I am really trying to get back into work mode after a very odd weekend. But I am getting to this RHOP Recap very late in the evening and I am exhausted so this recap will probably suck more than most. And I am just fine with any beatdown Candiace gets. I think she needs a daily beatdown myself. Just to make it clear where I stand.
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Karen invites Ashley and Gizelle to go to her high school homecoming. I used to have my mother’s high school class ring from 1942. I presume that is probably also Karen’s year of graduation. Who does this? I remember my mother doing this. It’s an old people thing. I don’t think people do class reunions anymore. We all kind of hated high school. Amirite? Ray cannot get rid of Karen fast enough. lol. Karen’s first jobs were Taco Bell and Burger King drive thru. Someone you know may or may not have had a David Hasselhoff moment with a Whopper today. Don’t judge, it was a very odd weekend over here.
The Green Eyed Monsters
Robyn goes to talk to Candiace about the meeting with Monique and I hate all of these people. Candiace is such a cunt. Robyn just as bad. But Candiace is pressing charges. And Monique filed charges too. These people need to get themselves together. This show has never been this far into the gutter. Candiace brings up Robyn’s tax problem. She owes a ton of money to the IRS. These women don’t understand that they have to pay quarterly taxes just like I do. Wait? Candiace prays?
The Homecoming
Karen, Ashley and Gizelle arrive at Karen’s hometown. Her parents own a farm that was once a plantation. This segment makes Karen likable. ALMOST. Her whole family is there on the farm to greet everyone. Rol the old family photos segment. I do enjoy seeing Karen harvesting corn. They talk to Monique. She is just over the whole damn thing. Karen and Gizelle think Candiace needs to press charges. Candiace has no business adopting a dog. Her mother tells her to hire an attorney. I don’t understand why the cops were not called right away. That was a problem for both cases.
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I am not even acknowledging that Wendy is on this show. #FastForward By the way, Georgia, early voting starts this week! PLEASE VOTE! We are going to turn Georgia blue! My mind is drifting. I was Googling “how long can I live in Latvia? ” And apparently they are part of the fucking Schengen Agreement. I’m bored. Back to the parade. Yep still bored. I mean it is cute and all. It’s just not recap worthy. Both of her parents dies recently so it is very sad.
Monique Meets With Her Pastor
He’s hot. That is pretty much all I’ve got. I hate to see Monique cry. She wants to apologize to the Candiace. I am and will always be team Monique.
Robyn Robyn Robyn, where do I start. Girl that role playing costume was horrible and to top it off the price tag was still on the coat. Juan and Robyn have zero chemistry, he lookedat her like WTH. As for Robyn owing money, didn’t she make fun of Karen and her husband when they owed the IRS. Girl, people in glass houses…
Team Monique all the way. Ashley and Karen are the real ones. The others are fake as can be along with their jealous.azzed
I Love Monique and Candice was dearing her always to come at her…
RHOP, Needed some like this but all this ran with it and are making it personal… am with everyone that the all franchise had to be put to pasture… Bravo will do a favor to themself to scrap the all thing… They are actually boring and the only one with Real Money is Monique and Karen the rest can go away ,,… Don’t get me started withthe Gyssell she needto disappear…I strted to watch that late show and am dropping it they need to get away with Gyssell don’t like her a bit… she’s the thirsty one …let me get out of here…I know they going to hate my comment..bye
This was a slow episode. But my favorite part was when Monique’s pastor told her that Candiace wasn’t the problem that she was. She’s a fighter and she’s mad that the other ladies are not buying into her perfect image. Yep that part.
I cried (inside) with Monique. This has been the root issue the entire time. The others, especially Robyn and Gizelle, haven’t and won’t accept her no matter what she does.
I know I’m wasting my time wishing this, but I hope the whole season is not focused on the fight. I just saw Gizelle on the other show (w/Porsha & Kate)…can never remember the name of it…but, Gizelle irritates me. She’s always saying how irritating Candiace is. Yes! She is. They all know it. They know Candiace is annoying AF, that she gets her shits & giggles out of pushing people’s buttons. She had her hands waving in Monique’s face that night, and she grabbed Monique’s vest (which to me was the first truly aggressive move) after Monique flipped her hair. She was trying to get a rise out of Monique. Im sick of Candiace acting like a victim, and I’m sick of Gizelle & Robin acting like Monique went off the deep end for no reason.
I agree, they are so jealous of Monique. It’s shameful how Andy keeps bringing up the fight, but has never mentioned Gizelle’s fathers comments about her ex. I’m surprised Porsha didn’t say anything on the Chat Room either. I’m team Monique for sure. I’m done with the Chat Room!
I totally agree. For the record no one the show really represents all black women. 1.)I don’t reference any if my family, friends, acquaintances as the B word. Gizelle and her sidekick seem to dip their tongue in the toilet bowl quite offend. What pastor wife or in her case ex pastor wife has a potty mouth? So what image is Gizelle trying to save? How many women can my man get in the church? What kind of example are you setting for your girls? 2.) Candace, Mrs Drama Queen was born in it. She fault with her mother, belittled her husband, pulled knife on Ashley. No one threatened to call cops on her.This child loves to play with a knife. Why no one jump in or said put the knife down Candace. Wendy took it from her! Or the crew members tried to stop this. Sure they egged it on! 3.) Wendy, Ladies get your boots out. Memory lapse from all the degrees, you took the knife out of Candace hand. Girl bye 4.) Robyn girl please, you went to fight Ashley because the man you love was with other women. That’s why you and Gizelle get along. You feel her pain of having to share a man. At least he’s getting his self together. Oops forgot no one saw the knife but Ms. Degree! Karen just stay in your lane, take care of your man. Say what you mean and mean what you say.
When I heard there was. A physical fight on RHOP, All I could think was that I hope someone beat the shit out of Candice. Thank you Monique.
Not to be nit-picky, but class reunions and homecoming are two completely unrelated things. Homecoming is the week that your football team returns for a home-game after their first ‘away’ game. Class reunions are when you return to school many years (5, 10, 20 years) after you graduate.
I always agree with you TT, but I have to part ways with you on this issue with Monique and Candiace. Monique is wrong and there can be no excuse for what she did. I know Candiace is annoying but not to that level to deserve such a response from Monique. For me, I don’t care to see any more of Monique.
I like what Ashley said about the fight & Monique — she said something like “when you have a friend who’s in trouble, you try to help them get better — not diss them.” Unless there’s stuff going on that we don’t see, I don’t get why everyone but Ashley & sorta, kinda Karen, are so hostile to Monique. Monique lost her temper & there was the fight, which was bad. But this looks like they’re attempting to push her off the show.
I even understand why Monique wasn’t sorry at first–I gave her points for being honest about that. But the hostility towards her is wrong — I used to kind of like Gizelle & Robyn but I think they’re hypocrites. I’ve never liked Candiace — she irritates me & even I’d like a shot at hitting her — she’s fake & an instigator. I hope they don’t get rid of Monique because of this fight.
the life quality in Latvia is nothing to write home about, but was surprised to see that comment!
I really wanted a teaching job I didn’t get there. I was already imagining living there. I really liked the guy that ran the school but the feelings were not reciprocated. 🙂
Still reading, but YES, people still do reunions. I had my 50th last year. The friend who had talked about little else (she never said reunion, it was always “that thing”) for four years backed out two days before, citing “too poor,” even though her trailer and new car were paid for and money from a settlement was in the bank. Or under the mattress. She died in August. So no more “that thing” for her.
It is very strange having people tell you their impressions of you from HS. Lots of our class is dead, many within weeks of the reunion. That seemed to make everyone more forthcoming and break down the walls of cliques. That made it fun; I talked to people I saw almost daily in HS who I never spoke to in HS. I was PAINFULLY CRIPPLINGLY shy. So many guys told me they thought I was beautiful back then! I was shocked! I thought I was the ugly ducking. My friends got all the boys. Looking back, I wasn’t hideous; I looked like one of the girls in Ted Bundy’s rogue’s gallery.
OMG, the last part of your comment prompted me to reply! I laughed so hard! I was exactly the same in HS, but wow that last part! That was hilarious!
I couldn’t agree more about the Monique/Candiace situation. Why is Candiace even on this show? Her scenes are so fake & she should never have a dog or kid!!!! I can’t watch the chat room show Bc Gizelle is on it & I can’t stand her.
I didn’t like Monique when she arrived on RHOP, but I like her now because she is willing to tell you the truth even if she is wrong. I wish I had a friend like that. Monique was a good friend to Candace and even admitted that what she was going through had nothing to do with Candace, that is being a grown up. Why G&R are walking around like they are perfect is beyond me, but I dislike them both more and more each season. I hope Monique gets the help she need and I am willing to bet any of you, that Candace will get molly whopped again. She runs her mouth too much and eventually someone is going to pop her again. And I sort of feel that Karen was wrong for suggesting that Candace fill charges against Monique. I thought she was neutral? And was going to support Monique even though she was wrong. Confused by Karen’s actions. Candace was so glad to bring up that Robin has a tax issues, she was jumping up and down inside. She loves to see them suffer. And I believed she invited Charissee just to get a rise out of Monique. Scheming as usual!
Karen confused me also this episode. She did a 180 from concern, to sue Monique. I can only imagine she considered the situation and decided that viewers would set themselves against Monique, so she decided to go Candiace’s way. Boy was she wrong if that’s what it was.
The thing about her is she always has to feel like she’s the/a prime mover on the series, and that shtick has gotten old. I tuned her out the first season with her ridiculous Ms. Manners etiquette bs.
I’ve liked Gizelle, and Robyn a lot so far, but this season is making me question their behavior towards Monique.
I’ve liked Ashley from the start but this season I find I’m growing rather fond of her.
Candiace is destroying this franchise she needs to go, and Wendy should exit with her.
If Candiace’s mother wasn’t paying her taxes, she’d owe the IRS too. Sit down, and shut up. Can’t stand that smug, spoiled, worthless bish.
Yea, Candiace has no room to talk about anyone else’s finances.
So over Robyn. Fast forward through all her scenes. In the past, I gave her a pass because Juan is so cute. But, Juan isn’t enough to make me watch her scenes anymore. Shout out to Ashley for being so real. Hopefully Ashley will testify in case against Candiace. Between Candaice’s serious anger issues, haughtiness & pancake makeup – I just can’t.
I’m surprised to read the comments advocating violence toward annoying people. You’re not allowed to do that, guys. You’ll go to jail and/or get beaten up yourself. Those are the two most likely outcomes (especially if you have long standing bad blood with your victim). Of course she pressed charges. Candaice won by not fighting back. And again, came out on top because Monique took the wrong tact in saying she was unconscious when it happened and made cute jokes about it on social media. It’s too bad, but those were the choices Monique made. Don’t give your enemies that kind of ammunition against you. Without lifting a finger, she let Monique hang herself.
How can you say Candiace didn’t fight back?? She was swinging broken wine glass!!! And then has the audacity to play the victim and act like she didn’t provoke Monique. I don’t see how anyone can defend Candiace.
I’m not defending Candaice…though I will say it’s a tall order to expect her to carefully place a glass on the table as her head is being punched into a table top.
My point is that two wrongs don’t make a right. Candaice being obnoxious and provocative doesn’t give another person license to assault her. Sure, it would have been less likely to happen if she weren’t so annoying, but that does not matter.
If someone flirts with you, it doesn’t give you a pass to sexually assault them. If someone leaves their door open with a pile of cash in view, you aren’t allowed to steal from them. No matter how much someone tempts you, you’re still responsible for your own reaction, but you know that.
Yes expecting her to carefully place the broken wine glass on the table when someone reciprocated her initial physical contact, only more aggressively, but one could call that self defense quite easily, certainly Monique’s lawyers will be making that argument if it goes to court, but what one would not expect, or make excuses for is Candiace knowingly swinging a broken wine glass recklessly wildly to defend herself from the reaction her physical contact with Monique initiated, and in the process endangering everyone in close proximity with serious bodily injury.
Monique may have physically attacked Candiace after being grabbed by Candiace but Candiace once again was wielding a weapon against another housewife. That makes three times she’s threatened a housewife with a weapon, and once where she actually used a weapon, the broken wine glass, to attack another housewife.
So really lets not pretend that Candiace is in anyway blameless in this incident, or others.
Candiace needs to go. Period.
💯 on point!
Hahaha I love this. You’ll go jail and get beaten up yourself.
This said I agree with you but am still team Monique, not because I condone her violence but because I like her and hope she gets help to better manage her triggers.
I don’t care how unlikable or likable someone is, physical violence is not the answer. I am saddened that it is being condoned.
Well be sad. Her own mother hit her over the head with her pocketbook. You can’t go around spewing vile shit all the time and daring someone to hit you before you get fucking clocked.
PREACH!
TT you have made your point loud and clear. You were zealous in your defense of Kenya when Porsha assaulted her. Your stance was no matter what Kenya did she didn’t deserve Porsha physically attacking her and you were right. Now you’ve changed, you support violence against women if you personally deem it justifiable or you don’t like the woman. I can’t stick around for that.
Kenya used her words, was six feet away from Porsha and did nothing that warranted being dragged. Candiace has been begging Monique to drag her for multiple seasons and finally got her wish.
You can see yourself out now.
Candiace grabbed Monique first which initiated the physical altercation. People do have the right to defend themselves especially against someone who had twice previously threatened housewives with a knife. And if the argument is that she either didn’t use the knife or wouldn’t then I would simply point you to the way Candiace was swinging that broken wine glass around in an attempt to cut Monique with it. Candiace clearly has shown a proclivity towards physical violence with weapons in addition to issuing verbal threats of violence.
You can’t condemn one form of violence and allow the far worse to go unchallenged.
Monique should not have responded the way she did, but Candiace is far more violent.
Oh my gosh, Tamara! I have NEVER gone to a high school reunion! WHY WOULD I?? Yes, there are a few folk I wouldn’t mind seeing, but holy moly, what a waste of time and money. If you want to be in touch with someone from that period, you can do that without going to the reunion. Ugh, high school. It’s as if it was THE MOST CRITICAL IMPORTANT TIME OF YOUR LIFE. No, it wasn’t. If it was, sigh, I’m so sorry for the person who feels that way and sadly shake my head. Major life events did occur during that time, but so have many many many others SINCE then.
Rant over. Thank you for your time. hahahahahaha
Tamara, I know you’re not a fan of Wendy, but can you at least appreciate how much food she and her sister ate during her scene? Although we only saw them ordering the penne, somehow they ended up with wings and what looked like a pizza/flatbread as well. And they were steadily eating during the whole conversation!
You always joke about Kandi being the only HW to show up to restaurants with an appetite but I think she’s got some competition now.
TT does like Reality TV where the cast eat with gusto, like the Shah’s of Sunset. And I have to admit they eat very well on that show.
They are always at good places to eat and Bravo is paying for it, so they should either order it and eat it. or just order half a french fry like Rinna and Denise do. That said, I know people who work at The Palm in ATL and they say that Phaedra orders half the menu and takes it all to go…