‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ recap, season 4, episode 10: can’t fix this one
NeNe and Kim seemed to spend more time arguing than bonding over the years on "Real Housewives of Atlanta."CREDIT Wilford Harewood/BRAVO
After one fight too many season three, the Kim Zolciak/NeNe Leakes relationship appeared irrevocably broken.
To date this season, the two had only been seen in the same place twice and they ignored each other.
Mama Joyce, Kandi Burruss’ mom, decided to make one last-ditch effort to get them to be friends again by bringing them to dinner at Straits, Ludacris‘ Midtown restaurant, which he is planning to close. And boy, did she try. Again.
And again.
And again.
“I want you guys to be like it used to be,” she said plaintively, comparing their behavior to that of school kids.
This effort was like trying to melt a glacier with a flashlight.
Treating them like squirming third graders, Joyce had each of them say “hi” to each other. Awkward doesn’t even begin to describe that moment. (Joyce also tried to get Sheree Whitfield involved in this, too, because Sheree and NeNe are also on the outs.)
“You can’ t make people be friends,” Sheree said, very reasonably, to the cameras.
Joyce wants them to at least “work on it.” Sheree’s rationale: “It has to be something we want to do.” And nobody does.
“I’m not interested in talking about it,” NeNe told Joyce. “Sometimes, things can go too far. They’ve gone too far for me.” She said it’s “sad” but there’s no way she’ll ever be friends again with Kim or Sheree.
Later, NeNe says, “I love me some Joyce but she’s totally out of control!”
Kim reviews the reasons why she can’t stand NeNe: NeNe tried to choke her season two, then made moves to attack her season three on that tour bus. “Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me,” she said. And three times? No way. “I’ll be six feet under!” she said.
Honestly, I can’t even remember why NeNe got so upset with Kim season two but she was clearly jealous of her success with “Tardy for the Party.” And she seemed inordinately heated last year by the way Kim treated her assistant Sweetie last season.
Alas, this was a hopeless effort that went nowhere.
In other “housewives” plotlines:
- Sheree joined Phaedra Parks at the Apex Museum, an Atlanta-based history museum about the African-American history. The pair giggled over a pec-tastic slave statue and Sheree peeked under the loincloth. She invited Sheree to go to South Africa. “I would not pass up the experience,” Sheree said. “We can put our grown panties on.” Phaedra: “Hopefully, Africa will elevate us to college-level fights.” Famous last words there!
- Phaedra and Kandi took part in a joyous African dance class so Kandi can lose some weight. After the class, Kandi went in dish mode, showing Phaedra a blog (www.poponthepop.com) or two (www.straightfroma.com) that revealed the seven mug shots of “Housewives” wannabe Marlo Hampton. Kandi’s thought about Marlo: “Tread lightly!”
- Kim, learned how to shoot a gun at SharpShooters USA in Roswell, courtesy of Kroy Biermann, and bought one in the end. She later met with her psychic Rose, who had predicted in season one that Kim would have a boy. (She was right!) This time, she predicted Kim will get pregnant again in the future (though it will be a difficult pregnancy) and will stay with Kroy.
- Cynthia Bailey and Phaedra decided to bring their husbands to The Reserve/Cafe Circa tapas restaurant in the Old Fourth Ward to reconcile their differences. Peter and Apollo got along and everything seemed copacetic. At this meal, Phaedra first broachedthe idea of bringing everyone to South Africa, everyone being the ladies only. Cynthia was all for it, noting that she has been to Capetown and Johannesburg as a model. She later called NeNe, who was not even remotely for it.
- Entrepreneur John Kolaj met NeNe again to plan a lounge. He flirted with her again. She enjoyed the flirtations, even though it’s obvious she had zero interest in the guy romantically. He also happened to buy her fancy heels again and she laughed like a schoolgirl. “John is definitely under NeNe’s spell,” NeNe said. (Anyone know if the lounge has gotten off the ground?)
NOTABLE QUOTES
“This is a powder in your panty day!” – Phaedra, commenting on a hot Atlanta day.
“I’m not totally sure of guns but hey, I bought something pink!” - Kim, after purchasing a pink 9 mm.
“Does that make him a repo man?” - Cynthia, about Apollo’s job, which he describes euphemistically as “asset recovery.”
“How old are you?” - Cynthia dares to ask. (She’s 37.)
“Everybody knows it’s always in bad taste to ask anyone’s age. If you’re an employer, you could be sued for such a question.” – Phaedra, later to the camera.
“I wouldn’t go to the damn trash can with them.” – NeNe, after Cynthia posed the idea of her going to South Africa with Phaedra. We all know she changes her mind later.
“I’m a connoisseur of artistic nudity,”- Phaedra, to the museum guide at the Apex Museum, while admiring a near nude slave and possibly thinking about Ridickulous. The museum guide looked more perturbed than amused.
“I don’t think the b**** has ever been abroad. I don’t think she has any stamps on her passport. Get some damn culture!” - Sheree, the self-described queen of culture and sophistication, describing her buddy Nene.
TRAILER FOR NEXT WEEK
NeNe invites possibly sketchy, recurring character Marlo to the South Africa trip, much to the surprise of the others. Kroy appears to be about to propose to Kim.
RATINGS
For the first time this season, an episode did worse than the comparable episode a year ago. The ninth episode January 8 drew 3.15 million viewers. A year earlier, the ninth episode brought in 3.22 million.
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Ed
January 16th, 2012
1:53 am
Is this show about trailer trash news?
liberalefty
January 16th, 2012
2:46 am
i love to see these hood chicks act ignant
Rex D.
January 16th, 2012
6:45 am
Rodney there are only 3 other comments bc, while it remains an entertaining show, the new hot show is the Braxtons. start writing about the Braxtons and watch how many comments you get.
former atlantan
January 16th, 2012
7:30 am
Has anyone else noticed that when Sheree is out with the ladies she looks rode hard and put up wet? Guess she had to let her stylist go to so she could feed her kids
Jay-Jay
January 16th, 2012
7:49 am
Kandi has gone too far Why is she so obsessed with Marlo? Leave her alone and stay out of her business. Kandi is so messy. Go find another man to take care of with your ghetto self. That is probably why Riley’s dad is not around, he can’t stand kandi.
Dixiecrat
January 16th, 2012
8:12 am
This show is an abomination as are the characters on it. Embarrassing to say the least.
Gloria
January 16th, 2012
8:43 am
Jay-Jay I couldn’t agree with you more about Kandi. Lord please give that girl something to do beside keep up mess with her instigating, gossiping, two-faced self.
Sherry
January 16th, 2012
8:56 am
While I love this show I think it’s past (pass? passed? man, which of those words to use when has always gotten me together…lol
it’s prime. The ladies don’t even take the time to blog on the bravotv.com website. Mama Joyce should’ve let it go after the first time. And when she asked about liquor that was so fake. Kim’s wig is worst than Cynthia’s various horrible weaves/wigs.
While the Braxton’s look like a very cheap form of the Jackson family with all of that horribly done plastic surgery and caked up make-up, I’ve been able to watch it more this season than last. I’m not against plastic surgery. I’m against plastic surgery that looks like plastic surgery. I’m waiting for somebody…anybody…I don’t care who it is….to go off on Tamar. Toni shows why she’s had to file for bankruptcy protection twice and she still hasn’t gotten the memo.
Sherry
January 16th, 2012
8:57 am
Should’ve been ‘worse’. Sorry about that….
Sluggo
January 16th, 2012
9:10 am
Leakes’ entertainment career reminds me of a new family goldfish.At first, it captivated us all for a while. However, the miniscule infatuation has painfully worn thin. Just like a long suffering pet her career is headed down the toliet bowl too.
Flush and swirl.
From the Chi
January 16th, 2012
9:12 am
I still love RHOA but last night’s episode was pretty blah. Phaedra is my fave housewife this season, however she needs to put on her makeup with a light hand!
Nene kills me when she tries to articulate her words so intelligently but ends up sounding ignorant. I was thru with her when she didn’t know who the hell the Dalai Lama is!!
I’m looking forward to next week’s episode to see what pops off in South Africa!
JJ
January 16th, 2012
9:39 am
Anyone who finds this show interesting needs to step away from the TV and get outside, and get a life.
Mr. ED
January 16th, 2012
9:41 am
@ED…its about your mother!
Kapoonka
January 16th, 2012
10:04 am
Yes I thnk the show has run its course, and another season could be doubtful. The funny thing is that Kim, who is by far the ditziest..is getting primed for her own show, so her gravy train will continue. Kandi and Phaedra will do okay,..Cynthia…maybe okay, but the other’s 15 minutes of fame is just about over.
Kim with a gun is the scariest thing in the world…bet she is looking for pink bullets to go in it.
e413
January 16th, 2012
10:31 am
God love ya, Rodney…you write beautifully about trash….
Oh well...
January 16th, 2012
10:35 am
Some days I like NeNe, some days I don’t. Perhaps it’s the unpolished aspect of her that I like, but then again, I wished she was a little more polished (lol).
Kim is in a new and better place and being friends with NeNe will not enrich her life so why bother. I commend Mama Joyce for trying to mend the fences, but you can’t make a gnat swat an elephant’s ear, they just do. Forcing friendships is not a friendship.
Ha ha ha, I just said something as crazy as Phaedra. Don’t know where that came from, but it popped off my keyboard and made sense (to me).
Chuck
January 16th, 2012
10:39 am
bout time someone says it. Kandi is the so lowdown devilish. I could not have her for a friend, no matter how much money she claims to have over others. She instigates every conflict and attempts to stir up bad memories for others in attempt to yet again instigate. And hating on Marlo is plain old jealousy. Marlo has rebounded and hustles well now. HATE KANDI!
Oh well...
January 16th, 2012
10:43 am
I was disappointed that Kandie got on the blog and repeated what she found. Just nice that Marlo spoke on it before she did. Pretty sure it was a producer move to have Marlo speak on it first. Just tacky, thought Kandi had more dignity than that considering all the crap that went down last season.
Baby
January 16th, 2012
11:09 am
Nene is so loud, ghetto and violent! An embarrassment and poor representation of black females everywhere. Kandi is the only person on the show with decent manners, who isn’t a total phony.
Mitzymy
January 16th, 2012
11:18 am
NeNe and Kim will never be friends again. Kim has found her a man who loves her and she doesn’t even have to hang out with them anymore. She no longer needs the “sistas”. NeNe is so fake and dumb. She tries, but she is uneducated and doesn’t know how to act or speak. I know her business partners laugh at her when she leaves. I hope she doesn’t go to Africa with the ladies.
Oh well...
January 16th, 2012
11:20 am
It was unfortunate that NeNe didn’t know who the Dali Lama was….you can’t feign that type of ignorance.
Pepp
January 16th, 2012
11:44 am
When Kim is on, I just tune out. She has such a sleaze factor, on so many levels. I watch the show because it’s entertaining. But to me, the most embarrassing part is their atrocious grammar (everyone except Cynthia), and that goes for Phaedra Parks, Esquire too. She does not speak well and I expect more from an educated person. I know that Kandi and Sheree have limited education and don’t know any better but the ignorant and verbal assaults that come out of their mouths are just hard to take. I cringe. And you can tell that they’re are trying, but… Get some help, start with a grammar book. Damn. Sheree, “elegant and sophistcated” my a$$! Delusional and sad.
SamE
January 16th, 2012
11:52 am
Will continue not watching this show again this season, and just waste a few minutes reading the updates…Nene must leave the world of television immedietly, she’s not funny, not talented, not inspiring, not classy…oh wait that describes everybody else on Atlanta Housewives! Ha! yeah I’m done with this one for good. But thanks Rodney for the updates (wink)
Oh well...
January 16th, 2012
12:03 pm
Damn. Sheree, “elegant and sophistcated” my a$$! Delusional and sad.
Have to agree!
Sherry
January 16th, 2012
12:06 pm
I am curious to see the stamps on Sheree’s passport…..
They (producers) made an asserted effort to portray Sheree has having money last night. Did anyone notice the way the camera panned to her purse when she was paying for her item at the museum? Who carries their money around like that? You can tell she doesn’t because she didn’t even know how to put it back.
jesse
January 16th, 2012
12:09 pm
YOU GO NENE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MAKE THAT MONEY MAKE THAT MONEY GIRL.THE BEST TO MY FRIEND PETER KEEP DOINING WHAT YOU DO THE BEST TO IN 2012 LOVE ALL OF YOU BEST IN 2012
Oh well...
January 16th, 2012
12:20 pm
@Sherry – I sat there thinking the same thing. Thought the producers gave her money because no sane woman keeps her bills loose like that in their purse…great minds think alike. Our eyes zommed in the same thing.
Also, couldn’t hey have bought more than those 2 measly items in a better attempt to support the Apex!
Oh well...
January 16th, 2012
12:21 pm
@jesse, if you keep rooting Peter on like that, he’ll be divorced before the summer!
JJ
January 16th, 2012
12:25 pm
NeNe Leakes, and Kim are the epitome of what we all despise in women. NeNe and that bold, brassy, in your face, I don’t take no sh*&^, attitude she has, and Kim and her total disregard for the truth, respect for the sanctity friendship or marriage. Neither has an ounce of class.
For the life of me I cannot understand what it is about NeNe that appeals to people. Except of course women just like her(which apparently there are more than a few of). Even her voice gets on my nerves. Which is why when I hear her name associated with anything I head in the other direction.
So, why am I here reading this and bothering to comment? I just wanted to get that off my chest. Feels better already.
Oh well....
January 16th, 2012
12:30 pm
All I can say is NeNe is doing her thing and banking it. There are so many naysayers who sure are familiar with most off she’s doing…so, mission accomplished on her part!
JJ
January 16th, 2012
12:31 pm
@Sluggo–one can only hope!
@oh well—you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig!
Cletus Dooley Earnhardt SR.
January 16th, 2012
12:32 pm
A moose fighting a albino lemur
The Austrian Brotherhood
January 16th, 2012
12:38 pm
The whole thing is just recalculus.
Sherry
January 16th, 2012
12:40 pm
@Oh well…I tend to pick up on stuff like that in movies and shows. Another example, I don’t know if you saw Jumping the Broom. Good movie but it left me wondering why the kitchen was so small in a house that huge! Fault my parents. They took me to Universal Studios in L.A. as a child and I never forgot the “Jaws” and “Little House on the Prairie” sets. I guess it kind of ruined things for me. Lol!
Oh well....
January 16th, 2012
12:45 pm
@Sherry, so do I, while people are watching what’s in the front, I’m known to watch the background. Case in point, the gum commercial with the tiger snarley talking with the guy, no one in my house noticed the woman running away in the background. I look at everything, from color of ties to color of paint on the walls. Whatever the color paint, or color the actors are wearing, there’s something in that room to match it. Very famously done on soap operas, but Law and Order are great culprits (lol).
??
January 16th, 2012
12:48 pm
@oh well, you have a lil too much time on your hands hon…
MeNo Understand
January 16th, 2012
12:48 pm
As crazy or dumb as folks consider the show to be, it has been lackluster all season if you ask me. This trip to Africa is just an attempt to get them all together to drum up some drama for ratings sake. With all of them basically not really talking, associating or interacting with each other is causing Bravo to cut, paste, & edit stuff together to create an hour long show. Can you say, BORE….I agree with whomever stated the Braxtons is a bit more drama-filled. Who tells folks they had an Oral transaction with someone that Isn’t your husband without you getting a favored returned.
Grammar Guru
January 16th, 2012
1:00 pm
Rodney, everywhere you said “bring” needs to be replaced with the word “take”. Americans don’t know that there is a distinction. To “bring” something, is to go toward the SPEAKER of the statement.
For instance, if I say, “Bring me some water,” then you’ll come toward me the SPEAKER of the statement.
On the other hand, if I want you to go across the street instead, I’ll say, “Take my neighbor some water.” You don’t say, “Bring my neighbor some water” unless YOU are across the street WITH your neighbor. If a teacher says, “Bring your books to school,” the teacher is AT the school. If the teacher is sitting at home and is telling you that she wants to see you at school tomorrow with your books, she will say, “Take your books to school.”
To summarize, to BRING something is to go TOWARD the physical location of whomever is making the statement. To TAKE something is to go AWAY from the direction of whomever is making the statement.
Let’s do what we can to improve the poor grammar in this country!
Oh well....
January 16th, 2012
1:02 pm
@??, why because I watch tv and pay attention to what the show is about or what the murder is about. Do you go to the movies? Do you waste your money and just sit there not getting into the show you’re watching or trying to figure out the mystery. Looking at the scenery and what’s not being said are clues. If that’s too much time on one’s hand, so be it. Guess that’s why my profession actually deals with crime!
Grammar Guru's Child
January 16th, 2012
1:15 pm
“Guess that’s why my profession actually deals with crime!”
That sentence did not go with your paragraph. Try saying “I guess that is why the profession I am in deals with crime.”
Joy
January 16th, 2012
1:26 pm
My grandfather always said that a hi and a bye don’t hurt no one. you can’t make nobody do what they don’t want to do.Mama Joyce should leave well enough alone!
deej
January 16th, 2012
1:30 pm
Whatever happen to a background check before purchasing a weapon.
MeNo Understand
January 16th, 2012
1:32 pm
I can’t wait to see what the grammar guru is going to say about that 1:26
Give it a REST
January 16th, 2012
1:34 pm
Mama Joyce need to tighten her wig and get with some friends of her own. “OLD MEDLING HOUSEWIVES” reality show. Let Kandi have a life now. She’s bringing her down.
Oh well....
January 16th, 2012
1:42 pm
@Grammar – I’m on a blog, with all the typos, perfect grammar is the least of my concerns. I’m not writing a thesis, but I know how! Accept the style of sentence that floats your boat!
Kris Humphries- Kardashian
January 16th, 2012
1:45 pm
I was so embarrassed at the way they behaved at that museum last night. The tour guide and host had these looks like “r these bitches serious?” And unfortunately, they were. What person goes to learn about history but make light of it cuz they’re more focused on how fine the status is? WTF? Who goes to an African dance class all because you’re going to Africa? FOH with that bs. Phaedra looked so silly this week. Real silly. And she picks up the phone and calls his excellency in Ghana, but couldn’t pronounce his name. Jesus take the wheel.
The baby at a gun range? Again, Jesus take the wheel. I CAN’T. If Kim don’t pull that wet dog wig off her head looking the fool. Kroy u should’ve ran long ago. Ur trapped now buddy. Can someone please tell me why this broad’s always so exhausted when all she does is drink, smoke, and cuss. Is that mink fur of wig weighing her down? God.
This show has run its course. I didn’t mind seeing Kandi’s mom here and there, but now she’s an annoying fixture which needs removing quickly. Nene amazon body trotting about like she’s the sexiest thing since Ms. Celie in Color Purple 2. STOP…..IT…..NOW….PLEASE. “Donald Trump introduced us.” It’s comical the way she continues to drop Trump’s name. Be like Phaedra and call him on his cell. I wanna see just how quickly they put her through.
I dont mind seeing sexy a** Apollo, as long as he doesn’t talk.
Kris Humphries- Kardashian
January 16th, 2012
1:46 pm
how fine the statue is*****
Oh well....
January 16th, 2012
1:48 pm
Comical post. I’m of the opinion that NeNe is getting a residual check every time she says Trumps name (I kid, I kid).
“…amazon body trotting about like she’s the sexiest thing since Ms. Celie” – It’s a wrap. Best comedy line of the day!
Atlanta Sux
January 16th, 2012
1:50 pm
Dr. King would be soooo proud of these woman! LOL!