There are so many good shows on tonight, and yet, most of you are watching this. I’m just saying.. SIGH.
At least we are in Tokyo and last week’s episode was good! So I do have an expectation for another good episode tonight, especially if Nene gets left behind. If she does, I already suspect it is production driven and Nene was having a meltdown and just wanted to stay at the hotel. Because production decides when the van leaves, not the hired help. It was already weird when the only Japanese custom that was explained was ” Be on time.”
We are back with Nene going off on Tanya for no particular reason. By the way, I found it very odd that neither Shamari or Tanya were at Andy’s Housewives Baby Shower Extravaganza. I didn’t see anything online that would indicate their schedule was already full this weekend. Maybe Nene just didn’t pass on the message. That was literally her only job. Tanya cries and Nene is just being a bitch for no reason. Nene then moans about here problems and things she has going on. If the trip is too much for her she should have kept her ass at home. Nene gets up and leaves saying she has her own problems and she needs to get ready to go. No one goes chasing after Nene.
The girls are trying to support Tanya who is sensitive apparently about not being married officially yet. But these girls aren’t really good at empathy. Especially when it comes to someone new to the group. There is usually more hazing than sympathy with this bunch. Why isn’t Eva being supportive? She’s supposed to be Tanya’s friend.? Tanya leaves the restaurant and starts walking back to the hotel by herself too. Nobody goes after Tanya. Eventually, everyone else gets in the van. Cynthia and Marlo both tried calling Nene and she is not answering.
Kandi and Porsha and some of the others don’t eat sushi so they all ordered McDonald’s to take back to the room. Tanya apparently got on the van where she is still crying. Nene was crying too and got into a cab. The producers tried to chase her down but she told the driver to drive. Marlo starts going in on Tanya. The plan for the night is to take an hour or so to rest and have a drink and then put on sexy casual to go to the red light district. I cannot take an hour of Marlo after an hour of Tamar. No. I can’t. Marlo and Eva look like they are going to buck up on each other. The tour guide is disgusted and so am I. I am not recapping this trash. They scream at each other the entire trip back. Eva is wiping the floor with Marlo and everyone seems to be enjoying it.
At the hotel, Cynthia, Marlo, Porsha and Eva go to check on Nene. She refuses to open the door. Just let her have her pity party and go on about your business ladies.
Later, Marlo and Cynthia go to check on Nene. Nene is fully recovered and getting her hair done to go out for the night. Eva and Tanya get together and talk. We have dueling recaps of the fight at lunch. Eva continues to read Marlo to Tanya. She even mentions how Marlo wears designer and then returns them to the store. There is a blind item about this somewhere but I can’t find it at the moment and I am very far behind with this recap.
In the van the ladies are preparing to go to the red light district, Marlo has been shamed out of that nasty wig. Porsha calls to say she isn’t going out because her back is bothering her. Nene mocks her for being pregnant and tired. Tanya tries to make up with Nene but gets the famous housewives cold shoulder.
The red light district, disappoints Kandi, It’s not nearly racy enough for her. They end up doing Karaoke. Shamari can actually sing. They have Kandi’s Xscape song, Understanding. Which is good because Kandi can sign off on the licensing agreement. They actually did a pretty good job with it. EXCLUSIVE RHOA Filming News: Will There Be Seven Housewives?
The next day, Eva gets the news that her family is taking her grandfather off the breathing machine. Eva wants to go to LA to be with him. She’s going ditch her own bachelorette party to go home. Her grandpa’s official last name is Last Name because that is what his parents wrote on the birth certificate.
I don’t see how she will get home in time. Nene uses Eva’s problems to remind us of her own. The girls all rally around Eva and convince her to stay.
The next morning their tour leaves at 11:15. Cynthia and Tanya arrive first at 11 am. The tour guide is already over acting the whole “on time” thing. Marlo and Eva arrive next. They have mended fences. The Porsha and Kandi arrive. Kandi has on a kimono and the tour guide approves. Shamari arrives at 11:11. At 11:15 the bus leaves. Nene arrives at 11:17 and the bus is gone. Cynthia tells Nene they are coming back for her and she tells them not to both she doesn’t need to go. She goes back to her room. That little walk out to the van she did probably happened at 3:45.
I just deleted WWHL from my DVR because that misogynist piece of shit scumbucket is on with Nene tonight. Thanks for letting me know Andy.
The ladies arrive at a Geisha house and have to be told not to be rowdy, vulgar tourists while the performance is going on. I’d be mortified if someone had to tell me not be loud in a geisha house. Not these fools.
Back at the hotel, Nene tries to call Gregg and keeps getting voice mail. She’s pissed and decides to block his ass. Really? If I had a husband at home with cancer, first of all I would not be calling him to wake him up in the middle of the night from Tokyo. There is a 14 hour or so time change so if you are awake in Tokyo, he’s probably not awake in Atlanta. Also, if your husband with cancer is not taking your calls, you might want to check the hospitals or be worried about whether or not he is okay, not get your ass in a sling because he is ignoring you. Also, you might want to be nicer to the production team. They control the edit you get on the show and frankly your edit sucks this season.
Back at the geisha house Kandi is chosen to play a Japanese game and so are some of the other girls. Eva is good about getting Kandi’s share of drinks, I’ve noticed.
Afterward, they all go out for sushi. Look, I try all sorts of things when I travel. I might TRY sushi just to say I had it in Japan. But I am not eating it every single night like these people do. Kandi is not happy either. She’s had McDonald’s once and that was about it. McDonald’s would be a last resort. Surely they have some great soups or something.
Nene shows up to meet the the ladies for dinner. Apparently, Gregg was handling Nene’s business in Atlanta and he is not happy with her nasty emails. Tanya stupidly picks this golden moment in time to talk to Nene about the fortune telling incident? Nene says she doesn’t give a fuck about Tanya or her situation.
Next week: It’s the official bachlorette party with Japanese strippers. I can’t think of anything worse. And the ladies have sword fighting lessons with big wooden sticks that they swing at each other. Nene has another pity party. Porsha admits her relationship with Dennis is not perfect.
I’m sorry I can’t read the rest of this recap I am dead laughing hysterically that Eva’s grandpa’s last name is Last Name. Omg I can’t breathe!!!
I’m sorry I can’t read the rest of this recap I am dead laughing hysterically that Eva’s grandpa’s last name is Last Name. Omg I can’t breathe!!!
But you understand why it was written as such. Did you pay attention to her story? I find nothing at all funny about it–sad and sobering, yes, but funny, no.
Did you not watch the episode? It’s not actually funny at all.
Eva was laughing about it. Through her tears.
Thanks TT for the recap. I have not been able to watch one episode this season. I’m so over the RHOA. If not for you I wouldn’t know anything that’s going on.
It’s obvious NeNe is going to milk the cancer storyline the entire season. My husband also suffered from cancer and I never treated everyone around me like shit. I’m tired of her bully antics and rude behavior. She should get off the show.
I don’t doubt that Nene’s going through a lot with Greg and his cancer but that doesn’t give her a free pass to treat people like shit. Fact is that Nene is a rude, lowclass, petty bitch that doesn’t know how to act right. She is one of my least favorite housewives and I really can’t fathom why Andy favors her. She is an ugly person both inside and out.
Also, is it just me or does Cynthia always looks high?! Hers eyes always looked glossed over and lazy/heavy.
Preach on the Nene paragraph.
Andy and Nene are the same awful person inside.
My ex-partner got really sick with a life-threatening illness and he became almost unbearable towards me. I was running myself ragged trying to keep him alive, and he was an absolute ass on me. Not his nurses. Not his doctors. Just me. It made me an absolute ass to everyone around me. I remember vividly actually taking an ICU nurse aside and apologizing to her profusely for my behavoir, and explaining that I was very sleep deprived and the meds my partner was on were making him unbearable to be around. It was a very eye-opening moment for me, and it gave me renewed perspective for people in situations like that. I suspect Greg, like my ex, takes his anger and frustrations out on Nene because he knows she will take it.
I’m so glad nobody ran after Nene and is kissing her butt this season. Also that “tour guide” was wayyy too extra and got annoying to watch.
I don’t understand why they keep going for sushi. Japan has the best beef in the world. Ramen in Japan is amazing. Going to an authentic teppanyaki restaurant is a culinary experience, a lot of the 5 star hotels have them and finally Japanese fine dining tasting menus kaiseki are comparable to very expensive Michelin star experiences.
They really don’t showcase much on these shows, not just this franchise but all of them. I’m always surprised when the housewives are visiting some locations for the first time.
I was just going to post something similar! My one and only time there was 23 years ago.. I think I ate sushi once (granted, there was an ecoli outbreak at the time – found out later it was bean sprouts)
The tiny little Ramen-Ya we went to that was mainly local guys in it, so damn good. I tried a ramen place that promised authenticity last year here in the states. Does not compare.
One of my favorite memories though was going to an Italian-Japanese place! You know how we have Italian American food? This was that, only Japanese. Lots of squid, etc. in it. It was good and fun to see how things had been adapted.
I’m so annoyed watching this episode, especially Kandi calling MacDonald s real food! Angry emoji.
One of the best burger meals I have ever had was a local burger place in Kyoto. As I said Japan has the best beef in the world.
Kandi just redeemed herself by highlighting how ridiculous Eva is for paying over a 1000 US for those slippers.
In Hong Kong there is only 1 ramen place that is up to real Japanese standards. So I wouldn’t haven ramen in the US. LOL. #elitisttastebuds
I stick with the brick here in the states. I know it is nothing like the Ramen-Yas, but it is comfort food I can still eat. (I can’t do eggs anymore – fried egg sandwiches were my go to in childhood)
Tokyo is the city that has the most restaurants with Michelin Stars in the world. I’m sure Kandi could find something on the menu, lol. She’s very unsophisticated, isn’t she? Surprising because she’s had so much success since she was very young. You’d think she’d be more worldly.
Some ppl eat like 3 year olds forever despite their travels, education, cultural background, etc. I have a friend who’s parents filled their home with the scents of the most delicious Indian dishes imaginable, yet he hates it all and always has. When he lived at home, he hid Big Mac and Quarter Pounder wrappers in his bedroom until trash day! So strange and silly that I’ll never forget it.
That’s not strange or silly, that is someone assimilating into another culture. Perhaps pne he has idolized before even arriving in the country and trying to fit in. At my elementary school there was a Japanese boy who brought a rice cake wrapped in seaweed for lunch every day. He wasn’t really included in the elementary reindeer games very much. I still remember sitting next to him in our desks at lunch and asking him about his lunch and if he liked it.
Kandi doesn’t like sushi. I don’t like sushi. I try all kinds of things includiing snails in France. But if I was on a trip where I was being led around by the nose the entire time and the only non sushi food source I could get was Burger King, I’d go there. If you noticed the guide brought the Burger King to pretty much everyone on the bus.
I assume Kandi ordeedr a Kobe steak from room service when she was allowed back in her room. Remember she doesn’t have the freedom to try other Japanese food other than wherever they take her.
He really was silly about it. He was born on the Gulf Coast and shuns all Southern food as well. I promise the entire situation was funny. It was more about him being a brat to his parents rather than anything cultural.
I get what you’re saying, Amanda. I guess my thing is, yeah someone is a bitch about what they like to eat. Neat. You’re one person and the majority wants to eat there. Quit being an entitled wench and try the fucking food. Your taste buds change every 5 years. OR find something on the goddamn menu that appeals to you. It’s not a 1 item menu. ?
It was essentially a one item menu EVERY SINGLE PLACE THEY WENT WAS A SUSHI PLACE! No Kobe beef, no tempura (which Kandi would have loved) or Karaage(fried chicken) or many of the other foods Tokyo has to offer. I know they could never get in Sukiyabashi Jiro but if I ever made it there, I would eat everything they served me.
That is silly to think because someone doesn’t like the food that you think they should like makes them uncultured or not sophisticated. So what? The food isn’t why I would LOVE to go to Tokyo or many other places for that matter. Surely it is great to try new dishes but if you don’t like them you don’t like them.
I would love to go and sample the culture, architecture , plays, music etc. But I would be just as happy at the end of the day with a great big juicy Big Mac.
One of the Best posting names ever.
Do you know the name of hotel the stayed the in while in Tokyo?
Hilton Tokyo in the Shinjuku region
All I want to know is how big a room service bill Porsha racked up while begging off the trip due to her bad back.
Haven’t watched yet but Japanese male strippers next week??? Bwahahaha! Wonder if they will show every little thing.
Giggles. Some first time commenter tried to leave a rant last week when I pointed out the Asian strippers and their short comings. Do Japanese women even have strippers or bachelorette parties? Whre did the find these guys?
In my personal international survey, conducted only for anthropological reasons, of course… I found Japanese had no shortcomings. Chinese … A somewhat modest Chinese friend put it eloquently … “my sisters married Chinese men, I married German man. Their husbands have … small shoes … Hans … not have small shoes.”
This is the most boring RHOA episode ever. Reading the recap by TT is the only thing that makes it interesting.
Poor Miss Eva is going to regret not attending to her family emergency for this stupid TV show. How sad is that? Picking the show over her dying grandfather Lsst Name? The production staff and cast should be ashamed of themselves for coaxing her to stay in Japan instead of being with her family.
This trip was a bad idea from the get go. It didn’t sound like fun, and it wasn’t. I heard the ladies say “that was so fun!” after they played a weird game to expand their cultural awareness. Everything about this trip is so contrived! Next time keep it closer to home like in the USA so they can better navigate. It won’t cost as much and it might be more entertaining for the cast and the viewers.
I disagree. It was good that she stayed. Grandpa Last Name was already gone. There would have been no opportunity for goodbye, only a final memory that would overshadow the good ones. I think she made the right decision.
I agree Tamara. Staying allowed Eva to have the good memories of her Grandpa closest to her heart. Had she been in the states, I have no doubt she would’ve been at his side immediately.
I agree too. Sending Eva home would not have meant the others had to go home. Even Marlo was likeable. She has her good memories of grandpa. There were plenty of family members there for support.
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I stick with the brick here in the states. I know it is nothing like the Ramen-Yas, but it is comfort food I can still eat. (I can’t do eggs anymore – fried egg sandwiches were my go to in childhood)
I have never had ramen. I think I might have bought a pack in the last year to see what all the hubbub was about, but I never opened it. I presume it will be fine to eat during the Zombie Apocolypse if necessary.
I might order a big bowl of Pho for pickup. There is a really good Korean/Vietnamese place practically in walking distance of my house. I’ve only been there once. I love soup and there are so many kind it is overhelming And it comes with enough odd green veggies to make saled for a week. All for like $7 and that is for the large bowl which is enough for four people and I eat a lot of soup.
PS. I know that isn’t Japanese. I’m just hungry and making conversation.
That made ME hungry! Unfortunately idk of any Ramen places in mpls or maybe they’ve all frozen since this wk is more than -30…not including windchill. Can you thaw me out with some of that delicious soup you keep mentioning?!
Yelp is your friend. I had no idea I lived near a great restaurant for Pho until I went on Yelp and googled and It’s literally a mile or less from my house.
I had been using Yelp to find things to get me out of the house and into the word (there are places to hike, and parks and all sort of things on Yelp.)
Here is a link to Ramen places in MPLS
https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Ramen&find_loc=Minneapolis%2C+MN
Thanks TT! I never use yelp perhaps why I also never leave my house! Today is -37 so I don’t think even yelp will get me out of the house!
Eva and Marlo’s fight was so childish but I was almost in tears laughing at Eva reading Marlo.
TT, Pray tell what good shows are on? I am looking for new things! I don’t watch much Bravo anymore . So would love some recommendations. I am kind of just doing netflix but running out of stuff! SOS!!!!
The new season of True Detective has been really good so far.
May I ask what SCFan stands for? I heard True Detective was good. I will check it out.
I began posting here when I started watching Southern Charm and that’s the only name I could think of ?
Oh ok. I thought maybe it was for another show I watch (hoping) . Also SC initials! LOL . Thanks for the True Detective heads up.
Schitt’s?! It’s too hilarious. I guess my name could be interchangeable lol. I’ve seen all but the latest season.
YES!!!! My favorite show presently!!!! I was hoping….LOL It is very funny.
The show i’ve been waiting for is I Am the Night. INSPIRED by Fauna Hodel’s experiences with her grandfather, Dr. George Hodel. Hodel’s son Steve, a retired LAPD homicide detective, believes the doc killed the Black Dahlia. In the spectacular Deco Mayan Revival house built by Lloyd Wright (Frank’s son). It is worth it for the house alone. I drove by it every day I lived in L.A.
The show i’ve been waiting for is I Am the Night. INSPIRED by Fauna Hodel’s experiences with her grandfather, Dr. George Hodel. Hodel’s son Steve, a retired LAPD homicide detective, believes the doc killed the Black Dahlia. In the spectacular Deco Mayan Revival house built by Lloyd Wright (Frank’s son). It is worth it for the house alone. I drove by it every day I lived in L.A.
Oh yes!!!!! I have seen commercials for that. Can’t wait for that either. Ever . since I saw that movie tons of years ago about the Black Dahlia I have always wondered about it. I think this is the guy!!! I am very excited to see this too.
Hot take: Greg is an older man. In older husband/younger wife marriages, very often the husband tends to be more controlling. It’s really hard to endure this kind of dynamic on the best of days, but when you add the role of caregiver to the mix? Woo boy. I’ve been ambivalent towards Nene for many seasons now, but on this particular topic I do feel bad for her. We’re seeing a fraction of their relationship, it’s not enough to pass judgement on the depth of her compassion or concern for him.
I don’t know. I can’t see NeNe being ordered around by anyone. Greg always seemed like a sweet, mellow guy to me. However, being a caregiver is VERY difficult. I can see how it strains. Plus being older and sick does wear even the sweetest of people down. I think it is important as the primary to take a break now and then especially if you are in it for the long haul. I pray he does heal and get back to life again. I do feel for NeNe.
What part of Greg walking three steps behind Nene hold her purse with his balls in it screams DOMINATE MALE to you?
NeNe is a self-centered cunt. If the way she is acting about caring for Greg WERE OUT OF CHARACTER, I would have giant sympathy. But she always acts like the cunt that she is. Perfectly demonstrated when she said on WWHL that “they” (Japanese) just need to get used to that she is black and “black people be late.” Yes, NeNe, the WHOLE FUCKING WORLD turns around you. TT, it is good you did not watch WWHL. I lost ANY remaining respect I had for DOUCHEBAG last night. I am used to him he ripping Kenya NoMore (oh, hahahaha so funny) and brown-nosing NeNe. When his jackhole was James Kennedy, I get it. Lots of people don’t like him. But he swears Kennedy’s accent is fake, etc. I thought he was being facetious, but he really thinks that. Well then lose your NY accent DOUCHEBAG. You’ve spent how many years in L.A.? More than Kennedy has been alive. He likes lots of despicable people for the drama they bring. James Kennedy is reality TV GOLD.
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cannot stand that guy that was on wwhl. i cannot believe that people actually love him. whenever he is on i know i wont be watching. some are actually praising him over nene. thought it was so funny that nene missed that minivan by two minutes…..real or fake it was laughter inducing. PLEASE bring back kenya!
You were correct TT to skip WWHL, I couldn’t finish it after hearing that SCUMBUCKET loser shit talking Kenya. He is OBSESSED with her. It’s gross. And everytime he said something nasty about her, Andy was grinning ear to ear and I’m pretty sure he was hard underneath his thong too. He is such a vile person, who is prob going to teach his son to be petty and vile as he gets older too. So disturbing.
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The most sincere part of the episode was Shamari singing to her boys on facetime and calming them down. It was sweet.