It’s time for another episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta and I feel like I have sleep 90% of the time since the last one. I think we will see in this episode that Kenya Moore reevaluates her position with Sheree Whitfield. But the relationship I am most interested in at this point is the one between Phaedra Parks and Kandi Burruss. I am dying to know if the Feds came and picked up Apollo’s toys from Kandi and Todd’s garage. That is a very interesting situation.
Phaedra Parks
Oh lawd I am already tired of seeing Phaedra Parks on my TV screen. It looks like the religious hypocrite is going for some sort of baptism at a place called Clean Start Total Body Cleansing. It’s going to take more than that, Phaedra. Okay I am not about to watch Phaedra and Porsha get colonics. No mam. Sorry.
Kandi
We catch up with Kandi and Todd in their PJs in bed talking about Kandi’s conversation with Phaedra. Todd says that Apollo asked him to store his toys. It has nothing to do with Phaedra. Todd is also still waiting on his check.
Cynthia
Leon comes over to Cynthia’s to discuss Noelle’s studies. Cynthia lets it drop that Peter has not contacted her in over a week. Really, Cynthia? You’ve got to know what all is going on in Charlotte. It’s everywhere. It’s time to seriously consider divorce. Cynthia appears to still be homeschooling Noelle so they have to hire a teacher for that. I thought they were only going to do it for one year? Whatever the case, Cynthia and Leon are doing a great job raising Noelle. I saw a recent episode of David Tutera’s Celebrations where they had Noelle’s 16th birthday party. Noelle is a very sweet young lady. It occurs to me that Peter might not have been there for that show. That’s odd. There is never a camera that Peter doesn’t want to get in front of. Perhaps I just forgot that I saw him?
Oh! Cynthia explains that Noelle is being homeschooled because she wants to do acting and singing. The homeschool tutor is kind of cute and that makes Cynthia nervous.
Leon says that he has seen the video of Peter with another woman. Cynthia says she has pretty much checked out on the situation. Leon tells her that she needs to fight for her relationship and pursue every possible route to reconciliation before she walks away.
Later, Cynthia tries to call Peter several times, but he does not pick them up. At the end of the episode we have a scene with Cynthia and Peter. Peter just turned up back at the house after a ten day absence. Peter is a dickhead but I am one of two people in the world that thinks he is kind of hot. Nene is the other one, so I know I’m wrong.
Cynthia points out that she uprooted her whole life to move from NYC to Atlanta for him and then he decided all on his own to open a bar in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sidenote: Peter’s eyes are bloodshot as hell. Peter keeps saying that nothing is his fault. Cynthia says maybe she just isn’t in love with him anymore. Cynthia says she doesn’t even know if they are still compatible. Peter says he never stopped loving her. Peter has tried yelling. He got nowhere. He tries crying. I keep getting distracted by the staged countertops.
Cynthia says they are headed toward divorce. Peter says he doesn’t want to get divorced. Cynthia agrees to give the marriage one more shot.
Porsha
Porsha does a relay race for charity. Kandi is tasked with showing up. Here is the real time tea when this was filmed on August 1st. Kandi and Porsha talk about Duke. Kandi seems to know Porsha is making a mistake.
Kim
We finally see Kim’s house where she is getting ready to go out with her husband to Kenya’s party. Kim’s husband Chris is a mess. They are both thrilled to have a night out without the kids. Chris says that Kim doesn’t have friends. Why is there a dining room table on top of her living room furniture? It’s very odd.
Kenya
Kenya is working on an infomercial for her hair care line which she will debut at her launch party. Marlo is there to help Kenya with her party planning. But these two start talking about Sheree. Marlo talks about them getting together with her to help her get some money together. Kenya says they can throw a rent party like on Good Times! In her talking head, Kenya says she and Sheree got started off on the wrong foot and “we all know Sheree’s got bad feet because she is out in the dirt fields behind her house all day.” #Shade
Brandon sighting! Brandon is on site trying to keep the party preparations going. There has already been ten minutes of keeping the room cool. I don’t know why they insist on doing too much with the foreshadowing.
Kandi shows up and lets us know she is BFF’s with Shamea. Porsha and Shamea are slamming Kenya for having water in her product bottles because she has no product yet. Kim arrives and is starstruck by Kandi. Kandi has to leave because it is way too hot and she’s pregnant. Phaedra shows up looking like something out of a 1970s Blaxplotation movie. Sheree arrives and everyone is surprised that she showed up to be on camera to support Kenya.
Kenya has an escort named Eugene, one of many men she will be dating this season. I think this was basically a one and done friends kind of thing. Eugene has a bit of a skin issue and Phaedra could not let that go by. Phaedra says she is glad Kenya finally met someone at the dermatologist. I admit I may have laughed at that one. Someone had to write that for Phaedra though. Miss Lawrence shows up to support his girl.
Kenya steps out to get some air because the room is hot as hell. Her date tells her she has to get back in there. Kim Fields is trying to make friends and asks about everyone’s husband. Phaedra says, “My husband is in prison.” And the look on Kim’s face was priceless.
We get a quick glimpse of Claudia who only stayed there for a hot minute.
Damn, now someone is writing for Sheree’s talking heads. She says she had a fashion show with no fashions and Kenya had a hair care launch with no hair care products. Shamea came for Kenya about the water in the product bottles. And that is the beginning of a season of bad blood between Kenya and Shamea Morton (and Porsha).
Kenya and Sheree have a talk. They try to make up but not before Kenya gets Sheree to admit she has had fines from the county. Sheree says they were for erosion. Sheree is trying to blame bad contractors for the delays. Yep, all those different contractors who quit. The one thing they all had in common though was expecting to be paid on time. Kenya and Sheree call a truce.
Kenya’s hair launch was an epic fail and the editors did her no favors. She got all the air time, but it wasn’t flattering air time.
Sheree is working a peach job with no peach pay this season. That has to suck.
Next Week: IS THE LANIER TRIP! I CAN’T WAIT! See here for what really went down!
Anyone who has had personal issues with sheree in the past has to be smiling inside at the schadenfraude. Sheree’s lack of finacing is showing in her appearance. The hair needs a relaxer at the roots BAD, not to mention that shes wearing the same black blazer and black leather pants she wore to Cynthia’s opening. #Karma
So far Sheree is more of a pivotal housewife than Kim is, and Sheree doesn’t even have a peach. Sucks to be her.
Just a sidenote: I feel like that if Kenya didn’t go after Sheree as much as she is, then Sheree wouldn’t even get minimal screen time. Kind of like Faye Resnick, if thr HWs ignore them then they get edited out of the show.
Is Fae going to be BH housewife this year??
No she isn’t. I just meant that when HWs react to the ‘friends of HWs’ and other extras, they get a lot of airtime and their own talking heads. If Kenya and the others ignored Sheree, then Sheree would be irrelevant this season and would be edited out.
Ahh okay. I love RHOBH ! RHONJ just feels like home. Beverly Hills & Atlanta are my faves with BH edging out a little bit more. Im not a Faye fan though. I heard somewhere that Adrienne & Camille may be back, but waiting on TT for the tea. Get well soon TT! We need you.
Agreed on all counts Micheal. Also I’m sort of wondering at what point they’re going to have Kim Fields deal with the other women in a meaningful way. Right now she’s sort of an awkward add on to the show with little to no connection or interaction. As for Peter he’s a douchebag Tamara. You’ve sung this guys praises time and again as being the manly man kind of guy when a lot of us were telling you this guy is a jerk who will shit on his relationship/woman. Now he has, and hopefully Cynthia finds the courage to escape this douchebag. Same with Leon from Below Deck. Also another douchebag! Honestly women attracted to guys like that I don’t want to hear the bitching about how they screwed you over. ‘Cuz it’s gonna happen.
I thought the wooden tabletop on top of the royal blue sofa was odd as well TT. I do know that sometimes Moms will babyproof their homes awkwardly for a small child…maybe?
I was impressed with the advice Leon gave Cynthia and I totally agree. I may be one of the few who has not had a problem with Peter. This is a marriage in trouble and with two hurt people and I wish them the best as they try to work this out. I just hope he has not gone too far.
Don’t know how much more of Phaedra and her nasty comments I can take. She is blaming everyone except herself for her Apollo situation and Kandi would do well to just forget about regaining that friendship. That ship has sailed and Kandi should be happy to be off that boat.
I like the way you organize your thoughts in words Glow. And I totally agree with you that Phaedra needs to go from Kandi’s life. She’s so freaking negative. Same with Porsha. This Peter thing though, I doubt Peter is capable of keeping it in his pants inside the marriage. Cynthia will be better off without him.
Leon > Peter 24/7/365. In every way.
Ik…what the hell happened between Cynthia and Leon? He seems like a gem, especially in comparison to Peter. Ick, Cynthia needs to lose him stat!
Yes! I still feel a connection with them when I’ve seen him on screen through out the seasons. There’s this level of respect they maintain but still check each other out in the corner of their eyes.
Oh yes. Leon is fine. I would exhale for him more than once. I dont understand Cynthia dunping him and marrying Uncle Ben. Sorry TT. Thats all you and Nay Nay’s !
Ain’t he fine???? And he’s a talented accomplished actor, independently wealthy, and seems to have a good personality. And talkin bout swag, OMG. Peter ain’t Leon, but he’s not bad looking either. I just don’t like the way he treats Cynthia.
I was thinking the same thing about Leon. Hello, sexy and intelligent man. Meanwhile, Peter is the king of the dickheads. I can’t stand him.
Why oh why does Phaedra shade people so much? It’s not even cute. It just exposes her jealousy and malice. Dermatologists office? Really? She has no room to talk about anybody’s appearance because she’s no prize pig either.
And why is Kandi always friends with such sketchy people. Isn’t Shamea the one that helped Porsha gang up on Cynthia with their asses? I’m starting to wonder about Kandi. Well, no, I’ve been wondering about Kandi for some time. She probably knows a lot about Phaedra’s behind-the-scenes life and yet was still besties with her. Hmmm?
I thought the same about Phaedra. The comment she made about Kenya’s coloring being two shades darker than it should be because she needs a colon cleansing and the comment about the dermatologist were both low down. Not funny or cute. Just stupid and low down. Also, to many, including me, Kenya has always been and still is a natural beauty–no makeup needed. Phaedra needs to take note. Also I would have expected Phaedra, the well-educated, Christian, southern belle, to be above talking negatively about another woman’s God-given physical features.– On Kandi, she was my favorite for a long time. But, like you, I started to wonder about the kind of person she really is some time ago.—- “Ganged up on Cynthia with their asses.” ROFWL!!!! My face hurts from laughing at that one! What would I do without TT and her bloggers to keep me laughing?
Now Now… Kenya gives as good as she can get! She, that is Kenya, is not above mixing it up w the party people. She thoroughly enjoys shading others on their appearances including hair, facial features, boobs, butt, waistline, clothes, shoes, finances, intelligence and ages. She will also shade the HW’s partner/spouse, friends and family members. She is really an equal opportunity offender.
Porsha is an idiot. If a mother is covering her pre-teen son’s eyes because of you, Porsha, you DO NOT turn over and give him a butt shot. Did you hear Phaedra say at the colonics outing that she and Porsha were “pulling a train?” N-A-S-T-Y comment, imo.
Kenya has looked bad in every episode. Are they trying to get us to dislike her like her 1st season? Tonight they made her product look bad, too. Not a good look for you, Kenya.
We’ve always loved Leon here at TT’s place and he just proved why again tonight. Cynthia, he’s the keeper you let get away.
Now I will have to watch the episode to check out the distracting countertops.
Thanks for the tea, and don’t forget take care of yourself!
I secretly hope it shows up…and is just lightly scented water. Like the diamond water BS.
Alot of HWs are guilty of fake fashion/beauty lies etc.
Kenya has thrown shade on fake lines before, now it is her turn I guess.
That’s a pretty elaborate tangle of lies just for a TV show. Why do they even bother? Kenya should write a book, just like the rest of them. I don’t know what she should write about. Maybe an autobiography focusing on her pageant days, or a beauty DIY book?
Phaedra’s line about Kenya’s complexion being too dark was ignorant and offensive. Im sick of seeing her on my TV.
Agree Brianna..it was IGNORANT to say and IGNORANT for Bravo to air.
She did not say Kenya was too dark. She was basically saying that Kenya was full of sh#t.
With all due respect for you and also for your statement, please consider the following. Phaedra is a lawyer. One cannot get through law school without becoming a wordsmith. It is simply not possible—not at the University of Georgia School of Law, anyway. If Phaedra meant that Kenya was full of
s— , she should have found some words in her large, eloquent vocabulary to make her point without referring to Kenya’s beautiful, dark skin in the same paragraph in which she referred to “waste.” Dark skin is frequently disparged in our society to the detriment of all people of color. As a, woman of color, Phaedra needs to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem.
Thank you! I was starting to think I was the only one who caught that. Last week Pha mocked African dialects. This week she commented on Kenya’s beautiful, dark, skin tone in a negative way. Could this well-educated, allegedly socially conscious, Southern Belle be “colorstruck”? Could that explain why she hooked up with the pale-skinned, ignorant criminal to make babies with instead of a man with melanin and morals?
Lawd…..
Now we have to start throwing in trigger words like color struck and melanin. We are going to see this two different ways and i’m cool with that.
Well turn there is remote for a reason
I am still getting over what seemed to be an over long shot of Phaedra tonguing a straw from last week’s episode. She is a low class lady trying to cover it all up with a see thru prayer cloth.
I believe that. I just cant help but imagine if one of the other housewives had a hair care line premiere event in a sweatbox with no product, how Kenya would react. She would orally annihilate someone and read them to filth.. then laugh wickedly. She got “Rhonda Rousy’d” tonight. When you talj big, you have to deliver. She usually does but doesnt seem on her game this season.
Why does Sheree look like she’s fixing to mount Kenya’s stallion booty?
Hmmmm….another baptism. Guess that is the new common thread throughout the franchise.
First, it was everyone losing a dog, or a dog dying. Then it was the dreaded cancer storyline.
I guess fake baptism is not so bad after all.
Is it just me, or does Phaedra look ‘refreshed’ this season?
TT – Make that 1 out of 3. I too find him attractive.. which makes me as uncomfortable as it does you.
Just noticed in this episode that Cynthia’s house is so close to the next door neighbor she could pass a cup of sugar thru the window. Why would you want to be that close. I also find Peter fairly attractive it’s his attitude towards women I find ugly. Wish Cynthia could work something out with Leon again they make such a nice couple. Showing the girls talking while getting a colonic is just disturbing. It has to stink gross.
On the colonics, DITTO! Yuk! On Cynthia’s neighborhood, yes, the homes are close together. But, in metro ATL, it is not at all uncommon to prefer little to no yard space over lots of yard space for several reasons. One reason is that, except for with older neighborhoods, the less yard space you have, the closer to the city you tend to be. Considering ATL traffic, the location of Peter and Cynthia’s businesses, events, their trips to the airport, etc., living “close in” with less yard space probably works well for them. Plus, it’s really a nice, unique area. Several quaint, nice restaurants are within walking distance, the area is very diverse (in culture and in business types) and there is a small, pretty, park just a few feet away from their home. Another reason is, less yard, less yard maintenance, less yard time, less yard money. Personally, I prefer yard space and privacy. But, where Cynthia lives has so many other advantages that I could enjoy living there myself. (I know a family that lives a few doors away from Cynthia and Peter. Fun neighborhood!)
Have you ever heard of a town house?
My impressions this go round–CYNTHIA:Yes! I’ll just leave it at that. PORSHA: It would probably be a good idea for her to work on finding a rich old man to take care of her for life asap cuz when her RHOA and Dish Nation gigs end she’s going to be in trouble. (1) She’s painfully dumb for real-real so earning a living otherwise is going to be extremely “challenging”; (2) I don’t think her business ventures are prosperous even a teeny bit; (3) Her looks are slowly becoming less marketable because in three years she has gone from coming across as a sweet, likeable, pretty, classy young woman to coming across as a snarky, desperate, middle-aged tramp. KIM FIELDS: Love her and her family, but emotionally healthy people don’t make good reality tv.
If Kandi wanted a baby so bad why is she always trying to hide it? Kim Bierrmen wore hers proudly.
Pregnancy is a beautiful thing flaunt it.
Not everyone enjoys being pregnant, nor do they have to. If Kandi wants to stay in bed or hiding until she has the baby and is back in shape, let her.
Her pregnancy, her life.
This comment triggered me and I’m not sure why. The level of ignorance?
Something bugged me about Todd and the money Phaedra owes him. If it was a deal that he did work for Phaedra and Kandi wasn’t involved in it, why can Todd go to Phaedra and ask for payment directly? Why would he have Kandi do it?
*why can’t Todd go to Phaedra
Probably because he knows he’d look like a real shithead. Sure the money is his for services rendered, but for someone who is going on about how he is a great friend for storing Apollo’s things and is worried about his lack of visitation with his kids etc. he’s asking for final payment on a shelved project from a single mom who supports her kids without assistance from their dad. You know.. the guy he purports to be looking out for.
But, he is still demanding payment, he is just doing it through his pregnant wife who already has other issues with Phaedra outside of the money. I guess I just don’t see why Kandi is playing the debt collector when this was between Todd and Phaedra, much like the storing of the Apollo’s things was between Apollo and Todd. It’s a small thing that really shouldn’t bug me, but it does. If he wants to be taken seriously as a professional, he really shouldn’t have his wife play the heavy in order to get paid unless she is a partner in his production company – which she may be so the whole argument would be moot. It just kind of stood out to me.
If it was anyone else owing Todd money I think he would ask himself but this is a special situation involving Phaedra. And we know how “special” Phaedra is. Besides, in this group there seems to be a rule that the men can’t deal with the women if they have issues with one of them. As you stated, storing Apollo’s things was between Todd and Apollo but Phaedra is obviously holding this against Kandi. Even Kandi told Todd she didn’t know why he agreed to keep Apollo’s things. This is a no win situation for Todd and Kandi with Phaedra and the only resolution would be for Phaedra to pay up if she knows she owes and stop her nonsense.
If this season is going to be filled with scenes of Phadera and Porsha making their evil comments about Kenya, I can’t watch. I would rather see Nene come back and Phadera and Porsha leave the show. I have never saw anyone put two people put down one person so much it was nasty!
It’s not the first time it’s been mentioned that Kenya has bad skin. Nothing to do with being light or dark any close up will show she has bad skin under that makeup so that’s where the dermatologist remark is coming from. No I am neither a Phaedra nor Porsha fan. Kenya like many people probably has been dealing with skin issues for years. She may want to do a ProActiv commercial. Many famous folks are getting residuals from them , Adam Levine for example. He’s cute IMO and admits he struggled with skin issues. Hey a paycheckh is a paycheck and he is actually rich not reality TV rich!
How could Phedra stand to wear a hat and cape to that sweatshop. Seriously, I couldn’t take it.
Phaedra’s storyline is seriously going to be this petty bullshit with Todd? That’s all she’s got? With all the real shit that is actually piling up in her life?
Her shade wasn’t even funny, it was just mean and dumb.
” Peter is a dickhead but I am one of two people in the world that thinks he is kind of hot. Nene is the other one, so I know I’m wrong.”
Funniest thing I’ve read all day!
This season is so boring, I guess now that they cut out Tammy (For no damn reason might I add) were gonna get another dry season. All summer a lot of us thought this season was gonna be great with the addition of Tammy, Kim and appearances from Sheree, Marlo, Amiyah, Shamea etc. Phaedra has no storyline, porsha has no storyline, kenya no storyline, Cynthia and peter same storyline for the past few seasons and likewise with kandi. Sheree, Kim , Marlo and shamea are more interesting than the girls with the peaches. Carlos is messy every time he produces this sh$# and it’s obvious they cut all the footage from the fired producer and are only using the footage Carlos shot. The jury is still out and I hope they don’t do Tammy like they did demetria last season.
I understand disliking Phaedra but some of you are reaching with the skin comment! It is a fact that you can suffer from hyper pigmentation if you have too many toxins in your body. Considering Vivica Fox referred to Kenya as the “toxic trick” it looks like Phaedra ran with it. It’s also funny that people are offended by a comment they think is disparaging to darker skinned women but said nothing when Kenya said she wanted sperm from a white man so she would have a lighter skinned baby with a thin nose. She even told the adoption agency worker that she should’ve brought her a light or white baby when she had the home visit with Marlo.
Also, although I don’t miss her ego I wonder how Nene feels watching Cynthia’s marriage implode. I remember Cynthia saying her marriage improved when she ended their friendship……