Last night, the Real Housewives of Atlanta’s highly anticipated
season finale aired on Bravo network.
The ladies sat on lovely blue couches dressed in their finest evening
wear with their faces beat to perfection.
On the left, there was Porsha Williams, Cynthia Bailey, & Kenya
Moore sitting prim and proper. On the
right sat NeNe Leakes, Kandi Burress, & Phaedra Parks. Bravo Andy sat in the middle to officiate [Read:
referee] the reunion special, with Kenya and Nene (Queen Bees?) directly across on each side. Andy went through and introduced each cast
member – starting with Mrs. Leakes, addressing her by her full government name and
she appeared somewhat offended. Her
smug, condescending attitude would continue throughout the episode. He introduced Cynthia Bailey last and didn’t
have much to say to her during the intro which came off as pure, unadulterated
shade.
As the show rolled along, it became apparent that Kenya Moore
has no friends amongst her castmates.
Shady facial expressions and cheap shots were tossed at her by
several. Kenya has mastered the art of destroying
these women by using their own weaknesses against them and for that she is
well-hated. It appears to be a defense
mechanism for her; instead of allowing the cheap shots get her angry, she
simply flips it by using her wit to fire back.
Her antics are often ridiculous and repugnant but nonetheless
entertaining to watch and are the basis for much of the drama that occurs on
RHOA. Simply put, she presses buttons
and the less “artful” may be roused to anger.
Phaedra Parks has similar smarts but is not as malevolent as
Ms. Moore – Phaedra is a southern belle after all. She even wrote a book about it! Even so, it is clear that she is not at all
fond of Kenya; especially after the open flirtation with her husband, Apollo. Kenya did not want Apollo – she simply drafted
him to assist in her demolition of Phaedra’s ego, and Apollo fell right in line, stupidly. If you come for Kenya, she WILL send for you
and she has made that painfully obvious.
The cheap shots Moore has endured from Parks did not go unnoticed,
apparently.
NeNe Leakes’s method of operation is to form factions. If you’re on her “team”, you’d better not
consort with the enemy or cross her in any way or she will attempt to embarrass
you by any means necessary. Or simply
get you “offed”. Remember Sheree
Whitfield? I don’t either. However, it appears she has a MAJOR ATTITUDE
this time around – could it be because her RHOA throne has been snagged by
another Drama Queen? This Kenya Moore
character is leaving these women feel “some type of way”, and the drama level
goes to show.
Kandi Burress is too rich for all the foolishness. Everything rolls off her back, except when it
involves her money or her man. Call her
anything you want, but you won’t call her broke, or lonely. She knows how to keep her foes at arm’s
length and keeps it moving with a smile on her face. She’s had her run-ins with a few of her cast
mates, but she doesn’t hold grudges because her bank account is popping and
her man is probably laying it down. Why
would she let pettiness ruin her day? She couldn’t care less.
Cynthia Bailey is the good girl. She is genuinely kind-hearted and just wants
everyone to get along. Unfortunately,
she is on a show designed for drama and her calmness comes off as plain old
boring. The few times she tried to step
out of her comfort zone to stir up drama, it backfired and she couldn’t take
the heat. She’s simply not made for the
drama and cattiness. Good girl gone bad
she will never be and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Porsha Williams is a gorgeous 30-something young woman with
a bright future ahead of her, if she plays her cards right. However, her naivety leaves her looking ditzy
and it’s quite unfortunate. She’s not as
dumb as she comes across on the show – she has moments in which a bit of
intelligence shines through; however, her maturity level hinders her from
fighting fair with Kenya Moore. Williams
has not yet mastered the ability to use words to bruise instead of her
fist. Taken, she has been through a lot
in a short amount of time with her divorce and having to fend for herself after
being spoiled rotten by her ex-husband.
Porsha has a good spirit about herself, though. She has been seemingly resilient in bouncing
back by taking on an acting gig for a stage play – in which she did an amazing
job. She has capitalized on her glam by
starting a hair weave line and has literally found her voice – her single “Flatline”
climbed up the iTunes charts. Her
persona seems to resonate well with the younger crowd and support for her
actions against Kenya has been staggering.
It’s sickening to see so much support for one black woman “dragging”
another on national television. Being
that Kenya’s “character” is much hated, many viewers lived vicariously through
Porsha last night as she stood to confront Ms. Moore and ended up getting
physical. That does not make it right…
at all. After all, she is the
granddaughter of a civil rights activist who probably cried from heaven in
despair due to Porsha’s lack of tact.
Now we all have that ONE person who pushes us to want to knock them into
next week but maturity teaches us that violence is for criminals and losing your
composure is a sign of weakness. No one
should ever have that much power over you to cause you to risk your
freedom. It’s apparent that Porsha still
has a lot to learn about life and it’s a shame her lack of judgment is playing
out in such a way in front of so many impressionable young eyes. What happened on the reunion show last night
is not something to be proud of, despite the crazy support she’s been receiving
on social media. Get it together, honey. At least for the sake of your grandfather's legacy.
There is now talk that the cast members are teaming together
to save Porsha’s job. Many even feel
that Kenya should be fired, ironically. People
take this show far too seriously and it’s nauseating. Why single out Kenya as a bully when each of
these women take turns stabbing each other in the back? Kenya is obviously doing her job WELL and I
hope her compensation is commensurate.
One cannot say that Ms. Moore is irrelevant because without her antics, the
show would have been very lackluster this season with the exception of Kandi
Burress’s familial drama. Folk should
just take it for what it is. Were you
not ENTERTAINED? Mission accomplished.
