This Real Housewives of Atlanta has to be the toughest one yet for Kandi Burruss. She is really in the thick of it going against the self-proclaimed “Frick and Frack” duo Phaedra Parks and Porsha Williams. Not only are these two arguing with Kandi whenever possible, but they’re really pushing the Kandi and Shamea Morton lesbian affair rumors. As scandalous as that all is, the saddest part of this season is seeing how far Kandi and Phaedra have come from their former best friendship. Kandi even thinks their relationship is worse thanks to the show.
I feel like Kandi is going to have a lot to address whenever they film the RHOA reunion this year. She is somehow involved in just about every story line this year minus the beyond annoying battle between Chateau Sheree and Moore Manor. So of course, Kandi has a lot to say about the drama so far this season.
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Kandi took part in an interview with Access Hollywood to share her thoughts on all of the RHOA craziness. Kandi jumped right into it and declared, “It’s just way too much going on. We are all just at each other’s throats. at this point. Especially I guess, myself, and Porsha, and Phaedra. It’s like we are just not on the same page this year.” Yeah, that’s the understatement of the year.
I don’t feel like Porsha was anything other than filler on the show to Kandi, so it doesn’t really bother me whether these two get along or not, but the Phaedra and Kandi friendship demise is all sorts of sad. The only good thing about it is that I’m curious about everything Phaedra is supposedly hiding, but I don’t know if Kandi will really spill all the tea there.
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Kandi explained how their friendship started to crumble when Apollo Nida got into legal trouble. Kandi said, “I really truly loved her like a really close friend. Things started changing when her husband got into trouble. And I guess it was because we were couples that hung out together. And so people say that when you start having troubles in your marriage that you start losing friends for whatever reason.” Also, Kandi’s husband Todd Tucker and Apollo are boys which obviously rubbed Phaedra the wrong way.
Kandi added, “Maybe we would have handled it better had we not been dealing with it in front of the world, but I think being on the show has made things get worse and worse and worse. So every year, things have gotten worse between us.” But then again, you wouldn’t have even been friends if you weren’t on the show, so it’s not like RHOA ruined an already existing relationship.
Still, it really did seem like Phaedra and Kandi did have a genuine relationship outside of the show, so it’s super sad that they aren’t close anymore. It must have felt all sorts of awkward watching your former BFF spread rumors that you are a secret lesbian in a conversation with her new BFF Porsha. Kandi admitted,”I laughed. It really shocked me for one. And then on the other hand, I’m like that’s her best friend. I can’t believe she kind of threw her best friend under the bus. It was a mess to me. I just feel like that just shows how crazy things have gotten between us. It’s stupid.”
Instead of making Kandi look deceitful, it was actually made Phaedra look catty as hell and made Porsha seem like the worst “best friend” that Shamea could ever have. It definitely wasn’t the best PR move for either of them.
I also saw that preview with wannabe RHOA cast member Marlo Hampton asking Kandi if she’s a lesbian and inserting herself in the drama, of course. Did Kandi think the question was out of line? She explained, “I mean on our show, you can ask anybody anything. She was putting them on blast for whispering behind my back basically.” Yeah, I doubt that Marlo of all people was just trying to bring the truth to the surface or anything even remotely noble. I’m sure she was just looking for some guaranteed camera time.
Kandi shaded the rest of the cast by pointing out, “the thing that made me mad about it is because truth be told a few of the girls at the table have had a moment of time with a girl, or a girl on girl experience. I’ve never made it a secret that I’ve had a moment in the lady pond, you know what I’m saying. So I’ve already told them this before.”
Kandi explained why she found the secret lesbian accusations to be very offensive: “I felt like her saying I was a lesbian waiting to come out of the closet, I felt like she was trying to attack my marriage by trying to say I was not happy with my husband. And that is totally too wrong.”
After so many seasons, Kandi was asked if things have just become too much for her these days. She admitted, “I definitely feel like things have gotten to be a lot.” She also said, “this is my eighth season on the show, so I’m not used to being the one that’s always in drama. That’s not even me.”
Kandi revealed, “Truth be told, this is my last contract year. There have been moments this year where I was like ‘I don’t have time for this. I’m done.’ But then you know, there are some good things about being a part of a show like this.” Well, yeah the exposure is unbeatable. I know she was making money before RHOA, but this show has definitely helped her raise her profile and profit.
Kandi continued, “At the same time, it’s just like I don’t know. I’m doing so many things between my music, my Bedroom Kandi, Raising Ace, it’s not like I have to be there.”
Sure, Kandi has a lot going on outside of RHOA, but we all know that being a Housewife is a major part of business success. So at the end of the day, it seems like it’s worth dealing with some sexual rumors when it means that Kandi gets to make so much money. With that said, I really doubt like Kandi would ever quit and with this much drama and business success associated with Kandi, I really doubt that she’s gonna get fired either… unless she tries to get even more money and asks for too much.
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TELL US- DO YOU THINK BEING ON THE SHOW IS TO BLAME FOR PHAEDRA & KANDI’S DRAMA? DO YOU THINK THAT KANDI’S BUSINESSES WOULD BE AS SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT RHOA?
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