
Nobody knows yet if new “Real Housewives of Atlanta” Cynthia Bailey is a keeper in terms of reality show appeal.
But, hey, at least she’s getting married – unlike many of the existing cast mates.
Her publicist Tolu Okunowo at Good Buzz Public Relations sent out this breathless release just moments ago:
Model Cynthia Bailey, one of the newest cast members of Bravo’s hit reality television show The Real Housewives of Atlanta, will walk down the aisle tomorrow night right here in Atlanta and the wedding ceremony and reception will be filmed for the upcoming third season of the hit series. Invited guests include all the current Atlanta housewives and the other new cast member for this upcoming season; actor Leon Robinson from “The Five Heartbeats” fame; R & B star Brandon Hines and a host of other celebrities. Lucky invited wedding guests can expect a lot of surprise performances by all of the celebrities at the reception. And, of course, with NeNe, Kandi, Lisa and Sheree there, those wedding guests will probably get a little bit of drama too!
Bravo has yet to set a launch date for season three but presumably it will be sometime this fall after the D.C. version is finished.
She’s marrying Peter Thomas, owner of Uptown Restaurant and Lounge.
UPDATE@3:35 p.m. Just received a curious call from a Bravo publicist. Bravo has not “officially” confirmed that Bailey is a housewife but wanted to get a copy of the press release. Hmm…
UPDATE@3:38 p.m. The publicist who released this information just got a stern call from Bravo. He said Bailey didn’t know she wasn’t supposed to reveal this life-changing plot line, per Bravo’s contractual arrangement. He asked me to take this blog entry down more than two hours after the fact. I told him the cat was out of the bag and several Web sites have already linked to this one revealing this important news to the world. Bravo obviously doesn’t want all the story lines leaking out months before the show airs, though many often do anyway.
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SB
July 23rd, 2010
1:07 pm
“actor Leon Robinson from “The Five Heartbeats” fame; R & B star Brandon Hines and a host of other celebrities.”
Laughs… who? I guess the other host of other celebrites arent A-List name droppers.
….yawn.. I’ll passed.
Boywonder
July 23rd, 2010
1:20 pm
Oh, it’s a breathless news release – just breathless.
It ranks right up with there with an Arab-Israeli peace accord, or a cure for cancer.
How would I survived the day had I missed this breathless announcement.
Funny thing, no mention of the groom in this breathless announcement.
Not like the usual wedding announcements I seen.
No, just more self promotion for the Real Hoochies of Atlanta, and any other hangers on that can grab the bumber of that train wreck.
I didn’t see Dwight “Enter my Purple Door” name on there.
Shelley
July 23rd, 2010
1:21 pm
I think we should start a petition to have a white housewife. Believe it or not, there are still a couple of white women left in Atlanta.
gee
July 23rd, 2010
1:24 pm
@Shelley..watching you take up 2 lanes with your expedition and or/ picking the kids up from soccer practice just dosen’t seem to interesting to Bravo..lol!
Bored with RH
July 23rd, 2010
1:27 pm
Can’t wait for the new season – NOT! Of course, any new show on Bravo will be an improvement over the constant reruns of “Bethany getting married.”
mark
July 23rd, 2010
1:29 pm
peter Thomas? is she marrying a white boy?
Kind_hart
July 23rd, 2010
1:29 pm
Why have white women on the show? Then where would the ignorant. dumb, silly issues come from. Lets face it Bravo wants idiocy!!! Black idiocy so people in the country can continue to be prejudice toward Blacks.
shr
July 23rd, 2010
1:31 pm
@gee. LOL. We could also watch Shelley on her daily errands as she wears her sweatpants with oversized college t-shirt or better yet, capri pants.
waggie
July 23rd, 2010
1:33 pm
Who is she again? LOL
JacketFanMarcus
July 23rd, 2010
1:34 pm
Shelly: There is a white housewife on the show. Obviously you haven’t see an episode!
vanessa richardson
July 23rd, 2010
1:37 pm
@ Shelley, im sure maybe Glenn Beck will sign your petition. Because from what I’ve seen from watching the show Kim is a (white housewife)
DKNATL
July 23rd, 2010
1:43 pm
No metion of Kim in the wedding press release? Has she had too much press time this week???
SOO Many Ignorant Ppl Hiding Behind a Computer
July 23rd, 2010
1:47 pm
Gee- you forgot while they are talking on their cell phones.. Expedition, Escalade or Mini van… They are SOO annoying!! Get a job PLEASE & learn to drive too!
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posterchild
July 23rd, 2010
1:51 pm
I’m sorry, but to be a housewife, wouldn’t one actually have to be a WIFE? Please explain.
German Shepherd Dawg
July 23rd, 2010
1:56 pm
How is it that a “real housewife” of Atlanta is just now getting married after starring on a show where she’s supposed to really be a housewife?
Doesn’t speak well for the reality of reality TV. Why does anyone watch that garbage?
German Shepherd Dawg
July 23rd, 2010
1:57 pm
Sorry poster child, if I’d read your comment I wouldn’t have bothered with mine.
I hate copycats. You were first.
Oh God, please tell me I didn’t type “first” in a blog comment. I hate that worse than copycats.
Peggy
July 23rd, 2010
2:03 pm
I don’t see black women on the other housewives of OC, NJ, NY. One thing about all these shows is they prove that catty, bitchy, petty women come in all colors. I actually think the New Jersey housewives are worst than ATL, OC and NY combined.
Peggy
July 23rd, 2010
2:05 pm
The fact that her wedding will be filmed for a reality show will make the union less special. You will have guess acting out for their 5mins of fame.
tina
July 23rd, 2010
2:07 pm
@ mark
what…a black man can’t be named “peter thomas” or can’t be a restaurateur? her fiance is black and very distinguished.
tina
July 23rd, 2010
2:11 pm
@Kind_hart
there is no shortage of “idiocy” on the part of white women…just look at all the other bravo/housewives shows. don’t act as if black women have cornered the market on foolishness.
RK
July 23rd, 2010
2:14 pm
A Housewife is actually..a wife? Stunning turn of events.
Hollywould
July 23rd, 2010
2:18 pm
Tina, I think Mark is confused as the name Peter does not have an apostrophe.
veemmmgee
July 23rd, 2010
2:19 pm
These shows are stupid wastes of time, no matter what color the “wives” are. That, my friend, is what the remote is for – not supporting these shallow people that are broke and act like they aren’t…
kswiss
July 23rd, 2010
2:19 pm
I clicked on this just hoping I could comment to all you losers that have any knowledge or interest in this. Do something productive w/ your lives, these people are worthless and you feed this bs.
Debbie
July 23rd, 2010
2:19 pm
CONGRATS! Cynthia is a lovely former model and well connected in the industry. She’ll certainly add a more positive flavor to the show. She is also the mother of Leon’s child. Great to see him support her upcoming nuptials. Love it when “WE” can come together and show a side of African American life that mainstream America is convinced does not exist.
KCV
July 23rd, 2010
2:19 pm
It would be nice if their was an actual “housewife” on the ATL Housewives! Only two are actually married and it seems like NeNe and her husband are separating so that just leaves Lisa. I’m a young (36), black wife (of 13yrs) in Atlanta and find it hard to relate to any of these ladies…maybe Kandi. Also, it would be nice to see women of other races other than black/white. I noticed that there is a token white woman on the Atl. Housewives (though she claims to be “black inside”, wt!?), but no women of any other race on O.C., N.Y., and N.J. (looks like DC has one black woman).
PJ
July 23rd, 2010
2:27 pm
Wasn’t her and Leon an item once?
Voice of Reason
July 23rd, 2010
2:40 pm
@Hollywould
Did you mean to say ‘accent mark?’
Man! That joke would have been sooooo funny…. if you’d gotten it right.
Loser
jg
July 23rd, 2010
2:43 pm
Leon is too fine!
Dee
July 23rd, 2010
2:52 pm
@Shelly…seems like you are using this forum to make your claim about there being a lot of black women in Atlanta since there is one on the show. Feeling threatened much? And the last time I rode through Alpharetta, Buford, Roswell, Peachtree City….there are plenty of white women left, so I think you can’t stop worrying
Norvee Michelle
July 23rd, 2010
2:56 pm
Umm I’m on Shelly’s side … they don’t have a white housewife on the show. Kim is married to no one but she was messing with a married dude. That doesn’t count.
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AreYouSerious
July 23rd, 2010
3:03 pm
Isn’t Leon her ex-husband? Very odd that he’d be at the wedding.
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Alabama Southern Belle
July 23rd, 2010
3:04 pm
Congratulations Cynthia and Peter and many blessings! Your family and friends in Alabama (and former co-workers at Madison Square) are very proud of you. When you left at 19 to head to New York to sign with a major modeling agency, we knew you would do well, especially with those beautiful cheekbones!
TexasBoy
July 23rd, 2010
3:11 pm
Wow! what a guest list. Was Billy Dee Williams and Micheal Stevens there too?
Hollywould
July 23rd, 2010
3:13 pm
Voice, still funny, just using ebonics.
The Standard
July 23rd, 2010
3:15 pm
Who would cheapen their WEDDING DAY down to this press release?…. Makes since that she’s marrying Peter Occupation: Club Promoter and Bull$hit Artist that claims UPTOWN is his mag. lol Restaurateur? In his dreams! That’s a club…. and I have NEVER seen a menu or crumb of food there. Just booze. NEXT!
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Spottie Dottie
July 23rd, 2010
3:48 pm
If Peter Thomas is anything like the reviews I read about Uptown Restaurant and Lounge, then I feel bad for her!
"You're Clueless"
July 23rd, 2010
4:03 pm
To Waggie, About
ALABAMA-BORN SUPERMODEL CYNTHIA BAILEY MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY 20 YEARS AGO TO PURSUE A CAREER AS A FASHION MODEL. WITH NOTHING MORE THAN A HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING QUEEN CROWN AND A FEW LOCAL BEAUTY PAGEANTS UNDER HER BELT, SHE KNEW THAT SHE HAD ARRIVED WHEN WILHELMINA MODELS NYC JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO SIGN HER TO A 5-YEAR CONTRACT. FROM THERE THINGS REALLY STARTED TO TAKE OFF! HER FIRST BOOKING WAS FOR THE COVER OF ESSENCE MAGAZINE WHICH WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST SELLING COVERS. FROM THERE, CYNTHIA BECAME A PERSONAL FAVORITE OF THEN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SUSAN TAYLOR AND IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE CYNTHIA WOULD FIND HERSELF GRACING THE COVER OF ESSENCE MAGAZINE AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME, WHICH LITERALLY FLEW OFF THE NEWSSTANDS.
THE NEXT MOVE WAS TO PARIS & MILAN WHERE YOU COULD FIND CYNTHIA STRUTTING DOWN THE RUNWAYS FOR FASHION WEEK…..AFTER LIVING ABROAD FOR ALMOST FOR ALMOST A YEAR CYNTHIA MADE HER WAY BACK TO NEW YORK CITY IN HIGH DEMAND FOR CAMPAIGNS LIKE MAYBELLINE & OIL OF OLAY AND TARGET. MAGAZINE EDITORIALS VOUGE, GLAMOUR, ELLE, ESSENCE AND VANITY FAIR WERE SOON TO FOLLOW. OVER THE YEARS SHE HAS BECOME A VERY RECOGNIZED FACE FOR NEIMAN MARCUS, BERGDORF GOODMAN, LORD & TAYLOR, SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, TALBOTS, CHICOS, AND TARGET. CYNTHIA’S BIGGEST CAREER MOMENT WAS WHEN SHE BEAT OUT NAOMI CAMPBELL FOR A CO-STARRING ROLE OPPOSITE SANDRA BERNHARDT IN HER FILM WITHOUT YOU I’M NOTHING. FROM THERE SHE WAS ALWAYS ON CALL FOR HER FRIEND AND SUPER-STAR FILM DIRECTOR BRETT RATNER FOR ALL OF HIS EARLY MOVIES & MUSIC VIDEOS. MR. BILL COSBY CASTED THE SOUTHERN BEAUTY FOR 2 EPISODES OF THE COSBY SHOW, AND OTHER TELEVISION APPEARANCES INCLUDING NEW YORK UNDERCOVER, SOULTRAIN GUEST MODEL HOST, AND CO-HOSING SPOTS ON BET. CYNTHIA’S COMMERCIALS INCLUDE MACYS, LEVIS, MERCEDES BENZ AND MANY MORE.
Who is she? Well
NYTN
July 23rd, 2010
4:05 pm
Atlanta has the FAKEST so-called “A-List” people/scene in America. Give me break…
Who cares
July 23rd, 2010
4:30 pm
Oh please! Like any of these women are really from Atlanta. They were picked at a call and moved here at Brovo’s direction.
This is the worst housewives show and they are an embarrassment to this city.
Cynthia Bailey
July 23rd, 2010
4:38 pm
Thanks for supporting me.
DebDoes
July 23rd, 2010
4:46 pm
As a PR person, tell me who sends out a press release announcing their wedding or anyone’s wedding, especially a so-called celebrity? This is a wannabe and sounds like Bravo is slapping some wrist. Now, we will see how long she (celebrity/PR person) lasts. It should have been entittled, calling all paparozzi!
DebDoes
July 23rd, 2010
4:47 pm
p. s. ‘you’re clueless’…take off the all caps, honey.
EagleNationRising
July 23rd, 2010
4:55 pm
Why is there no diversity on the Housewives of Atlanta? Yes, there is a white woman. However, that woman only heightens negative stereotypes about the city. It seems to me that the producers are attempting to make a negative point about the city and the South with all of that buffoonery! This city has affluent African American, Asian American, Latino, Middle Eastern, European, & American white women. Nonetheless, the show only has African American and one White woman, who is a walking example of negative Black stereotypes. It is a borderline joke!
LADILOVELY
July 23rd, 2010
5:05 pm
Ok people before you say that there need to be white women on RHOA, PLEASE check out the others House wives. Do they protray an image you want to stand behind? New Jersey, New york and others are just as bad as RHOA.
KimZ'sPackage
July 23rd, 2010
5:10 pm
None of the women are married so how are they …..wives. Damn they are not good mothers either.
KimZ'sPackage
July 23rd, 2010
5:13 pm
really if you knew the women would tell body that they were youor friends? Well, if you are trashy enough to know then you would do anything to get some fame I mean Shame too.
You're Clueless
July 23rd, 2010
5:16 pm
To DebDoes: Glad you are reading.
P.S. HONEY
Pretty Blue Eyes
July 23rd, 2010
5:33 pm
lol @ the comments about white women & SUV’s – its really true! Now to the actual post today I thought Cynthia owned Uptown? and uh is Dwight going to be there with his dress on? lol
SorryYourClueless
July 23rd, 2010
5:40 pm
Your Clueless…that resume doesn’t make her a star..she is just like any other model around the corner…go stand on a street corner and ask someone if they know who she is..can’t answer the question then you ARE NOT A STAR!!!
The Standard
July 23rd, 2010
5:45 pm
@DebDoes *Ding!*
@KimZ’sPackage I thought I knew one of the cast members til they signed on – haven’t spoken to them since.
OmegaDog
July 23rd, 2010
6:01 pm
People, understand that this show is about nothing but entertainment. It is NOT a true representation of women in Atlanta, white or black, wed or single. It’s all about ratings and getting us to watch the weekly train wreck. Think a mobile Jerry Springer in heels. Rodney – you didn’t do Peter T. any favors by posting the link to the Uptown Rib Shack and Lounge based on customer (2) comments.
@DavidAtlanta
July 23rd, 2010
6:09 pm
Her publicist is an idiot. What a dumbass!
Damon Evans
July 23rd, 2010
6:19 pm
Her red panties will be coming off some time this weekend. Fo sho.
Suzanne
July 23rd, 2010
6:31 pm
The wedding is taking place at Fernabnk. We were there today and they were doing rehearsals all while filiming in the rotunda down by the cafe.
Robin Huud
July 23rd, 2010
6:36 pm
Glad to see all the negative remarks about the show, atlanta society, and that so called club. It only make me more greateful I left Atlanta several years ago. I was choking on the racism, traffice, and phoniness of the “New York of the South”. What a joke. Maybe if all the ding bats would stop watching that show, they might take it off the air. It amazes me the way the entertainment industry throws around the word “star”. I am so glad I am not anywhere near this city so I don’t have to watch Neeeeeeeeeee Neeeeeeeeee on WXIA. God what a clown this show is making of Atlanta.
Robin Huud
July 23rd, 2010
6:40 pm
Just another comment about your wonderful city. Atlanta claims to be the “City that Never Hate”. Give me a break; I have never seen from comments made on articles all over this site how much whites down there hate blacks and blacks hate white. What a joke you people are. Hope you enjoy getting up at 4am to beat the traffic every day. I get up to hear the waves breaking in front of my house next to the beach. Go figure; I guess you all love misery and pain. You can have that overrated pile of crap.
Shelley
July 23rd, 2010
6:46 pm
I think it’s true that Bravo wants to perpetuate the stereotype that Atlanta is nothing but a ghetto…the Detroit of the south. I’d be more interested in watching a woman driving her kids to soccer practice than I would looking at bad weaves, listening to ebonics, and watching women lose their houses to foreclosure. OH NO SHE DITN’T!!!!!! LOL
Miss Bonquiqui Shequithia Lemekia Shonte Jackson
July 23rd, 2010
6:55 pm
Whys yous alls be hatins on deez womens? They all so talunted and beautyful and yous alls just gelus. Stop hatin!!!!! Miss Nene is da most talunted diva on da planet and one day she will win a Oscer award just like Miss Hally Beery. Umhmmmmm. She also bless by Dr. Creflo and Dr. Taffy Dollar. Umhmmmm.
Miss Bonquiqui Shequithia Lemekia Shonte Jackson
July 23rd, 2010
7:01 pm
By the ways, makes sures yous sends alls yos moneys to Dr. Creflo and Dr. Taffy Dollar. They be needsing a new private jet and new BMW. Umhmmmm.
James
July 23rd, 2010
7:07 pm
Robin Huud, I completely agree with you. I’ve been in this city for 9 years, and will be moving to Santa Fe in September. Cannot wait to get out of here. Tired of watching the news everyday to see who’s been murdered in southwest Atlanta, tired of the awful traffic and crime. It’s just become a cesspool of crap. Can’t wait to see Atlanta in my rear view mirror. September can’t get here soon enough!
Atl Resident
July 23rd, 2010
8:29 pm
Who the hell is this chic?
Atl Resident
July 23rd, 2010
8:31 pm
Miss Bonquiqui Shequithia Lemekia Shonte Jackson
July 23rd, 2010
6:55 pm
Whys yous alls be hatins on deez womens? They all so talunted and beautyful and yous alls just gelus. Stop hatin!!!!! Miss Nene is da most talunted diva on da planet and one day she will win a Oscer award just like Miss Hally Beery. Umhmmmmm. She also bless by Dr. Creflo and Dr. Taffy Dollar. Umhmmmm.
You must be NeNe sister, its no damn surprise…..
Secret Don't Tell
July 23rd, 2010
8:49 pm
Ok here’s the real tea. The reason bravo didn’t want you guys to know about the wedding is because Lisa is being kicked off the show. This is her last season. There are no other married housewives on the show other than Phaedra Parks who’s the newest housewife but she’s married to a ex-con. Phaedra finally had a baby several weeks ago. Cynthia is a serious hopeful to replace Lisa’s slot but it depends on how well the viewers take to her. Oh and since Lisa and Nene are no longer friends Cynthia is supposed to be Nene’s new BFF whom just met this season on the show. They didn’t even know each other before the show. The sad part is Cynthia will have more footage on the show this season than Lisa. Cynthia was really desperate to be on the show in hopes of jump-starting her non-existing modeling career. Finally she’s not getting paid like the other housewives which shows how desperate she is in hopes of jump starting her career. Just remember you heard it first here.
lynn burger
July 23rd, 2010
9:02 pm
Robin Huud
Wow, you sound so bitter…would hate to run across you in the post office
Lance
July 24th, 2010
1:00 am
I love all the Housewives series. They are fun and quilty pleasures. Some of the comments on here are HOlarious! I cant believe some of you think people judge the city of Atlanta based on a reality show. God forbid if “The Real World” ever filmed here! Uh oh! Which they are very soon.
ATLshawty
July 24th, 2010
4:14 pm
Shes getting married at fernbank today
KimZ'sPackage
July 24th, 2010
5:13 pm
At the Natural History Museam? Will the androlopithican couple be maid of horror and the beast man?
Gyant
July 25th, 2010
3:49 pm
So she is marrying the crook who cheats his employees out of their earnings? Well just for that reason I won’t be watching the show. Bring back “What Chilli Wants” minus Tionna Smalls.
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hotlanta
July 26th, 2010
2:39 pm
I guess a white woman and her kids going to jail for doing/selling drugs is typical of white Atlanta. Oh yeah my bad it is why are all of the drug rehab centers in North Atlanta. It sho ain’t for the trees and lakes.
Tina
July 26th, 2010
5:20 pm
@ Secret Don’t Tell……NeNe is that you!!!!!LMAO
Maddii Man
July 27th, 2010
3:29 am
All you people out there hating on Mrs. Cynthia Thomas can just give it a rest. You just mad cause yo broke ass just had enough money to pay the power bill to add yo comments. Mrs. Thomas congrats on the wedding and I Love Ya…..
WOW
July 27th, 2010
3:38 am
@Secret Don’t Tell: What do you mean she not gettin paid. You really need to get your facts together before you try to start trying to type stuff. And “non-existing modeling career” that is really a joke right there. I can tell you some one that want to be in news broadcasting but you can not get the right imformation. Dumbass Google her Bitch. lol…
YO YO YO
July 27th, 2010
3:47 am
@AreYouSerious: No he wasn’t
info-maniac
July 27th, 2010
10:24 am
Leon is the father of her child who is 10. They were never married. Sources say he attended the wedding with his current girlfriend of 4 years, Ebony, who is also a model!
Michael
July 27th, 2010
12:00 pm
Dear heavens. I don’t know if it’s the lights but she looks like a traffic cone.
farrrah
July 27th, 2010
7:37 pm
all of yall are trashy prejudiuce ass haters
dbrooks
July 28th, 2010
12:47 am
My experience with the new Mr. & Mrs. Thomas: Each time I’ve met them, he was very polite, accomodating and a charming host. She was cordial, gracious and beautiful. God bless you and your family and your business. Cynthia can only add class to the show.
Knowledge
August 15th, 2010
4:15 pm
Accent marks are used by the french, spanish, italians, etc. Please educate yourselves people not only black people use them and language is constantly changing so the can be used people in whatever way they see fit. I think their needs to be interracial couples on the RH shows. Italians don’t just marry italians and jews don’t just marry jews. Bravo like most media outlets are so behind the times trying to appease middle America. Well newsflash Bravo middle America is changing just like the rest of the world. Show more diversity.
cocoa
August 24th, 2010
3:59 am
Damn whit people stop complaining about not being on the show hell if you want to see red necks flipping tables look at new jersey if you wanna see gold diggers tune into orange county and if you want to see raceist tune into D.C. leave the hood to atlanta who the hell cares about her busted ass i bet she look like hell without that makeup