You guys, rain is like a tranquilizer for me. I vibrate at a very low speed and changes in weather and such just knock me out. So I was going to just pass out and put up a discussion post. But then I realized it was LeeAnne Locken’s wedding. I don’t want to miss this so I am trying to rally for this RHOD Recap. I really love late in life weddings. It’s LeeAnne’s first time and I think it is her husband’s FOURTH! I don’t get this. But whatever. I think if you promise “til death do us part” numerous times it makes you suspect. But, whatever Rich.
So during Survivor, I started setting up for this recap an fell asleep. I’m awake now for a minute anyway, sorry, I just rested my narcoleptic eyes for a minute.
I feel like I am still dreaming. I was just doing recap setups a few minutes ago. Then I started watching Survivor and nodded off.
The Blushing Bride
Luann looks amazing though. I relate to LeeAnne lot in this moment. I am so happy for her. She looks absolutely beautiful. I love Kary but this is not the time for negativity. I still feel like I have been run over by a bus. This weather is a lot. Kary’s daughter is a fashion designer.
We get a scene full of Brandi’s horrible parenting. Can you imagine speaking to your mother that way? That scooter would be in the trash compactor! I cannot wake up.
Luann and Rich go to a sushi place. Rich orders a vodka and coke? Is that a thing? LeeAnne is worried about her mother coming to the wedding. Because, apple, tree. Her mother is the one who raised her. I feel like when normal people oversleep for work. I can’t seem to wake up.
Jesus hates Mama Dee. She’s a false prophet like Tammy Faye Baker.
Baby Maybe?
During one of my first years of teaching elementary school, I wanted to adopt on of my students. I was at a parent teacher conference with a Mexican student. I had a translator in the room The translator was a speech teacher who was fluent in Spanish. At some point the translator said that the baby girl had been “inappropriate” with a man who stayed with them. I totally lost my cool during the conference an began to sob. She was raped. She had a younger brother in kindergarten that would shit on the floor during class. I gave the girl my phone number. I wanted to adopt them both but you can’t adopt other people’s kids like that no matter how much I wanted to. Coincidentally, she showed up at my house on Halloween a few years later. I don’t open my door on Halloween. I did for some reason. I didn’t have candy, She just wanted a hug. Sigh.
So I totally get Brandi’s predicament about the other child. I really think she should do it. She totally needs parenting classes. But it is best they stay together. I also used to moderate Parents Anonymous classes. That was hard because you were not allowed to advise, only moderate.
Pre-wedding Jitters
I totally thought the wedding was going to be this episode. But no! LeeAnne went to The Roundup before her wedding. I love that. It’s a gay bar. LeeAnne may be my spirit animal after all.
It’s TIME! I love that LeeAnne is wearing a tiara. I love that her mother is late. I love it all. I am not sure how I got to the end of this with so few words, but it was a sweet episode. LeeAnne looks amazing. Sadly her mother is very late.
It was a good episode – LeeAnne did look beautiful. Can’t wait to watch the wedding. And you’re right about Brandi and her bratty daughter, that scooter should have been taken away for days. I can’t believe she’s worried about her child not liking her if she disciplines her. That kid is screaming for discipline. And yes, Mama Dee is the devil incarnate – she sadistically wants D’Andre to fail. She’s so mean she’s gloating with pride over her own meanness.
Brandi’s daughter needs discipline. Just wait until the girl is 17 -18. She’s spoiled .
And where is Brandy’s husband in all this?
I’m sure I speak for all of us when I say “…if we ever talked back to our mom like that…” lol. And, I knew that my mom loved me. It’s a matter of loving on our kids while setting boundaries and then when they cross the boundaries, you show them the consequences. Letting the kid break the rules AND be disrespectful is just showing the kid that they are running the show.
I don’t know why I cannot get into this franchise. But I do read the recaps, for whatever reason.
I am the same, The Other Shay! i want to watch but I can only tolerate LeeAnne and Kameron in small doses. That is why i like just reading the recaps.
I’ve only seen one or two episodes and I just couldn’t do it. LoL. I still come here because I love it and read I the recaps. I used to really enjoy the real housewife shows but three years ago I got separated and my life suddenly became very difficult and changed so drastically that it was hard watching these spoiled women fight over utter bullshit luxury problems. I found myself getting annoyed or even a bit envious so I stopped. Surprisingly, there are a lot of other good programs on the TV! Who would have thunk it? I’m watching The Komansky Method with Mike Douglas and Alan Arkin-it’s really good-recommend to anyone over 50 especially.
Hilarious and touching at the same time, I love Kamnsky Method!
Long time follower, so I do say this with consideration. Identifying a child that you taught as Mexican implies that you taught in another country which isn’t true or necessary. We are all American if educated as such regardless of color. The description of Mexican adds no value to your story and this along with other admissions make me question if you’re not just another privileged white woman viewing everyone through your racist lens. The conclusion of your story is intended to be a caring reaction towards sexual assault victims but from my perspective it’s more your opinion of brown people as sexual predators and therefore incapable of raising their own children. praise be the white savior.
If you’re from Mexico, you’re Mexican. Doesn’t matter where you live. I live in the US, but I am not American… Wasn’t born here, don’t have a US passport, etc. Don’t think that makes me racist…
At first I wanted to educate you on the fact that we have many Mexican kids here. THE ARE FROM MEXICO. They are my neighbors who have Mexican parties and do Mexican things because that is was expats do. I know because I was an American in Libya and we did AMERICAN things like Thankgiving and sometimes invited our local neighbors.
So your theory that “We are all American” is fucking insane. We are NOT All American. Nor should we be. Everyone is allowed to love their country. My Mexican neighbors surely do. They have all sorts of huge parties for their holidays and I am always invited.
Off to look in the mirror and check my race. lol. You make a WHOLE LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS.
????????I taught at a bilingual campus with MANY, the overwhelming majority, from Mexico. Most not legal. All identify, PROUDLY as Mexican. I hate it when people who have never been in the trenches; never tried to make a difference in these little lives….latch onto something like Mexican. They can’t see the forest for the trees. I wanted to adopt many of my students…one in particular, Angel, one of the smartest kids I ever taught. His mother worked at a bar/strip club and he would be there with her. He would come to school and sleep. The kids would say, Mrs. C Angel is asleep…I’d say let him sleep he needs it. I got him into the Gifted program….one day he asked me if no matter where he was would he be in the gifted program…I told him yes. The next day he was gone…..
Wow. Sexual predators and pedophiles come in all shapes, ethnicities, colors and sexes. If the child is Mexican and not a US citizen, that is one more fact stated in full disclosure. You are entitled to your opinion, but as a woman of three mixed races, I did not get that at all. I took it as a young, caring woman seeing an horrific situation unfolding before her eyes with no way of correcting it and having a visceral, maternal reaction to it. Had it been me, I would have called the authorities and held the parents there until they came, consequences be damned. Then you could thank this white, Hispanic, black savior.
IMO, the Mexican reference explained the interpreter in the room. It was an important part of the story that the interpreter shared with TT about the abuse. The child had a different native language, so a label was appropriate. Correctly choosing a label was pertinent to story and shows respect to the child. Words matter. By saying the girl was Mexican, TT correctly and specifically described the child. Now, if TT had assumed the child’s background was Mexican as opposed to LatinX (not a thing back then), then the nomenclature could have been described as racist. As the child’s teacher, TT would have had access to the family’s private demographic information. I trust TT’s (as I would pretty much any teacher) judgement in identifying the heritage of her students.
This was my take on it too. I actually typed out a comment almost identical to yours but it got lost and it was late so I didn’t rewrite the whole thing and went to bed. So thanks for saying it better than I could have.
I do have one question: would that not be a mandatory reporting situation? And if the child is not a citizen do they not get protection from these agencies? Sorry if it’s a stupid question but I’m curious. Because if not, we are failing these children in more ways than I already was aware of. Not that these agencies don’t already come with their own inefficiencies…Tragic.
WTF are you talking about Cecy?! Being of Mexican descent, I found absolutely nothing wrong with what TT said. There is a difference between Mexican-American/Mexican descent and straight up Mexican from Mexico.
The information was pertinent to the story as it explained why an interpreter was needed and most likely why it was never reported to the authorities.
Cecy, you are the racist one implying that are Mexicans are brown! We come in all shades!!!
Tamarra- you may need to put Cecy in time out. Watch the news and see how many time ” Black Male” comes up because indeed the crime was committed by a “black male”. No one comes the the black man’s defense. I live in Texas. Gays and Hispanics get more say so over any race out her. Oh please get it together. Tamarra wasnt being racist at all. Come to think of it, I am racist. But if you feel that way, get off her page!
I will never forget that parent teacher conference. Or the fact that she showed up on my doorstep ten or twelve years later on Halloween. I never open my door and for some reason I did. I apologized for not having candy. And she said, “I just wanted to see you.” I still wish I would have found a way to quit my job and adopt her and her younger brother who was the bane of the Kindergarten teachers because he was a bit speech impaired and would shit in class a lot. I think of those kids everyday. But sadly, you can’t adopt kids who already have “parents” i wanted to punch that mother in the face. One day the girl who formally had long hair came to school scalped. Her mother thought she was too provocative. She was seven.
I’m sorry, I woke up from bad dreams and am in a dark place.
Truly a horrible world we live in, recently I’ve been having trouble sleeping at just the thought there are so many awful people in the world that I have to protect my children from. I get why people choose not to have children, it’s scary.
Brandi COMPLETELY SUCKS AS A PARENT. But I do hope she keeps the siblings together.
Same.
Sorry. I woke up really freaked out so I am just going to keep talking here. I was interested in going into social work for a while so I was trained to be a facilitator for Parents Anonymous. I was really young and it was really weird for me. It was a lot of abusive parents and I was not allowed to say things like “oh hey maybe beating your kid with an extension cord is a bad idea,” I was only there to let the abusive parents talk about being abusive and making sure everyone but me had a voice. I don’t think that is a thing anymore. or maybe it is. I backed up out of that state run charity.
I went to a pediatric trauma nursing conference. The abuse was just unimaginable. The people who work with these families & the children should be sainted. I couldn’t sleep for along time because of what I saw. That was just a few hours. Doing it every day must be a living hell. You want to physically hit & beat the crap out of the parents & steal their kids, literally.
And unfortunately right now CPS has moved from taking kids away to doing what they can to keep them with their biological parents (unless the abuse/neglect is severe). It’s really sad because you keep them with their horrible families and risk it happening again or you can remove them and place them in homes/situations that may not be any better. Either way, it’s just sad and depressing to think about.
Breaks your heart doesn’t it. When you know something is going down bad, you try to do something, hell I’ve even alert the proper authorities, and the child continues to be in danger. I just don’t get parents who continue to put their kids in situations kids should never ever be put in. I can relate, there are kids I see in the neighborhood or come to the house and all I can do is give them a hug or a couple hours of a safe place.
When my parents were picking up my sister, all 3 of us kids were adopted, but anyway, my Dad saw on the paperwork that my sister has a brother who is 3 years older than her, she was 5 months. Dad told the lady Hey get the boy, we will take both, what do we have to do. The lady had to stand there and explain that the birth mother relinquished both kids at the same time but mandated that they didn’t get adopted together as they have different fathers. My Dad and Mom were pissed! They had their lawyer do everything we could trying to keep them together but in 1979 what the mother requested when she relinquished is what happened. Anyway my point is really, if Brandi is able to keep the sibling together she should.
For all the people saying Brandi is a terrible mom….please cut her some slack. She might not have boundaries established but I think she’s overwhelmed. Also, some people just have shitty kids regardless of how well they parent. As an observer, Brandi’s daughter is acting exactly like my friend’s child who has a version of ADHD. There are some forms that manifest as very aggressive and inappropriate to situations including verbal outbursts and just overall mean. I’m not trying to lump every kid that is mouthy into that category but I do wonder if Brandi has considered having her tested to at least understand if there is an underlying issue compounding the situation. Her other daughter seems fine. My friend’s kid acted like this and it became increasingly hostile. She parented “softly” as she was afraid (like Brandi) that she would further her child’s aggressive behavior. Finally it was determined he had a pretty pronounced ADHD issue. Just a thought.
I get what your saying but Brandi doesn’t try to enforce anything, children have to have rules and adults who follow through.
I may be mistaken but do I recall Brandi struggles with ADHD? I could be wrong so don’t quote me but something rang true for me re Brandi years ago and I have allowed her slack for that. Brandi has very obvious love and joy for all her babies. Does she always parent perfectly? No, but who does? (Their son’s adoption was quick, they definitely parent well enough to be approved so quickly) I hope they adopt this new little sibling, I think that would be just so perfect for the whole family.
Tweens, teen women, 18 y/o young ladies that are off to college all have one thing in common, they know more than momma bear and can be bears. Yup, I’ve had plenty of mom friends with “perfect” girls while I’ve struggled, always worried, trying different approaches, always in protect vs.scared out of my wits mode. Honesty works the best and Brandi is an open book with her girls. I guarantee you, all of her children know that she loves them completely. The oldest girl is giving her a run for her money, I understand, girls are dynamic in every way from day one till the last and when we raise each other, that can create a lot of crazy drama all in the name of love!
Although your comment is very kind, children still need to have rules and for parents not to reinforce negative behavior.
I work with a lady who’s toddler loves to bonk their newborn on the head with hard plastic toys, I know for a fact those two little boys are loved but could you imagine if the parents didn’t intervene by removing the child and teaching that behavior was not ok?
I love my daughter but let’s say I put her in preschool and she begins to bite when she doesn’t get her way and no one stops her she’s going to continue.
I can’t say anything regarding her adoption process as I don’t have personal experience with adoption but have a few family members who have gone through the process the wealthier ones waited less time and didn’t have as much red tape and the other was constantly under scrutiny. I personally don’t know why that was so I can’t speak to any adoption issues.
We are all scared of parenthood but that doesn’t excuse us from doing the not so fun parts of parenthood.
I do want to point out that Brandi’s other daughter doesn’t seem exactly fine…she was sucking her thumb while all this was going down. Notthatthere’sanythingwrongwiththat. I just know that she seems too old to be doing so. I agree that Brandi isn’t a terrible parent…just needs some guidance, starting with sitting her daughter down and laying out some very basic ground rules. First for me would be “don’t talk to me that way.” It will just get worse if she doesn’t dial it back now. I have two daughters. I know the drill lol.
I don’t think you should judge Brandi, her parenting or her child for the child sucking their thumb. I don’t know how old the child is but to state that she’s “not exactly fine” because she sucks her thumb is a bit harsh. Some children have a hard time kicking the habit.
Just watching now, I did notice the thumb sucking and that shot up some concerns, my sister sucked her thumb to at least 5th grade, it was a huge “problem” in our household. Everything was tried to get her to quit, teachers were constantly writing it in on her report cards, I always felt bad for her, we’d take turns licking off the nasty paint M&D put on her thumb for example. Honestly looking back if everyone would have left her alone about it, she’d have quit way sooner.
I would have taken that scooter, trashed it (sold on Ebay) and reminded my daughter in any future conflict that said conflict is easily resolved with compliance, because I love you and want to protect you as long as I can!
Okay I want to discuss the important part of the RHOD last night. The food, the restaurants! Ida Claire (I declare) the food is so good there. They have these wonderful fried green tomatoes, pimento cheese and sweet potato chips for appetizers. Ida Claire has an Airstream trailer in their patio area decorated in the most adorable bohemian girly style with tables so people can enjoy happy hour in it, unless it’s 100 degrees outside. They have a chicken and a biscuit dinner with an egg with peppered gravy that is addictive.
Blue Sushi, a stellar Sushi place in Dallas but my personal preference is another place north of there. Mama Dee and family went to Trulucks, one of my favorite seafood places to go in Dallas. I am sure the bill for that table with 6 people was a pretty penny, I only went at lunch unless someone else was buying.
I forgot the mention in the comments when they went to Henry’s Majestic a while back if you are ever in Dallas they have an amazing brunch with a Mimosa bar they call the Sparkle Bar. You can make the most delightful Mimosas with strawberry puree, blueberry, orange, pineapple, any kind of fruit or sweet fruit juice you can think of and they give you a choice of Champagne, Prosecco, Rose or Cava for your base of the Mimosa. Henry’s has the requisite avocado toast for brunch and you better have reservations.
Sigh, I miss the restaurants in Dallas. The food in Dallas! You have to know where to go and they are hitting some of the good spots for sure.
About Brandy’s parenting, she isn’t a bad Mother. You can tell Brandy has a lot of love and affection for her children. Some children are more willful than others and she has almost waited too late to get a handle on her oldest daughter’s behavior. Hopefully now that she is recognizing the oldest one is being to disrespectful she can get a handle on it before she hits the tween/teenager stage.
Oh my! I love hearing about your dining experiences, thank you sooo much for sharing! I have no idea when I’ll be in Dallas but I’m gonna keep this comment in mind for certain, yum!
We agree on Brandy’s (not sure if I’m spelling her name correctly now?) parenting. It is so apparent that she adores her children.
I also wonder if Brandi’s kid is playing to the camera thinking she’s cute. I don’t like to parent shame or rag on the kids on these shows so I’ll keep most of my opinions to myself. But, when the little girl grows up and watches this back, she’ll probably cringe. I just hope that she doesn’t get bullied by peers as she goes through adolescence. I think ALL these women (and all franchises) should keep their kids off the shows after they are babies. I don’t see how it’s doing any of the kids any favors. Just a general observation.
I think it’s unfair to judge anyone’s parenting on these shows because regardless of what you do someone will immediately criticize your parenting…dammed if you do dammed if you don’t sort of thing. It must be difficult to parent knowing you have cameras and people watching. As a parent it’s something I would worry about. “Am I yelling too much, should I be spanking them on camera”…those thoughts would be constantly running through my head. Parenting is hard and I think it’s extremely judgmental to label Brandi as a bad mother.
I also think Brandi’s daughter is playing it up in front of the cameras thinking she’s being cute. Maybe she’s rebelling or jealous of the baby. Or, she could just be one of those children that are stubborn and discipline doesn’t get through to them. Let’s face it, children can be real assholes at times (though you love them no less).
TT, you know I love you, but I can’t jump on the bandwagon of LeeAnne’s outrageously over the top wedding extravaganza. Its so wasteful and unnecessary. Confirms that LeeAnne wins the narcissist of the year award. It really makes me sick to my stomach to see that type of wastefulness. Even if you have it to spend (she doesn’t, based upon her wedding planner asking for freebies), there are so many other worthwhile things to spend the money on. When she started in the franchise, she was the “queen of all things CHARITY”…remember, she couldn’t not say that word. It was SO annoying. So, I would have thought much more highly of her (and maybe liked her a little bit – for some reason, she just grates on my nerves) had she skipped the big dog and pony show and donated time or money to charity, or something like that (or maybe fix the eye – that patch is driving me nutso! (did I go too far with that one? lol I don’t know the full eye story, just know Rich didn’t used to be a pirate all the time, but now he is)) And, I agree that Brandi needs a lot of help with parenting, but I also think the girl acts out because she thinks its cool on TV. All three of my kids were different when it came to discipline. What one responded to another wouldn’t. When my oldest would sass me in front of his friends, while trying to be cool, I would do the worst thing any mom could do to their son: tickle him! lol He hated that. it was humiliating! This was when he was probably 12 or so. Guess what? He stopped being a smartass to me in front of his friends. If he started to seem like he was going to sass me, all I had to do was ask him if he wanted his punishment, and that put an end to it! ha! Also, when my kids were fighting with each other, I’d make them sit together in my large walk-in closet until they “worked out their differences”. They’d usually end up pulling old photo albums out and laughing at pictures. The other thing I would do is make them sit on our driveway with no toys, no balls, no nothing. Just sit. Their friends would be riding bikes by or kicking a ball in the yard, etc..and my kids couldn’t participate. They had to sit and, if someone asked them why, they had to say they were in trouble. Unorthodox methods, for sure, but we just tried stuff until we found something that worked. Hopefully Brandi will figure it out soon, because I agree with others here that it is going to get worse with that older one if she doesn’t nip it in the bud!
I find it so bizarre that a man who served his community for years as a SWAT officer, WHO HAS LOST AN EYE is somehow so disturbing to some of you because he has an eye patch. Clearly he was just waiting for you guys to insist that he “fix his eye” so that it wouldn’t be an issue for YOU. I mean how dare he not just get a new eyeball just to please you guys. Stevie Wonder should do that too.
I must be the only one, but I thought the wedding dress was odd. I liked the top and sleeves, but that giant ruffle was very strange looking to me.
What happened to Brandi’s au pair? She needs help. She needs her DH to help lay down the law. I feel bad for her thinking that discipline will make her daughters pull away. Not true (as everyone has said, kids need to know where the boundaries are and that there will be consequences if they are crossed). I am sorry for her, as I like her and think she’s a loving mom. But waaaaaay too indulgent.
I am looking forward to the rest of the wedding. Kary complaining that there is no food is funny — “do they think we just eat cake?”
And sorry not sorry but I hate the wedding planner.
I missed the “fix the eye” until I read TT’s post referencing the negative comment. Rich Emberlin is a very well respected and beloved member of the Dallas community and law enforcement. He got the last injury to his eye serving the community of Dallas as a police officer. I think it was a RHOD post on this website that caused me come out of lurking and say who Rich was and that he used to be on SWAT Dallas which is why he seemed familiar to many. Who cares if he has an eye patch?
Rich tried for many years to save his sight in that eye. I have no idea if he has permanently lost sight or not but if a surgery or procedure could give him back his eyesight he would have done it already. I am certain that he can afford any doctor anywhere in the world if there was a way to fix it. I know I have said it before and I am going to repeat it. Rich is a extremely nice looking man, with or without the eye patch. Women in Dallas were gaga over him back when SWAT Dallas was on, heck most probably still are. I didn’t run in those circles but everyone in Dallas that met him said he was also very nice in person.
Also about her wedding dress at first I didn’t like that big ruffle on her dress but as she turned around and someone said the dress looked 3D, I saw the back then the dress made sense and I really liked it. I thought LeeAnne looked absolutely gorgeous.
Jeremy is a dreamboat too and the new Kary’s husband is pretty nice looking. The thing I will say about Real Housewives of Dallas is that they are all married (or LTR) and have been for a while. Some of the Real Housewives franchises should be called all the single ladies or something along those lines.
“Who cares if he has an eye patch?” literally every week there is some moron saying, ” What’s with the eye patch? Why doesn’t he fix his eye?” As if he is doing it for attention. The thing is, he can still see some level of light and shadow so if he doesn’t wear the patch it is very distracting according to what I have read, But why anyone would come for someone who lost an eye as if they could just fix it and be somehow less “offensive” to viewers is insane to me. THE MAN LOST AN EYE. This is not about YOU.
Actually thanks for this info, as someone who watches the show but from the east coast I wasn’t familiar with the show Dallas SWAT and with who the local hotties are 🙂 but it makes sense that a gorg former model like Leeanne would end up with someone who had his own level of local celebrity. This fills in some of the blanks.
Clearly Brandi went to the Kim Z. School of child rearing. That scooter would have been in the back of the car with Britany in front seat as we drove to Goodwill to donate it for a less fortunate child. Then she could have ranted all she wanted in her room until the cows came home.
Brooklyn. Whoops!
Clearly Brandi loves her family but is overwhelmed. She wld benifit getting some help and support. Parentingclasses? She is parenting from a place of guilt. Poor guidance. She gives the power to the children. The girl doesn’t need just more attention. She needs a strong mom who prepares her for real life and the next level in life. It’s not the schools job or other adults job to teach her children how to behave. I don’t think Brandi shld have her children on the show. Harmful for the children. Not sure how Brandi will handle criticizm.
I totally get what Brandi is saying. I have an 8 year old and a two year old. For a while, it seemed like all I did was discipline my 8 year old and it came right after I had my son. It was so difficult and I still beat myself up everyday because you start feeling like this terrible parent. It’s so hard to explain to a kid at that age – when they’re getting out of the cute stage and some things are no longer acceptable – that you’re punishing them out of love and the fact that you’re not disciplining or “getting onto” the new baby has nothing to do with her.
Suddenly, I started feeling very disconnected from her. That was the worst feeling I’ve ever had. I had to lighten up on her a little, start spending some one on one time with her, and reconnect with her. Now, I’m able to provide her with more of a balance.
The one thing I have the luxury of that Brandi doesn’t seem to have is an amazing partner. I never see Brian around and he sure doesn’t seem to help with the kids.
Then you add in the tv cameras and you have a perfect storm of why it seems like Brandi isn’t a good mom. Parents aren’t allowed to even spank kids in public anymore without the threat of DFCS being called, I cannot imagine the hate she would face if she disciplined too hard. This is why kids should not be on these shows.
This is why Brandi should think very hard before adopting another child. Especially given it doesn’t seem like her partner is really there for her.
I don’t think Brandi should adopt another child, there are so many families that are desperate to adopt an infant, and she can’t handle it she is overwhelmed. She needs to think about her whole family, and keeping half siblings together is nice but good lives can be had by all even if they are raised apart.
Also, I have a hard time judging Mama Dee, I think she wanted to keep that the company was failing under wraps, but D’Andra kept pressuring her to hand the company over, and then it got to be a wedge between them so she did hand it over. I genuinely doubt Mama Dee was gleefully handing over a dud. Jeremy nailed it when he said that the market they had for the products had changed.
Not judging here, but Bruin’s birth mom is having another baby and “leaving” him/her for adoption? Isn’t it a little…like…at least “wow”?
Still struggling with that clip in which Leaanne’s friend “asks/demands/expects” the wedding designer to do it for free. And not judging again, but did the wedding cost anything at all to Leeanne? Kind of weird, she’s so “this is me, this is what I have, and so proud of it, I’m nothing more, nothing less” but then you get all the fancy parties, fancy dresses, fancy everything because of others giving it to you, which is cool if it was their present (like Kam’s couples’ dinner) but not “intimidating” or mentally playing with that person (Leeanne has done so much for you, you know?) Don’t know if I am properly explaining myself.
Whatever, hope she had the best and the most beautiful of weddings ever.
Also, regarding previous epidose, Cary cannot stay out of drama. She loves to stip the pot so much. When they weren’t invited to Kary’s girls night out (at 5pm), she was like “we shouldn’t go. This is not how you handle things”, then Kam asks “are you coming?” and she was already fastening her seat-belt in the car!
I don’t know what’s wrong with Leeanne this season but Gosh, that negativity and playing the victim role it’s so exhausting. And what’s with Kam and her jealousy??? She wants to be the girls’ first choice in everything!
I love this franchise.
Did Bravo pay for the LeeAnn’s wedding? Kameron insinuated that she paid for the shower that she was hosting so I was wondering. I’m over all of it.
And didn’t Stephanie and Cary pay for the other shower? They both said Leeanne picked out/ordered/arranged everything and they wrote checks for it. (Which is why Leeann acting all surprised at everything was so fake).
At this point I think the wedding, as well as ALL the previous parties, was free for Leeanne. The dress was, for sure. We saw it…And obviously you are gonna keep going throwing pre-parties if they are free!
I’m struggling with this. It looks like she’s demanding without demanding to get everything for free because of all the work she does for others. That’s not exactly what charity is about
I scratch your back ONLY IF you scratch mine…mmm…
“”Oh look, Jimmy’s got a job!” ? D’Andras stephfather decided not to give the trust directly to D’A. Why not? And what are the reasons for mama Dee not giving D’A access? It seems like she doesn’t trust D’A because of her spendinghabits.
Find us, I mean zero disrespect to you in my reply. My intention is to open the eyes of so many who may share your views.
As TT so eloquently put it, “ Jesus hates Mama Dee”. Please do some research on Dee and her late husband’s family. And the likes of Tammy Faye and Jim Baker, and Victoria and Joel Osteen, to name a few. Not enough room to list all of them!
Mama Dee is in a class all her own. She is a POS who is so twisted that it’s like a game to her to fuck with her daughter. PLEASE don’t buy into her bullshit. And if you feel inclined to donate to one of the televangelists, just donate to a vetted charity instead.
FWIW, D’Andra lacks basic life skills, good judgement, and she has a poor work ethic. While she’s certainly an adult, she’s a product of her mother’s narcissistic, abusive, and gaslighting her entire life. She needs intense therapy, of which I can guess the trust (aka her momma) will not pay for. And I’m betting in the end she’ll receive a giant goose egg, as in there will be nothing left in the “trust” bc Dee will have spent it all on herself yet never encouraged or taught her daughter to fend for herself and its too late now. She’s lucky to have her bravo paycheck and would be wise to sock it away while she can. An extremely sad story.
Dee’s green Miracle company was based on her claim that it helped her beat breast cancer, which based on any actual scientific proof , was as equivalent to the marketing of the pet rock back in the day.
Bottom line: Dee is not what she portrays herself to be and D’Andra is most likely more fucked than she can imagine.
I understand it’s not Christian like to judge others, but it infuriates me when these criminals take advantage of the true believers and shit on their own family/children. I’m just begging people to do their research and wake up to the reality of these kinds of people’s actual behavior—especially when they portray themselves as Christians and do bad acts in the name of Jesus.
Dee is a straight up evil bitch. And she’s not highly favored!
* This is my opinion. And all that is written in this comment is ALLEGEDLY.