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2 hours ago, pasdetrois said:
I think Candiace misrepresented this situation, as she did multiple situations in her early seasons. I researched that restaurant's ownership and found no reference to Chris. I think he was simply one of the managers.
Also, there was one season where he "managed Candiace," meaning he walked around holding her purse while she fussed at him for not getting anything done.
There was flack about Chris' kids being on the show; the little girl looked distressed every time she was on camera. I think the adults agreed to leave the children off the show.
To this day Chris still says that he owned the restaurant, I think Candiace goes along with that story so that he doesn't come across as a liar.
Chris said both children wanted to be on camera last season. Then the cameras came and his daughter froze. Hence Candiace saying "she's just shy", so that she could gently usher her away from the cameras.
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1 minute ago, Chatty Cake said:
Why is Candiace coming for Gizelles uterus when she is spending thousands on in vitro? Is something wrong with her female parts too? You’d think the asshole would have some compassion but no. She goes for the low blow every time. Classless.
She said on her Chris' live that she was wrong for the uterus comment. She's also said multiple times on and off the show that she's doing IVF because she doesn't want children right now, but she's perfectly capable of getting pregnant naturally right now if she wanted to. She's freezing embryos so that she has a backup plan in case she can't get pregnant later on when she's ready.
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10 minutes ago, heatherchandler said:
Why would her mom make it a requirement to work during college? That doesn’t make sense. My parents paid for my college so that I wouldn’t have to work.
I still don’t understand why she would be the hostess at a restaurant if she had viable businesses. “Oh yes my hair business is very profitable, but no I don’t spend my working time on that, I go to my little-over-minimum-wage job as a hostess.” Said no one ever.
Candiace invests in real estate? She couldn’t even afford a townhouse without her mom paying the down payment. Her salon suite business- is that her owning a salon suite and renting it out or is she paying for a chair?She started her hair business after leaving the Obama administration as an intern. Dorothy for whatever reason wanted her to work, while she was in college.
She has two salon suite locations in the Atlanta area, where people rent suites from her. She said the townhouse was an investment property, which is why she was okay with Chris living with her and not contributing to the mortgage. However her new home was purchased from her and Chris' joint bank account.
She said on her podcast that she has two accounts that both her dad and step-father opened for her as a teen. She uses those accounts for her business ventures.
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43 minutes ago, amarante said:
I think Candiace is one of the smartest of the housewives on any of the franchises. Getting an internship at the Obama White House couldn’t have been easy.
I just never understood why she was working at the restaurant given that with her resume and intelligence she could have been in a position that is more typical of an upwardly mobil professional women. For example, she would have made a great lobbyist for example with her brains, beauty, wit and charm especially when the Democrats were in the White House
What I gathered is that she originally wanted to be a political correspondent, hence her undergraduate degree in journalism. Somewhere down the line she decided to focus on her true passion which is her entertainment career. She's still doing things in the political realm. She's working with Congress to create legislation requiring that health insurance companies cover fertility treatments, whether they're required or elective. She said on her and Chris' live last night that she spent $30,000 on the first round of IVF that did not take.
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5 minutes ago, amarante said:
Thanks for clarifying regarding why Candiace was working at the restaurant as it I don’t remember it being explained in her first season. I just never saw a problem with her mother helping her financially because in my experience it is common for parents to help so long as the kids are doing something productive in terms of attempting to be self sufficient by either working or going to school.
No problem. She mentioned it on her podcast last year. I don't see the problem with her mother helping her either. Not every parent is like Todd over on RHOA who thinks that his child has to struggle, because he had to struggle.
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18 minutes ago, amarante said:
Almost everyone I know INCLUDING my parents got help from their parents for the down payment and most of them aren't in low paying jobs either. It is almost impossible for someone to save money for a down payment even with a relatively good job. My parents weren't wealthy but they were careful with their money and so they gave my brother and I the same amount to help with down payments. Their rationale was that they were going to be leaving money to us anyway so why not use some of it to help with stuff that could help in the present time.
Some of my extremely wealthy friends have just bought their children homes outright - cash and why not?
I think Candiace was perfectly correct in terms of talking about generational wealth. It's only become a relatively recent goal for POC to think about building generational wealth. If Candiace's mother has enough money to help her kids then why not? It isn't as if she raised a wastrel - Candiace graduated college and seems to have been raised with a good bit of drive. I am not sure why she was being a hostess at the restaurant instead of a more standard corporate position since she obviously had the credentials for it. Maybe she was doing it like many people who want to be in the acting profession because they need flexible hours in order to do auditions. That is extremely common in New York and Los Angeles.
Also I am really not understanding a value system in which it is better to get your "lifestyle" by marrying a rich old man versus being lucky enough to have parents who are able to help out financially.
Candiace said working was a requirement for her parents to pay for college, so she got a hostess job. She later got a promotion to a director's position, with Chris as her supervisor. Which was one of the reasons she turned him down when he first asked her out.
As for her mother helping her, I don't know why some people are acting like she just sits at home while her mother pays her bills. Her first home was an investment property with her mom, which they then sold for more money. When she first came on the show she already had her hair business and her pagent consulting business.
She also invests in real estate by purchasing, flipping, and selling houses in Atlanta, has a salon suite business with her family, but she keeps these businesses off of the show.
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Mia was making the lies up as she went along. I would have been laughing too because she sounded ridiculous tripping over her own lies.
Candiace ate Ashley up about the house. Ashley made derogatory comments about Candiace's generational wealth, meanwhile she has to depend on "Sir-Grabs-A-Lot".
I really wish Chris hadn't reached out to Gizelle. Now she's using that as ammunition. Also I'm glad Candiace did not accept her apology. She said in an interview she was done with Candiace, but it seems like Candiace is the one who's done.
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No one seems particularly likable this season, maybe it's just me. However I'm Dom's side when it comes to Mac's living / constantly moving across the country situation. He moved from the Mid-West to California, and then to Nashville. Doesn't want to commit to a lease but could commit to marrying a stranger. It sounds a little suspicious to me. Someone mentioned on Twitter that his moving timeline seems to match the show's timeline.
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5 hours ago, hottesthw said:
Didn’t that come out when he briefly had his kids on the show and his ex was chattering to the media at bit? He reminds me of NJ….those little Italians aren’t faking their rage, that shit runs deep, they’re just good at hiding it for the cameras, till they don’t.
Interesting! I didn't know that his ex said anything to the media about him. From what I've seen on his lives he doesn't seem very fond of her. Then again he's a chef and from what I've heard most chefs are arrogant and temperamental.
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23 hours ago, pasdetrois said:
I actually think Chris was faking a lot of that outrage. And he strikes me as someone who cannot keep a job.
I think his temper may have a lot to do with his various employment situations. I can't find the comment now, but someone on Twitter basically said that the anger we see from Chris on social media and on the show is nothing compared to how angry he can become. Candiace "jokingly" confirmed it and Chris straight up admitted it.
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7 hours ago, drivethroo said:
Ashley should have done something with her time on the show. I would bet anything all her BRAVO money has gone to supporting Sheila, her bum boyfriend and Sheila's other children. That was one of the main fights between Croc & Ashley, that he was tired of Sheila sucking him dry to support herself and her bum boyfriend.
The $13,000 sounds like a $2, 2.5 million dollar house in Arlington, where a ranch home will cost almost a million dollars.
Ashley got the reaction she had been trying to provoke from Candiace all season from Chris. Ironically, Candiace was the one leading Chris away from the drama (and being calm), as it's usually Chris leading Candiace away from the drama.
And this is the third season finale straight where Ashley/Michael has started some drama with Candiace/Chris.
They got married 2 days after they took out the marriage license. It's my understanding you have to get married in the locality you take the marriage license out at. They got the marriage license in Howard County but got married in Baltimore County, so I'm wondering if they got married in their house and then had the ceremony.
The casinos reopened in June 2020. According to Wikipedia, filming for Season 6 started in January 2021 and concluded in May 2021. So Canada/Juan had to have happened between June 2020 and May 2021 ---thats why Robyn was sleeping in and depressed & Gizelle and Juan barking at her about how unattractive that was. Contrary to what Robyn claimed, it most definitely was happening during filming time.
Gizelle claims not to remember the song because those lyrics seemed written especially for her.
Charrisse looked like she was wearing Missy Elliott's "I can't stand the rain" outfit. She needs smaller implants and 30 pound weight loss ASAP.
I honestly think that Ashley still believes she's in pagents and she has to compete against fellow pagent girl Candiace. Candiace's home cost around $1.5 million, and has around 5 or 6 bedrooms. Ashley decided to look for homes in the same price range with the same amount of bedrooms. The only difference is if Candiace were to leave Chris tomorrow, she could still afford her mortgage. Ashley has to walk on eggshells because she's still dependent on Michael.
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Ashley is just beyond miserable. Go enjoy your screaming child and your $13k a month mortgage. Why did she feel the need to antagonize Chris at Candiace's event? So Chris most likely lost his job at the hotel due to these disgusting women?
Not Bravo shading Mia and Robyn,lol.
After this season I'm officially over this show.
40 minutes ago, Axie said:Why is Chris wearing petal pushers? You have to be old to understand that reference.
When I was growing up in the Caribbean we called the pedal pushers.
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Mia isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, if she believes Wendy is jealous of her.
I was cracking up at Candiace saying "this is the best food we've had so far" after all the chaos erupted.
I'm tired of these husband accusations. I'm just ready for the reunion at this point.
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All these couples seem mismatched to me. Mackinley's mom didn't even try to reassure Dom that her race would not be an issue. She side stepped the question while still looking uncomfortable. Meanwhile Mackinley is having a deeper conversation with her mom.
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Gizelle and Charrisse must have the same hairstylist. There are enough beauty supply stores in the DMV area selling human hair wigs for them to choose from.
Candiace clocked Ashley. Ashley entered into a toxic relationship where trust was always an issue, so now she's projecting. Candiace knows and trusts her husband which is why she's been ignoring Ashley and Gizelle for the most part.
Jacqueline and Wendy clocked Mia. She's a fake and a pathological liar. She worships money and is willing to embarrass herself and everyone else to get it.
Robyn and Gizelle please be quiet with your hypocritical selves. You chastised Karen for her behavior but let Mia skate by after assaulting Wendy.
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I wish they would put all of the dress/tux shopping in the matchmaking special.
Shaq is attractive to me ,so I don't see Kirsten's issue. If she knew that she wouldn't have an open mind, she should not have signed up. On a superficial note the Preacher was hot.
Nicole is a lot! She may just drive Chris crazy. Dollar Tree Chuck Norris' suit looked like he was going to the office, not his wedding.
Hopefully it picks up next week, because this episode is dragging.
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7 minutes ago, drivethroo said:
Monique's smear campaign worked but a lot of people are waking up from the fog and seeing who the real villains actually are.
Good, he needs to limit filming to Candiace and if he has to show up to group scenes, put everyone on ignore except the other husbands in the group and Wendy. This is what we've been trying to tell him for several seasons. Sorry it had to come to this for him to learn his lesson.
He needs to self publish. He doesn't even need to do a paper cookbook, he can charge for an e-book download. I've seen several Instagram/Twitter chefs selling e-cookbooks.
Robyn's parents will have to help her with the house because new builds where she lives is about a million dollars (new construction townhouses are starting around $600K) ...especially with Juan's legal woes.
We already know Mia had to move out of the Potomac rental back to the apartment in Baltimore.
Ashley is scratching and surviving in Arlington.
Candiace has multiple income streams, she will be fine.
If he does, get ready for Gizelle to get her Karen on and accuse Chris of being threatening, intimidating etc. The same thing happened with Chris Samuels.
Best thing for Chris is to stay in his seat during the reunion and let Candiace clear Ashley and Gizelle.
By his own admission he says he'll do something and then he doesn't follow through, which is probably why there's no cookbook. He said that his inability to follow through, frustrates Candiace.
He also has multiple streams of income besides his job. Right now he seems to be making a lot of money off of sports betting.
Someone called him out on Twitter earlier in the season for always trying to be friendly with people who hate his wife, especially Ashley. He said he knows now he was wrong and that he was going off of their off camera interactions. He knows better now.
He said on the same live that he knows he can't go off on Gizelle and Ashley the way he really wants to. He knows that they'll spin it into they're scared because "a white man is disrespecting Black women".
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22 hours ago, tvfanatic13 said:
What pilot?
I think they're talking about her new show on All Black TV (streaming service) "HUSH"
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6 hours ago, Yogisbooboo64 said:
If I had a drink for every time anything vaginal came up, I’d be buzzed….from Ashley always talking about her sweaty cooch to the infamous flashlight inspection, I’ve had my fill of nany talk!!
When in the bluedilly hell did I ever see the day that I’d be pleased with Candiace?! CANDIACE!! She tried to be the voice of reason during Mia and Jacqueline’s fight. Seeing Jacqueline’s pain at the possible end of a 30-year friendship was a trigger for me, as I’m still smarting from a 17-year friendship that ended eleven years ago.
G. looks so much better this season, almost zaddy-like…but then I remember how he acted when he was drunk with the distracting dentures and that smacked me back to reality.
If this season ends with Robyn and Juan still not married, it is time to pull the frickin’ plug. And her mother should be pissed about not being at the wedding.
Karen and Candiace had me howling with their shade; Karen regarding Robyn and Candiace regarding I believe Gizzard.
Gizzard, you are the worst kind of friend….let Karen and Charrisse handle their drama on their own, you ain’t got to know everything, heiffa.
Finally, Charrisse….if I’m not mistaken, wasn’t Karen clear to you at Drinkgate that she didn’t see a future friendship with you? It was pretty much her saying that she’s good to be just cordial with her, anyone remember this? At any rate, stop playing yourself….Karen ain’t thinking about your muppet ass, leave her be.
A few months ago someone asked Candiace on her live, why she got involved in Mia and Jacqueline’s Twitter beef. She said that she's known her closest friends since high school and college and she can't imagine discarding any of them for a TV show. She said she was truly hurt for Jacqueline.
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8 hours ago, drivethroo said:
Actually it is, because we need to know why Karen is so pressed about Charrisse. This would be more interesting to explore than Fraggle Rock accusing Chris. Karen blows up and makes this big to do about f'cking Charrisse up for talking about Karen's mother when Karen is the one who brought up her own mother. Karen is using her dead mother to deflect from the real reason she has a problem with Charrisse. Karen doesn't even want Charrisse even interacting with anyone else in the group...why?
If it's just a situation of "Hey I just don't like you" then you would just state that and pay Charrisse dust. Instead, you explode at the table like a common guttersnipe and we need to know why. If this was Candiace jumping up like Karen did, there would be think pieces, Twitter threads and 150 YouTube blogs dissecting why Candiace did that so we need to give Karen that same energy.
My spidey senses tell me Former Cast Member is involved in this situation somehow but that person is no longer on the show so we probably won't get the real truth of the situation.
All Karen had to do was pay Charrisse dust but Karen wanted to make this big show of being "big and bad," like she's doing with Robyn.
And that's another thing: why is Karen so bitter and pressed if Robyn gets married or not? If she does, cool. If she doesn't, cool. Robyn really doesn't need anyone else there besides Juan and the children. All of this bitter vitriol over Robyn's "fake ass ring"...Karen, it was only 2 seasons ago you were begging Ray to say he loved you and he was lke "Gurl, I guess."
Right, Jacqueline was at Candiace's Ugly Sweater Birthday Party.
That was actually a storyline on Sex and the City, where the other ladies were shocked Charlotte had never looked at her lady bits in the mirror.
It's unbecoming but if Karen wants to feud with somebody so badly, they need to give her that storyline so she can have something to do other than snipe in the talking head at Robyn, Gizelle and Charrisse while wearing Under the Sea Couture.
Candiace and Chris also attended Jacqueline's birthday party a few days later.
Ashley said on WWHL that there's a lot going on behind the scenes between Karen and Robyn. I think your assessment of the situation is correct. A bitter former cast member is most likely the problem.
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I know the woman who boasts about stealing her husband from his ex-wife isn't telling her friend to close her legs to married men. Mia is absolutely horrible. Now I see why Jacqueline's sister has been dragging Mia through the YouTube streets. Candiace was trying to be the peace maker, but some friendships just can't be repaired. My heart broke for Jacqueline. She looked so hurt and betrayed by Mia.
The Candiace we're seeing on this trip, is the Candiace we her followers see on her Instagram lives. Just having fun and being silly. I do wish she would keep some things to herself, we don't need to know that she inspects her vagina in the mirror.
So Karen was hurt that Charisse said something about her mother's funeral? I was trying to figure out what they were arguing about.
ETA: I noticed it was only Wendy and Candiace consoling Jacqueline, even though she tried them in Miami. This episode explains how she and Candiace started developing a friendship.
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Chris did an interview with "Hot and Messy Podcast":
1. One of the hosts Adam (Up &Adam) apologized to Chris and Candiace at Bravocon for the things he said on social media. He admitted that he had a skewed perception from all the social media drama during season 5.
2. Chris gave Candiace 5 years to use the show to launch her entertainment career. He's proud of her for fully utilizing her platform.
3. Chris originally thought they would show their fun side, but quickly realized where the edit was heading with Candiace.
4. He's happy that people are now seeing the real Candiace.
5. After Gizelle and Ashley started lying on him he decided to stop making himself available for filming. If he's available and in the mood he'll film at home with Candiace.
6. Like Candiace he's an emotional person and will curse you out on social media or in person. The only difference is he doesn't hold grudges while Candiace does.
7. When they argue he only needs 5 minutes to calm down, but she usually needs more time. They always come together to resolve the issue.
8. A lot more was said between them during their season 3 argument. However production cut out all the nasty things he said to Candiace and only focused on what she said. It took them 4 hours to resolve their argument.
9. The hosts said they would never want to argue with Candiace because they would need a Thesaurus to find the meaning of some of the words she uses. Chris admitted he has to Google a lot of the words she uses too.
10. When they argue Candiace pinches him hard enough to leave bruises, but he loves every minute of it. (Files under "Things that need to stay between them"/ "Chris talks too damn much").
11. He's a poor communicator and realized he was the reason for his failed engagement and failed marriage.
12. It's taking him longer to write and publish his book because he doesn't use measurements. Plus 4 different publishers have told him there's a paper shortage. He thinks it's possible that they don't like his content and they're being nice.
13. Candiace has shown him by example, if he puts his mind to something he can achieve it. He loves how motivated she is.
14. If they left the show today he's not worried because he knows between them they have enough money to comfortably pay their mortgage. He shaded some of the cast by saying "That can't be said for some of the others on the show."
15. He's happy he didn't hear Michael threatening the woman he "mistook" for Candiace, because he would have "beat his ass" right then and there. Sigh Candiace told this man not to say what he would've done and here he goes. Smh
16. He's ready to give Ashley and Gizelle a piece of his mind at the reunion.
17. Last year was hard on their marriage because Candiace was traveling for her entertainment career and finishing school. They were eventually able to carve out time for them.
18. He was sick for a few weeks (he still sounded sick), but he'll resume posting his cooking videos on social media and YouTube.
19. People telling him on social media to stay out of "women's business" irks his soul, especially when he's the topic of conversation.
20. He's side eyeing Andy for having everyone on to address the rumors except for him and Candiace.
21. He's grateful that he and Candiace have a supportive marriage. They're always encouraging each other.
22. He never wants to own another restaurant because it's too time consuming. He would rather be the GM or an investor. He may change his mind. Candiace was supportive the last time he owned a restaurant and he knows she'll be supportive if he changes his mind.
23. If they were to go on any other franchise he could see them going to Atlanta or Salt Lake City. Atlanta because that's where Candiace is from, he's friends with Todd, Ralph and Heath and the ladies supported Candiace when she was on tour in Atlanta. SLC because she's friends with Whitney and Heather.
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2 hours ago, Elizzikra said:
I think he has a place to live and other clothes but, red flag - they were with his mom. She does his laundry.
Clint, but "Dollar Tree Chuck Norris" is so apt, I vote for keeping it.
Dollar Tree Chuck Norris it is.
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Before Nicole said she was from Queens, I was getting strong South Brooklyn/Staten Island vibes (also a former NYC resident). Also her mouth goes a mile a minute, she would get on my last nerve. Good luck to Chris.
Shaq is cute and Kirsten is gorgeous. I hope she isn't on Alyssa's level of superficial and is willing to give him a chance.
Why was Dominique chosen? She's still in her party girl era and is no where near ready to be married. I won't compare her to Virginia for now, I'll give her a two week grace period.
Arris reminds me of the "men" I used to date when I was the President and CEO of Build-A-Man-Workshop. His closet was bare. Is he another Matt, getting married so that he has a place to stay?
Dollar Tree Chuck Norris (I forgot his name) and Arris seem like they are going to be this season's villains.
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S07.E18: Reunion Part 1
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They both said that they dm/text each other's friends and neither one has a problem with it, because they always tell each other, and they both have full access to each other's phones.
As for children she said on her podcast that she always knew she wanted children she's just scared. While she loves and appreciates her mother, Dorothy wasn't emotionally available/emotionally supportive during her childhood. She's terrified of doing to her children what her mother did to her. Chris has also confirmed that she always has an excuse because she's scared of repeating Dorothy's mistakes.