Sorry for last week’s lackluster RHOA recap. I was under the weather but feeling a bit better now. Speaking of last week’s episode,the ratings were horrible for RHOA. I got a bit numbers heavy trying to put things in perspective. So, I moved it to the end of the recap. Be sure to check it out.
Tonight, Kenya books a fabulous tea party to celebrate Brooklyn’s third birthday. It already seems to be all about the housewives. Apparently, the tea will be spilled. Kenya talks to the party planner about all of the details of her divorce when she tells her the bill will be between $10K- $15k. She has full physical custody of Brooklyn and he can visit whenever he wants as long as he comes to Atlanta. Everything is resolved except for spousal support for Marc. He has always said he doesn’t want spousal support. So Kenya is wondering what he hold up is all about.
Sheree Is Rocked By Rumors (aka facts)
Marlo and Sheree show up at a gym to workout with a trainer who can’t wait to get away from them. Neither of them work out for more than five minutes. I don’t think Marlo even got in a minute. Then, the bone carrier gets to work and tells Marlo what everyone said about her disaster of an event. Marlo is pissed that no one was impressed. We find out rather abruptly, that Kairo works at the Tyler Perry studios in the wardrobe department. Marlo seeks advice on raising boys alone. She seems like she is not sure if she is doing things right. Marlo and one of the boys are taking acting lessons. She tells us in a talking head to check her, IMDb. But, she can’t even get the letters in the right order.
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Sheree freaks out about rumors being spread about her not paying her bills. She hasn’t paid her bills in years and I’ve been covering this since at least 2012. I’ve had wives of contractors reach out to the site about it. Also, I’ve had the cashier where she bought her kitchen cabinets reach out to me. I’ve had a Bravo source tell me she is paid through pay out account to avoid the IRS. I have ALL THE TEA from back in the day. And it was all over TMZ! Yet, somehow Sheree is pissed at Kandi. It’s not Kandi talking, it’s people who worked for her and didn’t get paid.
Trouble In Paradise?
Kandi continues to work her ass off. Not only is she directing a Broadway play. She also has yet another spin-off coming after Kandi and Gang. I don’t know if The Chi is still a show but I used to watch her on that. She wants to be an EGOT winner. Todd is unhappy that she is doing so much and he and the kids don’t get enough time with her. There are rumors that Ralph is not the only husband on this show getting around. I thought Todd and Kandi were swingers. But, apparently, Kandi can only swing with women. He doesn’t even want her to film a love scene with a man. Todd also feels like Kandi gets the credit for anything he produces. So he wants to his current project on his own. Kandi feels like she should still have an executive produce title. I disagree. Let the man have some success on his own!
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Next, we see Drew at a cute little kids toy story where she is shopping for Brooklyn’s birthday. Kenya and Drew SEEM like they have made up. But, you never know with Kenya. Then, Drew and her male friend who apparently used to work for Sheree talk about her lack of payment issues. Sheree also didn’t pay the vendors for her She By Sheree. Then, Drew gets frantic call from Sanya who was just in a serious accident with an eighteen-wheeler. The truck plow into her and drug her car, with her in it down the street. She paid $204 on Brooklyn gifts and took off to pick Sanya up because her husband is out of town. What about the other eight people in the house?
It’s Time to Spill The Tea
But no one has arrived to the party yet. The event is way over the top. There are beautiful flowers and china. Sheree is the first to arrive and and Kenya tells her not to bring up her drama about being a deadbeat. But, we know why that is why we are here. It’s the main event. It’s just a matter of who jumps into the ring first. Then, we finally meet the new “friend of” Monyetta and her two kids. Drew and her cute little daughter arrive. Drew is wearing a similar dress to the one Kenya wore for Brooklyn’s Barbie party. Kenya snarks to production,”Is she stalking my Instagram to get fashion tips now”? I knew Kenya wasn’t sincere about being nice to Drew. Also, I wish Drew would pick a wig and stick with it. I never recognize her.
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We discover that after the romantic dinner from hell, Drew and Ralph are sleeping in separate rooms. Whose dumb idea was it to have a shady tea game at a kids birthday party. This will be worse that two truths and a lie! I blame production. But wait, the women all have to play another game first. Kenya asks questions about Brooklyn like what is her middle name. I used to know but I don’t. Marlo gets caught trying to google. Only Marlo knows any of the crazy questions. So…. we move on.
Shady Tea
It’s time to box. Everyone writes down some tea they know on someone else and puts it in the box. Kandi picks a card that says, “Kandi sucked dick in a locker room.” And here we go. Kandi adamantly denies it. No one admits to it. Kenya’s denial sounds like bullshit to me. Does she have beef with Kandi? Someone else wrote that they tried to order from Marlo’s gown rental website and there was no content. Suddenly, Marlo and Kenya are going at each other over Marlo claiming when she first started the show, Kenya was renting a used Land Rover from Lisa Rae (from season one). Kenya says she doesn’t even know her and that Marlos drives a used Rolls Royce. Good grief this is petty.
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Next we move on to the tea this game was set up for. “Someone doesn’t pay their assistant.” I should point out that most of the ladies are drunk and their voices are loud. There are kids sitting around listening to this. Denise Richard would be horrified. I am too. Drew admits it was her and that she tried to talk to her about it privately at Marlo’s event but Sheree blew her off. Sheree screams at Drew to shut the fuckup when there is a small child right behind her listening and looking for popcorn for this shit show. Then, Fatum, whoever that is says isn’t this the same guy who Drew hired who told her that her husband is Gay? Oh Lord, here we go…
Make It Stop!
One lady grabs her kid to flee. Marlo mutters, “Don’t invite your white friends here, they don’t get it.” There is actually a white lady with a little girl on her lap sitting right next to Marlo. Jesus take the wheel! The Sheree starts calling Drew a ditzy bitch and Drew calls Sheree a bit and they go back and forth like that for a bit with a child literally sitting at the table. Kenya stops the screaming and everyone sings happy birthday to Brooklyn.
Next week: Kandi has invited everyone to NYC including the husbands. But her invitations arrive with BDSM related gifs. WTF? The drama between Kandi and Todd escalates in NYC in front of everyone. Drew and Ralph go to a contentious therapy session. Marlo spreads what the streets are saying about Todd looking for attention elsewhere.
RHOA RATINGS
Let’s start with some comparisons. RHOBH’s premiere had 1.151 million LIVE viewers (0.33 18-49 demo). That’s great. Especially if they can keep it up. On the other end of the Spectrum, RHOM S04E06 had 0.240 million live viewers (0.06 18-49 demo). That is worse than WWHL! The last RHONJ Reunion had 1.132 million live viewers (0.33 18-49 demo). Summer House hit a season high of for the reunion show with 0.683 million viewers (0.26 18-49 demo). Below Deck Sailing Yacht had 1.014 million live viewers (0.30 18-49 demo). on the last episode. Top Chef had S03E11 – 1.014 million viewers (0.30 18-49 demo). BDSY 1.076 million viewers (0.34 18-49 demo).
Still with me? Just one more show to compare. Porsha’s Family Matters episode 2 compared to RHOA’s Season 14 episode 2. PFM had a rating of 777,000 live viewers in the demo. 0.22). RHOA has 736,000 live followers and .23 in the demo. TLDR? RHOA Ratings are in the toilet.
I think the episodes this far have been good but something is off with the cast. Kandi has had the same storyline for about four seasons in a row but bravo continues to bring her back to housewives, when they could replace her and let her focus on her other spin-offs and businesses. Kandi Burruss is highly successful but not a ratings draw and people aren’t tuning in for her. Marlo is my girl and even though she finally got a peach, people don’t wanna see the same old same old with her with Kenya, just as they grew tired of the Porsha and Kenya drama for years. Kenya doesn’t bring anything to the show anymore and people are tired of her antics as well. She’s beautiful but Kenya can’t carry RHOA. Drew is not a bad cast member but the show is dying and her storylines and drama with the women can be a hit or miss. I like Sanya and have no problem with Sheree being back and hopefully she stays around this time.
The poor ratings have nothing to do with porsha no longer being on the show, the show can survive but it still needs a few tweaks. Compared to Beverly Hills and Dubai, the women besides maybe Kandi aren’t drowning in money or glamorous and fabulous. The cast is still dated and I definitely think if this season isn’t a winner, it can definitely go the way of NYC with a whole new cast on bravo and the legacy wives on Peacock.
I didn’t watch last year, I don’t know who these people are! Other than Kenya and Candi. Well this should make Nene happy- I tried to watch but-
I like Todd. He is an excellent communicator and has Kandi’s back. He explained that he needs his own cred. She was being obtuse— and we know she gets it. Why not let Todd have a project to himself. No matter what he does, if Kandi is involved SHE steals the show. That’s to his and her credit. He has always put her first. I know the man isn’t perfect but he seems to love his family.
And sex two to three times a week is A LOT. 🥳
lol, same! I thought, “wow, that would be a very good week in my house!” It reminds me of Annie Hall, where they were in therapy separately, and the therapist asked them how often they have sex and “Annie” said, “Wow, a lot, like 3 times a week” and Woody Allen says, “Not that much, like 3 times a week”.
I watch RHOBH to see a life style that I do not have. To see woman -for the most part doing things with business, fashion etc. Except for Kandi the woman of RHOA are just run of the mill women that you can find anywhere. Nothing interesting or dynamic or worth watching about them. They need to find more women like Kandi in my opinion.
I agree. RHOA’s lifestyles aren’t that enviable. I can’t put my finger on why exactly. They all have very nice homes but not exactly mansions and they all have nice things. But something is missing…I don’t see the glamor. Or maybe I’m just a b*tch and don’t care anymore… there’s that. LOL!
I agree. Whatever season that was when Eva and her husband finally bought a house and it wasn’t all brick I was like “that’s an average size house in my circle and our houses are all brick.” Now on a BAD DAY Eva is more gorgeous than the average gorgeous woman, after seeing that house, that was all I envied (her kids are cute too). Suffice it to say, I started watching housewives a millennium ago because I loved seeing the lifestyles of people who are RICH rich. Everything seems sort or ordinary now.
Kenya continues to be full of crap. That birthday party had so little to do with Brooklyn and had everything to do with Kenya stirring up shit with the other housewives. Instead of dressing that beautiful child in a cute little party dress, she dressed her like a 70 year-old church lady. I honestly don’t like Sheree or Marlo. I agree that Todd should be able to get sole credit for projects he does that don’t include Kandi. I hope they can resolve whatever issues they have because I love them as a couple.
what the hell was that, Chanel?
Brooklyn is the cutest little girl on TV. But I was shocked that Kenya let that go down at her daughter’s third birthday party. Not only let it go down but initiated the whole thing. The things that she will do for a check 🙄
The cutest little boys has to be Phadrea sons.🥰
There is an old store (I think still in business) called Talbots. it look like that jacket was straight out Talbots. Everything else looked adorable
Sort of reminded me of a cheaper version of that tea party Taylor Armstrong threw for her daughters 4th birthday on RHOBH What kid enjoys that kind of party? What kind of mom would actually play a “tea” party with grownups at this party? I loved the look on the ladies face when she exited in disgust with her child. Wasn’t because she was white like Marlo said but because as a mom she was offended that her child heard such language Brooklyn is beautiful and Kenya was reckless to show this party. Bet her still husband has something to say over it
Don’t bring white friends here would not be tolerated if the comment was from kim saying don’t bring black friends here 🙄 the hypocrisy
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I love it. My favorite franchise.
Sometimes the screaming does get a bit much, but I do think they portray their actual selves.
I agree Todd should have his own productions. I don’t know if it’s ever been said, but I assumed that Todd is the real reason why Kandi has gotten so many spin-offs. With his background as a producer, I’m sure he coached Kandi on how to sell a show. I’ve always seen Todd as successful in his own right. I hate that some look at him as riding Kandi’s coattails. I hope their issues are minor and are just for the show. They make a great team – personally and professionally. Kandi needs to stifle her inner momma Joyce and let her husband shine.
Oh just to add – Kempire interviewed Sanya. It’s pretty good and she’s very likeable and real. But it’s a long one.
Some of shade was funny but there’s no spark. Car insults and and the secretly gay trope. Again.
For all that these women claim to support and respect gay people🤔 They love to gossip like being gay is a shameful joke and this gay man gets tired of it.
Oh god, I had to rewatch the preview for the next episode when I realized that it’s Patrick and Safari (her cousin she considers almost like a son and his fiancee) delivering the invitations in bondage gear. Safari looks fantastic but it’s definitely an interesting choice for them to do the deliveries….
I like RHOA fine – much more than RHONJ, that’s for sure. But I watch on HAYU from Canada, so I’m not really giving them the Nielsen ratings they want anyway.
LisaRae is an actress who filmed SINGLE LADIES in Atlanta. Lisa Wu was an OG Atlanta housewife.
Kenya’s “rental car” was allegedly on loan from LisaRae.
I’ve always thought that Kenya was one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen (I saw her up close and personal one day in the A), and she still is, but I’m still sick of her ‘ish. So far she’s given us nothing new and quite frankly it’s boring. Marlo is Marlo which means she continues to be extra with no substance and no REAL PERSON behind all that extra and I’m bored with that too. IMHO, Drew tries too hard. Tries too hard to be interesting, tries too hard to be “one of the girls” and tries too hard to stay with a man who seems as if he doesn’t want to be with her. She’s kind of painful to watch. Love everything about Sanya and her family and though Sheree hasn’t brought us anything new to the show…..she has more personality than most of them (her HOUSE definitely has more personality than most of the girls), and I’m OK with her. Kandi, let Todd have some shine on his own. You’ve literally been “shining” since you were a teenager and we get it. You’re kind of a genius at making money, but let hubby have his moment and keep his ego intact. That’s worth more than money can every buy. Y’all truly compliment each other, make a great team, and have a beautiful, blended family. Make it work. All in all, as I’ve said before in prior comments, I think the best days of RHOA have come and gone and I think they should slide these girls over to Peacock and reboot the whole show for Bravo like they’re doing for RHONY.
I stopped watching years ago when Nene came back. I feel like they are having the same arguments over and over and over. Not fun to watch. Really over all of these Housewife shows except Salt Lake and I am sure I will be sick of it soon!
This season just seems way more staged than usual. The husbands barely know each other, why are we pretending they hang out? And the whole Drew/Sheree assistant storyline is so forced too.
I think you needed Cynthia to hash things out with Kenya, post-UGT. We also needed to see Porsha’s Simon mess, and not on her spin-off, since her employees/family can’t really check her like the RHOA ladies would.
If Kandi still has nothing going on next season. Have her sit a year out, and take Drew with her. Then you can bring back Phaedra, Cynthia, and Porsha.
Next season – Kenya, Marlo, Sheree, Phaedra, Cynthia, Porsha, and maybe Sanya, depending on how her season goes.
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The Old Lady Gang restaurant was Todd’s idea. Unless it was staged to look like it was his idea.
I cannot stand Ramona, but when someone reported that she said “this is why we shouldn’t have Black people on the show” there was a full-on investigation. What would have happened if Bravo had found she did say it. Marlo said it same thing, but white, on camera. What will happen? Nothing. Racism goes both ways.
As for the rest … 🥱 😴 💤
I have been enjoying this season! The drama feels bit less forced and it feels like the ladies are actually showing up to work. Sheree and Marlo have great scenes together. Kenya feels a bit lighter this season, her drama with Porsha had gone to a place that it could never recover from and was super toxic. Plus everyone has been super funny this season.
Ralph is a liar and a gas lighter. He pisses me off because he tries to fool both Drew and the viewers. I don’t believe Kandi and Todd have marital issues. Every couple of years they film these inauthentic scenes about having disagreeing or Mama Joyce and Todd. Then it somehow disappears by the second time the film a scene at the end of the season.
Am I the only one that notices sometimes the coloring and lighting seems off? Shaded white or just not vibrant?
I forgot to add the assistant is totally messy. Why is he running between Sheree and Drew talking shit about each other. I found the way he greeted Kandi at the door in the first episode weird. He comes off really thirsty to me.
BTW online sleuths figured out that he is the same Anthony from Basketball Wives. He was on there about 3 or 4 years ago doing the same thing! He told Jackie and Malaysia what each said about the other or something to that effect. The two ladies ended up fighting about what Anthony told them. To me he wants to be on camera as the new Ms.Lawrence but it isn’t working.
I’m getting tired of housewives. Or maybe I’m ready for Dubai.
Atlanta used to be more fun when people with actual money were on the show. Everyone on this show is so basic. How many are renting their houses and cars?
another ‘gay’ husband rumor? After Kim Fields, now Drews hubby.. they are really digging for anything now..