The Real Housewives of Atlanta (S16)

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I have to put up for Cynthia a biT. Has there ever been a Housewive in the history of the franchise who was incapable of ever winning the audience's approval no matter what she did?

Maybe it was just the audience questions picked for her at the reunions but they either ranged from "lol get out of Nene or Kenya's drawers" or "girl you boring and plain as hell" when she didn't engage in the drama as much to the questions in Season 7 where she was pretty much uniformly called a bitch and a mean girl. Even the positive comments were basically backhanded reads.

I think there was even an article around Summer 2020 during the height of the George Floyd protests with Bravolebrities from Married to Medicine, RHOA, and RHOP where she talked about her inability to ever win with the audience.

Idk, is she my favorite housewife? Nah, but I think she's a good person who had some fun moments and she generally got a raw deal from the audience.
 
I absolutely don’t get it. I am at the end of season 10 and I can happily admit that Cynthia is one of my favourite housewives across the franchise. She’s gorgeous, has a fantastic sense of humour, gives excellent confessionals, seems down to earth and also stays entertaining without getting too messy. She makes me laugh probably the most out of the entire cast, I find her so easy to watch. Yes, it took her a minute to understand the assignment and I definitely struggled with her on season 2 but she has gone from strength to strength since then. I would even go as far as to say that after Kenya’s awful showing and being MIA for most of season 10, Cynthia is on the very top of the list for the Atlanta ladies, at least for now.
 
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So I’ve just finished S4, and find myself wondering… why didn’t Marlo secure a peach in S5 for all of her villainy and chaos this season? Is there more to this story?
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"Go hang with those Faggots, with your ugly ass..."
 
I mean yes, today that might get you marched off set and edited out of the season BUT it feels like production at the time would be more likely to reward such homophobic malevolence?
 
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Let me start Season 10 on this cold wet Monday evening, as I sort of miss my girls.
I'm ready to spring a Leake!

Though it is always a worry when the Season Premier features flashbacks filmed one month earlier, but wait
Kenya got married BETWEEN SEASONS....

No wonder the Producers hated her until Season 14.
 
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I'm so happy seeing all the Nene love in this thread. I know people say she was unbearable during her later seasons, but I always found her hilarious. Nene produces good tv without even trying. Most of her best moments are in throwaway scenes because she is always so funny.

For those who miss Nene, I highly recommend watching the College Hill reboot on BET+. We got some classic Nene moments and she came off really well. It was nice seeing her after Gregg died. I feel like Nene and Gregg were such important parts of our lives and it's sad we didn't get to see more of how she's dealing with this loss.

It was because of her criminal record and Bravo wanted to steer clear of that. AT THAT TIME.
Bravo knew her criminal record when they hired her. I definitely think the cig comment is what cost her that peach for years.
 
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I'm so happy seeing all the Nene love in this thread. I know people say she was unbearable during her later seasons, but I always found her hilarious. Nene produces good tv without even trying. Most of her best moments are in throwaway scenes because she is always so funny.

For those who miss Nene, I highly recommend watching the College Hill reboot on BET+. We got some classic Nene moments and she came off really well. It was nice seeing her after Gregg died. I feel like Nene and Gregg were such important parts of our lives and it's sad we didn't get to see more of how she's dealing with this loss.


Bravo knew her criminal record when they hired her. I definitely think the cig comment is what cost her that peach for years.

Yes, they knew that’s why they would never promote her. Of course that comment later on didn’t help either. Marlo should’ve directed that to COKEDEN.
 
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