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Wow, Veronica is a monster.

I get Kandi. She comes from a tradition, especially in southern, Christian black families, where you don't DARE talk back or "disrespect" your elders, and definitely not your parents. No matter what they do or say to you as their child. Doesn't matter if you're an adult. I come from a family like that.

So happy Bianca won! I was expecting Adore to take it.

I wonder if Emily and Victoria will end up as unlikely allies going up against David Clarke.

Ratings dropped a lot for ATL this week with the special and Kenya's WWHL: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/05/13/sunday-cable-ratings-game-of-thrones-wins-night-nba-playoffs-silicon-valley-bar-rescue-real-housewives-of-atlanta-mad-men-more/263258/

I haven't watched since S2 and I still savored Victoria getting that shovel to the cranium.

Kandi seemed close to swinging on Nene when they were discussing Nene dissing Mama Joyce in a blog. She was so angry she was fighting back tears. It made me nervous just watching it. Phaedra may be a fraud, but she's a ninja with her words. She did indeed demolish Kenya.

Definitely good awe. There was a stunned silence in the room. Honestly, both Nene AND Kenya are coming off poorly. Nene for her smug negativity and Kenya for not being able to capably defend herself.

Wow, Phaedra took my breath away with her read on Kenya spending her weekends in sperm clinic. I am in awe.

I can't believe Ramona would throw a glass at someone's face. I was hoping that was just a bit of editing trickery in the super trailer.

I love how the one sister is always prepared to stop Mama Joyce from jumping on somebody. She's had a lot of practice over the years CLEARLY.

If you're ever randomly watching Bravo on Saturdays, they often show these "First Looks" at premiere episodes coming in the next week. And they aired the opening segment of Part 2 of the RHOA reunion last night.

Maybe she felt she had the moral high ground (after all, Nene, Kandi, and Phae all looked foolish making excuses for Porsha resorting to violence), but I thought Kenya, for the first time, went toe-to-toe verbally with Nene and Phaedra in that first look at Part 2. She even got the last word in with Nene with the Marlo comment.

She stole Sheree's "Bitch ain't crazy" as well. She needs to come up with her own material.

I wish Kenya were more like Camille Grammer. Not that bitch was a world-class [!@#$%^&*]-stirrer and very calculating. A boss, as you would say. With Kenya, you see the rough edges more (hello, the batteries and the bullhorn). And let's be real, she's inauthentic. She comes off as a woman without a core, even with Aunt Lori "grounding her." And no real friends in the cast. Even Cynthia abandoned her last night. I would like to see both her and Nene gone.

That was a bizarrely unsatisfying first part of the reunion. The dynamic between these women is every bit as toxic, if not more so, than NYC S4, when they purged the cast. Outside of Kandi and Phaedra, whose relationship seems genuine, these women CAN'T STAND each other. And once that's the case, as it is now in RHOBH, something's gotta give. Nene looked as ugly as her behavior tonight. She clearly didn't want to be there. Kandi really checked her ass too.

I wonder how much of the actual violence will make it to air.

I suppose it would have been a editing nightmare to re-arrange the sequence of events if indeed the fight happened early in the taping. I'm sure it colored everything that followed. I'm LMAO at Cynthia recoiling from Porsha and Kenya in that trailer. For me personally, I actually don't think Nene came off that poorly in her one-on-one with Andy. She seemed subdued compared to her earlier appearances, where she was playing the grande dame. Yeah, her comments about Cynthia were crappy (and response to them overwhelmingly negative on Twitter), but she spoke the truth.

Was surprised at the vitriol and ridicule Kenya got on Twitter for how devastated she was about the dog. I get that some people don't understand the bond between people and animals, but I'm a big dog guy. Whatevs. Nene needs to get over herself. She's acting like she's Dame Maggie Smith herself and can pick and choose projects without honing her craft. Plus, why hadn't we heard about this fashion line before? Shades of She by Sheree...

Solid season premiere. Interesting to see the doctors as the nucleus of all of the drama. Dr. Heavenly certainly came on a bit too strong, but at least she made an immediate impression. Love Dr. Simone and Dr. Jackie going in on her; I really enjoy their friendship, which feels genuine.

Well, this is what Colin Egglesfield a.k.a. Josh from AMC is up to: getting arrested for disorderly conduct in Arizona. Mugshot at link. http://www.people.com/people/mobile/article/0,,20802636,00.html

Interesting. Bravo did put RHONY behind RHOA this past Sunday for sampling, and it only managed around 1 million viewers out of an almost 4 million viewer lead-in. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/04/01/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-wins-night-talking-dead-real-housewives-of-atlanta-shameless-naked-and-afraid-more/249656/

Yeah, Luann's absence has been deeply felt, by me, at least. I love to hate her. I adore Heather (although admittedly she's been a little grating). Can't wait for "You wanna deck me, honey? You might want to stand up straight. You wanna deck me? DECK me."

I wonder if they hired extra security for the NJ reunions, since that franchise set the precedent for actual physical violence (the Joes, Teresa, etc.) I can't help but feel a bit sad about this, though. Will we see security lurking around the perimeter of the set at all ATL reunions? It's a bad look for the only black franchise. I want to see how it plays out, and if it completely overshadows the other conflicts we wanted to see resolved this season. (Phaedra must be thrilled, for many reasons.) Given the coverage the fight is getting, Bravo is guaranteed big ratings for it.

Not that it's that much more of a reliable source, but US Weekly is confirming the physical altercation between Porsha and Kenya: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/real-housewives-of-atlanta-stars-porsha-stewart-and-kenya-moore-get-in-scary-brawl-during-reunion-taping-2014273