Well, I’ve done my last traveling for the summer, and now I am finally finally getting back up to speed here with the blog. That means catching up with last week’s Real Housewives of Atlanta, which I had missed due to a raucous wedding in rural Michigan (not exactly the sort of place where you’d find Bravo on the hotel TV). Anyway, I checked out the latest episode last night in the comfort of my own apartment, and once again, we were left with quite the explosive final ten minutes. Kim, Nene, and Sherayay all attempted to bury the hatchet at a classy joint called “FAB,” but since these are the Housewives we’re talking about, the situation ended up as anything but fab. “Loud” or “cantankerous” or “like a drag show gone HELL TO THE NO wrong” would be more apt descriptors.
Yes, Nene and Sherayay joined forced to become Nenayay and confronted Kim about all her alleged lies, and even though she knew this was exactly what would happen, Kim still freaked out (perhaps justifiably) and soon the women were all yelling at each other. Actually, it was mostly Kim and Shereee-ay, with the latter diva calling the other “traaay-lah TRASH!” (which, as you may have gleaned, is quite the opposite of “FABUHLUS.”) Part of me was really hoping Sherayay would bust out her now classic “Who’s gonna check me, boo?” line, but then I remembered that it’s no longer funny after Andy Cohen spent literally a week on Twitter abusing the catchphrase and therefore ruining it for the rest of us (do yourself a favor, and resist the urge to follow him).
Unfortunately, I can’t quite tell you how the brawl ended because the good people at Bravo decided to milk this weave-tuggin’ fight for all they could. That means before any wigs could come flying off, those dreaded words appeared on the screen: TO BE CONTINUED…
Oh well. I’m sure the outcome will be amazingly anticlimactic, but that’s okay. Any Housewives fight is usually enjoyable in some way. And maybe if we’re lucky, Sherayay will pull out a gun and step things up a notch. That’s right, the She By Sherayay visionary took a trip to the local shooting range to get out some aggression, and I think I was not the only one was afraid for everyone in a fifty-foot radius. Not only did Sherayay freak the hell out after shooting her first bullet (a rare glimpse of her not being all strong and tough), but she then excitedly pointed her loaded gun in every which way as she laughed and screamed all at once. Heck, i was hiding under my pillow, and I wasn’t even in danger.
Elsewhere in the Housewives universe, we learned more about Kandi, who seems to be existing in her own island of a show. She has yet to really interact with anyone else in the cast, but that seems about to change next week. For now, her only drama has stemmed from her fiancé, AJ, and the fact that he’s spread his seed in many places. The man’s got kids, all from many different women apparently (something that was not made evident last week). The gaggle of Baby Mommas understandably upset Kandi’s mom, who expressed major reservations about the upcoming wedding. Kandi’s aunts, however, were totally supportive (and awesome)— especially that one lady, who told us all about Aunt Nora and Aunt Hazel and few more aunts and uncles whose names I couldn’t quite understand. Turns out that marble-mouth runs in the family because half of Kandi’s words were subtitled in the episode. I hope she never gets pulled over late at night because quite honestly, sister’s got a slurring problem — wouldn’t want her to get an inadvertent DUI. That would not be, to quote her new song, good good good.
Meanwhile, over at the Wu-Hartwells, Lisa and Ed were taking part of that hallowed Housewives tradition: tryin’ to get preggers. Ed — who continues to be the best husband of the entire franchise (narrowly beating out Bawwwwby of New York City) — cooked up his wife a whole romantic dinner replete with candles and rose petals. I just didn’t know why he set everything up in the foyer. I know to some the entryway of a house might be the most intimate of living spaces, but it felt a bit odd to me. Not that it mattered — the action soon moved upstairs where Ed gave his wife a massage before announcing that he’d be her “masseuse.” Unless Ed had some sort of exotic operation in Thailand recently, I think the word he was looking for was “masseur,” but that’s really just a technicality. Anyway, the photogenic twosome then headed into a monster bubble bath where they smooched for a second before Bravo panned away and let the lovebirds DO IT in peace. Now that’s what I call drinks and dialogue.
I had my birthday dinner at FAB (it stands for French American Bistro) a couple of years ago. The food and atmosphere were both, er, fabulous.
The Wu-Hartwells just lost their house in a foreclosure. Oops.
I love what you are doing with Kandi…
“And so I said to my momma, brbarsralkj;lk asrb;lkaer asdfb;lkjaaerjerlkjdfg. You know?”
That’s some funny shit!
And for the record, I believed Kim over Sherayay in the whole Kimervention. You could tell that Kim was genuinely shocked about some of the things that Nene was accusing her of saying. I think Sherayay is as shady as the day is long, and I am sure she would lie like a rug to deflect blame off herself.
Also, it really seemed like Nene set Kim up. She couldn’t wait to call her out on that shit in front of Sherayay. The right thing to do would to have been to handle that privately between the two of them. Then take it to Sherayay if need be.
My favorite part of the episode was when Kandi’s Aunt was listing off her Aunts and Uncle’s names. Uncle Bebo, Aunt Bertha, Aunt Bulah, Uncle Biboo… That totally reminded me of my dad’s family and his ten siblings who all started with the letter H. I was rolling!!
Funny stuff! (BTW: I see I wasn’t the first to get the Wu-Hartwell scoop to you. DAMN!! I keep tryin’, though!)
ok Ann Arbor is not rural. I’m sure they have Bravo there. You were just having too much fun.
Hillarious with the Khandi speak. I was LMAO!
Loved this episode and this recap. I attended the aforementioned dsc805 birthday dinner at FAB and it was in fact fabulous. Their specialty is this divine skate wing…
B, it’s funny that you mentioned the guacamole in the rock, b/c that freak-out happened at Rosa Mexicano, the same restaurant where Sheree and her friend are eating in this episode.
I too was ducking for cover in my living room when Sherayray was flailing about with her loaded gun. I am shocked she didn’t get thrown out of the range. I was impressed with her choice ensemble of black leather pants and studded dominatrix heels for the occasion.
BTW, I went over to my BF’s mom’s (who is from Korea) and she made us homemade kal-bi and kim chee stew. It was deee-lish. Couldn’t help but think of how jealous you would be and had to gloat a little!
Please, jennifer30307. Who do you think I am? A farmer?
If I can get my act together at work tomorrow I am going to NeNe’s book signing. If any of you see me screwing around on the internet tomorrow when I should be working, yell at me.