I’m not really excited to watch this show tonight. I am still fighting to say in the sun and out of the hole and watching Reagan gaslight her husband is probably the most depressing storyline I have ever seen on reality television. The only thing sadder was Pedro’s journey with AIDS on The Real World. Hopefully there will be more half nekkid arrogant Jon and less passive aggressive Reagan. Plus there is that whole situation with Barry that’s going to need some damage control and a lot of apologies.
It’s been 12 hours since Barry responded to a jackass with a homophobic slur and he’s hung over and full of regret. What’s the story with that mask that Jon was using while lifting weights?
Tamica and Reagan head over to their friend Nicelle’s gorgeous house for some shrimp and grits, and of course to give Tamica’s side of the Barry situation. Reagan is pissed because it was a “work event.” Tamica says at that Justin refused to say Kelsey was the one. Rachel, the other NFL wife tells Tamica that was really inappropriate. Tamika says that she is NOT”that abrasive girl.” Just like she is NOT jealous and NOT insecure. Sometimes I wonder if Tamika thinks NOT is a synonym for VERY. She is so the NOT abrasive girl that she gets up and storms out and misses whatever Benny made for dessert. When she leaves Reagan and Rachel talk about how Tamica can dish it out but can’t take it. So true.
Barry, Justin and Tamica’s brother go out to eat. Because, New Orleans. Justin tells Barry that he is not allowed to use that word. Barry says he apologized to him right afterward but the guy just kept on escalating things. Justin says that Tamica is the center of all of the arguments around them. He tells Barry that Tamica told him that his girlfriend wasn’t the one for him right in front of both of them. After Reagan stormed out of her dinner she calls Barry and says that “for some reason Reagan thinks she is the one that starts all the fires.” That is because Reagan is the one that starts all the fires.
Tamica goes to meet with her cousin, Jared at a waterside cafe. This show makes me so hungry. Tamica blames her behavior on her back pain and being tired. Jared also says she can dish it out but can’t take it. He tells her she needs to apologize. Tamica doesn’t know how to apologize because she doesn’t “do sorry.” She just owns her shit. Tamica wants to get everyone together and Nicelle says that she wants to do a floating swamp dinner with her chef Benny Poppins. We need way more Nicelle and way less Tamica. Thankfully we haven’t had any scenes with Reagan and Jeff yet, but that probably means she has him chained to the radiator cleaning the floors with his toothbrush or something.
Gian and Barry meet to talk and she tells him how bad what he said was. She says it can be very damaging to her to go into business with him. In fact it looks like she may sever all ties.
We finally get everybody on the boat when Joan shows up with Diam. Tamica is right about on thing, that Dian sure gets around. OMG they have she crab soup. I am so jealous. Why are these people acting like they’ve never seen gators before. Don’t they live there? Tamika thinks she is apologizing to everyone, but once again, she can’t say she is sorry. Then they talk about Barry’s homophobic slur. Jared, the only gay male on the boat says that this is something he has to deal with every day. He is very emotional. He says he knows that Barry would never use that word on him. Tamica and Jared are both crying. The point is painfully being driven home by Jared and the message is received by Barry. Jared was not completely out and has never had a conversation like this before even with people in his own family. It was a very touching scene.
Jeff tells everyone he has made an appointment with a therapist. Everyone is supportive. Rachel tells Reagan that Jeff needs her more than ever. Rachel tells her in several different ways that Rachel is the person that needs to be there for Jeff. Jeff said if he had a son he would not let him play football. Rachel tells Reagan that she cannot leave Jeff at home and go to the French Quarter. She says she can’t move there without Jeff or she will end up divorced.
Next week we go to therapy with Jeff. And everyone goes to The Myrtles, the most haunted place in New Orleans.
This episode made me hungry too and I’m all in on Nicelle. I really enjoy seeing her house and Benny Poppins has mad skills. I’m not a fan of bugs so the swamp dinner cruise wasn’t my dream setting for what looked like an excellent dinner. I couldn’t believe that Tamica couldn’t spit out a genuine apology.
is that her spouse or live in chef? Im slightly confused.
That’s her chef. I’m pretty sure Benny is gay.
Nicelle is a wannabe film producer, from my actress from California married to a Brooklyn low-budget film producer. The house is not actually in Treme’.
Shrimp and Grits is a Carolina dish, NOT New Orleans. Never heard of She Crab soup, more nonsense.
6th Generation Nola and food writer.
Shrimp and grits are wildly popular in all southern coastal states. You probably should not be talking about Carolina cuisine if you don’t know what she crab soup is. Your ignorance is showing.
so real…so good. hope they don’t become too scripted in the later episodes. Can my email @gmail.com be allowed back please and thank you.
Excellent episode tonight ??
I’m enjoying this show. This group is good because they actually knew each other before the show. The relationships are genuine. The scenery and locations are beautiful. This show makes me want to visit New Orleans again.
The best part of the show tonight was Chef Benny Poppins’ reaction after serving shrimp & grits, then asking the ladies if they’d like hot sauce. HIs response (maybe 3 seconds) to Tamika bulldozing everyone was PRICELESS!!!! I had to rewind like 4 times bc it was absolute perfection!!! Hilarious!
Why would he ask if they wanted hot sauce for fish and grits? And how did I miss that?
The populace of Louisiana would put hot sauce on ice cream. I have seen odd food combos.
Alligator boudin would probably benefit from some hot sauce
Wow, MuffinTop. That was not nice and very judgmental. I live in the heart of south Louisiana and can tell you we do not put hot sauce on everything. It is used as an accent in certain dishes, and is used liberally in dipping sauce for crawfish.
As for boudin of any kind, you have to know where to get it. Otherwise, it’s crap.
I’m in NE LA but I am a Georgia girl who is on her way home. I didn’t mean to offend anyone. It’s a joke around here. I can tell you That Restaurants keep a bottle of hot sauce with their salt & pepper on the table. I pick up a breakfast burrito with 5 packets of hot sauce for my 89 yr old neighbor. I must have never had a good boudin. I am told that boudin balls are good. I just can’t try Gator, and hate crawfish. The things I call odd combos are completely normal to my neighbors.
You are absolutely correct about hot sauce on tables! Of course, the cultures are very different between N LA and S LA. I do admit that if I order etouffee in a restaurant and it is bland, I tend to add a couple dashes of hot sauce instead of adding pepper, unless it’s Tabasco (too much vinegar).
Truly good boudin isn’t easy to find. The best boudin balls on earth are at Billy’s Boudin & Cracklins. You can even get them stuffed with pepper jack cheese. Don’s Specialty Meats is a close second. The regular boudin is very good at both, too.
If it’s not someone’s home cooking, don’t waste your money on alligator, unless it’s fried.
N LA “Cajun” food almost always misses the mark. When my friends from Monroe, Ruston, and Shreveport come down here, they eat like pigs and say there’s nothing close up there. So, it’s not just you!
Good luck on your return trip, and I hope you enjoyed your time here.
I have about seven kinds of hot sauce in my kitchen right now. I love hot sauce. I use the clear hot sauce the most on greens and peas and you will find that on the table in southern restaurants here with the salt and pepper. I also make my own hot sauce every year with my Tabasco peppers.
I would just never EVER put hot sauce on fish and grits that were made properly.
Dons is the best ! I’m willing to arm wrestle over this. I will buy tony chacheres and Tabasco on ice cream.
When we got to Monroe the company had a welcome basket with some zatarans (so) dirty rice, Tony Chachieres seasoning, LA Hot Sauce and. Duck Dynasty duck call, I kept for a while gave it all away. Gave the duck call to a hunter friend for his b’day, he was thrilled. NOLA seems to be more Metro and sophisticated. This area not so much but it’s a relatively short drive to Dallas
Tabasco is on EVERY table in NOLA.
Nola residents don’t eat Boudin or cracklins or any of the other rustic country Cajun food being discussed.
Two completely different worlds .
Your desire to separate “Cajuns” from “NOLA residents” is has a certain air of racism. Actually, is more like a very strong odor. And your constant postings on the subject are disturbing.
Cajuns are the French descendants of the Canadian “Acadiana” French who migrated to the Lafayette area on Louisiana.
Their descendants are known colloquially as Cajuns. Their culture is distinct, and in no way mixes with New Orleans culture, they would agree. Cajun food is rustic, such as swamp crawfish and farmer’s sausages.
New Orleans was settled by wealthy aristocratic French colonists in 1718. New Orlean’s Creole cuisine is based on the dishes of Paris, redolent of rich sauces, and refined preparations.
I am directly descended from both French migrations.
My family was given a land grant from the King of France in 1792 near Acadiana, the other branch of the family lived in the city.
Yup. Louisiana Hot Sauce and Crystal’s Hot Sauce are table condiment staples not just in Louisiana but also East Texas. It is like salt and pepper. A must have and put on almost everything. Some folks even carry some with them. Re: Beyonce, “hot sauce in my bag, swag”. LOL
This is also a North Florida thing. But my husband travels with Crystal hot sauce tucked into the door of his truck. Most restaurants here keep pepper sauce, Tabasco or Crystal on the tables. I was raised a little to the east of here (Panama City is ‘here’ and Perry is home) and our hush puppies are served with guava jelly. Not so here, and most of these people don’t know what swamp cabbage is!
My husband does that too-some kind of ghost pepper sauce! I’d love to visit Louisiana someday. May I ask-what is Boudin and swamp cabbage?
I am as far north as you can get without being Canadian (15 miles south of the Canadian border, in Montana). Hot sauces are not just a southern thing. Every restaurant in Montana has several hot sauce varieties offered as a condiment on their tables, including all the high end, fancy, high priced restaurants that cater to the rich tourists, as well as the greasy burger joints that we local yokels like.
Tamara, as others have said- in the south, hot sauce is like salt & pepper… however… more impotantly, the chefs reaction is PRICELESS!!! Rewind & watch. The true star of the show (in 2 seconds of film)!!!
I cannot wait to see them at Myrtles mansion !
Visit Oak Alley instead, the Mrytles is nice enough, but not one of the top 10 and obviously a product placement.
Tamica is the hardest person to like or to even want to be around. She offends everyone can’t apologize and certainly doesn’t mean it even when she tries to.
Jeff is heartbreaking his whole family has had betrayed him, and since the glory of being a NFL wife is gone looks like Reagan is hightailing it too. Sad….
Did his family take everything or take a lot? Is he suing to get it back?
Tamika is a television personality, right? How must her job be working out with this exposure?
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I loved this episode and agree with a previous comment that I hope it doesn’t become too scripted. I want to fly to NO and eat at Niclle’s beautiful home everyday for a month. Her home would make the best B & B and Benny Poppins is truly skilled including the presentation of the meal(s).
Tamika is ridiculously jealous and insecure. I don’t see her issue with Gian except maybe Gian has the confidence Tamika wishes she had.
Jeff deserves better than Reagan and I hope as he watches the show. He really should sue his parents and get his money back.
The scene with Jared was very touching. I’m excited for next week’s episode.
Nicelle’s newly purchased Italianate house is located in Esplanade Ridge, not in historically black Treme’.
More fake television foolishness.
Nicelle and her husband are New Yorkers.
All in on Rachel getting promoted next season. She’s amazing!
I’m enjoying this show so far. Do you think they made a show about all these friends and families and then later centered it around Tamika? If I were Jian and Ricelle, I’d be kinda ticked off to do all that filming for naught.
If I were Tamika, I’d regret making this. She’s beautiful, her husband is dreamy-looking, and that’s the only nice things I can say about her.
Anyone know how the locals are reacting to Tamika and to this show?
Oops. I forgot about Jared! I really like him too and my heart was breaking for him last night. I hope by now he’s been able to fully come out and live his best life.
More Benny Poppins and Rachel please!!!!
I totally agree with less Tamika at this point. It was painful to watch that nonpology.
Just a note as someone who lives here, Myrtles plantation isn’t the most haunted place in New Orleans. It’s not in New Orleans. It’s north of Baton Rouge.
More fake TV nonsense. Paid endorsement likely.
What is boudin? I’m in the Pacific Northwest and have never heard of it. Also I am loving the food and location porn of this show. I love Jeff, his wife is spoiled and not sure what to do when real life hits. Tamika is another hung altogether, she is very mean spirited and is way to insecure. She is the knownit all of the group and wants to make sure everyone knows t and their place. I love Nichelle and hope we keep seeing more of her. Tamikas brother and cousin are pretty awesome and aren’t afraid to tell her what’s up and I like that, not that she listens to them. Barry seems way to sweet to be with her.
Growing up here, they always say: don’t ask what’s in the boudin. You don’t want to know.
Traditionally, it’s liver, rice, pork, seasonings… different people make it different ways. Originally it was all stuffed inside pigs intestines as the casing.
Country Cajun sausage, not made or eaten in New Orleans … allows the relative is driving through Cajun country stops at the market and brings it home once every few years.
ROFLMAO.
Well, tis’ true nuf’ Chere,
When my father went crawfishing up near Lafayette (Cajun country), the three-hour drive home to New Orleans aways yielded a box of farm-fresh Beaux Bridge wax wrapped Boudin to be distributed to eager neighbors and co-workers – along with ice chests filled with shrimp or crawfish. It was a treat experienced only in the late winter and early spring, i.e., shrimp and crawfish seasons.
I loved how hard everyone was on Barry for using the f word to describe that guy from the party. They were SHOCKED and really let him have it. It was awesome and you can tell it really impacted him.
I would love to know more about Nicelle. Who is she? does she just “lunch” (sounds like an awesome way to live).
Tameka really needs to do some self reflection. You can’t be a tool to people like that and expect it to roll off of their backs. Why on earth did she feel the need to keep asking Jason if he girl was the “one”.
Jason, your house is falling apart! Did he say that the engineer who looked it over gave a good review of it? A crack here, tile popping up there…that is not going to be cheap to fix.
Nicelle is from New York via California her husband is Brooklyn low-budget film producer and she wants to be famous.
How are Tamika and Jared related? I know that they are cousins, but to what degree, and which side, maternal or paternal? Thank you. I’m binge watching today, and I’m enjoying it very much.
No idea. Tamica’s father, Bivian Lee, was from Austin Texas, not New Orleans. He played with the Saints for a few years in the early 70s, then was traded to the Rams, cut, and retired. He then lived out in the burbs of NOLA selling appliances at a local chain, sadly dying in 1984 from taking diet pills. Bravo takes ENORMOUS license with its series. Trust me, I know I worked with them on RHOBH.
His name is Jared Sampson. He and his family are from a little spot on the map named Zachary, LA. It’s just north of Baton Rouge. I stayed there one week house-sitting for a friend.
Let’s just say, I had to drive two and half hours out of New Orleans, past an hour of swamp, then 20 minutes down a two-lane highway to get there. The only restaurant was a Dairy Queen at an intersection of trees and a railroad.
It’s a VERY rural area where people eat squirrels for dinner, literally. Seems one of the Sampsons may have married a Lee. Who knows? But Tamica’s mom is from Colorado and her father is from Texas. I doubt they are really cousins. Unlikely, but who knows?