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Ashton addresses those pesky cheating rumors – Celebitchy
Biggest Loser officially canceled after scandal? – Starcasm
8 PM EST –
Big Brother (CBS)
Little Big Shots: Forever Young (NBC)
MasterChef (FOX)
Alaskan Bush People (Discovery)
9 PM EST –
The F Word with Gordon Ramsay (FOX)
Storage Wars (A&E)
Real Housewives of New York (Bravo)
Alaskan Bush People (Discovery)
Little Women: LA (Lifetime) – reunion
I Am Jazz (TLC)
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Storage Wars: Northern Treasures (A&E)
Homestead Rescue (Discovery)
Cooks vs Cons (Food Network)
Hair Goddess (TLC)
11 PM EST –
WWHL (Bravo) – Steve Gold and Sonja Morgan
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There's no business like show business! At 8:30 a.m. PT, Anna Chlumsky and Shemar Moore will announce the nominations for the 2017 Emmys live from the Wolf Theatre at the Television...Last week’s episode was a little rough for Tinsley Mortimer, but she’s very grateful to have a new sympathetic ear in Bethenny Frankel. The Real Housewives of New York City star took to her blog to share her appreciation for Bethenny’s kindness and to apologize for her loose lips oversharing private marital information, too.
Tinsley shared her relief at Bethenny’s empathy. “After a rough night with the girls and feeling as if they really have little understanding of the unrelenting and unending stress I still feel, I decided from that point forward to try and be quiet about my situation. Though feeling a bit chagrined from the night before, I got up and prepared for a fun, distracting day on the slopes. It did make me feel better when Bethenny approached me and appeared to have a greater understanding of what I was feeling and apologized for the gang-up the previous evening. I appreciated the gesture, especially from her, because she has been going through her own drama.”
Tinsley continued, “On the ski lift, Bethenny again mentioned what had happened the night before. Since her ex-husband had just been arrested for stalking her, I found her reassurance of my situation very generous of heart and comforting. Telling me to take my time to heal about my trauma was just what I needed to hear. I have never been a whiner, and I was not looking for sympathy from the night before. Everyone handles their problems in their own way. Talking about what had happened to me in Palm Beach is a catharsis and a way for me to heal. However, I am coming to the conclusion that people really do not want to hear about trauma or abuse from a relationship. Quite simply, it makes them uncomfortable.”
Tinsley ends her blog with an apology to her ex-husband for her tipsy tea spilling during Truth or Dare. “Ugh! One last thing: I do want to say this about the dinner party after our day of skiing where Tito’s loosened my lips far too much… What happens within a marriage is private. I had no right mentioning something during Truth or Dare that involved what I thought was humorous but that happened within my marriage, and I sincerely apologize to my former husband. I think the world of him and would never ever try to embarrass him. I am sincerely sorry.”
Tonight the ladies prepare to head to Mexico. In the latest preview clips, Bethenny tries to have a chat with Ramona Singer about her reasons for not inviting her on the trip yet, Ramona goes off on a tangent that leaves us all confused. Sonja dyes her eyebrows (this is going to be a highlight for the episode, I guarantee it) and lasers off her body hair. Tinsley reveals that she is moving out of Sonja’s house and into a hotel for a few months.
TELL US – ARE THE RHONY LADIES A LITTLE OVER THE TOP WITH TMI? ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT BETHENNY WAS EMPATHETIC AND OPEN WITH TINSLEY?
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Last week, Cody Nickson started the Big Brother 19 game with a lot of power. He was the leader of the power alliance and held the Head of Household title. However, Cody failed to realize that Paul Abrahamian and Christmas Abbott held the true influence in his Big Brother 19 power alliance.
He was quick to realize that he had no control when eight out of the 12 votes were against his plan.Instead of adapting, and trying to gain some power back, Cody let himself fall to the bottom of the Big Brother 19 house. Coming into the end of the 2nd week of Big Brother 2017, Cody is the person with the least power in the house. This shows how quickly things change in the game.
As Cody’s reign lasted a mere week, other players have began to gain more power. Alex Ow, for example, started at the bottom, and now has moved to the middle of the house. Meanwhile, players like Jason Dent, Jessica Graf, and Ramses Soto allowed themselves to drop to the bottom, just like Cody.
So which Big Brother 19 players are the five power players this week? Read below to find out.
#5. Mark Jansen
Mark’s likable personality has allowed him to form strong bonds with many players. With the guidance of Elena Davies, Dominique, and Christmas, he’s also making better strategic moves. Mark is doing the best job of incorporating the once outsiders, now allies, into the big power alliance.
Josh Martinez and Kevin Schlehuber seem to be easy players for Mark to try to gain as allies, and possible numbers in the future. His relationship with Dominique accounts for much of his good game play. She seems to keep him grounded, and away from emotional moves.
#4. Dominique Cooper
Dominique is playing an effective behind the scenes, kill them with kindness game. Many players seek out Dominique for advice, and like having her positive attitude and faith to help guide them in the game. Dominique has really helped Mark keep a level head in Big Brother, and been a go-between with Elena and his showmance issues.
Additionally, power players like Paul like and trust Dominique. The only thing that could hurt her is if she lets emotions get involved in her game, and if players start to see how much others depend on her.
#3. Kevin Schlehuber
Kevin showed the best game play this week. He effortlessly threw any target that might be brought his way to Ramses. He then managed to be a player that everyone likes, including Cody and Jessica, who don’t like anyone.
Kevin continues to play the fun confidant to many Big Brother 19 players. Even when he betrays people, they refuse to believe it. If Kevin keeps this up, we may (hopefully) see him go far in the Big Brother 19 game.
#2. Raven Walton
It’s hard to pinpoint any of Raven’s strategy. She’s simply being nice and sharing her story about having gastroparesis. The players sympathize with Raven enough to make it their mission to see her win this game. They want her to go as far as possible.
In Big Brother 19, just being herself is enough to give her most of the power in the house. People don’t want to be that person to take her out of the game. They also look to her as a shoulder to cry on when the game gets to them.
We see Raven naturally going far, but we would like to see her actually use her position in the game to make some power moves.
#1. Paul Abrahamian
Did you expect anyone else to rank on top this week? At this point, Big Brother 19 could change its name to Paul and his minions. That’s how much influence he has over the house and this game.
But as we all know, unless your name is Derrick Levasseur, you’re probably not going to keep this much control too long. Paul should be able to keep his power for a few more weeks, but once he no longer has safety, we expect (and hope) the wolves will start to circle.
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Part one of The Real Housewives Of Potomac reunion focused largely on Karen Huger – and the super shady, Scooby Doo mystery bus that moved all of her belongings from one house to another rental while she vacationed in Bermuda. Although Karen attempted to defend her reasons for moving quickly – and to a place outside of Potomac – Gizelle Bryant still isn’t buying it. And neither is just about anyone else, especially now that we know more about Karen’s husband, Ray, owing millions in back taxes.
Gizelle responds to Karen’s claims that she moved to be closer to her parents, even hoping that her parents might come live with her one day. “I DO NOT understand Karen’s house moving explanation at all what-so-EVER! It was very confusing. Are her parents packing their bags and getting ready to move into this Great Falls house? Aren’t her parents very old and need to be cared for? Would they even care where they live? Again, CONFUSING!”
Gizelle also cries foul on Karen denying she’s had some “work done” south of her face – i.e., a possible breast reduction (which Andy Cohen blatantly called out). “Karen doesn’t deny getting ‘work’ done. She just denies the location where she gets the work done. She calls me a liar but offers for me to come with her next time. My love for Karen and her balls of contradiction grows by the minute.”
When it came to accusations aimed at her – notably for cheating on her ex-husband while still married – Gizelle shrugged them off. Plain and simple, she thinks Charrisse Jackson-Jordan was reaching. She admits, “At first I was shocked about the LIE that Charrisse was telling about me and my previous marriage but as I thought about it, I felt differently. I get it, people who live in glass houses throw boulders. People that live in infidelity dysfunction think that’s the norm. Last but not least I am DIVORCED.”
RELATED: Ashley Darby Says “Oz” Is Improving; Thinks Karen Huger Moved Because She Wanted A Better Kitchen
Plus, Gizelle says she’s happy with her new man, Sherman, anyway! And despite the fact that Monique Samuels thinks that she and Robyn Dixon are mean-girl “green eyed bandits,” Gizelle won’t be changing the shade of her eye color, or her epic shade, anytime soon.
Gizelle comments in her blog, “Monique doesn’t know me or Robyn well enough to make a comment about our relationship. Does anyone care what Monique thinks?? Of course, people are going to make judgments and question the green-eyed bandits. The dynamic duo strikes again… they’re haters!”
Robyn can also hold her own, as we heard when she was nearly threatening to give Ashley Darby an a$$-beating in between takes on the reunion couches! Gizelle warns Ashley that “Robyn is NOT to be played with, and she means exactly what she said. Catch her in a back alley no cameras and say something slick out your mouth…I suggest Ashley cross the street when Ms. Dixon is coming.”
TELL US – WHAT IS THE REAL STORY BEHIND KAREN’S MOVE? ARE GIZELLE AND ROBYN ‘MEAN GIRLS’?
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Real Housewives of Orange County returned with a vengeance.
Right off the bat, the battle lines have been drawn with Vicki Gunvalson and Kelly Dodd on one side and Tamra Judge and Shannon Beador on the other. They all came out swinging with the shade throwing and blatant insults.
As per usual, Kelly did not hold back during the premiere episode and even after it aired.
Kelly had a lot to say in her first Bravo blog post of the season.
“Okay, so, about episode one, ‘The Great Divide’ – a perfectly titled episode. The animosity between Shannon and I, and Tamra and I, as displayed at the reunion, is still there, simmering. Meanwhile Vicki and I have continued to strengthen our friendship.”
It’s very clear that they will not being sitting on the same couch together when the reunion tapes.
Surprisingly, Kelly said, “Seeing Tamra break down and cry during Bible Study at Lydia’s [McLaughlin] house was another reminder of how painful her daughter’s absence from her life has been. I still regret saying ‘no wonder her daughter doesn’t speak to her’ during our Ireland trip. Seeing her cry again breaks my heart.”
Aww look at Kelly, having a heart…. in between shit talking with Vicki. Maybe there really is a softer side to Kelly this season?
Kelly continued, “When Lydia asks Tamra what she thinks of me and says she thinks I am a hot mess and should pray for me, I thought yes Tamra, pray for me often. I too will be praying. For you.” That actually didn’t seem sarcastic… Or maybe I’m just naive?
Kelly came for Shannon when she recalled, “During the reunion Tamra showed a photo of Shannon with the caption I added that said, ‘keep eating.’ I didn’t know she would take me literally!!! Just kidding. Relax.” Oh, Kelly….
Kelly (somewhat) redeemed herself when she said, “We all struggle with some aspect of our body from time to time, so I have empathy for Shannon. I am struggling with my weight too.” But was the other comment necessary? Eh, not so much.
RELATED: Shannon Beador Calls Out Kelly Dodd For Fat Shaming Fan
TELL US- ARE YOU HAPPY KELLY IS BACK THIS SEASON? DO YOU THINK SHE TRULY REGRETS BRINGING TAMRA’S DAUGHTER THE IRELAND TRIP LAST YEAR?
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The second season of Below Deck Mediterranean is definitely exceeding all expectations. The drama is never ending. From Malia White’s love triangle with Adam Glick and Wes Walton to Hannah Ferrier’s unexpected hookup with a charter guest, there is something crazy happening during every charter.
Lauren Cohen and Max Hagley have stayed out of the fray (for the most part), but that didn’t stop them for sharing their opinions and hinting at what to expect from the rest of the season when they talked with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live.
Andy couldn’t help asking Lauren and Max which guy was the right choice for Malia.
Max reasoned, “It’s really tough. Wes is a great guy. Adam is a great guy. Wes is like the guy you take home to meet your mum. He’s that real clean image. You could spend the rest of your life with him sort of thing, but is she really into that?”
Who even knows at this point? This changes multiple times during every episode, but she does seem to be into Wes as of the last one.
Lauren chimed in, “Adam is like the guy to have a blast with and get into some trouble. I like bad boys so…”
Well yeah, she hooked up with Bobby Giancola and Ben Robinson – not exactly the stereotypical “take home to mom” type. A viewer even asked Lauren, “Do you regret hooking with Bobby like every damn day of your life?” Without hesitation, Lauren admitted, “I sure do.” Unfortunately there are many women who relate to that sentiment. She also described her interaction with Ben as “an extended fling.”
Speaking of Bobby’s hookups, apparently he has an interesting story in the pipeline this season. Andy asked, “Who hooked up with the most charter guests?” Max shared, “Hannah and Bobby.” Lauren confirmed the previously unseen Bobby hookup when she remarked, “Stay tuned, but so far Hannah.”
Andy asked Lauren what she thought of Malia referring to her and Hannah as ‘two shady, insecure girls.’ Lauren dished it right back and said, “Well, I always say that what someone says about someone else is a small reflection of how they feel about themselves.”
RELATED: Hannah Ferrier Is Still In Touch With Charter Guest Jason; Blasts Crew For Reading Their Texts
TELL US – SHOULD MALIA DATE WES, ADAM, OR NEITHER? SHOULD BOBBY AND HANNAH BE PUNISHED FOR HOOKING UP WITH CHARTER GUESTS?
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Tonight’s Big Brother 19 episode starts right after the uneventful nomination ceremony. Head of Household Paul Abrahamian set a plan in motion to backdoor his biggest opponent, Cody Nickson. This would have been more exciting if it was an actual surprise plan. However, everyone in the Big Brother 2017 house (including Cody) knows Paul’s intentions to backdoor him.
This week’s Wednesday Big Brother 19 episode revolves around the steps that Paul and company need to complete to get Cody out of the Big Brother 19 house. Following the ceremony, we should see more discussion about getting Cody out, and Jessica Graf and him continuing to isolate themselves from the Big Brother 2017 group. We should see some lighthearted moments, with the introduction of the V-Toads.
Christmas Abbott won the Big Brother 2017 Den of Temptation Ring of Replacement power. With every great power comes an equal or lesser curse. The consequence of Christmas’ power is that she gets to name three people to curse: she chose Jason Dent, Jessica, and Cody. On the Big Brother 19 Live Feeds, we saw Jason make the most of his toad costume.
Jessica and Cody adhered to Big Brother’s costume demands, but Jessica complained a little bit about it. Next, the episode will show the Power of Veto competition and ceremony. If you want an early spoiler, read our recap of both the competition and ceremony.
The episode should end on the veto ceremony. We’ll see if Paul gets his wish to put Cody up on the Big Brother 19 block.
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Does anyone else hate it when we don’t get a fresh episode for the week? I can’t even remember what I had for breakfast let alone what happened two weeks ago on Below Deck Mediterranean.
Good thing Bravo is there to catch us up with a quick clip of what’s happened in general: Chef Adam Glick spites guests with onions and also hooked up with Deckhand Malia White before the charter started. Chief Stew Hannah Ferrier did some hooking up of her own with a primary charter guest, which led to Christine “Bugsy” Drake to read her private messages with said guest and tell everyone about it. Bobby Giancola and Max Hagley were happy to help spread the gossip. Lauren Cohen was the only one who stayed on Hannah’s side.
Wesley Wiz Walton largely stayed out of it but only because he was too busy trying to get into Malia’s pants. Hannah was forced to tell Captain Sandy Yawn about her liaison and Sandy was pissed and took her off night duty because she can’t be trusted to keep her tongue in her mouth, I guess. Oh and Hannah and Adam continue to openly hate each other, which is where we pick up this episode. Adam is still refusing to show any kind of decorum in his attitude or attire and he certainly isn’t going to start because Hannah asks him to.
OK, let’s set aside what Hannah did with a guest and how that has any impact on Adam and his level of professionalism. Can anyone really say at this point that Adam isn’t the King of Douchiness? Seriously, he is the worst. Hannah decides she’s not messing around and it’s time to bring Captain Sandy into the fold in an effort to get Adam to actually do his job. Sandy agrees, goes and tells him to wear something nicer when meeting the guests, and then she comes back to chastise Hannah, saying she is trying to deflect from her misstep of kissing and communicating with a guest. I’m a little disappointed in Sandy with this one. So now Hannah, as Chief Stew, isn’t allowed to question what anyone else does because she kissed a guest? Seems a little unfair.
Two people still talking about it are Bugsy and Malia, who seems to think that Hannah put all their tips at risk by canoodling with a guest. Ummm yeah, she risked you guys getting a better tip. Malia can say all she wants that Hannah is a hypocrite but she also has her tongue down her boss’s mouth so what does that make her? Ugh, I wish we could just move on from this because it’s getting exhausting listening to a bunch of alcoholic, horny, 20 somethings lecture each other about professionalism. Ammirite, Viewers?
Anyway, the charter docks so the guests can go have drinks and while Adam does his job in the kitchen cooking dinner, Wiz has been instructed to go grab Malia and accompany the guests on land. They eat ice cream and flirt some more, while Malia decides she’s not going to tell Wiz that she was dating Adam before the charter started. She reasons it doesn’t matter so what’s the point? It might not matter to her but I’m pretty sure it would matter to both Wiz and Adam. I’m also surprised she doesn’t think that little tidbit of information might pop up at some point like say, when Adam is in a jealous rage? She would have been much better off telling Wiz her version of events now, rather than him finding out later. But hey, this is Malia’s dating world and we are all just living in it.
Before dinner, Hannah tells Sandy that she thinks Adam’s food hasn’t been up to yachting standards. She does have a point – yes, everyone loves cookies but cookies for dessert on a yacht? Only if Cookie Monster is your primary charter guest. Max hears everything from his bunk and goes on to tell everyone what he heard Hannah saying, including Adam.
Dinner is a tequila pairing, which Adam has never done but assures us that he is familiar with Mexican food. The guests love it and are happy to eat and get sh*t faced off tequila for the night. While the guests do Wiz’s party trick, called the slug (which is just as boring as it sounds), Hannah goes for a smoke with Lauren and tells her it’s time to pick a side and go to battle. A tad dramatic for my taste but OK, Hannah isn’t about to back down.
At 3 AM, there is an anchor shift change and Malia goes to take over Wiz’s duties and watch the anchor. She also manages to find a way to make out with him again.
It’s the final day of charter and as Hannah squeezes juice, Adam confronts her passive aggressively about what she said about his food. They get into it again and she points out how lame his constant rotation of soup and salad is. This is luxury yachting, not the Olive Garden, buddy. Adam likes to think he prides himself on variety and I like to think he should do us all a favor and go jump off the boat.
The Sirocco docks, the guests leave happy and also give a $15K tip. Not too shabby. As Bugsy and Lauren clean up, Lauren starts to realize she is isolating herself by sticking up for Hannah, so she hedges her bets and tells Bugsy she doesn’t want to get stuck in the middle.
Now that they have a break, the crew goes out for drinks and Hannah is in the mood to troll. She receives a message on her phone and asks everyone loudly if they would like to see the message, since they are so accustomed to reading them and all. Bobby tries to back track, claiming it was all just one big, fun joke but Hannah is having none of this. Max piles on and gives her a hard time and Hannah actually goes into details of her kiss with the guest in an effort to defend herself. I’m not really sure why she is bothering – she already admitted she kissed him and has been messaging him, what else do they want? I suppose she could be a little more open about the fact that what she did was wrong but again, we are just listening to a bunch of pots calling the other kettles black here.
Hannah decides to leave for the boat and storms off angrily. Lauren stays because she is desperate for friends.
The next day, we find out that the upcoming charter guests are high caliber and therefore, high maintenance. They even want the Sirocco to come to their hotel and pick them up. Captain Sandy recognizes one of the guests as a well-known yacht broker, so she knows she has to pull out all the stops to impress her.
Captain Sandy starts tightening the ship by pulling Wiz aside and asking him to rank his crew and then pick a second in command. I think we can all see where this is going. He pretends to weigh the options and make an argument for Malia that although Bobby is more experienced, Malia is “grasping” the concepts better. OK, I get it, Bobby can’t even count his own fingers but Malia has literally no experience. How could he possibly put her second in command over people who do?
Next on the hit list is Adam, who Captain Sandy sits down to say she wants to see his best. He blames Hannah for this request, as usual.
Hannah wants to tighten things up on her end too and sits down with Bugsy to try and clear out some of the tension. She starts by promising that she didn’t communicate with the guest while he was still on board and when Bugsy says the messages were time stamped, Hannah gives the excuse that maybe the time stamp changed. OK, that’s a stretch for an excuse but I really don’t think Hannah needs to continue to explain herself – everyone has already decided what she did is wrong. She should just own it and move on. They hug it out, even though I’m pretty sure this cease fire will last about as long as it takes for Malia to kiss someone (anyone) again.
The crew welcomes the new charter guests and Captain Sandy is a little too excited to see Shannon, the yacht broker. Lunch is served. Shannon immediately jumps at her chance to critique the dessert, asking if the watermelon is handmade or out of a box. Hannah assures her that the watermelon is from actual watermelons. LOL
As the end the episode, time has run out for Wiz and his little decision about who is going to be his second in command. Captain Sandy wants him to choose and despite his protests, she’s not letting him off the hook. Any guesses on who it’s going to be??
TELL US – WHO SHOULD WIZ PICK AS SECOND IN COMMAND?
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It’s a slow march to Cody Nickson’s Big Brother 19 eviction. Only one more day until the house votes him out, and then we see a game reset with a new target emerging in the Big Brother 19 house. Most of this week’s conversation revolved less around Cody being evicted or not evicted, but around who to get out of the Big Brother 2017 house next.
One side of the big power alliance wants to go after Jessica Graf, and just have a clean eviction sweep of the Jody (Jessica and Cody) showmance. The second half claim that they don’t see Jessica as a threat (but we suspect they have different motives for wanting to protect her). These players don’t mind keeping her around for a few weeks while the house goes after bigger outsider threats, like Ramses Soto and Jason Dent.
Want to know more of yesterday’s Big Brother 19 Live Feeds highlights? Then continue on to read more.
Alex Ow and Jason had their usual game talks, but this time Alex expressed a lot of frustration with the way the other houseguests are playing the game. She doesn’t understand why everyone claims that they just want to get to jury. Alex isn’t playing for jury, she’s playing to win.
Several players have commented that they just want to make it to jury, or their mission is to help certain other players get far. Of course, this could be a strategy to seem like less of a threat. However, we’re not too sure, so we get Alex’s frustration with these houseguests’ mentality.
Kevin Schlehuber has been playing a very under the radar game. However, today Alex started to notice that Kevin has been acting weird and shifty. Much later in the night, Ramses took some time to try to convince Alex and Jason that he didn’t vote out Jillian Parker.
He told them to watch Kevin, and see how he spends a lot of time in the Head of Household room. We’re not sure yet if it’s all sinking in, but Kevin might be in more trouble than he realizes.
Mark Jansen and Elena Davies have allegedly had sex in the Big Brother house. This became a major topic of discussion in the early Big Brother hours. Originally neither of them thought about the consequences of having sex on a show with 24/7 camera access.
However, later on they both worried about what the cameras caught. Dominique Cooper acted as the couple’s therapist as she calmed, soothed, and helped repair the Mark and Elena drama that came with their intimacy.
Mid-day Jessica had a bit of a meltdown. She started crying realizing that there was really nothing they could do to save Cody this week, and her own personal issues in the Big Brother house. She sought comfort from Cody and Raven Walton.
This meltdown seemed to have inspired some sort of nicer outlook on the game, because Jessica and Cody left their isolation to actually socialize within the house. It not only shocked the Big Brother Live Feed watchers, but the houseguests as well.
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Never has their been a bigger Real Housewives conundrum than Phaedra Parks. One-part preacher’s daughter, one part-convict’s wife, one-part funeral director, one-part stripper’s attorney, one-part pickle connoisseur, one-part southern belle, one-part attorney, one-part aspiring politician, and one-part thong devotee.
With all her shade, crazy facial expressions, and inconsistencies, Phaedra will be missed on Real Housewives Of Atlanta and we are here to give her an official Phuneral By Phaedra in remembrance of her many contributions to the drama in the Bravo Universe.
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Phaedra joined the show in Season 3 promoting herself as a Southern Belle, with a penchant for dispensing “Everybody knows…” advice tidbits, and serving all the blooming peach teas – except where her own life was concerned! Phaedra joined as a friend of Kandi Burruss‘s. Phaedra wasn’t just carrying a designer bag, but a suspicious pregnancy. Phaedra, for all the things she knows, seemingly had NO idea when her miracle baby of immaculate air mattress conception was due. Was she six months pregnant? Seven? Eight?
We knew Ayden, aka Mr. President, was gonna be a super baby when Phaedra declared he was “fully formed” MONTHS early! Equally confusing was Phaedra’s marriage to ex-con Apollo Nida! Of her husband’s past, Phaedra shrugged, “He’s no different from Martha Stewart, and people need to just get over it.” She explained that Apollo had signed a pre-nup and wasn’t with her for the money, but the Donkey Booty, which drew all the boys to her pasture.
Phaedra’s other claim to fame was that she grew up in Athens, GA right in the same town as NeNe Leakes. NeNe who declared that she had never heard of this Phaedra person… Right away they butted heads. Or is it weaves?
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Going by the due-date drama, we should have realized right away that something in Phaedra’s buttermilk wasn’t clean – even though she loved herself so-called “clean” men (only of the baby mama department, not of the criminal records). Phaedra turned out to be more slippery than spearing the last pickle in the jar, but she balanced it out by being weirdly interesting., Like her Boughetto-ballet themed baby shower which thrown by D’Wight! He must have spent $30,000 on the roses for her hair and the rhinestones in Phaedra’s eyelashes, right?
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Even Kim Zolciak, a Licensed Practical Nurse, or Licensed Nurse Practitioner (but definitely a professional baby-factory), knew that no doctor would induce a baby that soon if it weren’t a matter of life or death. Phaedra’s first Housewife feud was with Kim when she demanded Wigs provide proof of her nursing credentials. “Just because you strip out of a nurse’s outfit, does not make you a nurse, baby girl,” she opined. Well for someone wanting so many receipts, Phaedra sure never asked Apollo for any of his…
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Phaedra and Apollo seemed so happy that first season… And then came the introduction of Kenya Moore!
SEASON 4:
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In season 4 it was Smalls vs. Talls, and Phaedra decided to expand her repertoire to become a mortician, with the idea of hosting FABULOUS funerals (planned by Dwight?). Phaedra had hoped to make it a family business with Apollo’s help, but he was uhhhh… interested in other pursuits.
In the meantime Dwight occupied himself by planning some sort of elaborate name dedication for Ayden featuring a throne, chariot, and other princely features, followed by a 12 cake birthday party with a cake for each month of life.
Phaedra also played lawyer for Sheree Whitfield in her child support case against DeadbeatBob! Phaedra spent more time chasing Sheree down for her $5k retainer, than she did preparing for the case and the self-represented Bob trounced her in court. Of course Phaedra did manage to lend Sheree an air mattress in exchange for having to pawn her stuff!
Phaedra also surprised Kandi at her Bedroom Kandi sex toy party when she hired RiDICKulous, the stripper who perfectly illustrated what kind of entertainment Phaedra values. Still for most of season 4, Phaedra played peace-keeper and hilariously witty omniscient narrator, and keeping mum about why exactly NeNe despised her. All that changed in season 5!
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In between seasons, Phaedra’s past and relationship with Apollo started to catch up with her when she was questioned by Apollo’s former co-conspirator who released a book called Lies Of A Real Housewife. At first it all sounded so crazy…
SEASON 5:
Season 5 was one of the most DRAMATIC seasons of RHOA ever! Kim was out; Sheree was out – Kenya and Porsha Williams joined the show. Phaedra and Kandi were SUPER-BFFs after Phaedra set up Kandi and Todd. In fact even Phaedra and NeNe were finally copacetic! All was happy, hunky-dory, and sweet as chocolate until a former beauty queen with a vendetta infiltrated their midst! Suddenly there were inappropriate flirtations with another Househusband! There were thongs! There was twirling! And there was no going back!
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It was season 5 when Phaedra really took off, or should I say rode off on her Donkey Booty. Everybody knows… this booty is a thing we should all aspire to, and Phaedra decided to create a Donkey Booty exercise video with the help of new castmate and friend Kenya. Ironically it fell apart over drama about “back-end deals.”
Phaedra first advertised her fabulous booty by wearing a thong on the cast trip to Anguilla, a black thong swimsuit that would come back to haunt this southern belle in the most Gone With The Wind unfabulous “Victoria’s Secret free panties” kinda way! But before all that happened, Phaedra was a friend to Kenya and supportive of her through her failing relationship with Walter.
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Phaedra didn’t want to “perspire” she wanted to “glisten,” which meant her workout consisted of basically shaking her butt and growling in a pickle-colored exercise onesie. “Our donkey booty video is gonna bring life to the booties across America, as I collect my coins.”
While Kenya’s booty was turned, Phaedra asked Cynthia’s Bailey Agency to help cast the video and a feud was born! After Phaedra cut Kenya out of the deal cause she didn’t want to share those coins, Kenya decided to release the competing “stallion booty” workout DVD, deciding that Phaedra was “too fat” to be advising others on exercise. Unfortunately Phaedra happened to be pregnant with her second child, Dylan. I think she luckily figured out her due date this time!
Kenya and Phaedra didn’t only fall out over bootys, there was also that inappropriate flirtation Kenya had with Apollo. You may remember it … (sarcasm).
It started with saucy comments over the booty bargaining table, and peaked with a pool toss in Anguilla and a proposition of a threesome. In response Phaedra brought out the “big buns” to make sure Apollo kept his eyes in the right direction- sadly he instead looked at his phone screen where he was possibly illicitly texting the former Miss WHO-S-A! Despite Kenya’s misbehavior, Phaedra still claimed to feel sorry for the poor, dried up, eggs of Krayonce, and tried, piteously, to be a friend…
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Following the disastrous butt pads at the Shoe Dazzle charity event, Kenya and Phaedra made peace, but just in case she needed SECURITY, Phaedra decided to launch a line of tasers called Phaedra Sparks, and came dressed to Kenya’s Hollywood legends party as Cat Woman – claws drawn.
By the reunion Kenya had released her song “Gone With The Wind Fabulous,” featuring a video which mocked Phaedra. It was also revealed that Kenya had been flirtatiously texting Apollo behind-the-scenes, and was accused of trying to illicitly hook up with him in LA. On the reunion couch, an eight months pregnant Phaedra, Ms Parks if you’re nasty, let that Southern Belle facade collapse faster than Kenya’s fan!
Not letting Jesus fix it, Phaedra began referring to Kenya as “Kenya Whore-Moore” and claimed Kenya had “bought her booty in Mexico” (along with hiring Walter to play her man). She also mocked her for being old and unable to get a man, called her mentally ill and an alcoholic. In response Kenya threatened to beat a pregnant woman’s ass, suggested Apollo should have an AIDS test, and reminded that same pregnant woman that the man she got is an ex-con with wandering eyes (and hands)!
At least we’ll always have Phaedra’s priceless parenting advice: Children should pin $100 bills to their outfits for second birthday parties, because it is a grand tradition of “passing the Benjamins.” Brilliant.
In between seasons Phaedra gave birth to Ayden, aka the Prince, (who was fed only fresh pure chocolate milk from mama) and Apollo was indicted for fraud while season 6 was filming, something that Phaedra refused to discuss!
SEASON 6:
Phaedra had reattached her phony smile and embalmed herself against any low-blows, and remained steadfast that Kenya was all over Apollo’s innocent nuts. Phaedra was standing by her man as they renovated their new mansion, and Kenya was still the target of her animus, even after Kenya proved to Kandi that she hadn’t been sending Apollo nasty texts. Phaedra wasn’t quite ready to believe her, but she was starting to sense that something about Apollo’s backpack buttermilk definitely wasn’t clean!
Phaedra also started to form a friendship with the “tiny head, tiny brain” of Porsha, the woman we would soon call the Frick to Phaedra’s Frack! Kandi and Phaedra grew closer that season as Phaedra helped Kandi navigate the pre-wedding crazies of Mama Joyce.
The drama between Phaedra, Apollo, and Kenya continued to rear it’s very ugly head at NeNe’s PJ party when a massive brawl erupted and Apollo attacked Kenya’s assistant Brandon! NeNe and Phaedra bonded when they blamed Kenya for the instigating the whole thing.
By the cast trip to Mexico, where Phaedra asked that Apollo and Kenya not communicate and Apollo ditched his wife leaving her stranded outside – and locked out of – of their hotel room, it was clear that the days were numbered for that Parks-Nida marriage – especially when Kenya oh-so-innocently inquired about Apollo’s views on cheating and his answer, let’s just say, it wasn’t that wholesome!
In an effort to re-brand herself, yet again, the lawyer/exercise impresario/mortician decided she would also add future politician and philanthropist to her resume and Phaedra got the idea to start foundations for children. Cause she is such a good role model and all!
By the reunion everyone was wondering about Apollo’s indictment and brawl no 2 of the season occurred when Porsha and Kenya got physical. Phaedra eagerly sided with Porsha claiming she was provoked.
In between seasons, Apollo continued his legal plight, and Phaedra was a bridesmaid in Kandi and Todd’s wedding, but it was pretty much the end of Phaedra and Apollo.
SEASON 7:
Phaedra returned as essentially a single mother while Apollo prepared to self-surrender to prison and sought an attorney about divorce. Apparently Apollo had moved out and was spending his time with Peter in strip clubs. With Phaedra refusing to speak to him – or open up to the other ladies about what was going on – Apollo showed up unannounced to an event, and creepily insinuated he would never let Phaedra go. In the hours before his prison surrender – when he went asunder – he threatened his wife with a drill. Phaedra continued to remain eerily quiet about the matter and her own divorce plans.
Clearing up seasons of nonsense, Apollo also admitted that he’d “lied on” Kenya when he told Phaedra they had been sexting. A shocked Phaedra seemed ready to apologize and discuss things with Kenya, but continued to keep her distance. According to Apollo, Phaedra was busy cheating with the very secret Mr. Chocolate, and Kenya and Cynthia were all too eager to call Phaedra out. She snapped and Jesus got there just in time to stop Phaedra from walloping Kenya with a bible clutch purse.
With Phaedra’s divorce brewing, and Kandi and Todd remaining close to Apollo, Phaedra turned to NeNe and Porsha for support. New Housewife Claudia Jordan, a friend of Kenya’s, decided it was the perfect time to spread additional rumors about Phaedra’s allegedly slutty pasts – air mattress wrangling in the prison half-way house, anyone?!
Kandi was disappointed that Phaedra didn’t want to stay in her marriage , and didn’t want to bring her sons to visit Apollo in prison. Kandi resented what she believed was NeNe and Phaedra’s fake friendship. It was the beginning of the end for Kandi and Phaedra.
Phaedra needed her holy water spritz and prayer cloths that season – and she and Kenya finally decided to meet and pray the demons away and start a new friendship. That did not last, obviously, and Life Twirls On, right?!
SEASON 8:
NeNe was gone, and Phaedra and Kandi were barely speaking, so Kandi had been replaced by Porsha. Phaedra attempted to keep a low-profile as she dipped her toe into the political scene and while continuing to dip her booty into a thong, but she wasn’t able to let go of her anger towards Kandi.
Phaedra also befriended new Housewife Kim Fields and helped her through her emotional meltdowns of working motherhood (and dealing with Kenya).
Kandi and Phaedra tried to work things out at a tearful sit-down, and even though Phaedra helped to plan Kandi’s baby shower, she certainly was not forgiving Kandi for hiding Apollo’s assets in her garage so the FEDs couldn’t find them! Kandi blamed Phaedra for tipping off the authorities.
Adding another layer to the friendship mess, Todd was mad because Phaedra owed him money years later for a pregnancy exercise video she had planned to make before Apollo went ‘away’.
During a preview for Kandi’s new music video, Phaedra was overheard by Don Juan snarking that Little Todd owed Phaedra a workout video which he never delivered, which is why he never got his money! After Phaedra and Todd talked things over Phaedra finally paid – very late! – and was spiteful about the product, and the person Kandi turned out to be! Everybody knows… when Phaedra holds a grudge, not even a Willie Watkins Funeral could pry it out of her cold dead hands!
Phaedra and Kenya were pretty drama-free until the cast took a trip to Miami, and Phaedra blamed Kenya for instigating drama with drunken creep Glen Rice Jr. Phaedra apparently was trying to make a political point about black boys and men being unfairly villainized and Kenya’s instigation furthered these misconceptions.
With the invent of the Phaedra Foundation, fatherless boys had become Phaedra’s new cause – built on delusional ideology that Kenya is responsible for all men everywhere behaving badly or something. And since fatherless boys is kinda her thing, Phaedra wore a FUR CAPE and took Ayden and Dylan to visit Apollo in the clink.
Since everything was going badly the cast decided to take a trip to Jamaica, where much to Phaedra’s dismay, NeNe made a surprise appearance. The ladies all managed to bond while mused about those rumors that Kim’s husband may perhaps be gay?
By the reunion, Kandi and Phaedra’s friendship was completely over after the things Phaedra said about Todd.
SEASON 9:
Phaedra’s final season has been anything but genteel as she found herself embroiled in drama bordering on possibly criminal – or at least lawsuit worthy, perhaps! Despite the drama, Phaedra attempted to add “prophet” to her list of professional accomplishments and tried to achieve this by hosting a myriad of events: harmony-bringing laser-tag, anger management release dinners, teamwork building glamping retreats, and most delusional of all: a restoration service in Hawaii after lying to Kandi and Porsha. What Phaedra needs to do instead is get the number for NeNe’s Dr. Jeff and hope she can be restored to sanity!
Sadly Phaedra’s friendships with Kandi and Porsha are now completely finished over those lies. Fix it Jesus!
Things were actually blowing up all over – Phaedra was even the subject of a bomb threat from a former client, which she learned about en route to discuss divorce with Apollo at the prison! Mama Joyce was all too thrilled to pry and make accusations about Phaedra driving people to destruction.
Returning to the law, Phaedra helped a legal case of Kandi’s ex-assistant Johnny, who wanted to sue for unpaid wages. Phaedra even introduced him to a leading employment attorney, but then in the same breath was telling Kandi that she loved her more than she loved Apollo and was so sad their friendship had fallen apart?! Shaedra, indeed…
A newly – legally, so she thought – single Phaedra was considering dating, but she certainly wasn’t ready to be open with the other women about the status of her divorce from Apollo. Kandi, however, was still upset that Phaedra dared to date Mr. Chocolate while she was separated from Apollo and considered it cheating. Meanwhile Todd was communicating with Apollo’s sidepiece, turned fiance, whom he WAS cheating on Phaedra with while they weren’t even separated! Speaking of, Apollo’s new fiance showed her face at the preview opening of the OLG Restaurant! At last Phaedra admitted that Mr. Chocolate truly existed, and she was communicating with, but nothing else. Uh-huh…
Porsha and Phaedra’s issues started when Phaedra discussed Porsha’s anger management with Kenya. Frick would be loyal to Frack til her Phuneral By Phaedra days, but Frack tried her hardest to make them crack! Later when Porsha questioned Phaedra about what she told Kenya, about it Phaedra lied! Sadly, Kenya was eager to put it to the test by chasing Porsha down the street.
Porsha was warned by her friend Shamea Morton that Phaedra wasn’t a true friend – and accused her of trying to do the dirty with Shamea’s ex-man before they were broken up. Porsha defended Phaedra, but then said nothing when Phaedra whispered that Kandi and Shamea were once lesbian lovers!
That little accusation set off a domino effect which culminated in Porsha and Kandi having an enormous scandalous fight over Kandi and Phaedra’s friendship. Porsha actually accused Kandi of trying to drug and rape her! Something she learned from a reliable source… An unnamed reliable source…
With all the horrible gossip swirling, Phaedra’s one good deed was to host a charity popup fundraiser, then spend a week camping with Kenya and kids affected by the Flint Water Crisis. Kenya and Phaedra seemed genuinely bonded, and vowed to put all their issues behind them. It seemed legit and earnest – until Maui. Pre-trip Phaedra got her fat lasered off, but not her lies, and she begged Porsha to come along because it would be an opportunity for her and Kandi to ‘talk things out.’
Kandi had different plans – and erupted like a volcano onto Porsha over the drug and rape accusations. All the while, Phaedra sat there, not saying a word to Kandi about where Porsha got the damning information, nor in defense of either woman!
Things went from bad to worse when Kenya threw Cynthia and Phaedra a surprise divorce party. Phaedra stormed out claiming the “harlot” who ruined her marriage had no business celebrating its destruction. When Kenya confronted her, Phaedra turned back time to 3 years ago and again brought up Kenya’s inappropriate communication with Apollo! Dang Phaedra – didn’t the good Lord ever teach you about being gracious?!
At the finale party, Phaedra defended her decision to help Johnny as her responsibility as an attorney to help those who seek her advice.
Then came the reunion. At first it was standard fare: accusations, arguments, and bad behavior, lots of them between Kandi and Phaedra, but then Porsha revealed that it was PHAEDRA who said Kandi plotted to drug and rape her! Phaedra the most rotten peach of all continued to try and lie her way out of it, and then insisted she never meant to hurt Porsha. We don’t believe you…
Well it’s been real, Ms. Parks. We shall miss your shade, at which you’ve excelled, and you frantically trying to cover your truths. Who knows – this may not be the last of Phaedra?
TELL US – WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY OF PHAEDRA? ARE YOU SAD SHE LEFT RHOA?
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