What a wonderful bit of news to wake up to this morning. There’s a fight brewing off camera on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and guess what? It doesn’t involve Nene and Shereé. No, the two ladies involved in this explosive situation are Kim (not so surprising) and… wait for it… LISA WU HARTWELL. That’s right, the most level-headed cast member of them all seems to have gotten into a nasty war of words with Kimmay over something that has yet to surface. Some sites mention that the blowup happened at the tense reunion special (set to air November 25th). In a TMZ video, however, Kim suggests that the friction began even earlier than that. After happily mentioning that she and Sher-ayay were just “doing a movie” (a.k.a. appearing as extras) with Demi Moore and David Duchovny, the buxom blond (who admittedly looks closer to thirty than forty-five in the clip) reveals to us a hostile voicemail left on her phone by Lisa, and while it’s certainly angry in tone, I’m not sure it warrants the presence of the lawyer who then appears at Kim’s side. True, Lisa does say that if Kim doesn’t call her back, she’s gonna show up at her door, but I’m not sure the intent is to harm Kim as much as it is to perhaps extend an invitation to the next Drinks & Dialogue event; maybe show off some of that homemade joory!
For her part, Lisa admitted to Essence.com that she did most certainly lose her cool, but for good reason:
Let’s just say, Kim [Zolciak] pushed the wrong and the last button, which takes me there. Normally, I conduct myself professionally and I prefer to turn the other cheek, but you can’t allow people to continue to play with you because they’ll think they can do that all day, every day. So I’d say that people will be surprised because I was surprised and somewhat embarrassed myself, but I’m human and you have to let people know that they can’t just say whatever they want to you. I’ve been extremely diplomatic and there are horrible things I could have said but I have chosen not to and still do. When you come after my integrity or my family, then you’re going to see a different person… people need to know that yes, I’m a businesswoman but I’m also a sparring woman.
Clearly a line was crossed by someone (most likely Kim, based on her general lack of class and whatnot), and hopefully the reunion special will clarify what was said, why it was said, and who said it to whom. For now, we’ll just let the scandal brew beautifully in the blogosphere.
Thanks to reader Crystal for giving me the heads up!
Further reading:
• Lisa Wu Hartwell: Independent Woman [Essence.com]
• ATL Wives — Threats Caught on Tape [TMZ]
• LISA WU-HARTWELL REUNION SHOW FIGHT(WITH KIM ZOLCIAK) IS OVER HER KIDS? [blackcelebritykids]