This was blowing up Twitter last night, and I for some reason have been putting of recapping it. I hate when they have so many guests on at once. The big news is these people still don’t get a long and everyone with tickets to the show is worried their shows will be cancelled. I doubt that will happen. The other prevailing thought was Andy was somehow pressing their buttons to get them to go at each other.
Let me take a look at and give the broad strokes. Andy begins with Mama Joyce and her assessment of everyone’s asses. During the clip, it looks like Tiny is already drying her eyes. Clearly, these women fought before the show even started.
There is clearly still tension between Kandi and LaTocha. There is still tension between Kandi and Tamika. Tamika admits that she lied about Kandi hooking up with Jermaine’s dad.
Kandi shares thoughts on RHOA. She says that Nene and Porsha have not been friends for the past two years. She says that is why Nene was fine with saying that Porsha needed to be fired. I think anyone with a brain knows that Porsha needs to be fired. Kandi says she was shocked that Kenya eloped, but she understood that she wanted to keep her marriage away from everyone’s negativity. Kandi has met Marc and says that he is really cool. Kandi says she understands why Shamea is mad at Porsha. Porsha and Phaedra said some mean things about Shamea behind her back on the show. Kandi, who is answering all of these questions politely, says Kim coming back was an “interesting situation.” She says there was a moment where they had to have a sit down and she thought it was going to go super left, but they got it on track.
Andy asks them if they are doing new music. Kandi says the three of them are going to do new music. Tamika tells Kandi to “tell the truth!” Kandi says she’s going to do Broadway and work on other projects. Everyone seems uncomfortable with the question. When asked if they will be calling themselves Xscape, I believe it was Tiny who said, “We are Xscape” and Kandi acted as if she didn’t know what name they would be using.
Again, Andy never mentions that Nene was dropped from the tour. Oh wait, just when I thought they were moving on, Andy does ask about Kandi and Nene. Kandi says that she and Nene are getting along great. She says that people are trying to make it seem like they have beef but that is not true. I believe that. Nene is allied with Kandi this season regardless of the fact she was dropped from the tour over the rape incident.
When someone asks if the group would have reunited earlier if Tamika would have apologized earlier, Kandi says yes. But Tamika says she had apologized earlier several times. Kandi wanted a public apology where she admits she lied about Kandi. I can understand that.
They talk about Tamika’s pregnancy. She says that the group was all mad at her for getting pregnant when they were on the brink of huge success. They tried to kick Tamika out of the group. The they in that sentence seems to refer to Tiny and Kandi. Tamika says she still out danced and did everyone. Tiny takes exception to that self assessment. Kandi says in the 90s if a member of a girl group got pregnant they were looked down on.
Andy passes out four flashlights and turns the lights off. He asks questions and they have to shine their light on who it best describes. Who hooked up with the most groupies? They are not very good at shining their lights. LaTocha shines it on Kandi and Kandi is pissed off right off the bat. Worst dancer? Kandi. Who is the richest? Tiny. Best singer? Tamika. Who would get mad if they didn’t have enough vocals? Kandi. That pissed Kandi off.
The tour is 29 dates at large arenas and is selling out. LaTocha wants an Xscape to have a Vegas residency.
Andy asks about Tiny’s “breakup” and she says everything is just going along. Kandi is giving Tiny the stank face. She says Tiny and T.I. are not broken up. Tiny sort of backtracks a little. She seems pissed that Kandi blew her story.
Andy asks if they are all on the same page moving forward. Kandi says they are all on the same page about the tour and making the fans happy.
Well that was awkward.
The most interesting thing was the Mazel of the Day. Apparently, Diana Ross lost her fanny pack in a Marshalls and someone returned it to her.
Thoughts? Did you catch the non-Kandis trying to say they don’t watch RHOA? Gurl, please.
I know Kandi likes money, and I don’t think she’s quite as comfortable as everyone thinks she is (because, greedy mom with her hands in Kandi’s purse, plus too many people on the payroll with ill-defined roles), but I don’t know why she reunited with those other three heifers. It’s not like they’re even indifferent to each other – there’s clearly unbridled, bitter hatred between them. It’d be like if she went on a speaking tour with Phaedra.
Weird.
It is all about the coin with Kandi. Flash back to that scene where Kandi comments that she doesn’t want to have to refund concert tickets when they were have a spat about one of many things and were talking about the tour. It always comes down to Kandi’s coin. I too, think she isn’t as flush as she tries to play off. She has a lot of useless overhead, relatives she is supporting, and I remember a RHOA episode where she was accused of not paying employees. True or not, I felt there was something to that.
I think the underpaid employee was one of Phaedra’s failed stunts to take Kandi down on the show, tbh. Did it ever even become a real lawsuit?
I think Kandi is wealthy, just not so wealthy that she can afford for the cash to stop rolling in yet. She employs a lot of people, her family leech off her, and her businesses probably all had expensive set-up costs – it takes a lot to sustain all that. She’s been very fortunate to have so much success besides her music career, because so few recording artists manage that. She could have ended up like Toni Braxton with multiple bankruptcies if she wasn’t so motivated and didn’t enjoy working as much as she obviously does.
The reason Kandi and Tiny have the most money is from their song writing which gives them a revenue stream forever each time their songs are performed.
Kandi has caused some people to get refunds on tickets after her comments made, fans want all 4 women to work on new music not just 3. This reunion isn’t organic nor genuine and the world saw that last night, Tiny is the only one that I honestly like and the most mature out of all the girls. Andy could have held back on some of those questions but unfortunately Tamika and Kandi took the bait and it was a disaster.
No one can get a refund from a concert not unless the concert is canceled and even then it is a mess..
Exactly. No one is going to skip the concert based on WWHL. No one even watches WWHL. The people with tickets are worried the group is going to break up again before they get to see the show.
Having not recognized one of their songs, I would go just to SEE the hot mess of them fighting!!!
Andy wasn’t even asking that shady of questions, it is just that those women have hair trigger buttons!
Didn’t watch but I know lil kandi was fake crying as usual.
Ooh I can’t wait to watch this. We don’t get WWHL here in the UK so I will have to find an online link. Sounds cringeworthy
Okay – I don’t know the history here but Tiny said she could use the money from the reunion so how is she the richest?
I too know none of the history but there must be quite a story here. How long ago did the group break up?
When Kandi wrote her award wining songs, was she also working with these women or did it happen later?
Was this show created because they others demanded Kandi get Bravo to do so? Surely is a way to build their popularity- I’ve never head of them and so far have not heard enough of a song from the show to know if there is any appeal here or not. ( I haven’t heard last light’s show yet, only RHOA) .
How long before RHOA began to shoot did the group break up? It appears to be quite a long time ago.
Is Kandi truly wealthier than the others, or , as stated above from AC’s questions is one of the other women in fact wealthier? How?
What is the source of the continuing open hostility between Kandi and this one woman who seemingly won’t let some issue drop? Or is it Kandi who can’t?
They were popular in the 90s. Kandi and Tiny began writing after they broke up sometime in the early 2000s. Kandi and Tiny both have done well and Tiny is married to rapper TI.
And if Tiny was mad that Kandi spilled the tea, then she needs to be mad at other blogs because that was posted weeks ago.
This reunion is not organic. Kandi doesn’t want to be a part of it and they do need her because they tried and failed without her. I understand part of her attitude but she agreed to do it and she created the us against them atmosphere. She is very Mama Joyce like
Thanks very much for al that info- she is Mama Joyce like? I guess I shouldn’t be surprised but am disappointed to hear it.
She was an executive producer of her TI and Tiny: Family Hustle show on Vh1. She also wrote No Scrubs with Kandi. She has had some music that has done pretty good on the iTunes charts too.
But I don’t see how she has more money than Kandi…
I don’t think she personally has more money than Kandi but she doesn’t need this reunion. Those sisters do. LaTocha tried one of those other reality shows and Tamika does stage plays. LaTocha tried several times going solo and it never worked.
I think they meant the money she jointly has with her husband, the rapper TI.
Xscape broke up in 1998, Tiny and Kandi started writing (No Scrubs for TLC, songs for destinys child, and others) in 1999. Xscape broke up long before RHOA.
Could she be a bigger spender than Kandi? I get the feeling that Kandi is smarter with her money than some of the other HW.
Tiny is married to TI so she gets to claim his money. If not for him, Kandi would be the wealthiest.
Could not help but notice that Tiny maybe said one sentence. The show was half over before Andy asked her about her marriage. She gave a short answer and that was about it. Was she just pissed off?? No clue but everyone seemed to talk but her.
The whole show was a mess and it’s obvious the Scott sisters are jealous of Kandi’s success!! When Andy asked who had the most post-Xscape success they pointed at themselves to avoid admitting Kandi had.
TT, the tension was super thick but Tiny probably wasn’t crying. She had a super risky procedure done last year to permanently change her eye color and it causes her eyes to water a lot. She’s almost always wiping them in interviews where there’s a lot of bright lighting.
Kandi said from the very start that she wasn’t interested in doing new music so they shouldn’t have been surprised. They just want to use her to write for them. Ironically, Kandi and Tiny won their Grammys writing for other girl groups but never for Xscape.
OK, now it all makes sense.
1) The group of three needed Kandi-when they tried to succeed alone they couldn’t and knew they needed her. and
2) They also know they really need her to write new music which she prefers not to do for them.
That explains a great deal . No wonder they are angry with her as they are. But with those understandings in place, why even start to work together if you can’t agree on the most fundamental issues? Greed anyone ?
Exactly!! I think Kandi went into it believing they would do one show, Essence Festival. The Scott sisters saw the potential to make more money as fans were excited to see them back together and started making additional plans without Kandi. They don’t have anything else going on but Kandi has a successful restaurant, sex toy line, and boutique.
I’m not familiar with Xscape, but was a fan of Kandi’s on RHOA. Not anymore – she’s changed so much – turning into Mama Joyce, which seems to be a fate worse than death. Plus, those giant titties of hers are clearly out of control. Were they always that humongous? Looks like it’s time to call out the National Guard – she clearly has a battle on her hands. Those things are going to be down to her ankles in about 30 years.
That was one of the most cringe worthy WWHL episodes I have ever watched! Wow. Latocha had a nasty attitude when she was on R&B Divas. Kandi and Tamika clearly can’t stand each other. I like Tiny though, would have preferred to hear her talk. Andy is so shady and flat out rude with his fake questions!
If they really had made up, those questions would be considered soft ball I think.
Never seen a bunch of more unhappy women then these pics. WOW! Did not see the show but I guess from these pics you could cut the tension with a knife.
NEVER heard of them before – one hit wonders I gather.
Hardly! They were huge on the R&B charts, they just never made it to cross over success. I’d imagine that’s the break out stardom that was curtailed by LaTosha’s pregnancy.
So they were only RB and not on the ‘real’ music charts? Well then 99 per cent agree with me then when I say NEVER HEARD of THEM! Besides the 90’s music is so last century and irrelevant today along with that awful style of singing!
Girl, you in danger. You might get dragged for that comment.
R&B isn’t “real” music? With all of these pop imitators and emulators? GTFOH
No danger as RB can’t hold a candle to great classic rock and roll. End of conversation.
Where do you think Rock and Roll came from? Just curious.
Boom!
Just love when someone makes a biased comment about what is “real” music according to their own narrow tastes. As the great Ray Charles said, “There are only two kinds of music, good and bad.” Of course, Ray Charles was heavy into R&B, so KellieC probably hasn’t heard of him so will call bullshit.