Lisa says that she just tries to be diplomatic and conduct business. Andy asks her if she thinks the five of them could ever be friends. Well, Lisa Harwell thinks there's a lot of "water under the bridge", which she says looking at Kim, who nods - again, post-slap? Either way, Lisa's back to diplomacy pretty quick, and she says that all the women are special. Then she quickly catches us up on Ed Hartwell, who to her relief, was released from the Oakland Raiders, and denies one of the psycho Bravo viewers who wants her to send Ed Hartwell to Minnesota for a cuddle session. Get in line, dude.
And then it's time to deconstruct Sheree. Andy tells her, none too sweetly, that she seems to have "unending confidence". The first Bravo viewer tells her that she's a cute girl, but why does she act like everyone wants to look like she does and wants what she has? Sheree vehemently denies this, even though I distinctly recall Sheree lounging around in a fur coat getting her picture taken at Lisa Hartwell's Beauty & Booze party, asking what woman wouldn't want to be her.
So, how's your apartment treating you? All settled in?
Next, Andy pricks her with the divorce question. Sheree mumbles that she can't talk about it because of her attorney. No dumbass, cause you probably messed up your settlement with all your prancing around on television talking about you need a seven figure settlement for your private shoe shopping sessions and to throw parties in honor of yourself.
Then we see Sheree's greatest hits, starting with the tacky Louis Vuitton purse cake, and including the whole She by Sheree debacle. We close with Sheree saying that she's thirty-eight, hot, glamorous and super-sexy. But the first question goes to Kim - one of the Bravo viewers wants to know why she's always fawning over Sheree like she's "God's gift to beauty". Kim and Sheree laugh about it and mimic themselves, even though they look pretty embarrassed. Then Andy asks NeNe what she thought about it, and she says she agrees they were ridiculous.
Just for fun, Andy asks when She by Sheree will hit stores. "Fall '09," Sheree says after a long pause. Meaning never, but she's flexible. And the next question concerns the infamous She by Sheree line of maxi pads. One of the mean Bravo viewers wants to know how she's claiming to be a fashion designer if she doesn't sketch or sew and has no training in textiles. Seriously, what is it with these Bravo viewers and their insistence on talent and training? Like her sisters before her, Sheree laughs off this ridiculous concept, and explains that it's her "vision". And that actually, most designers don't sketch or sew. Well, I'm happy to know that. I have always suspected that I'd be great on Project Runway. It was just that whole not knowing how to sketch or sew thing that was really holding me back, but She by Sheree has encouraged me to follow my dream. Hello, Tim Gunn. I have no clue. But I have a vision.
Um...no.
Next, Andy tells Sheree that she seems hard to please. No, she just has high expectations, she explains. Well, there you go. People with expectations are always hard to please. Then Andy wants to know how Sheree thinks she treats her staff. Sheree acts all in the know with him, and laughingly agrees that on TV it looked like she beat them and she doesn't beat them! And then she repeats it like ten times. "I don't beat them! I don't beat them!," she says laughing desperately/maniacally. Hmmm. Well, I wasn't really thinking she beat them, I just thought she treated them like crap, but now that she's protesting so much, I'm getting other ideas.
And finally, Andy hits Sheree with the gold-digger accusation. And she plays it off with yet another rehearsed laugh, pretending not to even know what a gold-digger is. Like she's never even heard of the word before. Gold-digger? Sheree doesn't know what that is. Is there a shovel involved? You betcha. Anyway, Andy plays along, and explains that a gold-digger is someone who goes after men for their money. Well, that's clearly not her because Sheree doesn't go after men, she counters haughtily. Andy tells her She by Sheree isn't going to keep her warm at night, and Sheree says the one likeable thing she says all night, that that's what her covers are for.
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Comments (13)
I think I read that NeNe is 41.
Kimmie, you don't lose your hair from cancer. (That's C-A-N-C-E-R.) You lose it from the chemotherapy used to treat cancer. And it grows back.
Her hair could have been thinning. Probably from excessive bleaching, perming, etc. Either that or it was hereditary, or it could be thyroid or other hormone problems. Another cause is anorexia or bulimia.
Do you remember Dave Chappelle's sketches on his show about "keepin' it real"? NeNe totally reminds me of those!
1 of 13 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on December 4, 2008 8:14 PM
Oh I have been just WAITING for your recap because I really wanted to talk about this whole cancer/wig thing!
pixielated: I was thinking the exact same thing! That you don't lose hair because of cancer but because of the treatment, so how would her thinning hair and weight loss ever be seen as cancer symptoms?!
Did anyone else see the teaser where Kim is crying and says something about how her wig was squeezing her brain? Because I SWEAR I saw that, but then they never played that scene on the actual show.
I think that Lisa might be right that Kim is a pathological liar.
2 of 13 | Posted by MandaMo | Posted on December 4, 2008 9:18 PM
Oh I have been just WAITING for your recap because I really wanted to talk about this whole cancer/wig thing!
pixielated: I was thinking the exact same thing! That you don't lose hair because of cancer but because of the treatment, so how would her thinning hair and weight loss ever be seen as cancer symptoms?!
Did anyone else see the teaser where Kim is crying and says something about how her wig was squeezing her brain? Because I SWEAR I saw that, but then they never played that scene on the actual show.
I think that Lisa might be right that Kim is a pathological liar.
Oh and also! Why -- three years later -- would she not have enough hair to be able to lose the wig?
3 of 13 | Posted by MandaMo | Posted on December 4, 2008 9:19 PM
that reunion was HILARIOUS. i heard the same thing, mandamo. she accused nene of saying that her wig was squeezing her brain. LOL. i am really gonna miss these chicks. i just read that nene is going to pilot week to shop a sitcom about herself. i am in love. thanks for another great season, chickbomb! xo
4 of 13 | Posted by flipit | Posted on December 4, 2008 10:03 PM
I'm assuming that she really had a problem, and that it still exists, because who in their right mind would want to look like they're wearing Barbie's hair? Of course, maybe she is just so lazy that she likes to just throw it on and go.
Dynel--isn't that what they call it? Like those wigs poor, fabulous Samantha had to wear on SATC.
Doesn't Kimmie, as a mom, remind you of the mom on Married with Children?
5 of 13 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on December 4, 2008 10:38 PM
OMG, I totally agree with you on the host Andy taking Nene's side on everything, which is what I would've done to. I swear Nene could've just went up and hit Kim right in her face and Andy would've been like well that's what you get for picking Sheree over Nene.
This reunion was so funny, although I can't believe Bravo didn't show Lisa slapping Kim. They probably didn't want to show Lisa in that light. Now they would've showed Sheree slapping someone because they don't like her judging from how this reunion was setup.
Anyway, Nene is like my favorite person ever. Nene just says anything, how about next season, it can be called, "Nene and the Housewives of Atlanta."
6 of 13 | Posted by bigjr6633 | Posted on December 4, 2008 10:47 PM
One other obvious lie from Kimmie... remember when she said something about her and Big Poppa probably being engaged soon? The bitch knew he was married and has children! If I was those gals (except Sheree for now), I'd keep Kimmie far far away. Because she might go after one of their husbands next!
7 of 13 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on December 5, 2008 4:24 AM
Chickbomb, you've no idea how i've been looking forward to your recap of this show, i could not wait to hear your take on it!! & it was AWESOME!!! Totally hit the nail on the head, on all counts, girl!!
re) Nene as an ex-stripper, i did read that rumor somewhere on the Interwebs a while back, although I don't recall where, so I guess Apple & I are hitting the same sites. (Nene answered cleverly, but she did dodge the question a bit--- methinks there might be a hint of truth there? But really, who cares, it's Nene, we luvs anyway!!)
Also, i read Lisa's blog on Bravo's site & she mentions there how she was angry at Kim b/c of what Kim said about Lisa & her 2 children and that that's where her rage was stemming from. I too wondered about the Slap---my guess is that it happened after this segment was taped b/c i can't imagine any of them sitting down to chat/film after something like that happening, all hunky-dory, la-la, it's all good. No way! but who knows....
Oh & MandaMo, i THINK Kim did say that on the Reunion show (but maybe it was just the teaser) about the weave squeezing her brain---i think that's the part when she referenced Nene from an emotional standpoint, b/c during the season in one of the side interviews, Nene made a comment like, 'I think Kim's weave is squeezing her brain' (explaining y she's all besties w/ Sheree).'
I started out this season liking Kim, but as it progressed, I lost all respect I had for her---the bit about the wig/cancer completely decided it for me. First off, if it's a wig or weave, who cares?? wear it & don't make excuses (especially ones like that, that's so wrong!!) OHHHHH! that reminds me, i saw footage of a clip from when Kim was 24 & appeared on a show (Hot or Not?)---she had the same Barbie hair! So don't go saying you only got that wig 3 yrs ago b/c of possible cancer when you were wearing it way before then. I think some of the other commenters remarks are more on the $ (fallin out due to overbleachin or other problems).
CB, thnx for a great season, I will look forward to your other recaps---cannot wait 2 hear abt the RW Brooklyn gossip! I luv to read the comments, 2, u guys are hilarious!!
PS--DeShawn = yawn. oh yea and Sheree w/ a hole in her dress?? Yup, that's the kind of designer I want to buy from, someone who wears crap like that!
8 of 13 | Posted by tati | Posted on December 5, 2008 9:09 AM
ChickBomb! What an ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY AMAZING show this was!!!! The ChickBF and I were hopping up and down and screaming at the top of our lungs at all the silly stupidity on the screen, it was FABULOUS!!!
Andy Cohen is a devious bitch, and I love him for that, ESPECIALLY when he made sure to point out that KIM NEVER HAD CANCER (and made Kim herself point it out!). I could have cheerfully kicked her in the teeth for tossing that out there like "People should feel sorry for me because I thought I had cancer... you just don't know how rough it really is to think you've got CANCER, y'know?" And to wear tacky porn-wigs, apparently. I think that's what her real tears were about. I would really like an actual cancer-survivor's group to go find her and kick her ass for attempting to use their cause to gain sympathy from viewers for her being a brainless, delusional, talent-free, tacky-ass HO.
Also, kudos to Andy for nailing her with the "Are you still smoking?" question. Pure GENIUS, Andy!
And let her release her album, a zillion bucks says it will all be Auto-Tuned™ anyhow, so she won't really have to have learned how to sing in the first place (and everybody knows, in KimmieWorld, you don't really need to learn how to read music, or sing in tune, or have any talent, you just need lots of hair and boobs and smokes and wine). Sad.
As for Shreweé, I hope she gets a five-figure (or better still, a four-figure) divorce settlement for trying to convince people that she's not really a drag-queen... the woman just is not cute to me, and that "I'm so awesome!" attitude makes her fuglier.
You did such an awesome job of recapping this show, I hope there is a second season, and I hope there will be more fights like these, they were the most interesting thing to watch out of all the Oranges, Apples and other Assorted Fruit-Nuts on Bravo!
love, J-Mo :) (a.k.a. ChickGay)
P.S. We have to get together for drinky-poos in January when me and the ChickBF come out for his B-Day... LOVE!
9 of 13 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on December 5, 2008 11:40 AM
Chickbomb: I've inferred that you believe blacks should stop being offended by the Kim's statement about not wanting to eat chicken with NeNe because bar-b-que chicken and blacks are pretty much synonymous. Firstly, it's the way she said it and the shit eating grin she had on her face after saying it, and second, it's so stereotypical white to state that African Americans should stop being offended. I don't know, would any of our steretypes about you, while based in a truth past or present offend you? For instance, you're all descendants of war mongering, Indian killing/raping slave traders? Okay, that was too harsh. How about you're all bigots in private and no black should ever let down their guard and trust or befriend you?
Fried chicken is an all american part of our diets but blacks eating it is a negative stereotype that insinuates that blacks are chicken thieves. The same goes for watermelon. That blacks steal watermelons and sit in the watermelon patch eating it, rinds and all and by being so lazy and stupid as to not take their ill gotten booty to another location get caught, red handed. Hey, maybe that's where the phrase comes from. Blacks eating chicken and watermelon is funny to you. The few times I buy these food items from the store I have to steel up my courage and try not to notice if anyone thinks it's amusing to see me buying them. Still a fan, will read your stuff in the future.
10 of 13 | Posted by D_Bomb | Posted on December 9, 2008 1:30 AM
D-Bomb,
"For instance, you're all descendants of war mongering, Indian killing/raping slave traders?"
Seriously, dude? You want to go there? You seem to infer that Africans were not the same. Well, newsflash, they were. There were wars going on between Africans. There were African tribes which wiped out other African tribes (and still are). There was enslavement of Africans by Africans and the sale of Africans by Africans to non-African slave traders. The Mandinkos (which comprised a majority of the blacks who came to America as slaves) still practice genital mutilation of girl children. In some of these cases, they are sewn closed so that they no longer have anything but a small opening for urine and menstral blood. When they have sex for the first time (and subsequent childbirth), they must be cut open or ripped open.
No ethnic group is sacred. All of them have done things which are truly horrible. No country is without blood on its hands.
And, speaking of slavery, North America and Europe were not the only places which were part of the slave trade. A very large number of African slaves were taken to what is now the middle east and other areas of Asia. Additionally, there were approximately 1 million to 1.5 million Europeans which were sold into slavery in North Africa.
11 of 13 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on December 9, 2008 4:37 AM
Well, that was interesting. I went into this reunion with Nene as my favorite, followed by Lisa, and then Deshawn, Kim and Sheree at the bottom. I left it with Nene and Lisa at the bottom. Nene was just a straight up bitch. Keeping it real, my butt. Bottom line is, she didn't have the balls to say what she said about Kim in the limo to her face and instead trashed her behind her back. She treated someone she said was a friend like crap. Period. And, her refusal to own up and admit it was a crappy thing to do and apologize is so small minded. And, the whole, 'you can't be friends with Sheree because I don't like her' thing is so 6th grade. And, let's be honest, that IS what she was doing. But, she lost me completely when she played the race card. That's when I started chucking things at the screen. It's absolutely assinine to accuse Kim of being racist for saying the word 'chicken'. And, the way NeNe said it, I don't believe SHE believes it. She was just being a c*nt. Also, what was up with her bringing up Big Poppa's marital status? It's none of her damn business and it was a completely unnecessary low blow. For the first time, I really saw what Shenee and Kim meant by NeNe being so negative.
And, Lisa! What the hell was she on? She kept saying Kim needed medication but it was her who was high as a kite. She got called on being the one that told people what NeNe had done in the limo and she freaked out. Her calling Kim a liar was pure projection. Also, Kim didn't say she had cancer, for everyone who said that. She said she thought she might have cancer. Her point, I think, was that her hair loss gave her a real health scare and was therefore it was a real low blow for NeNe to bring up since she knew about the medical problem. Should she have ever mentioned the C word? Probably not, but she never said she had cancer. So, Lisa, stfu. Jesus, it really takes a lot for me to have any sympathy for freaking Kim, but those two bitches actually managed it. I just can't get over NeNe calling Kim a racist. Disgusting. And pathetic.
12 of 13 | Posted by kit9 | Posted on December 10, 2008 8:58 AM
I think Kit9 is actually Kimmie. And she said HER DOCTOR thought she might have cancer because she was losing her hair. Doctors know better than that. Kimmie was lying.
13 of 13 | Posted by Snootchy Bootches | Posted on December 10, 2008 10:52 AM