I was told that Marlo’s wig party was the first all cast filming of the season and producers worked to figure out how to reinsert Nene into the show after her violent behavior last season. Basically, Yovanna, Marlo were supposed to carry bones back and forth. So of course Kenya had to cause a big disruption and appear as First Season Kenya that I could not stand. I just realized Nene’s tagline this years says she is on a spiritual journey. That’s hysterical. Also, I can’t wait for this RHOA recap to see why Kandi, Kenya and Cynthia choose to have their pow wow about Nene in some sort of knife shop!
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Parenting Is Hard
Kaela tries to have a serious conversation with her father. The father and daughter have just returned from a European vacation. Yet Kaela seems as sullen as a sixteen year old. She’s 23 and wants to move to New York to “chase her fashion dreams.” Todd says he is proud of her for going after what she wants. She smartmouths him with “wow,someone says that they’re proud.”
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Kaela says that Todd doesn’t listen. Kaela says that Todd doesn’t know how to show affection. In my opinion this is Kaela being jealous of Ace. And also having to watch Kandi’s first born whose name escapes me be spoiled beyond rotten. She probably is the neglected stepchild, but only by comparison. Plus, Ace was his first baby. He never saw Kaela as a child.
I SAID WHAT SAID!
Poor, Kandi. She has always agreed to film with anyone she is told unlike some other people on this show. So she gets stuck going to lunch with Nene. Remember now, Nene disrespected every single one of them on the reunion. And she’s continued her shit talking in pre-show media. Meanwhile, Nene has told production she will go on an apology tour this season if necessary.
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Nene starts off right away dragging Dennis McKinley asking Kandi if he was sleeping with pets. Well, no but…. it seems to be on his mind according to Tasha K. Then Nene shades Cynthia for barely acknowledging her at Pride NYC. Kandi pointed out that Nene was trashing Cynthia on a podcast calling her “weak and desparate.” Then, Nene says that Cynthia started it and one of their mutual friends recorded a conversation where she was trashing her.
Nene is seeing a life coach now. I can tell you it is not working. Am I the only one who has noticed that Nene has stopped trying to speak like the Atlanta gays and started to copy Cardi B.?
Axes, Saws & Knives
This is literally the strangest establishment Bravo has ever chosen to film in in exchange for TV promotion. The story is that Cynthia is renovating her home on Lake Bailey to make room for Mike Hill. Does anyone believe Cynthia is going to be swinging an axe or a sledgehammer at the walls in her house? I see no hands.
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Kenya and Kandi show up to shop for axes to. Kandi calls Cynthia out on this bullshit storyline right away. Cynthia swears she is going to build herself a closet. Kandi mentions that she went to lunch with Nene. They give her some shit for that. When Kandi says Nene is going to a life coach now, Kenya asks if the life coach is Jesus. Because, Nene Leakes needs her some Jesus.
Cynthia makes it clear she doesn’t care about any recording Nene has of her saying anything. Nene started all the shit and Cynthia responded. She says long as she was kissing Nene’s ass and being her friend, Cynthia was Michelle Obama. Cynthia says Nene can stick her recordings all the way up her ass. I like this Cynthia! They leave without any axes or sharp objects which is good.
Kenya left begging for some wood. Poor girl still hasn’t gotten any wood in months.
Everyone Already Knows Yovanna Is The Snake
It’s the first all cast and Eva is so far saying she is not going. It’s a all cast, girl. You need a damn good reason to miss this. No wonder my source keeps saying her peach is in danger. But they are working her into this episode, so the girl will get her tiny check for that. It’s not tiny to us, but it’s a fraction of what everyone else gets. Even Marlo makes more and she has no peach. Now Yovanna has a check that none of us would even consider doing the show for. But I digress. Cynthia and Marlo discuss over video chat the fact that Marlo’s wigs are all awful. Then the both think Yovanna is the snake recording private conversations. I mean, DUH.
Porsha is still pissed at Nene for talking crap about her all over social media. And Nene was so worried she was getting kicked off the show for violence she had this video made and went on a campaign against Porsha with it! No one wants to see this bitch at this fraudulent event!
Marlos Flips Her Wig!
Bless her heart, Kandi confronted Yovanna right off the bat about being the snake right in front of Cynthia. Of course Yovanna denies it. Her voice goes up ten octave when she lies. It’s so obvious.
This is the tackiest RHOA event I have ever seen. Remember when Sheree did that add for her fashion line with random people in sweat pants? It’s worse than that. It’s worse that the print add for her fashion line with women in white T-shirts. Remember that? Where is Dwight to tell Marlo how dreadful this shindig is?
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Nene arrives and Porsha gives her a full on snob. Cynthia returns Nene’s hug and kiss and tells us in a talking head that whatever games Nene is playing she is going to play right along until Nene shows her hand. Cynthia has found her backbone this season and I am loving it.
Marlo even has stupid party games. She has Nene and Porsha flat iron two wigs. This is some ridiculousness right here.
Kenya’s Arrival Makes Things Even Moore Ridiculous
A ragamuffin drumline of sorts comes banging in through the door screaming about Kenya Moore haircare and handing outgift bags of product. The group is screaming “Edges Matter!” a cheap play on “Black Lives Matter.” Nene left shortly after that. And yes she did take Kenya’s gift bag with her.
All the other RHOA that can’t stand Nene and Marlo are dying laughing. Porsha tries to back it up a bit in her talking head but she is living for this moment and so are Kandi and Cynthia. Marlo tries to get control of the room by sort of pretending that she knew this was going to happen. Kenya does a vicious talking head about Marlo being bald. Marlo continues not to take the bait from Kenya. Kandi tells Kenya she is dead wrong for this foolishness. The Marlo asks security to throw Kenya out. Kenya doesn’t leave quietly. Marlo screams at the RHOA merrily chatting away with Kenya to stop talking to her and get their asses by to her beauty shop game.
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This is some hilarious stuff right here. Marlo starts trying to chant Kenya out of the room. The only person chanting with her is Yovanna, aka the snake. Nene leaves but only grabbing extra Kenya Moore products on the way out. Yovanna literally chases Nene’s car begging for her to come back. Kenya leaves after hugging the other ladies
All hell broke loose here during the last five minutes of this show. And by here I mean my house. I have been sick for a few days and had to fun back and forth to the bathroom in record speed several times. The final time was um unsuccessful. It has been one of those days.
Next week: Marlo pulls a stunt outside Dennis’s Hot dog Factory that was basically the same thing Kenya did. Kaela and Todd continue to struggle to communicate. Nene goes to her “life coach” who is definately not Jesus. Kenya goes to a divorce attorney and fake cries. She doesn’t have a prenup. That is probably true. But I believe she has an NDA and a contract for him. Yet she fake cries. Dennis and Porsha go to counseling.
Now if you will excuse me, I have some cleaning to do.
Kenya is hella petty, but she’s also hella smart and hella fun. In the last seven years, she’s learned how to push Nene’s buttons and get the best of her. As ridiculous as her “Edges Matter” stunt was, it worked.
As long as we’re stuck with Nene on RHOA, I don’t mind Kenya making the best of a very difficult situation.
After Marlo, a former foster child, decided that it was acceptable to disparage Kenya because her mother gave her up when she was three(3) days old, then in my book, anything Kenya does to disparage Marlo or any event she has is more than understandable. As my deceased mother often said, when you pick a fight with someone, remember that you can’t the rules of the fight…too.
Tonight’s episode was everything! This cast is perfect and I really enjoyed Tanya and Porsha’s opening segment and the Todd and Kandi scene was so real and I’m sure hits home for some father and daughters.
I think Eva is a lovely and accomplished woman but this show isn’t for her. She can definitely be used in a friend role but if I had to choose someone to be in her spot, it’ll definitely be Tanya, Shamea, Yovanna or someone else.
Kenya had so much time to pull these shenanigans but couldn’t focus and keep her family intact, but it’s all Marcs fault right? Her entrance at the event was shady and funny but something is off.
Great episode nonetheless.
I admit I haven’t been faithfully watched in the past few seasons but I have caught the past few episodes. I’ve read some of the rumors with Kenya and her husband but my gosh…I feel so uncomfortable when I watch their interaction. I get the feeling he genuinely doesn’t like her..like he resents
her? (Just my interpretation, could be totally wrong). I don’t know what the real truth is but yeah, buttermilk ain’t clean for sure.
I only watched the first two episodes this year and maybe the third, so I am behind as well this year. I think I might of saw one or two episodes last year too. Most of us know what is going on with kenya’s marriage, but only she knows the truth. I don’t like watching marriages dissolve on my television viewing. Call me naive, but I think Kenya really loved Marc.
This sounds EPIC ! I cannot wait to watch !
I was bored tonight. I ended up fast forwarding almost every scene until the last 5 minutes. Nor excited to see everyone in therapy next week. May have to skip it.
I didn’t see it, but who the hell wants to watch these ladies in therapy? Not me.
Maybe, I would watch Kenya’s therapy session, but that is it. Also, Marlo as well if she gets one.
This episode was a mess, but in the best way!
Kenya gets that they are making a TV show — and does not disappoint….and it’s clear all the ladies (sans Marlo and Nene) thought it was funny too…
Nene is so sad. I miss the old fun Nene, before she took herself so seriously. But that was a few seasons ago.
I agree with the above commenter that Eva needs to go. She can read somewhat okay, but there is nothing endearing about her, so why have her? Even Kenya manages to be somewhat likable along with her (far superior) reads.
I would give Eva’s spot to Marlo, assuming Marlo is raising her nieces & nephews. That could give Marlo waaaaay more dimension. Eva, Tanya, and Yovanna are just fine as friends.
I really LIKE Eva. But clearly, I am on my own with this opinion. Production agrees with y’all. Except for Marlo getting a peach. She’s not getting one. She doesn’t care. She gets a bigger check than some of them that do have peaches.
I like Eva. I don’t like Marlo. I like this Cynthia. I just wonder if her salary reduction woke her up (didn’t you tell us her salary was cut or did I dream it?).
I like Eva too, I don’t know what’s missing though. It feels a little like she’s acting like what she thinks a RHOA lady should be, instead of fully being herself. But I dunno…
Yeah, until this year, I didn’t think Marlo deserved a peach. But maybe she has a little more depth then we’ve seen? Emphasis on maybe!
Is it too crazy to bring newly single Quad over from Married to Medicine to RHOA? I feel like she’d be hilarious on RHOA.
I’ve been pushing for Quad on RHOA for the last few months. Next week, on M2M, she goes out to celebrate singlehood with … Cynthia Bailey. A “tryout” for this show? Is Buffy “auditioning” for M2M? I really like Quad and her antics. But with the couples trips and stuff, she seems odd one out. Now … if Quad and Kenya were to JOIN FORCES … Hurricane Quanya could SWALLOW NeNe whole! I would LOVE that!
Now I would definitely be down for that! I think Quad would definitely make an improvement to RHOA. You’re right if she and Kenya teamed up it would be hilarious!
I like Quad but she’s been so bitter and depressing the past couple of seasons…for good reason going through a rough marital breakup. If she returns to her fun, shady self I wouldn’t mind seeing her on RHOA. She can dish out shade but isn’t good at receiving it, so it’d be interesting to see her interact with Kenya, Marlo and other shade champions on the show.
I got an email from a casting company the other day asking me if I new anyone for Married To Medicine Atlanta…. IJS…
Aww, I like Quad! M2M, probably isn’t a great fit for her now. I’d like to see her on RHWOA (even though I’m now on my second season of not watching). some “HWs” are married, some aren’t but a midlife divorce and successful local career is interest worthy to me and M2M has seems to try to exclude and minimize her challanges and successes.
I don’t understand what happened between Quad and Mariah (Toya and Mariah too) but they seemed so close the first season, obviously to the point of complete comfort in each other’s presence but again, once the fighting started? M2M imo has struggled to be like a HW show and clearly it isn’t. Pieces and parts are about the benefits and drawbacks, challenges and rewards to being married to medicine but Bravo doesn’t encourage natural habitats, they feed petri dishes with their diseases and there appears to be no constant in any of their “experiments”. Adding more variables is all they do, it’s pooping me out! I want stability, realism, peeking into the challenges and the struggles, I want to see the rewards and the heart ache that goes with this life.
TT? I hope you gave them either great recommendations or an ear full!
Love your site. Just saw Sheree on the new Millionaire Matchmaker-she’s 44?????
That’s an old episode. She’s about to turn 50.
https://tamaratattles.com/2015/03/09/sheree-whitfield-unmatchable-on-millionaire-matchmaker-despite-crystals-and-psychics-being-called-in/
It was on here twice, but I don’t know if I even heard or saw the whole episode. I had other things I needed to do and this was like the old thirsty for any kind of attention Kenya. I just couldn’t get interested.
I like Eva and her kids are adorable. I would rather have Eva then Nene any day of the week. Marlo is the last person who should have a wig line, if anything she should sell glue (cause she can’t keep her wigs on). Cynthia and Porsche by far have the best wigs.
This was very “season one Kenya”.
This is how Kenya got her peach back. So friggin funny. Bravo really overpaid Nene for this season. She isn’t even necessary. In fact, her scenes add nothing to this season.
Sometimes it’s hard to root for Kenya, but she’s holding on to that peach for dear life after last season.
And I’m glad Cynthia finally grew some confidence! I was watching part of a RHOA marathon yesterday morning where Cynthia was made to be the bone carrier about Mr.Chocolate and it took her damn near an hour to spit out what production told her to say. She’s definitely a happier person when she’s not under Nene’s wig.
Back in the day, Nene and Cynthia were very close. Nene was the dominant friend and Cynthia was the quiet person who stroked her ego. Then when Cynthia married Peter, nothing changed because Peter was ass-kissing Nene and Gregg as well trying to get airtime (…and investors). Post divorce, Cynthia has had time to reflect and come into her own. She’s also with a man now who has no emotional ties to Nene or Gregg and probably has let Cynthia know privately that Nene does not deserve all of that devotion or attention. He probably also let her know that Nene (as she presents herself now) will not be part of their relationship if she wants it to work. At least I hope so.
I agree with an earlier comment that Todd’s daughter is probably having a hard time dealing with balancing him suddenly want to be a father on TV while raising his other kids but not giving her quite the same attention in real life. Even though she’s older, it’s got to be hard to watch Kandi lavish so much attention and material things on Riley and Ace, and now Blaze (I hate that name), while she is still expected to make it on her own.
If nothing else, love her or hate her, Kenya makes the show. She’s going to bring the funny and she’s going to bring the controversy. No one even notices Nene anymore. Waste of money by bravo.
I so agree. Nene is not needed at all. Show is so much better without her. I can’t watch this season. I started last night and had to change channels. I was killing off thousands and thousands of brain cells! Reading Tamara’s recaps is much better and way safer!
#NoNene
So far, this season is working for me because there has been so little Nene. I hope it stays that way.
Kenya – The doll stunt was so evil and nasty. The hair products stunt was even more evil and nastier. However, because Marlo was the target of the hair products stunt, I actually kinda enjoyed it. Kenya is working extremely hard to keep her peach.
Porsha – More of the same.
Cynthia – I think there is a 49 percent chance of her backbone staying put this time, and a 51% chance that she will go crawling back to Nene as soon as Nene opens the door. Regardless, Cynthia is still as boring as watching paint dry to me.
Kandi – I have liked Kandi since day 1, but I am finding myself not liking something about her these days: the way she has raised Riley to be. I will just leave it at that so that y’all don’t run me off the blog talking about how wrong it is for me to say something negative about somebody’s child.
Kaela- For some reason, I feel sorry for her. She seems distant, apart, and uncomfortable with the rest of the family. Todd did not stand up for his own mother, so I doubt if he will take steps towards inclusiveness for Kaela.
Yovanna – I need for her to go away.
Eva – I need for her to go away too. After all this time, I still do not have a feel for her real personality. Something about her makes her seem slippery to me. I do like how she will leave a scene rather than participate in bad behavior, though.
The men – IMO, excepting Eva’s husband and Cynthia’s man, they are a pathetic group. We have Gregg, who behaves like his wife’s obedient, scared, little puppy; Todd, who seems to be an okay guy, but seems to put keeping access to Kandi’s wealth above all else (including his mother and daughter); Dennis, who I wouldn’t trust with a penny; and Marc, who seems jaded and evil.
I HOLLERED when Kenya came in with the drummers!!!! LOVED IT!!!! And I don’t know who in the world would by a wig endorsed by Marlo, and I loved them showing a montage of all her busted wigs from the past.
The knife store scene was completely unbelievable, no one, and I mean absolutely NO ONE believes Cynthia is building a closet. Next scene, please…..
I wanted to hug Kaela, and really wanted Todd to get out of his chair & walk over & hug her. Each season the show shows more & more of Riley’s spoiled behavior, and it’s starting to make her far less likeable. I hope Ace stays sweet – that baby boy is all kinds of adorable.
Kenya made the episode. I feel no sympathy for Marlo after her vicious comments about Kenya, Eva, Cynthia, Porsha, Kandi et al. Finally someone put her in her place. Eva and Porsha got into it again on IG this week over one of Evas posts so Eva must have memory loss over something she’s said again.
I am maintaining my No Moose episodes perfect record. I may watch the first two now that enough time has gone by that my vote won’t count. But maybe not … Less yelling is a good thing.
I have seen snippets on WWHL and on ads and the Kenya Krash of Marlo’s wig party is hysterical. IF THIS WERE REAL LIFE, I would be appalled. But this is Bravo life, so I cannot root for Marlo or NeNe or the Bone Woman.
Because I haven’t watched this is a guess… the trip to the Ax shop MUST have been some ridiculous promo for Knives Out.
Riley needs to go to boot camp or — if I were a rich mother, this is what I would make my kids do — volunteer at a summer camp for underprivileged kids. Let them see that everyone doesn’t automatically get everything they want. (After reading about Ukelelegate, I fear Brynn is the next Special Snowflake in training.)
I hope you feel better soon, Tamara.
Good ole nasty Kenya rears her head again. She annoys the ever living snot out of me, and makes it quite easy to snicker when she has no comeback for when Marlo starts to hit below the belt with Marc disses.
Cynthia doesn’t have a backbone… she’s putting up a front to make you all believe that. She never has and never will.
I like Eva, but one cannot leave every event because of conflict when one signs up for reality TV. That’s why people haven’t connected with her.
Everyone talks about no more Nene, doesn’t realize there would be no drama without her. And although you think it would make for a better show, I think the polarizing characters/scenes would become null without her. That being said…
This season is rather meh thus far.