Claudia Jordan shares her thoughts on the road trip with Cynthia Bailey and Kenya Moore and tries to explain that Kordell Stewart flirtation situation after this week’s episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
On loving a good road trip, especially with these ladies, Claudia admits, “I have to say I love a road trip, I really do. But when Cynthia invited me, as much as I wanted to go, I was also very nervous about getting back to Atlanta on time for my radio show. So I went hoping that if I was going to pull an all nighter, not get any sleep, and go straight to work, then dammit, it better be fun. And boy was it! From the moment I linked up with the beauties, it was non-stop laughs! I felt like a college kid again hitting the road with the ladies.”
She jokes that the trip took longer because of Kenya Moore, “I thought we would never get there. I mean a 3 hour road trip ended up being closer to 5 hours! First we could not miss a Kenya Moore feeding, because anyone that is friends with her knows that Twirl turns into tornado if she does not get her food, LOL! But I can’t be mad, because the Chick-fil-A was pretty good!” Interesting since Brandi Glanville claims that Kenya won’t eat in front of anyone…
Claudia explains that part of the reason Cynthia brought along clothes for her was that her moving truck from NYC was MIA and several of her things were stolen/missing when it did show up! “I thought that was sweet of Cynthia to care and to pack a few extra pieces in case I didn’t have something I loved. Plus keep in mind this happened back when I was still getting settled into my new digs, and I think my moving truck was still missing in action at this point in time. I don’t know if you guys know this, but even after my things arrived from New York City, so many things were missing/stolen from my belongings. I still need to give an earful to that ratchet moving company for what they did to me!”
Claudia loves that Kenya doesn’t take herself too seriously and can have a good time. “We had some playful fun in the room, and I had to give Kenya a spanking because she was being a bad girl. But the thing about Kenya I really like is that she can take a joke (and a slap to the ass)! She teases me, I tease her — no one gets their feelings hurt about it! How many of your friends can you slam on the bed and slap their booty and they don’t feel some type of way about it? That’s what I’m talking about! The fun girls. Women who are about their business but don’t take themselves way too seriously. That’s why every single scene you see with Kenya, Cynthia, Demetria, and me is consistently easy, breezy, and fun! Life is short; we should all be laughing and smiling as much as we possibly can!”
On to the Kordell Stewart thing. Claudia isn’t trying to move in on Porsha’s ex-husband. Grab some popcorn – her explanation is a bit long. “Kenya and I finally got to Sports One and it was packed! I was very happy to see it was a success! One of the first people I see is Kordell Stewart, which was funny to me, but I wasn’t surprised, because I have that kind of random life where I will run into people in the most unexpected places. Once I was in the jungle in Puerto Rico and I ran into someone I knew! I know a lot of people and I’m very socially active.” Unexpected? Cynthia never mentioned he was working with Peter?
She continues, “It was good to see Kordell, because he’s always been a very nice and classy guy in my presence. I met him around 1998 in Los Angeles at a First Sunday party that I think his teammate Jerome Bettis was hosting. It’s no secret I’m a huge football fan (Go Patriots!), and I actually have worked on a couple of sports shows. One was Fox Sports on a show called 5-4-3-2-1, and I met tons of entertainers and athletes doing that show. Then I did another sports show with John Salley, Hugh Douglas, and Guy Torry called Ballers where we interviewed different sports stars every week and took plenty of photos with them. I also did a show pilot called The Fantasy Show, which was a fantasy football show for ESPN. My point in mentioning all of this is not to brag about my resume, but to explain that I am a woman into sports — especially football. Kordell was a black quarterback early on when it was a very tough position to get, because some idiots really thought that African Americans weren’t “smart enough” to QB a team. My sports folks will know this was a ridiculous theory that some tried to really perpetuate. With that said, I have the utmost respect for Kordell pushing right past that stereotype and reaching the heights he did as a great quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. So yes, I respect him as an athlete. When we met, I of course knew who he was. We exchanged info, chatted a few times, and became platonic friends. He never even really hit on me and was a complete gentleman. I’d see him here and there at events, and that was it. I saw him at a radio show, a party, etc. We just always had a mutual respect for one another. Nothing more, nothing less.”
Claudia is adamant that there’s nothing going on – Kordell is 100% in the friend zone. “When folks on social media were getting angry for “going after” another woman’s ex, I had to laugh! NEWSFLASH: We are all someone’s ex! And it’s not like I was chopping it up with a married man or anything tacky like that. Kordell is a friend, and that is that. Besides, if you have been watching how I move on this show, I have tried to play nice with all the ladies on this show until they have shunned or disrespected me. So being new to this group, I’m not going to intentionally do anything to create more animosity than there already is. Real talk. I need my days to be less stressful, not more! Taking a selfie is not sexual activity or inappropriate behavior. Be clear — my mother did a great job of teaching me the difference between right and wrong. But once again, the double standards of right and wrong in this group never cease to amaze me! Selfie versus side piecing? Umm, I’ll take a million selfies before I go out like that!”
She adds, “I am happy to report Kordell has never called my phone late night breathing hard and has been a complete gentleman around me when I have run into him.”
Claudia says that Kordell also doesn’t talk shit about Porsha Williams, “He has chosen to not speak negatively of his ex in my presence despite the awful allegations that have been made about him, and for that he has my respect.”
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