Chris B

Half the women on these shows are hookers with their old ass ugly husbands that they're only with for money. That is one thing nobody can ever sell me on with Marlo. Marlo helped soften Nene's image in season 4 and put lots of money in her pocket by making I Dream of Nene an actual series and a success. Nene did not make her.

Nene needed a costar for I Dream of Nene. She knew Marlo is who would bring ratings and attention to the show. There is nothing wrong with that, but it was a mutually beneficiary situation. None of the other BRIDEmaids would've been as strong as Marlo as the sidekick and I strongly believe Marlo is the reason she had a spin-off and not a special. If you look at the first episode, everybody was going on about how boring it was. It wasn't until Marlo joined that people started talking. I think RHOA made a mistake by not bringing her on sooner this season.

Nene did not make Marlo. I haven't watched RHOA yet, I'm waiting on Real Housewives of Melbourne to download so I can see if I have a new favoritie series to watch! 20 more minutes!

BH lost Camille, Adrienne, Faye and Marissa, who granted weren't all full-time, but their presence is definitely missed on the new show with no supporting characters. I view what happened to RHOBH similar to RHOA last season, it's more of a transitional season.

I can only hope it works better than the RHOBH reboot, but I'm confident that it will. Those girls generally know how to work it out.

I think once RHOC returns it'll be viewed as a big reboot. Especially if they end up adding 3 full-time wives instead of 2. It's hard to know since they're still filming.

Cindy was great, her only crime was replacing Bethenny. That made absolutely no sense. Someone like Heather, Carole or Mica from Blood, Sweat and Heels could've filled the Bethenny void somewhat.

You know they want to call Marlo an opportunist, but who trotted her out for ratings on I Dream of Nene? She wasn't Nene's lead co-star by mistake. She wasn't the second name mentioned in the press releases for no reason. The way Nene and co. use the word opportunist is wrong as well. Nene has benefited from others and so has Marlo, that is life. Marlo, much like Nene has a big enough personality to push herself to the top. All she needs is an opportunity and she makes the most of it.

Season 4 of NYC is not as bad as people make it out to be. I enjoyed it the last time I re-watched it.

I can see Phaedra pulling out, but I hope she doesn't because she has played an important enough part in the season. I will say though, that I want an epic reunion. I want the main 6 wives, then I want the husbands to come out, then I want all the supporting players (Malorie, Marlo, Mynique & GreaseMonkey). They need to do it in 3 parts, but I'd make each one an hour and a half.

Ah, I just posted about this in the Housewives thread. I consider this a housewives show, just too many interesting black women in ATL. I can't wait! Will be interesting to see it's ratings for season 2. I bet expectations are high since it's replacing RHOA.

As expected, Married To Medicine is going to be taking over Sundays starting April 6th. New season looks good. The two new girls look a bit basic in the group shot, but I'll give them a shot. I do kinda wish Kari were a full-time cast member, but it's nice we'll see her still. BTW, I know this isn't an official Housewives show, but it IS a Housewives show and it's replacing RHOA, so it's relevant. Article on new season, plus trailer: http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/married-to-medicine-season-2-welcomes-new-cast-members-lisa-nicole-cloud-and-dr-heavenly-kimes-trailer-2014192

That's the site that broke the news of Apollo's latest arrest. It sucks we have to wait so long to find out more details. I want those court records unsealed. I wonder who the other RHOA people involved are.

You need to re-read the past few pages....

I can see how someone as immature as Nene could be upset that Marlo is filming with Kenya (hmm...yet she's ok with Cynthia and others doing it), but the scene at Lawrence's salon was very complimentary of both Nene AND Kenya. I feel like if Nene had actually forgiven Kenya and moved on that they could've remained friends. Nene, Marlo and Kenya could've been a STRONG trio that dominated this show, but Nene can't seem to keep friends. I felt like Marlo was very fair, even criticizing Kenya to her face and admitting to a time when she screwed up with Nene. She didn't say it wasn't her fault or that Nene was wrong, she owned what she did, had her month with Nene not speaking to her and repaired the friendship. I also though Kenya's comments seemed genuine.

If Nene wants to be jealous of anybody, she needs to be jealous of KANDI, who IMO has stepped up as a major force on this show. She is the second longest running cast member after Nene and she is giving them EVERYTHING.

This is total BS. Andy is the EXECUTIVE PRODUCER of every Real Housewives show. If anything he is MORE involved now that his focus is his production company and only the RH shows. And Kenya did not backfire in any way. Last season had record ratings throughout and Kenya was a HUGE talking point. If anything, NENE was irrelevant last season. She did absolutely nothing. And not invested? Did you miss them giving her a full series, instead of a 1-3 episode wedding special? Have you missed her two one-on-one WWHL episodes? You can say you're a Nene fan, but come on now..

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I'm sorry, but I still claim BS to that. Andy Cohen is going to do everything in his power to get Nene to stay. He is not going to let anybody plot to take down Nene. IF Nene leaves, at the very least Andy will try to make I Dream of Nene or a talk show happen for Nene. He's not going to run her off hating him. I think after season 4 the producers saw that there might be a shake up. For all anybody knew, Nene could've booked a big acting job which would've prevented her from filming at all, plus you have Sheree unable to film due to insufficient funds and Kim so pregnant that her place wasn't 100% safe either. With the prospect of their 3 stars leaving, I thought they did a good job of bringing in Kenya and Porsha as replacements. In the end things worked out better than they had hoped since Nene decided to stick around, but I have no doubt that Kenya was cast with the goal of her becoming the next star in case anything happens with Nene. I don't think that is manipulative or a wrong thing to do and the viewers have responded well enough to Kenya that they don't need to jump through hoops to justify her presence. Just like Nene, you love or hate or or love-to-hate her.

How are they working overtime to give Kenya the glamorous edit? Kenya hasn't really done anything crazy this season. She's not acting crazy like last year either. I think she's making an effort to show more of her personality and less of a character.

I find it hard to believe Nene is getting a bitch edit. Just look at WWHL and how Andy still protects Nene. This is what they have to work with and like JackPeyton said, she's acting the exact same way off the show. Nene has never been one to apologize for ANYTHING big or small. She won't accept responsibility for anything and it makes her look like a fool. Nobody is setting her up, she is setting herself up. I haven't seen tonights episode, but I will say, her short wig in the recent talking head is nice. It doesn't stand up too high and it looks fairly natural. Overall I can't believe how horrible her wigs have been this season. They are worse than what you see on broke drag queens. Why is nobody counseling her? And how do yall think her hair looks under the wig?

Nene started shading Marlo towards the end of I Dream of Nene after all that work Marlo put into helping her. She clearly took Diana's side and everybody else's when it came to Marlo. She also was shading Lexis, her long term friend. I'd also note that Marlo has not said a negative word about Nene to this day while Nene has dragged her in the press calling her a prositute, saying how she will never be a housewife and talking about how "extra" she is. Through all of this Marlo has told her followers not to say anything negative about Nene. I wouldn't say it's an open shut case. Nene introduced Marlo to Kenya and I see no reason why Marlo should avoid her. Cynthia isn't avoiding her and she's Nene's closest friend on the show.

The RHOA EP just tweeted there are 7 episodes left, which will give them their longest Pre-Reunion season with 22 regular episodes. Past two seasons had 20 episodes and season 3 had 16 before the reunions kicked in.

If Nene weren't so jealous, immature and insecure she'd be shining right now. Production isn't messing with her and neither is Kenya. They didn't have a beef. EVERYBODY had a reason to be this mad at Kenya EXCEPT Nene. The only reason Nene is mad is because she is jealous of Kenya and feels like her Queen Bee status is in question. I had no idea it would be this obvious. I thought there would be some wiggle room and that maybe Nene wouldn't come off horribly. This is completely transparent and 100% Nene's doing.

Shiiit, Tamra knows she needs the job so I'm sure she does what she needs to do and doesn't give them ANY trouble. She's the type that knows how to perform and make sure she ALWAYS has the material to make sure she's one of the leads for RHOC. Vicki I think is just as nuts as what we see on TV, but I don't think she is much trouble either. Like Ramona, Vicki is probably just annoying, but probably VERY annoying when she gets into her moods.