It’s REALLY the season finale of RHOA this week. It is also the return of Kenya Moore. Y’all didn’t think we would have a season without seeing Kenya at all did you?
Nene Leakes
Marlo Hampton drives all the way to Duluth, Georgia where Swagg was moved to so they could afford their rent. Nene Leakes is spinning tall tales about her stores all over the planet. Someone in Miami go try to find that little pop-up shop Nene had down there for a couple of weeks. Let me know if you find it. Then she starts talking about the new “Flagship store” she is opening in the DMV which is apparently around the DC/Maryland/Virginia conflunenceation. Shut up, it’s a made up word in the style of Wendy Williams. Y’all let me know when that pop up shop happens. It could be soon because Nene has just discovered the spot has no retail fixtures in place.
Then she talks about Gregg Leakes having a change of heart about chemotherapy and talking to his doctors about getting started with it. It seems that Marlo had taken off her coat of many-colored mops before this part of the scene was shot. It was clearly to hysterical for the somber topic.
Then they start gossiping about Eva Marcille’s living situation. Aint it amazing how badly Nene Leakes talks about all of her “little sisters”? Because she moves right on to talking about Cynthia Bailey and how she has another friend (they don’t say Kenya Moore’s name).
Oh, we finally see what Nene Leakes was referring to when she said that Kenya Moore was saying bad things about her to the press. Nobody could find what the hell Nene was talking about. Kenya was taking questions on social media like they all do and one person asked call/text/delete Andy, Porsha, Nene. She responded Andy/Porsha/Nene. THE HORROR! Then they put up that paid propaganda site with some made up shit. None of this is why Nene was mad at Kenya. The real tea is that Nene was talking shit about Kenya while she was pregnant and making little snide comments here and there. So Kenya Moore didn’t invite Nene Leakes to her baby shower. That is all it was. Nene Leakes is pissed at Cynthia.
Cynthia Bailey
Cynthia’s party that is about to cause a huge shitstorm is for Seagrams partnership with Cynthia Bailey for a signature wine cooler. Say what now? Look, I am a stan for some Cynthia Bailey, and I want her to make all the money she can, but this seems out of left field. We barely see Cynthia drink on this show. She is opening a wine bar, or is it a wine shop, really soon though. Either way, you go girl. A deal with Seagrams is no joke.
Kandi Burruss and Porsha Williams are still in that co-worker phase where they don’t feel the need to go to each other’s events and neither person cares. So Kandi tells Cynthia she is not going to the gender reveal. Because, honestly? Nobody wants to go to a gender reveal. Sorry pregnant ladies.
Kandi seems to be very suspicious of Eva Marcille’s living situation. Does she really even know Eva Marcille?
Then they follow the script on to the next topic. Kenya Moore’s baby shower. They thought it was the greatest thing ever. I thought it was the most ridiculous thing ever. They talk about how Nene Leakes could not stop tweeting about Kenya’s shower that she was not invited to. This is all dueling production scenes to set us up for Kenya’s shower.
Eva Marcille
Eva and Michael Sterling talk about the nasty rumors her former friend is putting in the street. What city office is Michael planning on running for? Eva Marcille has the most beautiful children on IG. Check them out sometime. That youngest one is something else!
The Gender Reveal Party
Porsha has a full on meltdown because the party planner sucks and the tents were not set up and nothing was ready for the guests. Did she hire one of Sheree Whitfield’s party planners?
Out of nowhere, Mike Hill asks Cynthia Bailey if they can get married next. I guess he is ready to make the leap? Seems like a strange time to bring it up with at camera two feet from his face. Then he says he hasn’t been pulling out lately so they could have a gender reveal in a few months. Cynthia Bailey then realizes he needs to be cut off from the bar.
We get straight to the gender reveal. It’s a girl. Nene Leakes, Kandi Burruss and Kenya Moore did not attend even though all three were invited. Kandi sent flowers. Eventually, the party came together and looked great. #funnelcake
Cynthia’s Seagrams Party
Cynthia’s wine cooler will be Peach Bellini! I may have to try that even though I don’t like wine coolers. And it will have to be a while because I’m off sugar and alcohol for a few more months at least.
It’s an island themed party and Michael Sterling is in a suit because he is always working and most likely coming from the office. Mike Hill invited his entire family. As Cynthia says, “like his entire family.”
Nene and Gregg arrive and Nene is actually trying to find him a seat. He must be about to fall over for her to even notice. Nene says Gregg is one of Cynthia’s closest friends and she just wants to support Cynthia like a sister would. I don’t think these people know what close friends are. Everybody wants to hug Gregg. Gregg is just glad he can eat food again. I’ll spare you the tasteless joke.
Kenya Moore Has Arrived!
Kenya Moore makes her grand entrance with Kandi and Todd Burruss. Gregg hugs them all as they come in.
When Nene sees Kenya she says “Oh I think a monster is here.” Then we get Nene ranting in a talking head. First the attention was all on Cynthia, then it was all on Gregg, now everyone is greeting hugging on Kenya and her big ole baby bump. Poor Nene. She’s furious that Cynthia didn’t tell her. Cynthia is happy and a little surprised to see her. She wasn’t sure she would come.
Marlo Hampton finally arrives so now Nene has someone to trash talk Kenya and Cynthia with.
Cynthia gets up on stage to thank everyone for coming. Kenya comes up and takes Cynthia’s microphone and says does this remind you of any thing? Cynthia did that to her at her charity event years ago. That’s probably not the right link, but read it anyway? 🙂 Kenya gives a similar speak thanking everyone for coming out to support her friend. It’s kind of an inside joke. Plus is mashes all of Nene’s buttons. So bonus points.
Then, Cynthia calls for Gregg Leakes to come up to the stage. He starts heading up but Nene will not let him go. Because, bitch. Then we see Cynthia all hugged up on Mike Hill whispering in his ear “I’m supposed to act like I didn’t know Kenya was coming.” Nene leaves bitching about brings her old sick husband even though she didn’t want to come. She leaves early and takes Marlo with her and the party can finally start!
The limbo dancing begins and we begin to get the end notes. Shamari says she has learned that it is okay as a mom to go out with the girls and drink a little bit. Really? That is what you learned? She still has her three drink minimum. Shamari and Ron do religious marriage counseling events. Like, they are the leaders/examples that people pay to see. I am not making this up.
Porsha and Dennis are having a NYE wedding. And yes, it will of course be a wedding by Bravo. I can’t remember whether my source said it would be a second spin-off or the finale of next season. My brain is fried. I’m thinking it will be another three episode special but I could be wrong.
I guess production would not let Nene leave. It looks like they found her a stronger drink and told her to stay put. Kenya left and said her polite farewells to everyone including Nene and Gregg who production had standing in the doorway. Cynthia walked out with Kenya.
Kandi talks to Nene saying she wants everyone to just get along. She says that she and Cynthia both like Nene and they feel caught in the middle when Nene is so rude to her. Nene starts to fake cry. I mean why not? Nothing else she has pulled has gotten her any attention tonight. Kandi is taking her dungeon show on the road. Cynthia has declined the offer to join her.
Eva Marcille has been filling in for Porsha Williams on Dish Nation while she is on maternity leave.
One Final Confrontation
The next day, Kandi Burruss, Cynthia Bailey and Nene Leakes and Tanya Sam all meet up to discuss the Kenya situation. It’s unclear why production made this happen after the show had just wrapped. It did seem like they were trying to show that Cynthia and Kandi were setting up Nene with regard to Kenya being at the party.
Nene invited Tanya Sam to be a member of her team since Marlo would just make it all about Marlo. Nene is drinking wine and working the victim act hard before Cynthia and Kandi even get there. This makes me wonder if Nene was pushing for Tanya to be fulltime over Shamari.
Nene Tries To Make Cynthia Bailey Choose Sides
Nene says that Cynthia stands up for Kenya over her. Then she brings up the whole “Kenya was saying bad things about her in the press.” This is crap there were zero sites with any readership levels that would get attention or that have any validity saying a damn thing about Kenya and Nene. Nothing. Zip. So did Nene pay that little nothing site to post it like Thomas Ravenel and Ashley Jacobs do? Because they either make shit up or get paid for the crap they makeup. So Nene is on that level now? Guess what, the people who have done that in the past, Siggy Flicker, Thomas Ravenel, and Ashley Jacobs are all shit people who know longer have jobz. Is this really how Nene Leakes is gonna go out?
Cynthia says there was nothing out there except the marry/fuck/kill kind of question on Kenya’s social media. Cynthia and Kandi both lie about not knowing that Kenya was coming to her party. Nene wants to know why Cynthia didn’t give her a heads up. She plays the sister card again. Gurl, please. That card is played out. You’ve never been loyal to Cynthia.
Cynthia says that ever since she went to Kenya’s baby shower (that Nene wasn’t invited to) she hasn’t heard from Nene. Nene is furious that Kenya spoke at Cynthia’s event. How is that Cynthia’s fault. Kenya did it to get a reaction and she sure as hell got one. Nene is still bitching about it the next day!
Nene and Cynthia go outside to talk. Cynthia begs Nene to forgive her. Nene says she just doesn’t want to lose a friend. They hug it out.
Next week: The reunion begins and the shit gets REAL real fast.
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Kenya needs to stay home and take care of her baby. She will never be back on RHOA.
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I hope Kenya doesn’t return to this ratchet show and live her best happy life. She, Kandi and Cynthia do not fit in with such ratchetness?
Are you saying that porsha shouldn’t also come back so she can take care of her baby or Nene shouldn’t come back so she can take care of her ailing husband? Kenya was never fired. If she was desperate to be on the show she would be.
Don’t forget Eva and Kandi have babies too. Should they stay home too?
First off, I’m so glad to be back. My schedule is about to blow up like crazy soon, but I’m hoping I’ll still have enough time and opportunities to sneak back here to kiki with y’all.
So I’m still waiting for RHOA to air here on the best coast, but I’ve been bingeing on Nene’s and Kandi’s dueling YouTube channels to prepare. Over on Nene’s channel, she’s claiming the entire rest of the cast are “linking” to conspire against her. Meanwhile on Kandi’s channel, she and Cynthia just posted a video where they claim there was no conspiracy to bring Kenya back to the show for the specific purpose of getting Nene off the show.
Now I know these Bravo shows are certainly not above stirring up drama for the expressed purpose of getting the entire cast fighting with each other. And while there are some grains of truth in Nene’s claims of shady producers doing shady shit to provoke more fighting, I seriously doubt Cynthia or Kandi was trying to get her off the show. Rather, Kandi and the producers were probably smart enough to realize many of us the viewers missed Kenya and wanted a status update on Kenya’s family. So with that being said, I’m (still) more inclined to trust Kandi’s account, even though Nene may be spilling more tea on her YouTube channel simply because she knows her peach is almost definitely in jeopardy and up for grabs.
I agree. I don’t think Kandi & Cynthia had an agenda to get Nene removed from the show. Kandi did some interview and was basically saying what you stated that as long as Kenya had wanted/waited for the happily ever after w/baby that they just couldn’t not have Kenya make an appearance and let everyone see her. I don’t think there were foul intentions regardless how Nene wants to spin it. Nene is too controlling. If Bravo is wanting to attract a younger demographic like TT has been explaining, they could do that w/ Kandi, Porsha, Shamari, Eva & Kenya and all their babies & little ones. Like several have commented, Nene needs to realize she’s dead & lie down.
What makes this even more ridiculous is that Nene could’ve hung on if she didn’t decide to go nuclear on everyone else (including Andy Cohen, Bravo, and Endemol Shine). Instead, her rants may become self-fulfilling prophecies simply because Nene has made it harder to everyone else to work with her. And besides, considering all the drama Eva, Shamari, and Tanya have brought to this season, it looks like RHOA can keep on keeping on quite well without Nene’s BS.
Nene can exit stage left and never return. She has made this season unwatchable and she can take Marlo with her. I get this show needs drama and conflict but for some reason with Atlanta it just seems extra dark and grimy. How did the show get so removed from what it was truly about in the beginning?
I would love to see Kandi, Porsha, Shamari and Tanya back for sure and maybe get Kenya and Cynthia on as friends next season with some new wives in the mix. Maybe even get a fashion show with all the babies. Something has to change though because this season was all over the place and not in a good way.
And just one last thing for bravo and the producers, please pick your cast before filming starts like the other city’s because I’m quite sure money and time is wasted when you continue to film women that you know won’t make it on the show.
Isn’t Kandi wearing the same retro designer dress that Lala Kent wore on VPR a week or two ago?
Yes! And so was Shamari. Not intentionally.
I’ve grown weary of Nene’s resentment toward anyone who gets the slightest bit of attention. Her attitude about Gregg and his illness is a sad, bad look.
With that said, it would’ve been nice of Cynthia to give Nene a heads up that Kenya was invited to the party. Production sure made it look like Cynthia and Kandi colluded (with each other, not with Russians) to get Kenya to the party, and then obstructed justice by coordinating a cover up. Or maybe production made them not tell Nene to amp up the drama. It worked.
Damn! If you drank a shot every time Nene said “sister” you’d be Shamari drunk!
Isn’t Nene on the outs with her sisters? Nene referencing she treats another like a sister is not a very good endorsement of her level of friendship.
OOOOHHHHHHHHHHH! Good point. I totally forgot about her sisters. None of them will speak to her and she refused to let them be on the show on the first season because she was afraid they would talk about the real Nene.
Phaedra tried to bring them on the show once. She invited them to one off her offsring’s birthday extravaganzas and Nene had a FLINGING FIT!
This would have been a GREAT Reunion question, “Valley View from Idaho wants to know… Nene, since you call so many of your MUCH YOUNGER castmates your sisters, what is your relationship with your sisters like? What it is like at your family events?”
Nene would DIE right there on the right couch.
Your IG looks great! I may just have to start being active again.
Nene & Cynthia have not been close since their 1st falling out. Why is she acting like they are Siamese twins? If she was so hurt she could have left. Why not? Because nobody was going to run after her. Kenya ignored her. Nene was the one trying to get Kenya’s attention by throwing jabs.
I was appalled by Nene’s behavior towards a pregnant Kenya. Yes, I know I shouldn’t expect much from Nene but even that was low. How does anyone (especially Nene) talk shit about a pregnant woman’s size?? Kenya looked beautiful and evens more importantly, she looked extremely happy. Just proves how bitter both Nene and Marlo are. Please get rid of them both as they bring nothing but negativity to what should be a “light” show. Jealousy sure is ugly on grown ass women.
Like Eva said “Nene has to make it always about her”. People like Nene always have to be the center of attention. They can never really be your friend unless you make it all about them. People like Nene can never really be your friend, they lack compassion, sympathy and empathy. People like Nene suck the energy and air out of a room unless they are the center of attention. Where Nene screwed up was to let anyone know that Kenya was getting to her. Nene gave Kenya the power and the upper hand by acting like an ass. All she had to do was be cool and act like she was affected by Kenya being there. Nene made herself look childish and foolish. Kenya played it very smart and cool by rising above it and not stooping to Nene’s level.
I also didn’t like how Nene treated Greg, she treated him like he was a lap dog. It was so rude of her to not let him go to the mic (Cynthia).
Cynthia knew she was mic’ed. If she was saying something that she didn’t want to be recorded, she would have hung the phone up and texted Kandi instead.
Kandi convinced Kenya to come, and Kenya convinced Kandi to not tell Cynthia! Cynthia didn’t know she was coming until she walked in. Nene is just in her feelings and not in the best mental state.
That doesn’t seem to be true given that Cynthia was shown saying to Mike when they were dancing that she was pretending that she didn’t know Kenya would be there, plus that phone call to Kandi about getting their story straight. She clearly knew Kenya would be there and Production threw her under the bus twice.
Yes!! I love Kandi and I’m OK with Cynthia, but I think it made Kandi look bad.
Cynthia knew she was mic’ed, because Kandi reminded her 3 times repeatedly. If she didn’t want to say the truth on camera, she would have hung up the phone and texted her instead. Cynthia said that to Kandi, because she wanted to make sure KANDI wasn’t gonna leave her out to dry and that she would take responsibility for ensuring that Kenya got there.
Go watch Kandi’s latest youtube video with Cynthia on it. Kandi takes 100% ownership for how everything went down.
This episode made me do an almost 180 on how I started watching the season. I was glad Kenya was gone, I wanted Cynthia gone, I was over Kandi and Porsha. Now? So glad to see Porsha, Kandi, and Kenya hugging. Cynthia, after being dormant for 8 seasons, finally felt like a housewife and not a friend of a friend. The almost is that my thoughts on Nene remain the same. Whew, chile the hate. Girl Bye! Nene has argued with Kandi, Porsha, Sheree, Cyn, Kenya, Claudia, Phaedra, Kim, Marlo, Greg, Peter. Created beef with those outside ATL (Reza, LVP, Kim K, “fans”). It is not fun to watch. I thought her cursing out Porsha on IG this week was gross but how she and Marlo treated Kenya was dispicable. That was not production or editing. She must have been treated poorly when she was pregnant to be that upset and jealous at happy moms to be. Bravo was mad at Kenya for not including them in her wedding, which was revenue loss to them. Another reason for Nene to go after Kenya but look how Bravo pulled a Nene on Nene by letting Kenya film. By making it a big deal, she made it a storyline and made herself look pathetic. No one believes she’s a friend to Cynthia and cares. She’s just ego hurt that Cyn and Kenya are drama free normal friends. Oh and there’s Porsha, who stopped being the hitman for her, rubbing bellys instead of dragging each other by their Go Nakeds. That was her lil sis and she couldnt show up to her baby shower? It wasnt a wig party or a product event. It was a personal (albeit unnecessary in my world) celebration for something Porsha was so excited about. What happen? She missed you spring summer runway show of Swagg white tees and cargo pants so ya mad? Sorry, it’s just, I watch every franchise and ATL and NY are the last of the senior ones that I watch in its entirety (RIP OC and NJ, havent watched BH since episode 2)Aside from Nene’s dark energy, this is so enjoyable and I hope they realize we dont need that erratic mesd.
Side note..I’m more of a Nene but I love and appreciate Tanya’s bubbliness. Nene dogged her all season and yet, she still sat with her in that final scene. And what’s with Shamari trying to be shady in her final talking heads? Did she not see how being a soldier for Nene worked out for no one? Leave Marlo and take Shamari with you…
I’m so dam sick if Cynthia kissing up to Nene. And I’m equally sick of Nene play this wounded warrior roll. Why does everyone have to kiss Nene tail bone and not talk to other people to get alone with Nene. This show by far has given me diarrhea. If Nene is in the next season I will stop watching. I can’t stand to see grown ass women letting Nene reduce then to her very low level. Lord if Greg dies everyone that watches anything on TV will catch hell because nobody is giving her there undivided attention. Cynthia needs to marry Nene not Mike. This is my first time being this made at a fake TV show. Smdh
In my opinion Cynthia didn’t owe Nene an apology. I personally would not have apologized. Cynthia can invite whoever she wants to her event since it’s about Cynthia and not Nene. I was disappointed that she didn’t stand her ground.
I agree. IMO, if Nene was so concerned about whether Kenya would be there, she should have asked Cynthia about it beforehand. Cynthia could have said she invited Kenya but didn’t know if she was coming, and Nene could have decided whether she wanted to go to event or not.
God has a miracle with Nene’s name on it. At least that’s what her latest instagram is posting. Anyway, Nene needs to learn that no one wants her bad energy around their happen life happenings. She sits in a judgy corner and says unkind things about the person who is experiencing joy in life. She can’t tolerate other people’s joy! It’s insane. She’s so desperate for attention, to be everyone’s #1 — it’s not healthy. I don’t usually go to her instagram, but she has a bunch of them posted where she is dancing in her closet (or is it Swagg in Duluth?) and lip synching. She appears on something. She wants to prove she’s happy when she’s miserable. I think an intervention is needed.
Can’t wait for the reunion!
On another note I really liked Eva. She seems very pleasant and gracious. I loved the way she took care of her wedding party the morning of her big day. I also liked to see how kind she was to the housewives at Kandi’s opening and Cynthia’s event.
I also enjoy Tanya’s bubbliness. She’s a great contrast to Nene’s stank attitude.
Until this season, I’ve always liked Nene and couldn’t stand Kenya. After all of her behavior, especially towards Gregg, at Eva’s wedding and then her pity party at the final sitdown, I’m done. I don’t necessarily care to have Kenya back and I wouldn’t miss Nene if she doesn’t return next season.
NeNe blurs the lines between actual friends and co-workers. These ladies are working in a culture equivalent to corporate culture and in corporate culture, you are surrounded by snakes ready to take your spot and move up. NeNe needed to know that she was not working with friends. Despite NeNe’s narcissism and insecurity, the pre-Kenya OGs, Cynthia and Kandi were deceptive and sneaky with the Kenya setup. It was production inspired and quite entertaining though.
So TT… l know you realize that Kenya Moore’s pregnancy was real and your entire conspiracy theory about her having a surrogate was blown apart. Will you ever admit your theory was wrong?
I’m not sure why you think I had a conspiracy theory. What I said frequently, that Kenya’s version of her pregnancy story included many statements that defied all logic and common sense. Those things still do not add up. However you misconstrued that is on you.
It’s was great to watch this episode after reading this recap. l love to see Nene ranting.
It would not matter if Kenya showed up or not-Nene’s nose was out of joint because Cynthia got such a prime endorsement for the Peach Bellini deal.
Nene doesn’t get there are no really good endorsement deals out there for her because she is essentially a big old thug.
I doubt Nene would miss a finale shoot-she needs the $$$$$.
Could you imagine Nene representing any company in an endorsement deal? ? Between her rape/Uber comment (I don’t remember her exact words), and her looking down her nose at most of the population, no one wants Lenethia to endorse anything.
In other news, Nene now claims that Cynthia has always been a horrible friend and very shady and treated her horribly and was never there for her.
I really wish this was true. How great would it be if we suddenly found out that sweet mild-mannered Cynthia Bailey who we thought had been residing in a penthouse suite up Nene’s ass was REALLY some sort of evil mastermind out to over throw the self proclaimed HBIC all along!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Even when she tries to shade Cynthia, she just makes her more interesting.
Good one TT
The way Nene turned Kenya going to Cynthias party and paying her no mind, into a tirade about her needing support over Gregg is a special kind of narcissism.
Dang!! It’s hard to piece together, (since I haven’t watched the season) but EVERYTHING seems to be catching up with Nene. She doesn’t understand that everyone (Cynthia) is no longer willing to play along with her “Queen” attitude. “They are all Queens, but I am THE QUEEN BEE”. I do have some degree of sympathy for her-why I don’t know, I just do. But she has been horrible to EVERYONE. Cynthia claims she did not say “I’m supposed to be surprised that Kenya is here” (conveniently subtitled) but rather “I’m surprised that Kenya is here”. Who knows? But I’ll be damned if I miss this reunion!! Thanks for the recaps T-the comments are so very interesting and enlightening as well.
Nene is so done, put a fork in her. She is tired and boring and as much as she gets loud…nobody is listening. Bye Wig. Out with the old, in with the new if this show has a chance of continuing. Nene’s scenes are so stomach churning to watch ??. The fact that she complains about her husband’s cancer being an inconvenience to her makes her the most hated person on tv. And trying to twist it to be the victim in that situation? OMG! Physically attacking a pregnant person? Nail in the coffin.
I agree. Nene is repulsive. And, I don’t understand how Nene thinks she can afford to talk about anyone’s body — pregnant or not pregnant. She looks like a big, wide, oversized SpongeBob no matter what she wears.