LaurelleJ

These are all real world examples, right? This is a "reality" television show being taped with the idea that the women will argue. Harsh words, arguing, and shade are not only expected, they are required. I just find it hard to justify physical violence after the verbal sparring you are paid and expected to do. Someone calling me vermin is not enough to get me to risk jail assaulting you. Blatant disrespect (asking my husband if he has Alzheimers) or lying (saying my husband inappropriately touched someone) is worse than being called vermin or the help.

Isn't the whole point of these housewives shows to show conflict and to verbally spar? Candiace is good at it. There have been, in my opinion, worse things said on this show than calling someone vermin. Karen called Gizelle a broken whore from Hampton University. Ashley asked G if he had Alzheimers (even more vile now with his new diagnosis). Deborah clearly came looking for a moment. I'm glad that Mia also told that Deborah also came to her looking for a moment. Deborah's anger is when Candiace didn't give her the moment and went to ignore her. If ignoring someone and turning away to continue to have a good time is inciting physical violence, this show is doomed.

I can totally see Gizelle going up against Mia next season because she is mad that bumped her from 1st seat. Karen lost first seat somewhat early so it wasn't the biggest deal. Gizelle will also need to feud with Karen and hope that Karen also has conflict with Mia, so that Karen and Mia will have to sit on the same couch. It's going to look even worse though for Gizelle to go after Mia's relationship because it feels like rinse and repeat. I am really surprised that Robyn got the boot before she and Gizelle had a chance to go head to head. I have long said that whenever the GEBs felt as if Robyn's job was in jeopardy, that they would feud with each other because they know people would want to see that. I may be on an island of one, but I really like to see the housewives having fun and getting along more than I like the arguing. I want to see more of that. Potomac often feels like the housewives franchise with the least money, and it shows that all of them behave as if they need the money. I want to see the silliness that comes with rich people not giving a care in the world.

Now Ashley got on IG and said that this reunion was a hard one for her. I expected to see that during part 3. In my opinion, even though Wendy gagged her, she got an incredibly generous soft edit, nothing that looked worthy of making her go to IG to talk about how hard it was for her.

I wonder if Carlos will try to get Nneka to join LAMDC now that she is supposedly out in Potomac.

I thought it was interesting that Andy gave that disclaimer before getting into the topic of Wendy and Nneka. Makes me think that someone, likely Wendy and a lot of other people, really laid into them about the seriousness of the topics they allowed to be shown this season. Maybe they were irked that Wendy refused to bring on Nneka, so they "encouraged" Nneka to go against Wendy for revenge to solidify her place on a show that she clearly desperately wanted to join. Nneka had the opportunity to shut the Osu stuff down when she takes to Ashley, she didn't because again, desperate to be on the show. Said the shrine stuff. Did what needed to be done to solidify a place on the cast. Then Nneka realized the gravity of the situation, and tried to apologize and walk it back. She seems desperate to move forward with Wendy and paint Wendy to have done equal wrong. Wendy, knowing full well the implications of what Nneka did, and knowing that Nneka knows full well, refuses to accept her apology, because it would be like saying what she did, playing around with their culture like that to join the show is ok.

One of the things I don't like about housewives is that people think they can just say anything they want over the season, then apologize and it's supposed to be forgiven. Some things you cannot come back from, in reality tv land and in real life.

It definitely seemed like Nneka came in with her strategy of making Wendy look like she wasn't supportive of another like housewife. I know this show is heavily edited, so I want to know if the colorism conversation happened before the Osu conversation happened, because if so Nneka borrowed that "we don't have the ability to talk about it" line from Wendy. Speaking of Wendy, when she told Ashley to talk about it, that was a moment. Ashley looked like she was fighting for her life. She actually looked like she was going to cry. Keirna, obviously Gizelle checking on you was strategic. Please girl. I want you to be successful on Potomac. Keep your eyes open. Initially I thought Mia was doing great at first chair, but she is interjecting too much. You don't have to speak that much on every single thing. I'm not touching the altercation, social media did a great job of dragging that out. Gizelle was not there to have an opinion. Why was she even asked her opinion???

Robyn and Gizelle would be the last two to EVER say anything about my man to me. I can't stand women who have been cheated on that revel in cheating allegations against another woman. They know first hand what that feels like, and still push on. All money isn't good money, Candiace did right by leaving this group. In Candiace's own words, they, or Gizelle since Robyn is allegedly fired, will have to earn their check another way.

Pretty sure it was season 5. They made a point to replay Judy saying that every veteran has made it back on the "previously on making the team" package, because that episode they called a bunch of veterans into the office for weight gain: Kaitlyn, Meredith, Megan, Jordan, and rookie Stephanie.

If Nneka stays, they cannot allow Gizelle to try make Nneka's husband's absence a main storyline next season. Absolutely not. The whole cast should ice Gizelle out if that happens.

Did Juan go to the reunion? If not, that should seal Robyn's fate on the show. She would be a great friend of the show. Give her flute to someone who wants to work with a husband who will show up to the reunion. Ashley likely got ate up by causing us to endure this stupid storyline between Nneka and Wendy. Demoting Robyn and firing Ashley (because Mia getting first chair is a sign to me that Mia can fill Ashley's messy role) will force Gizelle to work without someone other than Karen. At this point, Karen and maybe Mia are the only two who could hold an all cast where the whole cast would show up without incident. Robyn may sit out of Karen's event but she needs the check so the probability that she will be there is high.

I was thinking that Karen should be on the sofa with Candiace and Wendy instead of Mia, but I saw someone on social media say that they probably put Gizelle next to Karen, who was in the first seat, because Gizelle would respond better to sitting next to Karen while she is in the first seat instead of Mia who was in the first seat. I can understand that, but putting Gizelle second to a non-OG might inspire her to try to perform better at reunions because she's always a flop. If Gizelle and Mia are both back though, Gizelle might lock in on Mia. I hope Nneka isn't back, but that's another target tor Gizelle next season.

It's weird that Robyn seemed cool with Wendy and Candiace during this trip. Gizelle really is the problem. I have watched enough of Potomac to question when someone claims that another is making faces, because there is a story that needs to be told and they will go along to get along. Maybe Candiace and Wendy were making faces during the convo, maybe they were making faces at some other point and they put those faces there. But in this situation they were damned if they do and damned if they don't. Say nothing - Gizelle will say they are haters and it's not about her it's about the kids, they could have at least say something and congrats. Say something - how dare they speak on my kids! Gizelle and Robyn were looking for a moment, brought it up at the table in an attempt to turn the tides from last season because love or hate Gizelle, everyone knows her best redeeming quality on this show are her daughters. I just can't take anything the GEBs say about Wendy, Candiace, and children seriously since: Robyn - did not invite Wendy to a family event but suggested that Candiace bring Wendy's kids instead. Let Wendy have suggested that Gizelle bring Robyn's kids to an event. I feel like they know Candiace and Wendy don't have an issue with Grace herself. The same event where Gizelle claims Wendy made a face at Grace, Candiace let Grace move her car with Robyn in the passenger seat and Grace scratched it. Gizelle - called Chris a sneaky link and suggested that he wanted to see if she was with it. If you are going to go after everyone's husband, it feels strange to get defensive when the ladies voice genuine concerns about the state of Florida. Also, who knows how they cut that convo up? What if at the end Wendy said that she hopes things go well and she will be praying for her or something?

Another season I got through completely without being spoiled, I'm happy. I prefer to watch that way. I thought that Emmanuel would choose Corey, I don't know why I didn't think that he would choose Nurys for the elimination. I feel like Nurys would have beaten anyone on that elimination. TJ encouraging but also kind of dumping on Corey was strange/interesting/hilarious. Surprise surprise, there are heights on these challenges. I don't know why this one was worse for him than some of the other ones they have done this season. For all the huffing and puffing, Corey and Berna could have been eliminated before this. Like I'm actually glad they didn't win, place, or show. I felt nothing for Emmanuel winning, Congrats, I guess. I was happy for Nurys, I wish she had won, but glad that she at least gets some more money. Colleen coming in 3rd was not on my bingo card. I wonder how close she and Corey actually were on that long road. I would have been so pissed if someone had passed me on that road right before the end. Also maybe it's just me and I wasn't paying that much attention, but this final wasn't super hard, not like I've seen in the past. At the end of the season, it's a romp. The premise was intriguing but they had the wrong set of challengers and I really didn't care if any of them because champs, just that Michele and Jay didn't. I guess in the end, that's the win.