Marlo and Shereé make a sweet pair with the former reminding the latter of her worth. The two have come far from their iconic incoherent altercation in South Africa during season four, and I love that they recreated that moment.
She plans a night of cocktails and conversation for the heartbroken Shereé, complete with an in-house Fendi shopping experience, junk food, and a masseuse. At the beginning of tonight’s episode, Marlo’s sweet side is fully displayed. Now that she has a peach, she’s trying to find her place in the group outside of her previous supporting role.įor the first few episodes, Marlo has strangely been the voice of reason - a position I never thought she’d fill - delivering great one-liners and funny confessionals. Marlo’s dramatic reaction is somewhat unexpected, but not really. However, Drew is downright distraught that she was not present, and Marlo is severely triggered about her lack of an invite.
#PAPARAZZI INVOICES HAVE BEEN SENT PROFESSIONAL#
I found the disinvite to be professional (“let’s connect” sent me) and direct. Drew is feeling the sting of Sanya’s quick switch-up, something I’m here for because the veteran Housewife usually goes on to treat the newbie like Judas. Marlo and Drew don’t take being excluded well. She’s lucky they didn’t send her an invoice - which Kenya honestly may have. And for a Black Friday sale of all things. Hitting two birds with one stone, she aligns herself with the top dogs of the show and gets a Grammy-award-winning artist and previous Miss USA to model her clothes for free. Instead, she chooses Kandi and Kenya to model merch from her Mommi Nation brand. Sanya’s next offensive move against Drew is disinviting her ex-friend from a photoshoot. So far, there are two main camps: we have Kandi, Kenya, and Sanya versus Marlo, Shereé, and Drew, with some infighting and neutralities between the two groups. Tonight, the ladies are choosing teams and firing their first real shots. On the other, it breeds desperation within the cast to make the season work. On the one hand, it makes it obvious that these are coworkers on a television show, creating a flimsy fourth wall. When this dynamic occurs, the bones of reality show production are more visible: meeting up only for staged events, conversations starting off manufactured, and the ladies’ alliances and attacks are more strategic. This isn’t uncommon for Housewives, especially for the franchises that have lasted over a decade. None of them, except perhaps Kandi and Kenya, would naturally hang out outside of the show. With Marlo and Kandi in particular, the jabs are personal. Now that they’re forced to interact without other cast members like Nene, Porsha, or Kim Zolciak, we’re starting to see why these four don’t mesh. Part of the core ethos of Atlanta has always been “sisterhood,” or the lack of it. Out of all the Atlanta vets, these four were never really known for being close, though that doesn’t make their relationships any less nuanced.
Shereé’s an OG, Kandi and Marlo knew each other before the show, and Kenya has been on since season five. The lengthy and tumultuous history between the ladies makes it compelling. Now, as my friend Mauryawn said, this season’s cast kind of feels like leftovers in comparison, which may contribute to why I feel that tonight’s episode comes off tactical and calculated. As messy as those women were, the energy was fresh and felt like a new generation of RHOA.
LaToya, Shamea, Falynn, Porsha, and sometimes Tanya brought a certain youth and unpredictability to the show that’s no longer present. Watching seasons 13 and 14 simultaneously shows how glaringly different the cast’s chemistry has become. Speaking of the trip, guess what song was used while the ladies surprised Cynthia in their lingerie? Legs and hips and body, body, body. At the season 13 reunion, Drew reveals that she met Bolo (I think we all remember who that is) before the South Carolina trip … with LeBron? If walls could talk. In a turn of events that I wasn’t expecting, I’ve found shaky evidence that Drew may not have been lying about LeBron. For the past few months, I’ve been rewatching RHOA in its entirety, and I’m finally at season 13. Before I dive into the chaos of tonight’s episode, we have some housekeeping to do.
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