‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ recap, episode 15: Unwelcome to Miami?
“Slaves don’t get paid, dumb***.” – Sweetie, in response to NeNe’s criticism.
If NeNe Leakes’ goal was to cause more people to hate her, the past two episodes have worked like a charm.
The drama last week instigated by NeNe for what appeared to be no apparent reason continues in episode 15. After they arrive in Miami, NeNe is still angry at Kim Zolciak.
“I’ll toss you out the window!” Nene says. Then she inexplicably adds, “You need to have a conversation like an adult!” Later, she threatens: “I will snap your neck and pop your eyeballs out.”
Loading ...For the first time, all six cast members are in the same place at the same time for the cameras.
Sheree Whitfield, Cynthia Bailey and Phaedra Parks fly down to Miami for the bachelorette party before Cynthia gets married. They meet Kandi Burruss, Kim and NeNe at Kim’s buddy and Miami entrepreneur Thomas Kramer’s mansion. They are shocked that Kim and NeNe are at it again.
“Looks like we’re at the ultimate fight challenge,” Phaedra says. “There is so much madness!”
NeNe’s justification: “I’m sort of like chastising a child. You get down to their level.”
“I’m going to pretend this nightmare isn’t happening,” Kim says later. (Easier said than done.)
Kandi explains to the other ladies NeNe’s accusation from last week’s episode that Kim’s paid assistant Sweetie is being treated like a “slave.”
While Kandi thought Kim’s treatment of Sweetie wasn’t particularly good, she wasn’t going to go there. Sheree says, quite reasonably: “Sweetie is a grown woman. If she wants to get paid and get talked to any crazy way, that’s her problem.”
NeNe isn’t buying that argument. “I don’t care how much you get paid… she may as well take a chain and drag her.”
This drama, instigated 100% by NeNe, leads to Kim’s very lucid observation: “If it’s not about NeNe, she can’t f****** handle it!” (I said lucid, not eloquent.)
Kramer’s “Morocco meets the zoo” motif (as my wife called it) raises eyebrows. But his jovial demeanor is welcomed after all the tension. And his flirtatious banter with Kim is amusing. Could he be a “Big Poppa” in training? Since she’s now preggers with Kroy Biermann’s child, probably not.
Evil NeNe rears her ugly head when Kramer introduces himself. “I’m so surprised you’re friends with her.” That was quite mature, eh?
NeNe considers staying in a hotel, but Kandi convinces her to stay. (I’m sure NeNe knew if she wanted more camera time, she had to stay!) So she invites her friend Diana to join them since Don Juan, Sweetie and Lawrence, Sheree’s hairdresser, stop by as well, precluding the original idea that this would be just a weekend with the six girls – not counting the camera crew, producers, makeup artists and hairdressers, of course.
After Kim and Kandi perform for a third and final time on this promo tour at an outdoor Miami venue, Kim thanks Kandi’s road manager Don Juan. (They did not get along on the bus, especially in the early going.) Even Kandi, while relieved it’s over, deems it a success.
All is not well at lunch. NeNe mouthes off, leading Kim to say, “Cheers, b****!”
“Watch those B-words or you might end up in the ocean,” NeNe says, resorting to threatening words yet again.
Cynthia, in the meantime, is trying not to stress about her upcoming nuptials. Sadly, she cracks when Kandi asks her innocently about a honeymoon. She cries and has to leave to the bathroom to compose herself. She explains how Uptown Restaurant & Lounge had shut down and that they are scrounging around for money.
To the cameras, Kandi and Kim both think the wedding should be delayed. (That’s the same advice NeNe and Cynthia’s sister gave her last week.)
“She calls herself the runaway bride,” for cutting out on previous fiances, says the ever quotable Phaedra. “It looks like she’s ready to run away again.”
Cynthia considers leaving early. NeNe agrees. Phaedra is peeved. “I think Cynthia follows behind NeNe like a puppy dog,” she says.
“You ungrateful b****!” Sheree says later to the camera. “We all flew down. Get over it. Get out from under NeNe’s arse and woman up!” She convinces Cynthia to stay.
Later, everyone relaxes as Lawrence does funny impressions of all the ladies. Cynthia even loosens up. Then the strippers arrive. Phaedra’s clients, she says. “I’m happy we’re finally enjoying ourselves,” Phaedra concludes later. “I’m sorry it took this long to do it.”
QUOTABLE QUOTES
“She’s looking like a pretzel dipped in cottage cheese,” – Phaedra, on Cynthia’s walkway appearance.
“I do enjoy delighting in the pleasure of good stripping,” – Phaedra.
“Why do strippers need lawyers?” – Kim, pondering a very important issue.
“She really turned out to be a cool friend – unlike the rest of these b*****.” - NeNe, referencing Cynthia vs. the others.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE with Andy Cohen and guests Lawrence and RuPaul
“It seemed like [Thomas Kramer] was auditioning to be Big Poppa,” Andy Cohen said.
Lawrence, Sheree’s hairdresser, said he didn’t think so.
“He was kind of hot,” RuPaul said. “She looked hot in that episode.”
About Kim and Sweetie, Lawrence said their relationship isn’t based on race. “They’re good girlfriends. Sweetie at the end of the day is grown. If she has a problem with how anybody speaks to her, she’d step up to the plate.”
RuPaul said NeNe has her own internal saboteur “poisoning her relationships.I hope she sees this and needs to work through her saboteur.”
“Kim has great potential to be a great artist. She’ll never be a great singer.” – Lawrence, about Kim.
Just as Lawrence dismissed Dwight Eubanks, Sheree makes a surprise appearance.
“Totally out of line,’ she said, of NeNe.
RATINGS
Another boffo week in the ratings for “Real Housewives of Atlanta” for episode 14 on January 16: 3.27 million viewers, just a smidge down from last week’s peak and the second biggest number this season. Last season, there were only 13 episodes so there is no comparison year over year. Season three is now pulling in higher ratings than season two.
PROMOS FOR NEXT WEEK
Gregg is back trying to make up with NeNe. There are problems at the wedding as Peter gets drunk and Cynthia looks distraught. We see everyone at the Fernbank wondering: will she or won’t she come down the aisle?
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hotlanta
January 24th, 2011
12:18 pm
Atty please. How many times have you seen a crane to take out a wall because a person got so big tjhey can’t get out the bed and the person is black. That is just like syaing white folks don’t commit crimes when i am channel surfing Friday date and see on Dateline a white woman killed her husband and on 20/20 a white man killed his wife, look at the news here and see a white man chocked his wife to death. Where was the headline over the weekend white folks a meance to society. I t’s ironic the guy who killed all of those people and the Senator the media was careful not to say white man and then these radicals are not calling white men terrorists even though Timothy McVeigh did blow up the building in Oklahoma there has never been a white man cattle round up on a tellow bus either Oh my bad THEY commited the crimes not the WHOLE white race commited the crimes. My bad. So why see one overweight black woman and say the whole black race is overweight. Does Sarah Plain who is constantly seeing Alaska from her home represent ALL white women. Does anna Nicole who had all of those men saying that they were the babies daddy that wuold have put the Maury show in overdrive, represemt ALL white woman. If you can’t stand the heat get outta the kitchen. Don’t start nuthing you can’t finish. Especially some crap like that.
attytom
January 24th, 2011
12:41 pm
@ hotlanta , you state ” so why see one overweight black woman and say the whole black race is overweight “.
You grossly mischaracterized my statement. I did not say the entire race of black females are overweight. I stated that black women are disproportionately overweight. More specifically , black women more than any other sector of society is overweight. This is a medical fact.
Moreover , my opinion is not based on the observation of one overweight black woman.It is based on medical literature and research , health and fitness literature research ,social and cultural documentation of this issue and my personal observation of thousands of black women.
Hotlanta , to deny that black women are experiencing an epidemic of being overweight and obese in this country is unreasonable and contradictory to every piece of information available.
BLACK WOMEN take better care of yourself.
i love kim
January 24th, 2011
12:42 pm
HOTLANTA get off that computer. somebody else at the library would like a turn
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Fredricka
January 24th, 2011
1:02 pm
I use to love watching this show but i’m not sure I will watch the show next season if NeNe is on it. I think she is racist, bully who is in great need of anger management (btw I am an african american woman). Her behavior on the bus and in Kim’s friend home was appauling. Then to invite a friend to his home just to spite Kim was beyond any behavior I have any seen a grown woman display. I am embarassed for her!! She should be ashamed of herself.
By the time the show was over I was stressed!!!!!
attytom
January 24th, 2011
1:09 pm
Men take note.
Women crave , lust for , fantasize about and strongly desire physically fit men even though they will generally not say so. It is politically inappropriate and sometimes un- lady like. You may appear vain or promiscuous.
As I have stated on this blog in the past women do not like or desire , but will tolerate , pear shaped , man-boobed , double neck , pot bellied men . Sex with these men are disgusting.Many married or committed women have told me this. They have sex with out of shape men out of commitment , responsibility etc. Sex is not fun or exciting it is an obligation.Do most women act that way when their significant other takes his clothes off ——– no.Women settle and supress their desire for true passion.
Did you see the excitement and lust in the womens heart , soul and eyes last night when the strippers were performing.
Tanya
January 24th, 2011
1:31 pm
If this is entertainment, it’s a shame. All the Housewives shows are crazy!!! What else is there to watch anymore on TV besides reality shows? Every channel you turn to is a reality show, even on a so-called ‘educational’ channel. HWOA is crazy because did you catch what a Phaedra said about the model, Cynthia? She’s a self described Southern Belle? Ha, ha. Phaedra said of Cynthias’ walk down the catwalk modeling that she looked like a pretzel dipped in cottage cheese, I’m sure referring to Cynthia’s backside or legs I guess. I think Phaedra is JEALOUS!!!! Did you catch her side view sitting in that cut out bathing suit after Cynthia left the table upset about her wedding? All I saw were rolls!!! Granted she just had a baby but that should give her pause to criticize a runway model. She’s just as ghetto as the rest of them. Kandi and Sheree and Nene, Oh God, Nene, Kim, the whole bunch is a mess to let your lives be lived out in public like that to be laughed at and ridiculed. I wonder what Phaedra’s colleagues think of Ms Attorney being on that show?!!
Jojo
January 24th, 2011
1:45 pm
If Nene had behaved out in public like she did on the bus , or in a school, she would have been arrested. Someone should have legally stepped in, for she needs mental help and Kim should have been protected. Threatening to choke someone, pop eyeballs out, etc. should NEVER be acceptable or allowed to happen. Producers need to throw ghetto Nene out with the rest of the trash. She is a racist bully, full of hatred and anger; no wonder her sons & husband look so beaten down…they are! I used to like her, now I despise her sneering, suck lemon looks. And her friend Diana??? Making snide comments from under Nene’s armpit…right where she belongs. Kim may annoy her, but Kim is just that…annoying, not mean or dangerous.
Phaedra, the simpering Christian, sure loves nasty strippers more than any Christian I’ve ever known, but she has become my favorite, with her tongue in cheek comments.
i love kim hater
January 24th, 2011
1:49 pm
@ i love kim
Is this what you do all day?
i love kim
January 24th, 2011
1:54 pm
yes, and i got 6 digits last year
Kapoonka
January 24th, 2011
2:08 pm
@Jojo…you’re good!!! Well put!
@attytom..I think you are categorizing all Black women with women from the South. Have you ever been to California, Chicago or New York? Health consciousness is geographical in a lot of respects. I, too, admit there are a lot of large sisters here in Atlanta, but it’s not necessarily the norm. There are probably just as many large White women here too. You also seem to know quite a bit about what women want in a man. Do that many women really confide in you to make such a blatant statement? I have a degree in psychology, and here is what I think….Are you sure these aren’t your own pent up desires and what you want in a man? I’m thinking the excitement and lust was in your soul and eyes when you saw the strippers performing. So you can see inside their souls? Really? Wow and Hmmmmm….
Marie
January 24th, 2011
2:33 pm
Is Sheree’s fake ex-boyfriend (”The Love Doctor”) masquerading on this blog as “AttyTom”?
Marie
January 24th, 2011
2:49 pm
When will some of you people finally understand that this is a “staged” show — nothing more and nothing less. For folks to take it all serious and start name calling NeNe, Kim, Sheree, Phaedra, etc., is just plain dumb. This is nothing more than a soap opera being scripted as if it is real life and some of you folks are acting like all of this is reality. Susan Luccie is not Erica Kane people and the NeNe and Kim you see on tv is not the NeNe and Kim in their real “off the stage” lives.
NeNe and Kim are doing nothing more than playing a scripted role (make up and then break up) which will up the ratings for this show and allow them to cash in. Have you ever wondered how many times BRAVO actually filmed this on the bus fight scene in order to get it just right?
i love kim
January 24th, 2011
2:52 pm
dont say that! its all real i tell you ITS REAL!!!!
hotlanta
January 24th, 2011
3:01 pm
Kap please att is a total fool talking bout we don’t have desires. Ain’t nobody no blow up doll we have wants and needs like everbybody else. Att needs to go back to that box he shared with Ted Williams. This one woman ain’t look for nobody with balls on the ground and a man so fat that I picture myself at Zoo Atlanta in the Seal section while he makes love to me. Now if he’s got Anna Nicole late husband’s money I will fake the funk and put his butt in a John Deere tractor and roll his butt around in the yard too. WEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
i love kim
January 24th, 2011
3:17 pm
@HOTLANTA?????????/
Pam
January 24th, 2011
3:36 pm
I see that my comment wasn’t posted. Is this blog scripted as well?
Proud Progressive Libertarian
January 24th, 2011
5:48 pm
NeNe is a limelight-seeking, loudmouthed, troublemaking, busybody drama queen. Standing up, yelling, screaming, being disrespectful of others, threatening, wagging finger and head back and forth, etc., is neither attractive nor flattering. You need to pipe down, sister, and get a grip. It is not all about you.
lisa
January 24th, 2011
6:08 pm
Sometimes, I can take NeNe because she most definately is funny but NeNe goes out of her way to put Kim down. NeNe purposely puts Kim down for whatever reason and when Kim sticks up for herself NeNe gets mad. I’m no fan of Kim’s but NeNe was dead wrong last night. Did anyone pickup when Khandi said “she told Kim that this would happen?” Honestly, I could not fault Kim last night. In regards to Kim’s assistant and NeNe saying she is a “slave”; I’m gonna leave that alone. But NeNe definately goes out her way to put Kim down for one thing or another. Kim spoke up for herself and NeNe made it seem like Kim was the immature one; huh??????
E Looooong
January 24th, 2011
6:23 pm
The next Atlanta show should be Church Women Of Atlanta..
Sreaming Bikini
January 24th, 2011
6:25 pm
That Cynthia sure has one helluva ba dunk-a-dunk on her!!! Now that’s “Real Talk”
Pooters McGhee
January 24th, 2011
6:41 pm
Like many of you have concluded, it’s so obvious that crazy NeNe is sooo jealous of Kim—friend of millionaires, celebrity singer, in a relationship with a football player, has an assistant/helper, beautiful, blonde, etc.
attytom
January 24th, 2011
6:43 pm
@ screaming bikini , see my previous post regarding Cynthia. She is fine: long , lean , slim waist , pretty face and dat big ole booty. The booty was news to me too.
I aint hatin , but old , broke , Uncle Ben looking Peter dont deserve all that.
attytom
January 24th, 2011
6:53 pm
@kapoonka , just because you can be aware and sensitive of the desires , needs and psyche of women does not mean you are gay. I am secure enough in my manhood to discuss my knowledge and understanding of women. However , if you want to believe Im gay that is your choice.
You state you have a degree in psychology.Use it—- address the point or issue I presented instead of being unable to respond and resorting to name calling. Sort of like Nene.When all else fails lets just fight.
Pepp
January 24th, 2011
7:36 pm
Hotlanta. Attytom is right. Just read. Hell, just look around you. If you see 20 black women, 17 or 18 of them will be overweight, very overweight. It’s a damn shame that black women are digging their graves with their forks. You need to get real about fat and all the related health risks. Wake up!!!
Hannah
January 24th, 2011
7:42 pm
I CANNOT believe Phaedre said that about Cynthia.
Dee
January 24th, 2011
8:20 pm
Glad someone fially put Diana on blast. She’s a successful gold-digger.
Dee
January 24th, 2011
8:22 pm
Glad someone finally put Diana on blast. She’s a successful gold-digger.
Von
January 25th, 2011
2:42 pm
@Tanya- Yes, I saw Phaedra side view of her stomach and it was BOTCHED up. I had to rewind to make sure I was seeing her stomach. Are you serious to talk about Cynthia’s shape? LOL. They are too funny on that show. Hey, maybe you should try watching The Game that comes on BET and it’s a sitcom. I enjoyed watching that show 2 years ago and they are back on TV. I don’t like the way that man NeNe showed out at someone else house. She was over the top and it was not necessary. I’m glad she leaving the show but she might want to think about it before leaving that income. She is so jealous of Kim. How about I saw Gregg last week and he looked amazing….dressed to a T, nice, friendly and easy on the eye. He looks better in person.
ATLbound
January 25th, 2011
4:48 pm
@hotlanta – Thanks for shutting attytom down, it is appreciated!
ATLbound
January 25th, 2011
4:50 pm
@Rodney Ho ~ Why haven’t you blocked attytom’s IP address from this blog already? I mean, it is absolutely obvious this man has a problem with African American women and uses this blog as his platform to spread hate, misinform (with his unproven facts), degrade, and hurl racist insults…when does it stop??
Kapoonka
January 25th, 2011
5:35 pm
@attytom..all I did was accurately decipher YOUR words. Do you really think HeHe has my level of intellect and the ability effectively address and dismiss your mindless banter? YOU say you’re an attorney, and I didn’t call you gay. I simply questioned how you could be so in tune with women and know what they “crave, lust and fantasize” about. How do you know “sex with these men is disgusting”? You are stating things as factual as opposed to opinion. I reiterate..I simply read and interpret.The fact that you are so defensive pretty much sums it all up.To categorize my statement with a juvenile trait inherent to HeHe is a farce. A verbal lashing is not fighting…just telling it like it is. I rest my case Counselor! You are so dismissed…..
ATLDAD
January 25th, 2011
9:03 pm
RHOA, yeah right….with fake hair, eyelashes, breast implants, veneers and now down to the more appealing shaved down nose…there is absolutely nothing REAL about you! REAL loud, REAL ignorant and quite frankly REAL emabarrassing!! The only “housewife” that has had issues with everyone one the show including Peter and Dwight is NeNe!!! She trashes all the others at every opportunity she gets as if shes so perfect. She comes across as jealous and controlling and insecure, particularly when it comes to her fellow Athens native Phaedra. Phaedra is educated and accomplished and NeNe is bitter and envious!!!
Appalled
January 26th, 2011
3:10 pm
You misquoted Nene — I distinctly heard her say “chestized” repeatedly. I can’t get the awful vision out of my head of Nene “chestiziing” a two year old. No wonder her kids are all screwed up.
i love kim
January 27th, 2011
12:58 pm
yall need to get off toms back
Atlantaphotog
January 28th, 2011
10:13 am
I lost tons of respect for 11alive when they “hired” NeNe to do “reporting” (even if it’s about entertainers most adults don’t care about anymore). Switched back to WSB after she came on… they might be “Hollywood”, but they don’t embarass the City by hiring people like that to do any air time.
All we need is some lighter skin and cheaper cars, and this version of the shows could have been named, “The Real Housewives of the Trailer Park”, the way most fo them act.
a fan
January 28th, 2011
5:41 pm
@marie Im not sure where you are getting your information from but this show is NOT scripted one bit. The ugly, jealous, bitter Nene is just what it is! She is out of control and should be removed from the show. She thinks its her show and can say and do what she wants, well Bravo its time to let the moose GO! She has embarrassed not just her entire race but all women. This is what we have to show our daughters? What a disgrace she is. The other ladies are fine, although Kandi and Cynthia are quite boring. Im so happy her internship is over at the news station, she was so ghetto on there and had no clue how to interview! Nene, you can always go back to the strip club, I’m sure they wont deny you in your familiar surroundings.
mima
January 31st, 2011
5:22 pm
@attytom I guess you didn’t get the memo but women come in all shapes and sizes! I don’t really see how NeNe is overweight at all, she has hips and butt but her waist is pretty flat. Your comments are very ignorant sure Cynthia is thin but she is a model and just because a woman is thin does not mean she eats healthy, trying to project western beauty standards on the extreme focus on thinness onto black women is not being concerned about their heath.
While Cynthia is very pretty it’s pretty she’s too thin to me curves are awesome! And it’s pretty offensive to think all women should look like her or that all women can look like her.
You could care less about black women or women in general…save your negative body comments for yourself.