Sunday night’s episode of THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA (February 17, 2013) was called“Praise the Pageant.” I usually do not want people to lose their jobs but I have my fingers crossed that “The New Normal” only lasts one season because life in the ATL is oh so boring without Ms. NeNe Leakes! NeNe was MIA during most of tonight’s episode, only popping in once to talk to BFF Cynthia.
It’s time for Cynthia’s “Miss Renaissance” pageant. She cut ties with one crazy assistant (Porsha) and substituted her for another, Kenya. Cynthia reluctantly agrees to let Kenya be a judge for her pageant. Let’s not forget Kenya showed up at NeNe’s event in last week’s episode imitating Phaedra wearing a barley there bathing suit and “donkey booty” butt pads. Prior to that she was rude to the wannabe models at one of Cynthia’s castings. Cynthia relents and lets her judge because Kenya is a former Miss USA and she did ask nicely, well actually she kid of begged but since surviving her cancer scare last week she claims to have turned a new leaf and vows to be on her best behavior.
The pageant is a unorganized hot mess, that even guest co-emcee, actor and man candy Boris Kodjoe can’t save. He and Cynthia are reading off the wrong names as the contestants parade across the stage. Cynthia is wearing a ball gown while Boris has on his best denim; the whole segment is cringe worthy. The ladies are supportive and try to assure her that it wasn’t as bad as she thinks- even though it was. Even Cynthia had to admit it was a “disaster of epic proportions.”
Phaedra and Kandi have a date night with their men, while fellow “Bravolebritiy” Chef Roble Ali makes dinner- Roble is currently shooting season 2 of his Bravo show. The foursome snack on mussels and Phaedra drinks some “devil water.” Kandi announces that she is working on a gospel song, last season she wanted to break into country- that didn’t work out so now it’s onto gospel. Yes, the woman who created the “Bedroom Kandi” line of sex toys wants to sing to you about Jesus. According to Kandi, many of her Bedroom Kandi clients are church folk. She somehow convinces gospel superstar Marvin Sapp to record the song with her, the end result is actually a good song.
Porsha as usual provided the comic fodder for tonight’s episode. She is having dinner with her husband, Kordell and orders a Sprite. He abruptly changes her order to a glass of wine- silly woman you don’t know what you want to drink let me order it for you. The daddy Kordell routine gets even creepier when he tells her that since they are considering starting a family soon, she should be home more and when they do have a baby, Porsha will not have a nanny to help her. Porsha notes that Kordell is “traditional” but she wants to show him that she can work and care for a child. So what does she do- she borrows her niece for the week. Just like Cynthia’s Miss Renaissance pageant, this is “a disaster of epic proportions.” Poor Porsha can barely change a diaper and loses the baby in her living room. The poor baby must sense that she is not in good hands and cries the entire time. That’s pretty much how I felt watching this week’s episode.
Next Week- NeNe is back! The ladies head to LA for some quality time with Ms. Leakes