrote the self-damning tweets. Busted on the air, Kenya was shameless and avoided either accepting responsibility or admitting culpability. Mr. Trump fired her on the spot, but it was a breath-taking display of the ruthless nature of this game. I survived the loss, our fifth in a row because the cat fight didn’t scratch this old dog.
Man this is so funny!
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I don’t understand why people get so upset by Kenya’s antics. So what if she “stole” the phone and sent out menopausal tweets. It was silly and counterproductive but not EVIL as so many people claim. It’s a game. She played well until the most recent episode and unlike Nene actually won $$ for her charity.
Some people act as if she murdered their first born or married a felon, or is sleeping with a married African dictator or “danced” in the Champagne room of a strip club. My bad, that’s what her RHOA co-stars – Phaedra, Porsha and Nene did.
Kenya has a way a pushing people’s buttons that I don’t get. Overall I find her entertaining and think she’s clever like a fox.
I totally co-sign the ridiculous use of the word “EVIL” — that Jordanian pilot was just put in a cage and burned alive by his captors. That’s EVIL. Not this two-bit reality tv bullshit about a *misappropriated* (not “stolen”) phone.
THANK YOU, Angienc.
I am sure it was Kenya that borrowed Vivica’s phone, and she is still one of my faves.
I made the mistake of watching that video….evil doesn’t even give it justice
Some of us don’t find her entertaining at all.
I find nothing about Kenya to be entertaining.
I get that she is not everyone’s cup of tea but I don’t get these over the top reactions to her. The real tea is that most of the people who love to hate her keep her employed. She’s doing her job – keeping ratings high on RHOA and CA.
You must be a very square and boring person. Kenya is a hoot and the only reason to watch Celebrity Apprentice this season!
I find her irritating, annoying and untruthful.
Sign me up for square and boring. I think Kenya lacks character, lacks any humility, and lacks a soul. But hey it’s JMO.
I agree I didn’t think it was that big of a deal…. Still don’t.
Vivica thought it was a big deal. She went all ghetto because the shoe fit and she got a good dose of her own medicine. Vivica is nasty. What she said about Shaun was a hit below the belt and I’m glad she got the favor returned in spades.
I think people come down hard on Kenya because she’s simply a pretty girl, who is dark-skinned to boot, and smart as hell. They’re intimidated and jealous.
Oh, and her hair is real! LOL
BwaaahAahaaa! This is the comment of the day (for laughs anyway)!
Kenya pretty? Never would I use that word for her.
True
and her face hasn’t changed drastically over the last 20 years.
no middle-aged actress would appreciate that tweet. aging is anathema in hollywood. the damage has already been done.
I still don’t get it, what’s a big deal? You can look up birthdays on line, it is what it is – no teenager. One of the Olympians made a reference to Vivica’s mood swings and tied it to menopause much earlier in the season, I think. It was soon after Vivica pulled the period thing. I had no opinion one way or the other about Vivica, but after that – no, no class, no bueno.
Talking about damaged reputation. Look what Phaedra and Porsha did to Kenya. Half the nation is calling her all kind of names with practically no base to it. Now add Vivica’s all kind of tricks to it. Shame, shame, shame.
I wasn’t too impressed with Geraldo at the beginning of the season, but after watching him sit uncomfortable between these two this week and last, I actually have an appreciation for him. He has grown on me. Can’t wait to see how this plays out. Truth Will Out!
I watched a clip on YOUTUBE where Wendy Williams was interviewing Donald Trump about phonegate. He said that Kenya took Vivica’s phone, and he did not say supposedly.
Uh oh…
Trump says a lot of shit. Until there is solid proof and not “just a gut feeling”, I do not believe she took the phone or sent the text. I would hate to be on trial with some of these people as jurors. NO evidence has been shown that Kenya took the phone or tweeted yet they have found her guilty based on supposition and they are ready to tar and feather her.
Possibly Trump will produce some footage of Kenya being dastardly at the end of CA to support his position. If Trump made his decision to fire Kenya without proof that she took the phone and made the tweet instead of being the losing PM, he is not the wise business sage he proports to be and Trump has impacted her reputation very negatively. Show me the beef!!!
Angry menopausal women?? Kenya…you in danger girl!
Regarding Geraldo’s blog, what does “or cause to be stolen” mean? He sounds like he is talking about a heist of the Hope Diamond. Has Interpol and Scotland Yard been called?
I think he means she had someone else involved. Like an assistant, I presume. I wouldn’t put it past Kenya to text the message, and place her phone in another area, therefore saying she “did not” steal it. Its so obvious she was involved. In her talking head, she even stated that if they lost she had something else up her sleeve for the boardroom.
Its not about a phone, its about character. She brought the subject up, she sat there and smirked. If I were accused of stealing, I wouldn’t smirk or think it was funny, I would be damn mad.
Geraldo is a shrewd player and obviously smart, but he’s thriving on the attention and most importantly kissing up to Trump. I still remember what he put the country through with Al Capone’s cave, his credibility is not the highest. If he didn’t witness what actually happened and can’t back up his opinions with facts he should shut up because his guess is as good as any of ours. Personally I think CA production set the whole thing up for ratings and drama. Even if it wasn’t a widespread conspiracy someone could have done it to set Kenya up and make a quick $250 selling the phone on eBay. Or maybe one of the babies lustfull for her buns had something to do with it. In any case I suspect Vivica is the kind of woman who can’t use a smartphone and probably has someone tweet for her in her daily routine. Which would explain why she’s so naive to not have a password on her phone or Twitter feed. Vivica comes across as angry and bitter, and Kenya was right when she called her ghetto. As many have mentioned, the moment she brought up the gymnast was on the rag she lost any right to suppress discussion of her menopause. Guilty or not, Kenya handled herself with more dignity and played a more macchiavelian game. I think Lisa should win. I know Kenya is no angel, and she is only 2-3-4 quick years away from the change herself, but if I have to pick sides I’ll pick hers.
I got news for Kenya, YOU’RE IN PERI MENOPAUSE, bitch! You are 44, not 24, and Mother Nature is coming for you too! I personally, am livid that I’m 52 and NOT in menopause yet. I feel like after 40 years of being on this installment plan of pain is enough already. I frankly can’t wait for it to be over.
I had hysterectomy at 27, medical emergency, let me say this, stave off menopause for as long as you can, there’s nothing fun about it. Karma is waiting Kenya
^AND this!!
^THIS!!!
janagoodwin9… I am soooo with you, I’m 47 and still on depo to counteract the monthly AGONY and I am more than ready to have menopause set in and be over it all!!! As far as Kenya goes, she definitely looks suspicious and I hope someone did get video to settle the matter.
If you are 47 and still on DepoProvera, you don’t get to play in our menopause sandbox. Come back after you’re off the hormones, then we’ll talk.
Who the hell does not have a security passcode on their phone?…. Something is fishy here… Not sure who the real “trick” is .. Both ladies are Super Shady Tricks IMO!
So is Geraldo. Don’t rule out that “old dog”.
Sigh…the phones are given to them by CA. They are standard issue. Watch the episodes; all the phones are the same (white). I bet most of them did not password protect their phones or they were on settings that did not activate password protection right away. The smirk said it all, and I for one hopes Trump has hidden footage that he shows on the finale!
Kenya is just to smart for her own good. It’s true, with regards to most of her female opponents, she is quite intelligent and crafty but she dreams too big. She takes a cannon to a knife fight. Just based on her track record, it seems she thinks too much about how she can fell her opponents and it inevitably results in overkill. And that is why she doesn’t fair too well with some peoples’ perception of her. You have to understand what she’s up too, to get it. In the end, she just comes across devious and evil to some. For her fans, we laugh at her antics and we get it. Her brain is not being utilized to its fullest potential in these reality show modalities; there has to be a better way to showcase her strengths without offending or polarizing her audience. Kenya doesn’t need to be in a place where her talent for craft is overexposed, that’s why she’s too smart for her own good. Deviousness and cunning are best delivered without notice. I’d rather my enemies never know what hit them until after much thought.
Exactly Katimir2. She is under utilized and it can be frustrating to watch her hem folks up and watch them wiggle. lol Kenya and Vivica are both very attractive women so I’m not sure what the situation was, hope it winds down soon. Thanks for the tea Tamara, it was tasty.
The people who think this is “no big deal” would be jumping up and down screaming if NeNe had done this.
Not true. But Nene is so humorless, I doubt that she would ever think to do this. After all she quit CA because she could not play well with others.
Specious reasoning.
Please explain to me what is humorous about what Kenya did? I’m so baffled by that comment. If anything it makes Kenya come off as seriously unbalanced and a lack of self control. I really do believe something is mentally wrong with Kenya because what grown woman would partake in such a mean girl act, not realizing what the backlash would be. For all you Kenya fans, your girl is done. Watch, Kenya’s time is up. Enjoy her while you can on RHOA because nobody is going to be booking Kenya Moore.
I thought it was hysterical!
OR – if it had happened to them. If someone stole your phone and either texted your spouse/child something ugly, or your boss something negative and you were fired – guess what? You’d be mad as hell.
I have one question. Has the CIA and the FBI been notified? It is a conspiracy!
Isnt tweeting about Vivica’s menopause a violation of her civil rights? Kenya should be court martialed and shot!
Thanks for that laugh
As a menopausal woman, I am thoroughly offended by the phone theft and tweet! I would like to picket Bravo headquarters and then following that we can head over to Dunkin’ Donuts because, well, I need my sugar to deal with the symptoms.
Hilarious!
STFU. Spoken by a torch-carrying, pissed off menopausal woman. Oh and GFY. LOL
No YOU go fuck yourself!
On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Both Brandi and Kenya seem to have a hang up about menopausal woman as of late. Both are too old to be poking fun of women that are only slightly older than themselves.
I don’t have hate for Kenya but I do not have love for her either. I like seeing her defending people she cares for, her vulnerable moments (when you can see that she isn’t always such a tough cookie) or when she is having fun. But she shouldn’t have stolen Vivica’s phone. It was a sneaky move and only reiterates what people say about her. I think she is made for tv though.
I don’t understand the big hoopla about the phone. It was a prank, maybe from a high school, still a prank – not that serious to call entire nation for it. The tweet was hilarious to me; describes exactly how I fell – couldn’t say it better myself.
In general I like menopausal humor, women come up with some pretty catchy frazing while describing/joking about it. I get good laughs out of it.
And all this time I thought you were female!
On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Oh, I am. I was thrown into menopausal spin by medicine 6 years ago at 44. I felt like I was hit by a train. I still have foggy days. On a good day I need a calculator to put 2 and 2 together. I am wondering how much longer is there a light at the end of this channel? I choose to look for humor in it, I guess, there are too many other reasons to be upset about.
I so relate. But, in my case, I tell my sweet hubby when he wonders why I’m so “hormonal”: “Honey, every day that you wake up alive and breathing is a *good* day. Count your blessings!” Sadly, he doesn’t appreciate my attempts at humor. (They should do a study on how many people have been killed at the hands of menopausal women. Would be interesting, no?) LOL
If I were on the jury, I’d vote to acquit.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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No official evidence that Kenya stole the phone doesn’t mean this should be taken lightly, anyone that thinks that theft, defamation of character, hacking, public humiliation, and invasion of privacy should be overlooked is someone I would be glad to never meet. Just because your in a very small national spotlight is no excuse for behavior that would land some people in prison.
“Get these hooligans off my yard!”
– Matt, 2015
To Kenya: “You can’t win when you dirty!”
OMG! This is getting so silly. So she stole the phone. It’s not like she stole people’s retirement funds or identities.
🙂
There you are. Feeling better dear? Welcome back.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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It was “hilarious” and Donald Trump put ALL of his $$ on Kenya. Wtg go girl!
I’m holding my opinion until I see some video or other evidence that Kenya stole the phone because that’s the right thing to do. Geraldo is full of it. His using words such as “fear” to refer to Kenya stealing Vivica’s phone is ridiculous. Vivica is a bully. Why is it okay for Vivica to call out Shawn’s hormonal issues, but her hormonal issues are off limits? It was interesting that Vivica said Kenya put her personal business out there. How did we know that was her personal business until she told us? It could have been purely conjecture.
Kenya’s using Vivica’s own tactics against her was amusing. Because she was doing exactly what Vivica did to the chick on her period. “Vivica wasn’t feeling well, I think she is suffering from hormones.” If Vivica had not done that to someone else, I would have found it just as offense as I did when Vivica did it. Kenya was just delivering some karma. But sending the tweet, that was crossing the line and put her in a very bad position.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:06 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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And there it is, perfect logic and correct reasoning.
I was dying laughing during the board meeting. A TWEET about menopause isn’t serious omfg, it’s freaking funny and harmless.
I want to know, who found the phone and where it was???
You’ll never get an answer to that. I’ve been asking that from the beginning because I think the whole thing was a planned setup, except they didn’t notify Vivica because they wanted to get a genuine reaction out of her. Trump is in on it, Geraldo is in on it, Kenya is in on it. It was planned. Notice how that simple question you asked never gets answered.
Vivica never got the phone back.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Good questions….. Tommy
These comments on both sides are hilarious…. I don’t get why Kenya would steal the phone of the person on her own team. When they played the trailers, I just knew that they were going to show footage of Kenya handing Vivica’s phone back to her…something like ” oh here I found your phone”…. Or I saw your phone on the desk over there”. Something…
Kenya is definitely due for some menopausal karma because she should have stuck to the fact that Vivica had lost five in a row and that she beat Vivica….and that Vivica has no real skills other than acting. Instead she went the menopausal route because she saw that it worked for Vivica when Vivica talked about Shawn’s period. However, Vivica’s behavior in the boardroom was just terrible…..very embarrassed for her.
I’m menopausal, and I wasn’t insulted. I think it would have been worse if she mentioned Vivica’s chin hair.
Agreed! Chin hair and the um, increased flatulence. Not that I have much experience about that particular aspect of it…
Oh, I didn’t know that one! And here I thought I was lactose intolerant! I sometimes have so much gas, I’ve considered going into the balloon business! 😀
No dear Kat, it’s definitely the menopause. This too shall pass..no pun intended ☺
Haaa!
I learned something today. I thought l was lactose intolerant too.
The only leg the people who think she DID NOT do it, is if she did it then wouldn’t it be on camera but i don’t put anything past the Donald and during the brief reunion he may play the trump (pun intended) card and show the video of Kenya actually takin it and he’s just holding onto it to get ratings…
Someone should do a phone gate show….Mock trial, Jurors, Lie detector test, attorneys, evidence, etc….
This ⬆ and Geraldo can be the lawyer for the prosecution. We can have the lawyers wear the George Washington wigs that barristers in Australia and England wear for maximum gravitas. Shady Phaedra can be Kenya’s defense lawyer. We can have Apollo be a character witness. “Your honor, I did not have sex with that woman”. Nene, wearing her ramen noodle wig, can be a surprise witness. “Your honor, I have nothing to add to this case but Geraldo called”. We can sell tickets for charity!
Yeah yeah exactly…. You totally put all of the creative spin that I wanted. Hilarious!!! Gotta have shady Phraudra in the mix for sure.
Vivica’s statement to Shawn was mean spirited. But I think the menopause statement hit so hard because that’s kind of an end to your youth. For me it’s a beginning to a new wise more mature woman. But that is not really appreciated in Hollywood. I’m not going up against girls in their prime for acting roles. That being said they are both approaching the age of menopause and are still very attractive and smart. All in all they did their job for CA. They raised awareness for their causes and made for good viewing. Maybe this is exactly what Kenya wanted. She is trying to get a new show started with roger bob and this is a lot of free publicity. She is getting her name out there to people who might not watch RHOA. People are talking.
Vivicas comment was more than mean spirited, in a professional environment you want to be viewed as equal to your peers. Vivica stated in front of the girls co-workers, her boss and national TV that she and I quote “got her damn period.” The way she expressed it, made it seem like “a period” is ugly and something to be ashamed of. A period is a natural part of a woman and the way vivica said it made it seemed like it was very unnatural and there was no room for it in a professional environment. I can’t relate to being menopausal but I can relate to a young woman in a male dominated work force who does not want to be viewed as less than equal or emotional because she is genetically programmed to ovulate and release eggs.
I have no doubt Kenya could have done this there should be proof. Gerald could have plotted against both of them you see how he played Nick Jonas like a fiddle. Hell both of them played Kenya by not helping her and making her see that her ad was inappropriate but they let her hang herself. Well it’s true she is menopausal that why she hang on to those young bucks she is a pit stop and then they move on to a chick that is able to bare children or in that last one it’s alleged he might have been playing for the other team. It could have been anyone. I know one thing Vivaca should not let anyone work on her face again it took a long time before she was able to look more natural hell I was worried she was going to be disfigured. I don’ t know how much longer I can keep saying this still rooting for you girl #team Kenya. It terrible that what Nene did to Star Jones, Latoya and Dionne–was atrocious.
There has to be proof, unless V. left her phone in the restroom. If Kenya is guilty, we’ll see it on tape. Kenya did tell V. to go get her phone and then snickered. I believe she did it. Sure, its not the worst evil ever committed, but its a slimy dirty thing to do. I’ve never purposely tried to embarrass someone, so I think it went too far. Especially bad for K. to do when she swears she’s for all women getting ahead. ( bad foggy head day, hope I made sense )
I am still trying to figure out why everyone is so bothered by Kenya? Why do they care?? It’s a competition, the gloves are off!! It’s all about ratings and Trump new Kenya would bring it! We are all doing exactly what they want us to, keeping the ratings through the roof! Don’t take the hype so serious, it’s not real it’s tv! That’s why they call it the idiot box because ppl will believe anything they see without question… P.S. I thought it was funny, not to be taken serious!!!!
I think if Kenya were guilty, there would have certainly been video evidence of it. Or not. Who knows, maybe Vivica will get an offer to be the next spokeswoman for Menopause- sort of a Suzanne Summers- Esque job.
Would the men on the board here be upset if a tweet had been sent out on Geraldo’s phone saying that his old age was causing him to have erectile disfunction?!
I think Kenya should just say I misremembered it; hormones, Shaun’s period, Vivica’s menopause, Geraldo’s viagra and testosterone.It was war, I think it was karma for Vivica playing the hormone card on Shaun.
Vivica was interviewed outside of Cipriani’s in NY, she said her makeup artist was an eye witness to the thieft. When I first heard about this during filming, I thought it was childish and not worth too much thought.
The makeup guy did NOT say he was an eyewitness he said, ” I KNEW SHE STOLE DAT PHONE!” He didn’t witness anything.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I’m onboard with this just being contrived entertainment. This entire season has been a steam roll of heavily scripted drama and trying to get it over with as soon as possible. One the main selling points MONTHS prior to the premiere was the whole phone situation – how exactly would that have gotten out with everything else so locked down?
Even the newscasters of Good morning America (?) tried to play into it by saying Brandi and Kenya couldn’t even be on the same couch together – now that was ridiculous.
You seriously think GMA did that for drama? Wow.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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If Kenya did this, one thing is for sure – just as sure as she lives/breaths she will meet menopause. The only way to not have that meeting is to die before it takes place. Who knows, according to her age, no children – she may have already had that meeting.
Misery does love company!
But trust me – it is nothing to joke about!! Everything that you knew your life, body, mind, and soul to br will change and not for the better.
So to those of you that think menopause is something to joke about just remember these words when your meeting takes place. I guarantee – the jokes will stop! Now it is up to those of us that choose not to be victims, to make that fateful meeting a testament of your strength. When this occurs – just know you are a TRUE soldier!