On The Real Housewives of Atlanta Marlo Brings Bad-Mannered Crazy to Capetown South Africa

NeNe Trying To Calm Down Marlo
 Before She Slices Anyone

I really need an intervention to break me of my addiction to Train Wreck Reality TV.

The fact that, not only did I watch Sunday night's latest episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, I found myself laughing multiple times,which possibly should be cause for concern.

It has now become a staple of the various Bravo Real Housewive's series to have the girls take a trip to some exotic locale.

The pretense is always that it is one of the housewife's who instigates these trips, not the Bravo producers.

In the last season of The Real Housewives of New York it was Countess LuAnn, who I don't think could plan a shopping trip to Wal-Mart, who supposedly instigated and planned a trip for the New York girls to visit Morocco. Including LuAnn, supposedly, organizing a group camel ride to an elaborate tent in the desert.

With the Atlanta housewives it is Phaedra who instigates, and supposedly, plans, a trip to Africa.

Yet, even though this is Phaedra's trip, somehow NeNe brings along the troublemaker Marlo, with Phaedra having no say in the matter.

Obviously, due to the likely fact that Marlo was added to the trip by the Bravo producers to add drama potential.

Afterall, Marlo is a woman convicted of multiple felonies, including slicing up a woman with whom Marlo got in a bar fight.

It was a long flight from Atlanta to Capetown, South Africa.

Marlo and NeNe brought enough luggage to stock a Goodwill Store.

Upon arrival in their humongous luxury suites Marlo proceeded to act crazy with her demands of the suffering concierge.

NeNe was surprised that Capetown was modern. Like America. I guess she was expected grass huts.

The pretense is that this trip is Phaedra's. We do not seem to extend the pretense to Phaedra claiming to pay for it all. The luxury suites, the first class plane tickets, the yacht trip in the harbor, the upcoming safari.

With about 20 minutes to go in Sunday night's episode we saw clearly why the Bravo producers included Marlo.

After lecturing the housewives all day about proper etiquette, Marlo went totally off the Miss Manners farm when Cynthia instigated Marlo getting all upset over Sheree not inviting Marlo to a party, a party to which Sheree accepted an invitation prior to knowing Marlo would be along for the trip.

But, Miss Manners Marlo, who thinks nothing about crashing a trip uninvited, also thinks she should be included in going to a party to which she was not invited.

This led to what may be the weirdest screaming fight in Housewive's History. It was between the now totally ill-mannered Marlo, and Sheree.  Somehow Marlo not getting invited to a party quickly gave Marlo reason to make all sorts of insults regarding Sheree's financial state. Which had Sheree going on and on about Marlo sucking money from a 100 year old geezer.

The side comments, commenting on this fight, from Kandi, Sheree and NeNe, was what had me laughing. The details of which I no longer remember. Except for Kandi pointing out the irony of Miss Manners Marlo turning totally non-mannerly ghetto in a flash.

Eventually the screaming between Marlo and Sheree degrading down to this very strange thing where the two were making what sounded like bird noises at each other.

It is NeNe who is usually at the center, or the cause, of these type altercations. This time NeNe tried to stop the yelling. And actually made a comment along the line of if this is what I sound like when I argue, well this just sounds stupid.

Next week it looks like a turtle attacks the housewives when they are on safari. Maybe it was a rhinoceros.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 4 Premiere Delivers Some Amusing Entertainment

Season 4 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta started up Sunday. The first episodes of this season's Real New York City and Beverly Hills Housewive's new seasons did not deliver, with the RHONY wives starting off being really annoying and really not stopping being really annoying all season long.

But.

The first episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta delivered, instantly re-hooking me into wanting to watch these ladies and their antics.

I somehow thought after NeNe's embarrassing fail on the Celebrity Apprentice, and watching herself embarrassingly fail, that NeNe might tone down that which makes NeNe come across as an overbearing loud bully. Last season's first episode had NeNe yelling, like a crazed banshee, at Dwight. This season's first episode had NeNe yelling like a  crazed banshee at Sheree.

I really could not understand what the beef was between NeNe and Sheree. In the midst of it NeNe was claiming to now be rich, due to cashing checks from Mr. Donald Trump. Sheree countered by reminding NeNe of the bad dental work she had when she first appeared in Atlanta. And that her vehicle had been repossessed at Home Depot.

When these women go into loud yell mode I have trouble understanding the version of English that they speak.

Before we heard NeNe yelling at Sheree we saw her take her deadbeat son, Bryson, or whatever his name is, to buy a new car. He'd wrecked his previous car. NeNe had given up on her deadline for the son to get a job and his own place to live and was now employing him to do errands for her, now that she is super rich from all those checks from Mr. Donald Trump.

In the first season of RHOA we saw NeNe and her then not estranged husband, Greg, take Bryson to buy a new car for him for his high school graduation present. That car must have been repossessed. And then he got another one that he wrecked.

So, NeNe wrote a check, paying cash, for a new car for her deadbeat son.

Phaedra delivered once again. After having a fun experience helping with her aunt's funeral, Phaedra has decided that undertaking will be her new undertaking. When Phaedra informed her husband, Apollo, that undertaking is a family business and he'd be expected to help, he did not seem too thrilled.

And then there is Kandi. She is now an Intimate Luxury Specialist, working towards selling her own line of high end adult toys. Including musical vibrators that play tunes Kandi has written, with the musical vibrators vibrating in sync with the tune. I was more than a little appalled that, as Sheree and Phaedra looked over some of Kandi's potential products, that one of them which baffled that pair, I knew how it was used.

Cynthia is opening the Bailey Modeling Agency to turn Atlanta into a world fashion mecca. A funny guy/girl, famous, I guess, in the modeling world, named, I think, Miss Jay, showed Cynthia's girls how to correctly work the runway. It was amusing. I like Cynthia.

Sheree did not seem to have a lot going on. She informed us she has been busy with her acting career. No mention made of her clothes line called She by Sheree.

And now that leaves my favorite of the Atlanta ladies.

Kim Zolciak.

Heavy with the incoming baby boy, brought courtesy of her assignation with fooballer, Kroy Biermann, Kim appears to have given up smoking and drinking wine. Kim and Kroy, Kim's girls and the incoming baby boy are in the process of moving to a massive mansion.

We saw Kroy doing a lot of heavy lifting, helping with the moving process. Kroy is only 25 years old. I think Kim must be in her 40s. Kim is one very lucky girl. Good fortune seems to fall her way quite easily. I hope it lasts.

There is a cute new addition to the Kim family. A little dog. Much cuter than Lisa Vanderpump's Giggy.

Of the Atlanta housewives the only dark negative hole of Jill Zarinesque-ness is NeNe. Among the Atlanta girls there is no mental ill creepy girl ala Kelly Bensimon. No dead humorless weight, like Cindy Barshop.

But, I can't imagine the Atlanta housewives without NeNe, as overbearingly annoying as she can be. The poor girl seems to have deluded herself to believe that all who find her a bit much are simply jealous of her stunning success and great wealth due to all those checks from Mr. Donald Trump. Those who don't care for NeNe's antics she calls "haters."

I don't care for NeNe's antics. But I don't hate her. I sort of feel sorry for her.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta: NeNe Terrorizes Kim On Bus Tour From Hell

The 3rd Season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta started with NeNe screaming like a Mad Banshee at Dwight at a party. Totally inappropriate behavior.

We are nearing the end of Season 3 and on the latest episode of RHOA NeNe was back in full Moose on a Rampage mode.

Except for a few moments spent with Phaedra and a few moments spent with Cynthia and her supposed husband to be, Peter, mixed in with a little Sheree, most of this episode was spent on Kim and Kandi's Bus Tour.

Kim is getting on every one's nerves. The constant need to smoke, the constant screaming for Sweetie, just the constant Kim apparently is very nerve wearing.

And then for some unfathomable reason Kim invited NeNe to join the Bus Gang in Orlando, to watch Kim perform before a packed arena, I mean strip mall bar, and then ride with the gang to Miami.

Kandi knew it was not going to go well having NeNe on board. Particularly after Sweetie managed to connect a laptop to NeNe's little "news" segment where NeNe used Kim to get her interviewee to open up by asking if Kim, at 32, was too old to be a pop star. And what the interviewee thought of Kim's Tardy for the Party song.

Kim took umbrage at NeNe mentioning her in this manner in her interview. But, the initial appearance of NeNe went fairly well in Orlando. NeNe went to the show. Made snide remarks to the camera. Was fairly civil to Kim. And drank a lot of wine.

After getting drunk, that night, NeNe made some disparaging remarks directed towards Kim, but Kim did not take umbrage. Directly.

And then, the next morning, back on the bus, on the way to Miami. I don't know what set if off, but soon NeNe was spewing all sorts of mean vitriol at Kim, belittling Kim's easily belittled "singing career." Among other things. NeNe even spouted out that Kim treated Sweetie like a slave. Sweetie took umbrage at that remark.

Kim snapped back a few times, which only made NeNe louder and more aggressive. Mostly Kim was in a defensive posture with a look of terror on her face, like you see in the above screenshot.

Finally NeNe went totally ballistic and lunged at Kim, which caused Kandi and the manager, I think his name is Don Juan, to restrain NeNe.

Kandi's sorta of bemused disgust at it all is sort of amusing to watch.

Another thing I learned on the bus is us White Folk often go about barefoot. This apparently is a well known fact. Which I type, as I sit here barefooted.

I don't remember any Phaedra gems of wisdom this episode. I do remember Phaedra's baby throwing up on Sheree. I think the baby watches the show.

And then there is Peter. Run Cynthia. Run fast. Don't marry this jerk. You invest a fortune in his restaurant. It starts to fail. He closes it without telling you. And then, when you are justifiably a bit upset at your misfortune, Peter tells you he no longer will tell you anything, because you get upset. Did I already say this guy is a jerk?

I don't get how a nice gal like Cynthia hooked up with that fuzzy gray bearded geezer.

NeNe was on the episode of Watch What Happens Live that followed the latest episode of RHOA. The woman has no self awareness. Seems not in the slightest embarrassed. And continues to demonize that easy target of Kim. Apparently the reunion show was filmed last week, where Kim and NeNe went at it some more and was the first they'd seen each other since the Battle on the Bus and the follow up Battle in Miami, which we saw a glimpse of in the previews for next week.

Is next week the last episode of the season? I don't know, for sure, but I am guessing it is, because The Real Housewives of New York City starts up real soon, with Sonja Morgan now bankrupt and morphed into being a thug in a cocktail dress.

And no Bethenny Frankel. And they have kept the obviously mentally ill Kelly Bensimon as one of the housewives. Who isn't married.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Kim's Fat Reduction, Cynthia's Friend Contract, Sheree's Acting Debut, Phaedra's Baby Drama

Well, the most recent episode of RHOA started off slow, with way too much Sheree and Lawrence, the Hair Dresser singer wannabe, who likes high heels.

But then it sort of picked up.

Sheree had Kandi come over to help her read lines in the play Sheree had decided to do for free, after all, because it will help her in her quest to win a Best Actress Award.

We heard too much dialogue between Peter and Cynthia regarding the NeNe problem. I think Cynthia handles her Peter problem well.

At some point we saw that trouble making Dwight pop in on Phaedra. It did not take Dwight long to stir the pot by telling Phaedra that Cynthia had made terribly inappropriate remarks about her newborn, suggesting it to be an alien creature, likely without a full set of fingers and toes. It was actually Kim who made the remarks. And it was Phaedra who set herself up to have such remarks made when she waddled around looking like she was carrying quintuplets in her uterus, while claiming the baby was only 6 months, or was it 7, along.

Then Kim had some of the girls over for some fat removal via a laser machine called Zerona.

Last week I was appalled to learn of the Zerona Fat Reduction Machine and blogged about the Zerona laser process and another called Zetiq, which freezes the fat cells, on my DurangObestity Blog.

I was amazed when I saw Kim having a Zerona machine brought into her house so she could have the laser fat removal treatment. $3,000 for 6 treatments. NeNe, Cynthia and Sheree were not interested in joining Kim. They just watched and later made snarky comments, like Sheree saying she preferred the old-fashioned method of exercise and eating right.

While Kim ate pizza and fried chicken sticks while the laser did its magic.

While waiting for Kim to lose fat, Cynthia asked to talk to NeNe alone. She had a "Friendship Contract" she wanted NeNe to sign. I thought the contract to be sort of funny, but NeNe made a big deal about it being weird. Which of course she had to share with Kim, who, next week, it seems according to the previews, mentions the contract to Cynthia, which causes it all to blow up in some friendly drama.

All the "housewives" but Kandi and Kim showed up for Sheree's play debut. There was much yawning as it was a long long wait til Sheree appeared at the very end of the play to utter a few words. After the play Phaedra had her confrontation with Cynthia over the alien baby remarks, which Cynthia denied, to which Phaedra, the lawyer, said she would launch an immediate investigation to get to the bottom of this outrage.

From the previews it appears that Phaedra confronts Kim, some bickering ensues. Phaedra's convict husband is brought up, to which Phaedra drops the Big Poppa has gone bankrupt bombshell ,which had Kim looking like she was going to explode.

I forgot to mention. Before we got to the previews, Kim and NeNe went out for lunch, where possible post Greg mates for NeNe were discussed. Including Kim making some dipping into the girl pond suggestions, to which NeNe recoiled.  Then Kim recoiled when NeNe said she was thinking of dating a white guy. Within minutes of that, NeNe was on What What Happens Live. With Anderson Cooper. Who had a friend contract for NeNe, and whom either he, or Andy Cohen, pointed out to NeNe, was a white guy.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Kandi Koated Nights With NeNe Divorcing Greg

Kandi Koated Nights really shows us a side of  Kandi Burruss that I did not think was there. With Way Too Much Information being shared. When it is tasteless to Kim Zolciak, you know it is really tasteless.

And then Kim invited Kandi and her mother, Joyce, over for Mother's Day, at least I think it was Mother's Day, with Kim's kids and mom and dad.

Why are Kim's mom and dad in practically every episode this season, when they did not exist, as far as we knew, previously?

So, Kandi's mom proudly brought her "Better Than Sex" cake and presented it to Kim's mom. Who seemed to take the sexy cake well.

Back to Kandi Koated Nights, I could have lived without the stripper taking it all in front of the ladies, including a humongous sock covering that which should have remained covered, which was referred to by one of the women as humongous. The various expressions on the housewive's faces, when the humongous member was presented for their visual examination, was pretty funny.

Kim took daughter, Brielle, to her favorite jeweler to get a ring. An Abstinence Promise Ring. All the rage among 13 year olds. With the ring Brielle promises to not engage in any baby making activity until she is 18. The diamond studded ring cost $3,000. Oh, the values Kim is instilling in her girls is quite impressive.

Phaedra came home from the hospital. Apollo had to carry her up the stairs due to Phaedra being unable to walk. Then he remembered to go get the new baby in the car. Phaedra said several strange, goofy things, only one which I remember, something about the baby's crocheted onesie being from the same place as Oprah's. Huh?

Kandi and her music crew worked on Kim's Ring Don't Mean a Thing song. Kandi played it for Kim, who's eyes lit up, now liking the song. Kandi was ready to sell it to someone else if Kim continued hating it. Kandi keeps bitching about Kim not paying her for Tardy for the Party. But, on Watch What Happens Live Kim said she not only paid Kandi, she overpaid her.

A gossip fest broke out after someone recorded Greg ranting about NeNe. And put the rant on a radio website. Greg did not know he was being recorded. He thought he was talking to a friend on the phone.

So, after we saw Sheree's funny dumping of her phony "Doctor" boyfriend, Tye Muhammad, we ended the episode with NeNe confronting Greg about his "radio" interview, after NeNe learned of it, in a humiliating way, on her first day of work on her new TV "journalist" job.

NeNe was all bent out over Greg airing their dirty laundry so publicly. The nerve. But wait. NeNe has this confrontation with Greg, in front of the cameras, so we all could watch. Now that is just ironic. And hypocritical.

Anyway, another entertaining episode of RHOA, except I could have lived without the Cynthia wedding planning part.

The Real Housewives Of Atlanta: Sheree's Bad Ballroom Dancing with Kim's Big Butted Boyfriend Atlanta Falcon Quarterback Kroy Biermann

Sunday night's was another amusing episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Though I did begin to bore during Cynthia's wedding dress shopping. But even that provided a moment of bizarre, with Cynthia saying how close she and her mother are. And then it coming as a revelation, at the wedding dress store, that Cynthia's mom was pregnant with Cynthia when she quickly married Cynthia's soon gone father, at 18 years old.

Phaedra put on a good show of crazy whilst packing for the induced birth of her baby. Phaedra is HUGELY pregnant, yet clinging to the story that she is 6, or is it 7, months along. Apparently, next week the truth comes out about Phaedra's pregnancy, a moment that drives Dwight to ask for another drink.

Sheree was in fine form. She got herself a new Aston Martin sports car. You know, the type James Bond drives. They cost a lot. Sheree got this car because she is now at a place where she feels like pampering herself. Unlike last week. This Aston Martin is the car that it is believed was repossessed, in rumors that swirled around the Internet awhile back.

Sheree somehow decided it was a good idea to agree to dance in an Atlanta Dancing with the Stars charity event. Sheree had a target of $5,000 to raise for the charity.

Before I get to Sheree's dancing, let's go visit Kim Zolciak. We had the big reveal of Kim's youngest daughter's re-decorated bedroom. Kim claimed she spent over $60,000 on this. Kim's older daughter was jealous, claiming her room had a little girl look to it too. We then learn that the older daughter has a 2,000 square foot apartment upstairs with multiple rooms.

Those Kim kids are going to be such messed up adults.

And then we saw Kim's newly decorated office. Seldom have I observed someone with such horrible taste. Very tacky. With pictures of herself decorating all the walls.

Now let's go back to the charity dancing deal. We saw Sheree in training. That was painful to watch. We heard Sheree being totally delusional about her dancing. She arrived for the big dance with hair dresser/singer Laurence in tow. When booted out of the "dressing room" Sheree turned the women's public restroom into her dressing room, which caused NeNe to make a very funny snarky remark, which I've now forgotten.

All the Housewives arrive, except for Phaedra, at least I am not remembering her being there. NeNe drug Greg along. Greg was not happy. Sheree claimed she paid $1,500 for the Housewive's table. The Housewives got food and drink at that table. When it came time for the Housewives to vote with dollars, as in make a contribution to the charity cause, NeNe insisted they each give $20. Kandi was horrified at the cheapness, but went along with it. Sheree was expecting them to each donate a couple hundred bucks.

Then the dancing started. At one point a quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, Kroy Biermann, danced. Kim went nuts over the guy's big butt. Kim declared this the best butt she'd ever seen on a white guy. More on the guy with the big butt, later.

Back to Sheree dancing. It was awful. Really bad. Like a parody of someone trying to be sexy. Cut to the Housewives in confessionals. Kandi can't suppress a yawn, NeNe laughs, Kim is perplexed. Like I said it was really bad. But the judge gave NeNe a 9

However, the guy with the big butt was the winner, to which Kim remarked how could you not give to him, what with that big butt.

After it was over Kim met up with the quarterback, told him how much she admired his big butt. Asked if she could see it again. He obliged. They exchanged contact information.

That is Kim and the big butted quarterback, above. Apparently this is the guy with whom it was rumored Kim  became pregnant. Rumors vehemently denied. Kroy's teammates apparently tease him about dating Kim, whom they refer to as a "gold-digging cougar."

Kim is, supposedly, only 32. That is too young to be a cougar. You have to be 40 to be a cougar. NeNe could be a cougar.

On her Bravo Blog last week Kim said we'd be meeting someone special on this week's episode. I assumed it was going to be Big Poppa, not some football quarterback with a big butt.

And how does Big Poppa keep footing Kim's extravagant lifestyle when she is seen out on the town with a young guy with a big butt? If I were Big Poppa I would be jealous. Then again, if I were Big Poppa, I'd find a better place to waste my money than Kim Zolciak.

Although, I have to admit, Kim looks like she'd be fun to have fun with. I just would not want to be spending any money on her.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Kim Zolciak Has Made $80K From Tardy For The Party

You are looking at The Real Housewives of Atlanta's Kim Zolciak, with Kandi Burruss following her, in Palm Springs, in the previews for next week's 3rd episode of the 3rd season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

The most shocking, to me, thing we learned in Monday night's episode two, was the revelation, via Kandi, that Kim has made over $80,000 from sales of her Tardy For The Party recording, which would not exist if it were not for Kandi, and for which Kim has not felt the need to compensate Kandi, about which Kandi sounded a tad resentful.

The reason Kim is in Palm Springs (I'm fairly certain it was Palm Springs, in California. It may have been Palm Beach in Florida) is because, apparently, Kim has become a Gay Icon, you know, like Cher and Judy Garland. There is an annual event called, I think, The White Party. And that is what Kim is invited to, to sing Tardy For The Party.

I assume Kim needs Kandi along in order to run the auto-tuner. It looks like this next episode will have some good hilarity when the Palm Springs, or Palm Beach wind conspires to try and blow off Kim's dress and reveal her bare boobage right when a big drag queen is introducing Kim to her adoring fans.

NeNe was way calmed down from the 1st episode's screaming banshee, shouting incoherent ranting in annoyingly prissy Dwight's face, at some sort of Shoe Shoe. This week NeNe and Dwight were at another show, that being a show where Kandi was showing off her hopefully hit singles.

After a lot of dirty looks, NeNe forced another confrontation with Dwight. This time the screaming banshee did not come out. NeNe and Dwight came to some sort of understanding. Which I did not understand. I guess they are back friends again.

There are 2 new Housewives. Cynthia and Phaedra. Cynthia is a model I've never heard of who thinks everyone has heard of her. Phaedra is a lawyer.

At the Kandi Show, Kim,  NeNe and Sheree are shocked, and amused, to learn from Sheree's flamboyant, pink finger-nailed, Dwight in training, that Phaedra's husband is an ex-con. For what crime the Dwight in training did not know. A friend of the Dwight in training, who was Phaedra's husband's cellmate, was the information source. This information led Sheree to make an amusingly snarky comment about Phaedra's husband and dropping soap in the shower.

Speaking of Sheree. Has her face grown even longer and more horse-like? Apparently Sheree has claimed to have toned down her Sheree-ness. She does seem to be being a slight bit less full of herself.

Sheree's blind date with a doctor from Los Angeles was fairly amusing. Sheree knew they were going dancing, a skill she said she did not have, due to being one of those very rare black women with no rhythm. Sheree got herself all tarted up, the boyfriend, to be, sent a car to pick Sheree up. Sheree gradually grew a bit horrified as it appeared she was being driven into what appeared to be Atlanta's ghetto.

Finally, arriving at the destination, Sheree finds herself in what looks like a run down strip mall's parking lot. The meeting place appears to be a strip dance club. We see the fancy shoes Sheree is wearing as she remarks she could have worn tennis shoes.

Sheree meets the doctor. There are several off putting things about the man, but Sheree keeps being able to overlook them, because he is do darn good-looking. The doctor gets Sheree to dance. She seemed to handle it well. The doctor started seeming nicer, with the evening ending with Sheree being the one to instigate a second date.

Meanwhile back at NeNe's latest rented house, banished son, Bryson (I think that's right) shows up to ask if he can come back home. NeNe seemed, to me, to be being a real good mom in this confrontation. From this confrontation we learned Bryson was a lazy slob who did nothing to help around the house, made messes, stayed out all night and had been arrested for marijuana possession, walking right into a jail to visit a friend, with pot on his person, found during a little pre-jail visit pat down.

Bryson seems totally burned out. He seems to have inherited absolutely none of his mom's high energy. In the end NeNe agreed to let Bryson come back for 90 days, during which he has to find a job and a place to live, with the caveat that once he is out, after 90 days, there was no coming back. Apparently this type tough love had been done to NeNe when she left home.

Is Bryson not the kid we saw given an expensive car upon high school graduation? What became of that car during all the family's financial woes? I suspect it was leased. Just like the ever changing houses.

So, after last week's dull 1st episode had me considering bailing, I'm back interested in the Atlanta Housewives again, particularly looking forward to Kim's possible Palm Springs debacle.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 3 Premiere: Boring With NeNe Acting Crazy

I did not realize Season 3 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta started up on Monday. I somehow thought all those Bravo Housewives shows were on Thursdays.

I only watch the New York City and Atlanta girls. I did not feel like getting hooked on the D.C. Housewives, the O.C. Housewives annoy me, but not as bad as those New Jersey Housewives.

And now, after watching the first episode of Season 3 of RHOA I am not being all that re-hooked on the Atlanta girls.

Only 3 of the original Atlanta Housewives remain, Sheree, Kim and NeNe. Last season Kandi Burruss was added. For me, Kandi did not add all that much, but she seems nice enough, but it is because of her the world  was blessed with Kim Zolciak's "Don't Be Tardy For The Party" song that gets in your head like an ear infection.

Kim and NeNe seem to be getting along for now. Sheree is now an actress. I guess the fashion designing did not work out.

NeNe is have marital woes, due to money issues involving husband Greg. It did not take long into the 1st season of the Atlanta Housewives for the Internet to be the source of a lot of information about NeNe's financial woes. Which confused viewers due to the high consumption, luxury lifestyle NeNe seemed to be living.

Well, apparently Greg either tried to, or did borrow some money from the horribly annoying blowhard called Dwight.

So, NeNe is going to some Shoe Party with Kim, where both Sheree and Dwight will be in attendance. NeNe writes a check out to Dwight for the amount she thinks Greg borrowed from him.

At the Shoe Party when Dwight showed up NeNe turned into a total shrieking bitch, screaming in Dwight's face with Dwight not able to get a word in. Prior to that NeNe had said some nasty comments about the lady Dwight brought to the Shoe Party not being in the same refined class as NeNe. I don't think refined people scream at people at parties.

So, NeNe and Kim quickly left the Shoe Party, with NeNe lamenting how she lost control and also lamenting that due to losing control she got no answers from Dwight.

At the end of the episode, previews for the rest of the season show that eventually NeNe and Kim start fighting, NeNe's kid gets arrested. For what, I don't know. I did not see a lot that compelled me to keep watching. There was a funny line with Kandi complaining that Kim has one minor hit song and acts like she is Lady Gaga.

Maybe I am down to the girls from NYC being the only Bravo Housewives who I watch.

The Real Houswives of Atlanta: NeNe Turns Into a NoNo

I tell myself I am not going to blog anymore about The Real Housewives of Atlanta. And then I do. It doesn't matter what other TV show I watch and blog about, the only thing people come to this blog for is to see a photo of Kim's Big Poppa, supposedly an Atlanta super-rich guy named Lee Najjar.

Seems everyone on the show, but the viewers, has met and seen Big Poppa.

On the most recent episode Big Poppa gave Kim an engagement ring. This perplexed others, like Sheree, who puzzled, "Isn't he married?"

I've not been enjoying the 2nd season of the Atlanta housewives. But, Kandi has grown on me. She is the only one who seems genuine. The others seem like they are amping it up, trying to make what they think is good TV.

Lisa never seems natural anymore.

And what is with all the parties these women give themselves? Sheree's Independence Party was ridiculous, what with that gigantic billboard she had made of herself. And the She by Sheree clothing line thing. Flying to New York City to meet her top of the line seamstress had some amusing moments. I don't see a good outcome for Sheree's clothes making designs.

And then there is Dwight. He used to be amusing. Now he is just an over the top overbearing know it all.

Now, Kim is back on the Big Poppa gravy train, so we know who's paying for all the junk she buys. But, when she was on the outs with Big Poppa, how was Kim paying for all the junk she buys? Who pays for Kim's girl's private schools?

Why does Kim have a Personal Assistant? How does she pay for the Personal Assistant? Have we ever seen Kim do anything for money, other than what our imaginations tell us she must be doing to have Big Poppa so constantly generous?

For me, it has been NeNe who had taken the biggest fall. She was the fan favorite the first season. All that adulation has seriously skewed NeNe's self image into the delusional zone. Telling Kim that Kim needed NeNe on her Tardy for the Party record to be able to sell it. Telling the woman who is writing NeNe's book that her hometown will have a parade for her upon her return.

NeNe's constant negativity about Kim has turned Kim into a sympathetic victim in a lot of viewer's eyes. NeNe even managed to have a fight with the eternally positive Kandi.

Anyway, I hope Kim and Big Poppa get a spinoff on Bravo, showing their wedding, with the hilarity that would surely follow after they become Mr. and Mrs. Najjar.

The Real Housewives Of Atlanta: Kim Trips, Alter Ego Debuts, Along With Tardy For the Party

It probably would have worked out better for Kim if she'd been Tardy for the Alter Ego Party. Maybe she would have not tripped on cobblestones, doing a lot of damage to her ankle, legs and shoes. In no particular order.

This week's episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta made up for last week's snoozy episode.

We see Kim arrive at Kandi's house, not realizing Kandi has a studio, where she has pretty much got Kim's Tardy for the Party song ready to go. Just needing Kim's fine vocals to finish the job.

But, Kim did not want to sing. This perplexed Kandi. Eventually Kandi cut through Kim's defenses to realize Kim was scared, due to the last time she sang in front of actual professionals it did not go well. After a bit of positive encouragement, Kim agreed to sing. To my tone deaf ears, Kim's singing seemed much better than the last time we heard her warble so unfortunately.

After Kim heard how good Kandi's pop version of Kim's country song was, Kim decided she really did not need NeNe to be part of Kim's eminent pop stardom. After last season's brouhaha over Kim finding out that NeNe had mocked Kim's singing career aspirations, I don't know why Kim would have wanted NeNe to be part of Kim's rise to Madonna status.

Next up was the big reveal of those boring Alter Ego photos that were taken last week. This took place at a big party with all of the Atlanta elite in attendance. End the end the photos were quite striking when finally revealed, particularly Kandi's.

But, before the Big Reveal there was an accident. Kim tripped on some cobblestones, crashing to the ground, twisting her ankle, gashing several large cuts, that had a lot of blood gushing.

Kim was carried to her car where first aid and ice were administered. The party moved outside to watch the Kim drama. The other housewives were very unsympathetic and treated Kim's obvious real bad injury as some sort of manipulative ploy by Kim to get attention.

Kim did have some really good timing with the entire ankle debacle. When all the housewives were gathered near, along with the rest of the party, Kim asked Sheree if she'd like to hear Tardy for the Party. Kim then instructed someone to hit the play button. Kim then lit up a very self-satisfied cigarette as the music started up, to looks of amazement on the faces of those who had belittled Kim's singing aspirations.

All the housewives, except, I think, Lisa, were quite complimentary of Kim's song. At this point in time NeNe does not realize she is not going to be part of the final product. We saw in next week's previews that NeNe is quite upset at Kim for deciding to go solo.

I am finding that Kim and Kandi are becoming my favorite housewives. Lisa, Sheree and NeNe's constant Kim bashing gets real old, particularly when they do bashing much worse than the backstabbing bashing they are constantly accusing Kim of.

One more thing, that Dwight really is such a pompous ass. Have we seen anything that validates his extremely inflated self-image?

The Real Housewives Of Atlanta: Lisa's Fashion Show, Kim's Wigs & Boobs

This week's episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta was not a snooze fest like last week's. Last night we had some good Kim moments.

First off, there was this red dress Kim wore in her 'confessional' moments. Kim's boobs seem to get bigger all the time. Last night at one point Kim looked as if she was holding them up.

Maybe Kim should start up a specialty bra line to go along with her wig enterprise.

Speaking of Kim's wig enterprise. This very strange man who dresses in female accessories came to Kim's house. They sat in the backyard to discuss wigs while Kim smoked and drank wine.

We saw Kim take her youngest daughter clothes shopping. Kim has taught her girls to want to have expensive designer clothes exclusively. Kim ran up about a $2,000 bill that she put on a credit card, muttering, as she left, that she really needed to get a job.

In one of her red dress confessionals Kim said she and the girls had grown accustomed to a luxury lifestyle when she was Big Poppa's mistress. Kim said she did not intend to give up that lifestyle, even though there was no longer a Big Poppa footing the bill. Where does this woman get money?

Kim had a bizarre Wig Party, where that guy who wears girl stuff showed up, as did a bunch of Kim's friend, including NeNe. NeNe put on a blonde wig and then proceeded to mock Kim for such a long time, making pretend calls to Big Poppa, that eventually the other women got uncomfortable and quiet.

Lisa had her fashion show. That all seemed very odd to me. I know nothing about such things, but those dresses that she helped design did not look all that good to me. Dwight, NeNe's gay boyfriend, was in full diss mode over the whole thing. The runway was tacky, the sewing was sloppy, on and on he went.

Sheree did not show up. Earlier we saw Sheree and Lisa together, with Sheree sort of condescending. Lisa got in a dig about Sheree's previous fashion show that had no clothes to show. So, 2 hours after the show, Sheree shows up. She got into a fight with one of Lisa's helpers who complained to Sheree about not showing up. When Sheree found Lisa it was all very awkward.

In the previews for next week's episode it appears Sheree's fashion show goes on. We saw a lot of mostly naked men with Sheree thrilled they had no body fat. Then we saw Kim collapse, carried by several men after the collapse. Previous to the collapse we saw Kim sobbing.

The Real Housewives Of Atlanta: Lisa & NeNe Go To LA, Kim Goes To Work On Kandi

I'm days late getting around to watching the latest episode of the The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

So, here's what I think. The whole NeNe going to LA with Lisa thing was strange. It all seemed real forced. Lisa does not act natural. And NeNe is starting to seem like she is constantly way too deep into performance mode. NeNe's trouble at processing Lisa's Asian side was odd. NeNe ended up declaring that Lisa was totally black. The whole graveside thing over the dead gay brother who was the life of the family and who died of mysterious causes, with one of the brother's pouring booze on the grave, was just odd.

NeNe and Lisa's new gay friend they found in the hotel was also strange. Way too much forced laughter at stuff that was not funny.

What was funny was Kim. She went to Kandi's recording studio. And then could not remember the words to "Tardy for the Party." Later Kim called Kandi to arrange a dinner at a steakhouse. Kandi is already seated when Kim arrives, immediately demanding wine. Kandi does not drink, orders a Shirley Temple, with lime, while Kim's eyes roll.

Kim spews so much profanity in public places. I don't see how she does not get a Potty Mouth Ticket from some arbiter of good public taste. Then during the dinner with Kandi, Kim proceeds to do her behind the back cutting that she always denies doing. Kim's main target was her main enemy, Lisa.

And then there is Sheree. The self-proclaimed best designer in Atlanta is getting her first fashion show ready. Of course, she has an event planner. And Mercedes Benz as a sponsor. Sheree's event planners seemed as if they did not quite know what to make of her. It will be fun watching Sheree get her fashion comeuppance again. At least that is what I hope happens.

In the previews Kandi does some crying. That is all I remember.