Last week Marlo kicked everyone off the trip, and looks like she followed through.
Sheree seems serious this time, about her getting her brand going, but then again I didn’t watch Atlanta in the early seasons. Maybe she was ‘serious’ before? She really does move at a snail’s pace,
I really can’t stand Todd. Something about him rubs me the wrong way. He seems really sketchy to me and never really ‘present’ in the family scenes. I cannot stand that long beard.
Kandi considers this mid-week party for Ace a “small party” with this ‘gaming truck’ thing in the driveway.
Kandie tells Kenya and Drew that they had to completely shut down her Broadway play due to some of the actors having Omicron. That’s a shame. Don’t even get me started on that. It was doing really well too. I thought they had fill-ins for this type of thing. Kandi is so bummed and disappointed, understandably so. Not sure what the obsession is with constantly testing people for a mild virus, not even as bad as the flu.
Marlo, Sheree and Sanya discuss their FAVORITE subject, which they disguise as their LEAST favorite subject. Sheree is disappointing me by going along with all of this. Kenya was there for her when whatshisface didn’t show up in Philly. Kenya apologized for the “no-show” at her cheering up event, which Marlo has FINALLY stopped bitching about, and reassured her that she was, indeed sick. Has offered to help her with her business, and seems to be sincere. What is wrong with her? Why is she so determined to be Marlo’s stupid little puppet and mimic all of Marlo’s opinions? It’s getting really weird and embarrassing for Sheree. Like she is brainwashed and doesn’t have a mind of her own?
Kenya of course, does recognize this is jealous behavior. I am sure she has experienced it many times before. I have also experienced it many times, and it really is toxic, that can really affect your life in a negative way. Kenya is doing what you’re supposed to do, and just ignoring it. What the jealous person seems to never realize, is that it’s so painfully obvious that they’re jealous of you.
What could be more embarrassing behavior for a grown ass woman? Control your shit. I’ve certainly been jealous of people too. There’s always someone prettier, smarter, more successful, more together, skinnier, perfect husband, bigger house, nicer car, seemingly perfect life… It’s all in how you handle it. You can either be happy for that person, even though you’re a little envious, and content with yourself, or you can let it take over to the point you’re acting a fucking fool.
It wouldn’t occur to me to mistreat them and try to tear them down, and make them feel inferior so that I feel better. Whatta fuck does that accomplish. The jealous person is still going to be jealous.
She tells Drew and Kandi that she thinks Marlo “has a hard-on for her.” Well that’s one way to put it. Kenya is mostly laughing it off at this point, because Marlo’s jealousy isn’t really affecting her life. It’s not affecting her job or family, so it’s easier to laugh it off. I had this chick trying to get me fired years ago because she was jealous of me. And right now I’m experiencing issues in my family due to my sister’s jealousy of me, and making me not able to participate in family events. So it really can be toxic and life-altering to the victims.
They talk about Jamaica, which we already KNOW is going to be nothing but MarHoe slinging insults at Kenya, and Drew and Sanya bickering, just in warmer weather, in a different country. Can hardly wait. That was sarcastic. Not sure why they can’t just make this a girls’ trip and the stupid husbands have to go. All of the husbands are annoying anyway. Especially Ralph. I have not missed one damned bit since has not being featured on the past several shows. Glad they stopped showing Drew’s marriage difficulties. We all know he will never change. So she needs to decide if she wants to accept it, or divorce him. Stop torturing the viewers with that shit.
Sanya talks about how the NYC trip being “off balance” since there were couples and single ladies, so she’s telling Sheree the singles can “bring someone.” Even a friend.
Which is so ridiculous and obviously just manufactured to create more strife within the group. The more the NOT merrier when it comes to Housewives.
Wouldn’t the obvious answer to that be, make it a girls’ trip? This is HouseWIVES, not HouseHusbands, and I think we all have had our fill of Ralph and Todd. Sanya’s husband is okayish I guess. He hasn’t been in on filming that much for me to form an opinion. I am seeing something slightly off, but that may be just because he’s a dude. So there HAS to be something wrong with him, right ?
Sanya calls Kenya and starts off the convo with she’s “inviting them all to her house on Saturday, and she wants the Jamaica trip to be a “couples trip…” and with that Kenya says “bye girl” and hits the end button. (Guess we really can’t say ‘hang up’ anymore. We don’t really hang phones ‘up.’
‘Hitting the end button’ doesn’t have the same ring to it. (nor is it as much fun when you’re pissed off) Like why would she start off the convo like that, to a woman going through a divorce and not dating anyone currently? Why is having a man seemingly defining a woman in the year 2022? It’s so fifty years ago. Sanya and Sheree seem shocked by this for whatever reason. It’s not that big of a deal. She did say “bye, girl.”
Guess producers just want the husbands along for the ride to to create more drama. Todd will most likely be acting like the pissy little bitch that he has been all season, and Ralph well, will be Ralph. Self-explanatory.
Marlo said “she knows she ain’t got no one to bring” Well neither do you Marlo. Then they all laugh at her saying she’s “killing her with kindness. ” Why are they are going after Kenya like this? Kenya could not care less about any of them, and continues to act unbothered. Which is making them more bothered, and having to work extra hard.
Marlo is seeing a therapist and starting off with a prayer. Hopefully not one of those sinister voodoo weird ass prayers like last week. She says in her yap she “never planned on having children because she didn’t want to be a mother like her mother.” So first off, she never had kids of her own, but finds herself in this guardian position, and IS being like her mother, so that’s weird and contradictory. (not surprising, I’m finding her the queen of contradictions) She doesn’t want the boys when things get a little difficult, and second, she never planned on having kids, or she never had a dude to put up with her angry miserable ass, to want to have kids with her. I’m going with the latter.
So this does seem to be more of a normal prayer since she is not the one leading it. Marlo reminds me of one of these so-called ‘religious’ type people that just use God and religion to make believe she’s a good decent person, because she has nothing else. For me, when someone nasty and rude like Marlo, starts praying and yammering about God, it comes off quite phony and disingenuous. What other proof do you need that she’s not sincere, than that crazy fucked up ‘prayer’ she rattled off on last week’s episode about Kenya.
She immediately starts crying and says “she’s a nervous wreck right now.” Cry me a river Marlo.
Cry me a fucking river. You’re bringing all of this on yourself. You ruined that trip yourself, and you ditched the nephews when it got a little challenging.
Is she really feeling guilty or does she just want pity? She remind me of Teresa on Jersey too. She brings all of this shit on herself, with her own toxic words and actions, then wants to sob and bitch and moan about it, so the viewers feel sorry for her, and excuse the shitty treatment of others. Well not working for his viewer. This is just your typical narc projecting type of personality and there is zero cure for it, because they can’t admit that have they have a problem. I think she just is pissed at the boys really because they DARED to stop putting her up on a pedestal, and kissing her ass. Not because they’re terrible kids, but because they’re teenagers. Teenagers are annoying. We were all one. We were annoying and selfish.
They were probably starting to see how fucked up she is, and just stopped needing to please her, and were sick of giving her the constant kudos she seems to need. Which is a trait of the narc personality.
I was reading on Twitter last night that a lot of viewers are irritated with her “using the boys” as her story line. Viewers also think it’s pretty fucked up that she passed them on to this other sister when the going got rough. Don’t think she’s gaining much of a fan base with her return.
She goes into the whole thing with this therapist dude about taking the kids in when her sister was incarcerated. I may not have realized she has had them with her for the past 2 -3 years. So I can say how it is starting to get old. At first it was probably fun, now the novelty has worn off. And they probably do miss their mom, which they probably don’t really want to admit. It seems like they’re not even seeing her or speaking with her, due to her mental state.
She starts off by talking herself up as to how she was happy to take them in when she was asked. It bothers me the way she keeps saying “she told them to GET OUT…” For someone so traumatized by her own childhood of feeling not wanted by her mother and being in the foster system, why would she say that to them? I would have some respect for her if she said something like, “It’s not you, I just need a break for a few weeks, so you’re going to stay with your other aunt. . . .”
She did admit that she wasn’t following through with punishment when they were out of line, and that could have been part of the problem. I get that kind of. The therapist suggests family meetings, a schedule, and quality time. The therapist seems on board with the 30 days off thing, however he’s worried she made them feel abandoned with her abrupt “get out” rhetoric. Sounds like she’s having them come back sooner? I think it would benefit them to talk to this guy, and have him let them know that it is okay to say they miss their mom. Even if she wasn’t perfect, it’s still their mom. And he’s a dude so I think they could talk to him easier.
Speaking of family meetings, there seems to be one going down in the Burruss/Tucker household. They both have their older daughters from their previous lives at home, that live in New York.
Kandi tells them they are getting trusts together and finalized for their kids, in the event of their death. And we all know that Kandi was already a success and had several businesses before being with Todd. And they both have kids of their own, and two kids together.
Twitter was very active last night with thoughts and opinions on this whole sit-down and Todd’s attitude towards Kaela not being fair to her.
My two cents was, is this convo even needed between them and the girls at this point? I can see if one of them was terminally ill, but that’s not the case. Make your decisions, get it all signed sealed delivered, and they find out when they need to find out, when they can piss and moan all they want about it, you won’t care, because you’re dead. Maybe this was some sort of “bragging” for the Bravo audience?
Todd basically starts it off by saying Kaela would get this stupid condo in Jersey, since that was his form his ex girlfriend or whatever. (think he’s using that for his side chicks, personally) Then goes into this whole spiel that he doesn’t want to leave them this huge lump sum, wants to have it delivered in installments, different stages of their lives, etc. They’re both looking at him like he’s an alien.
Riley says she would prefer to have it “earlier” for investments purposes. This whole thing is weird. They should really be just letting him talk and saying ‘whatever dude.’ He doesn’t even know what the hell he’s talking about if you ask me. Kandi can do whatever she wants for her daughter. Most of their assets are hers anyway. Todd is such a weenie.
Riley, who’s 19, says she would want most likely, to start a business endeavor in her 20’s, so apparently she’s counting on both of them croaking in the next ten years. Todd and Kandi are getting up there, but they’re not THAT old. This whole convo is weird.
Kandi brings up that if one dies before the other, (which is most likely scenario, unless they are in some sort of accident go together) “this is where we differ.”
They need to both EACH decide what they want for their older daughters, and put it in writing. That should be up to each of them individually since these two are not their kids together. So Todd pretty much just has the condo and whatever other cash and/or assets that he has in his name that he would leave for Kaela.
Todd goes on to say he would want Kaela to be self sufficient, and “teach her a lesson” with her inheritance. Kandi points out that is a thing with him, everything has to be “a lesson.” The girls don’t know what to make of this. They’re basically complaining about everything that they say. You can see Todd getting agitated.
Kandi and Todd start to bicker a little. I feel like they should have had their ducks in a row, before they sat down to do this with them. Am I right ? Yeah I am. What in the eff was the purpose of this? Neither one of them are coming off as being very smart or organized right now.
Todd says “it’s effed up that she wouldn’t think he would do right by Riley.” But isn’t the purpose of this to get the shit in writing? They both need to SEPARATELY decide what they want to go to their older daughters in the event they pass away, and what they want to go to the surviving spouse.
That’s the whole purpose of doing this. And they don’t need to necessarily disclose it to the girls at all, or to each other. They’ll be dead so tough titties if the survivor is pissed. Well it ends on a super (not) positive note with Todd getting up in his stupid little sweat suit, calling them “all disrespectful and wearing him out.” The girls look confused, and like “what the fuck ever dude, we don’t even know what is happening right now.” Kandi is left sitting there with them looking annoyed.
Kandi says in her yap, “Todd will do what HE thinks needs to be done but will it be what I think?” “We have a lot of things together, so how do we manage that?” (logical answer is split 4 ways the things they have TOGETHER, Kandi’s assets go to Riley, she’s not obligated to do this “over time” thing with HER kid. Todd’s sex condo goes to Kaela.) There, I just figured it out. They should have just called me. And don’t involve the kids in the final decisions!
So, again, the purpose of this is to get what your plans are in writing. The majority of the businesses were hers before they got together. Isn’t their attorney telling them this? There was no need to sit and argue about it in front of their kids.
Todd storms away muttering “these ungrateful kids…” like the whiny little bitch he is. I can’t stand dudes that storm off. It’s so not dude like, and childish. Also this convo should not have involved the kids. They’re 19 and 25. They don’t understand this shit. They didn’t really even seem to comprehend what the hell was going on.
Moving on — Sanya says she has been made aware that Sheree’s birthday falls on the night she was having her little pre-Jamaica get together, so she is making it a little birthday party.
Sheree meets with fabric people. Not sure how much Sheree seems to know about fabrics. She tells the ladies in the store, the men’s items will have a ‘VPL’ (visual print line) which I guess means the pants will show a visual of their manhood? Is that weird? Sheree again seems committed to getting this off of the ground finally. Wonder where she’s at with it, at this point since filming was at least six months ago?
Todd and Kandi talk, and he thinks the girls were acting entitled. Again, they bicker about what Riley would get or not get, if Kandi passes on to her next life before Todd, because Kandi is more generous. Again, I don’t quite understand this bickering, because the whole purpose of what they’re doing is for them to have it clear, and concise what their wishes are.
They kind of act like the more likely scenario would be that they both die at the same exact time, in a car crash or airplane situation. Odds are one will go before the other. And they’re only 46 and 49, so hopefully they’re with us for many more years. Even Todd.
Todd ultimately tells her, whatever she wants, make it official and be done with it. Good. That’s what I said !!!!
Kandi tells Todd she is down in the dumps about the play getting cancelled because of the virus, and that she has another offer to be a producer on another show. He encourages he to go for it. She says in her yap, “she has the perfect partner.” That’s a little extreme, but at least this conversation went better than the previous one.
Sanya is getting her house ready for the party. She seems really excited to be entertaining the ladies. She is not aware what a tough sell these bitches are, and how they nitpick at everything.
Marlo arrives first. She seems to be in good spirits. But of course Kenya has not arrived yet. And we know the sheer sight of Kenya, for reasons only Marlo can explain, seems to “kill her vibe.” Kandi arrives and asks Marlo if she’s feeling better since the kick out.
Drew arrives and begins to bitch about the distance of the commute. Why are the ladies so extra shady and petty on here to each other? What’s with the pissing and moaning if you have to drive more than ten minutes? It’s so childish. Marlo was getting shit too, for where her new house is being built.
I think the Potomac ladies gave Wendy crap too last season. These ladies all seem to be doing well financially. Surely then can afford the gas, even at these prices.
What do you say to that when someone bitches your house is ‘too far away’ ? How about stay the fuck home then? Drew tells Producers in her yap, “Sanya doesn’t even live in Atlanta, y’all know that right?” Well Erika Jayne was allowed to be on Beverly Hills when she lived the whole way out in Pasadena, where it snows, before she spent every last cent her husband ever earned.
Also none of them are really ‘Housewives’ either, so do we really care that much about their zip codes? They were probably all driven by a chauffeur anyway.
The true test of the evening, Kenya arrives and does make sure that she says hello to Marlo. God forbid she doesn’t say Hi. Marlo immediately scowls and grits her teeth and says “Hi Kenya.” In her yap, that same tired old line from last week’s episode: “Kenya is not going to spoil my vibe.” Whatever woman, your vibe is ‘miserable AF’ 24/7. And she didn’t spoil her stupid ‘vibe’ on the trip. She should deal with these jealousy and anger issues. Maybe that should have came up in her therapy session.
Sanya offers to show Kenya the rest of the house, and Marlo is put off by that. Kenya just speaks, and she makes that contorted face. Kenya also gets a dig in about the distance and the drive.
Sanya asks for her advice about some décor. Kenya doesn’t like the fake greenery. Yes I agree, that is a thing with me too. I think Sanya is just trying to suck up to her though.
Sanya addresses the ‘hanging up’ on her about the trip. Kenya explains that it came off very condescending to lead in with – “it’s for couples – you need to bring someone…”
Sanya apologizes and Kenya accepts it. Progress. At least with this.
Meanwhile Marlo is in the kitchen looking constipated and bitching that Sanya and Kenya have been gone for too long. While I hate to agree with MarHoe, it looks they have not even been offered a beverage, and yes perhaps there should have been some appetizers, or things to pick at on the counter.
MarHoe, says to the others, in the kitchen that “a grown woman shouldn’t hang up on anyone.” Girl, just sit this one out. A grown woman should also not have a tantrum and kick everyone out at night, a grown woman doesn’t bitch at someone who was too sick to attend your party, a grown woman doesn’t belittle another woman for not having a husband or boyfriend.
Sanya has people there with all kinds of computers and shit, supposed to be playing music. She asks that music be playing as Sheree arrives for the surprise thing. The dude says “he’s still working on that.” She’s already losing points with her hostessing skills. Too far, no drinks, no snacks, no music.
Sheree walks in and everyone is singing ‘Happy Birthday.’ She seems surprised. Possibly. Maybe not. Why does she have a glass of wine in her hand already as she walks in the door? Marlo must have let her know there were no drinks available.
Not sure where Sanya found these tech people handling the music and entertainment, but they suck. She was having them do those 360 camera things, and wants Sheree to be first, but there’s a battery situation, and it’s not ready.
Food is being offered that looks terrible. Not sure what those things are but they look plain, and need some salsa or something to dip them in. The ‘assistant’ says they’re ‘something’ patties. I listened to it three times and have no idea what they are. They look like big wads of dough.
It’s not long before there are complaints all around. Apparently Sanya was on a shoe string budget for this thing. I guess she’s never watched Housewife shows before. You gotta pull out all the stops when entertaining these judgy bitches.
Sherer tries again for this 360 camera thing, and they are still struggling with technical difficulties. I’m assuming she does NOT have to pay these people.
Sheree also bitches in her yap about the chicken being dark meat, no bartender, and the photo booth that doesn’t work…
Food is being served, and Kenya doesn’t hold back on how bad the tortilla things were.
Looks like there are several bottles of wine that are not even opened. So it is official. Sanya is really bad at this. It makes sense, she doesn’t like to cook, and cooking and ‘entertaining’ goes hand in hand. And to ‘top if off’ the wine is twist top. Poor Sanya. She’s not going to live this down.
They’re eating this bad ‘catered’ food, and the bitching seems to have subsided for now. The dinner must be better than the appetizers and wine.
Drew and Sheree continue the argument from Blue Ridge with that Fatum chick. They are both talking gibberish. Can they get back to bitching about the food and drinks? This is Sheree’s birthday celly, can we back off? Drew proceeds to complain about Fatum creeping into her business with the online searches about how she and Ralph have all of these aliases. Sheree starts rattling off the various names.
Drew does seem to be maybe worried about her time on the Housewives, and picking fights to make sure she gets the green light for Fall 2022 filming. I guess they make the decisions when they see how everyone has been received. Sheree accuses Drew of making all of the get togethers “about her.” Drew does have a point when she says “Fatum has made it about me.”
Now we age shame. That’s also popular on the Housewives, and so very juvenile. MarHoe even gets the “60” dig in during her yap, like she did with Kenya, about Sheree. I guess she is hoping she croaks before she hits 50, since she’s ridiculing the ladies in their early 50’s for some reason? Maybe she thinks she’s aging backwards.
Kandi wants Drew to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Sheree. Drew doesn’t wanna because she just got done fighting with her. Everyone yells for her to be the bigger person. And she does – she belts out a fun little Happy Birthday tune and does very well, actually. I’m sure they all wanted it to be really bad so they could pick on her. They look kind of disappointed.
To quote the Potomac ladies, this party was one ‘low budget’ party.
Turns out they do like the cake. believe it or not. Just could have been actually decorated somewhat, would be my critique.
Sanya goes over her ‘Rules for Jamaica.’ Good behavior, water friendly hair, no props, no fighting, no weed… The ladies seem excited and willing to comply, but rest assured, there will be fighting.
Those blinds of Sanya’s need to go. Not sure if that was part of Kenya’s advice or not, but it’s mine.
She needs the fabric Roman Blinds. So much more clean and modern. I replaced a bunch of mine a few years ago, and I love them.
Who’s ready for Jamaica maaan???
