Mention It All - Kenya’s Court (RHOA)

Episode Date: February 22, 2021

It’s the RHOA episode everyone’s been waiting for, and Bari and Dylan break down all the Bolo mess. What happens in the dungeon stays in the dungeon, but there’s still plenty to talk about. They discuss why Kenya’s search for truth is low-key problematic, and whether her truce with Marlo will last more than a few episodes. They also talk about Brandi Redmond’s decision to leave RHOD, and what role tabloid rumors may have played. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Betches Media presents Ha ha laugh funny Mention It All A Bravo by Betches podcast We don't say that but now we said it With Dylan Hafer Who don't check me boo? And Barry Rosenfeld

I need to start drinking alcohol Now go to sleep week Hey everyone Welcome back to the Mention at All podcast I'm Dylan Hafer And I'm Barry Rosenfeld's And hit his Monday And we are

Fresh freshly returned from the dungeon We had a great Not really. Barry, did you enjoy your trip to the dungeon? I was laughing so hard. I watched it this morning. Because you want to know why I watch it this morning. You know when you have something in your calendar, like Atlanta's in my calendar, 8 o'clock on Sundays. And it's the only show where it doesn't give me a 10 minute timer. So when it doesn't, I'm like, oh, it's on at 9. So I miss it every single week and I watch it the next day. Oh, because you forget it's on at 8 p.m. Yeah, because it doesn't remind me. If you've really want, you can like go in and manually set a reminder on the event. But every event, just this one. So I think I'm going to delete the event and make a new one. Because it's serious. I can't miss what happened. I know that your Google calendar challenged, but I am. Yeah, it was, it was a fun. Oh my God. It was so good. We, before we get into Atlanta, obviously, much to discuss there. Yesterday, we also got an announcement from Brand

Redmond that she is apparently done with Real Housewives of Dallas. It was a very Jesusy caption on this post with not very much direct reference to Real Housewives of Dallas, but that is certainly the vibe that's happening. We've gotten posts from Stephanie and Carrie and other people that make it seem like she's done. So what are your thoughts on Brandy leaving? I think that we usually have like a good read on one housewives are on their way out. and I just didn't see that for Brandy. I was a little surprised by it, to be honest, but she said that she chose happiness,

which leads me to believe that the show just brings drama to people's real lives, and that seems to have caught up with Brandy. It's interesting because we don't very often get kind of mid-season announcements. Usually it's timed, at least like around the end of the season or after the reunion, kind of when you would think that maybe they're doing contracts or something,

but this is, I mean, nobody leaves halfway through a season because they got fired. Like, she clearly is making this choice. The kind of interesting side aspect to it that a lot of people were talking about, last week there was this blind gossip item about an unnamed housewife who allegedly their child that they claimed to be their own was actually the kid from their partner's affair. and so it's a blind item, there's no name on it. A lot of people were kind of speculating that it was about Brandy. And there had been, I mean, in the past there had been chatter that her son who they adopted was possibly like Brian's baby from an affair.

There's never been any confirmation of that. Like, it's really just a rumor. And Stephanie actually responded to that yesterday on Instagram. and wrote this whole comment about how none of it is true and it's really hurtful. So, I mean, for sure, I don't feel like I know enough information to say, like, I actually think that's true. But it's whether or not there's any truth to it, certainly it was creating a lot of noise in the last week. And I'm sure that was not pleasant for Brandy. Oh, not. And then.

Who also just had a baby like two weeks ago. Another baby, yes. But it's, it's kind of wild that people actually take the time out of their day to start slash spread such rumors. It's kind of like embarrassing on their part. Well, you know, I heard that Evan does stuff at the gym. So, you know, I heard he does, like, he does stuff at the gym. What kind of stuff? I don't know.

I don't know. Exactly. Exactly. Girl, winter is so last season. And now Springs got you looking at pictures of tank tops with, hungry eyes. Your algorithm is feeding you cutoffs. You're thirsty for the sun on your shoulders. That perfect hang on the patio sundress. Those sandals you can wear all day and all night. And you've had enough of shopping from your couch. Done hoping it looks anything like the picture when you tear

open that envelope. It's time for a little in-person spring treat. It's time for a trip to Ross. Work your magic. Okay, let's dive into this Atlanta episode. We'll see what's happening with Brandi later. So we start off the episode with, I thought this was hilarious. Kenya is doing Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct, that iconic interrogation scene. Are you going to arrest me for smoking? She does the leg cross at one point. This was, to me, it's like, yeah, it's a little silly, but also I laughed a lot. Oh, it was so funny the way that the interviews were set up as interrogations.

Like, it was great. This whole episode was like a work of art. No joke. It was beautiful. You can tell, obviously the women were, you know, firing on all cylinders, great episode, but you can tell that the editors were having so much fun with it, like these camera angles that the one we'll talk about, but through the blinds, like, it was just inspired. All the women, when they got, because we left off with them, you know, getting ready in their costumes and Cynthia has no idea.

them coming down and running around the house and then they thought they heard Cynthia and they were like galloping in their salettos. I was laughing so fucking hard. And even Candy was like, girl, in her interview, they're like, you're not hiding that bedunk?

Like there was just asses all over the kitchen. Like it was so funny. They were having so much fun. It was, I also want to know why Kenya's costume was red and everyone's was black. I mean, I don't know,

but I will just say, everyone looked, phenomenal in their outfits. Like, oh my God, candy is, candy looks great. Portia, they had to blur out her nipples. Love, love to see it.

We had Kenya in her red outfit. Shamia looked hot. Marlowe looked hot. Like, everyone... Marlowe's left little to the imagination. I don't know whose was little. Hers or Porsche left little to the imagination. I couldn't figure out, though. They had to blur out her belt.

And I couldn't. I missed it. I need to go back and try and figure out what her belt actually said. You know what else they tried to blur out and didn't work that well either? Mr. Bolo. Okay. So they're all hanging out, having a good time, whatever. I love the yes mistress. So good. I love that they're all very into playing along with this. They go outside. Bolo is dancing in his little glass box.

and I mean, I love that Marlowe clocked the fake Chanel. She was like, it's like fashion, but not authentic. I, all of these women were just in the mood to just like have a good time. They were like, I can't even, it was their faces just seeing him. They were like, oh my God. And then Porsche said, though, like this guy, I actually looked at his Instagram today too, no shame in that. And I was like, because the people like knew him. They should be like, oh, that's bull.

Like, I follow him on Instagram and I was like, who is this guy? I haven't had him in any of my bachelor at parties and I wish I fucking did. Oh, my God. My friend, my friend said they saw him at some performance and Karen Huger was up on stage with him, which I would pay to see that. This night was, it was funny because they were, then they all went inside and like, he just did his typical little dance, like what a stripper does. like and then he like left he was done like it was it was almost like they paid for like a half hour and they're like okay thank you so much it was it was like i did appreciate going to the bathroom he was like asking where to go and ken he's like no no polo it's down to the left i think

that was almost like his little like hideout for until like he was able to come back out it was very like what's going on there yeah they definitely gave him like a little green room to like hang out in But I really appreciated candy taking over the host duties better than Kenya ever could. She had a stack of $1 bills for each of these ladies, which really just set the mood. And when Kenya was throwing dollar bills and Shavia said that that money could have been used for food, I really just excellent. Shamiya, I want to give as like an MVP friend of this, this trip. Like her commentary is really great, but also they're all like not even throwing shade. They're just saying like the truth of everything that they feel.

But also when Cynthia gently walked up and placed down like three or four dollar bills and she was like I like am financially responsible. Like I didn't, I made a drizzle. Like she was just saving her dollar bills for like the rest of his potential performance. When yeah. Overall, Bolo was dead. definitely a hit. And then he came back for more a little later. And so it's really interesting. We see the women basically being like, okay, like let's be done filming. Let's cut for the night. And they very much break the fourth wall. We're seeing the producers, the cameras. They're like,

okay, yeah, like, that's good for us. Like, we'll be done. And they all leave. And the producers couldn't wait to get out of the house. They were like that. That's it. That's it. Have a good night. enjoy. I mean, they showed a timestamp. It was after midnight, like whatever. It's time for them to go. And but because they're at this house, they also have the like stationary cameras in place and the women decide that

they're also going to, you know, unplug those or whatever. And so for the most part, things go dark. We don't have the full video. We have some audio and there's like one camera. camera angle, like, out on the porch that you can see through the blinds, which became useful later in the night. But a lot goes down after dark.

It was, like, interesting, though. I don't know if they, like, purposely kept that one camera or, like, forgot that that camera was there, but it was weird how it, like, was the only one pointing directly where the women were. And then they kept putting the new. name stamps on each of the people to let us know who it was. So it was like, and then throughout the night, they each went to their room. They each came back down. They each were making out each other. Then they went to their room.

They came back. Like, it was a giant mess. And no one really knew. Everyone was like keeping their secrets and like what happens in the dungeon stays in the dungeon, which is true. But it's like, Kenya. Oh my God. I don't even know what was happening with her.

if she was like purposely went upstairs to not know what was going on or purposely came back down to like spy on people. But she, I was getting like aggravated watching this whole little inspector gadget situation going on with her. Bolo court. Like it was annoying because like the only then, you know, they wake up the next morning and go relax by the pool. But like all you want to do when you're hungover is go lay by the pool. And she had like, she had a notebook. The thing with Kenya's whole charade about BoloCourt is that all of these women clearly decided at a certain point the night before that they were going to stop filming, that they were going to really be able to just enjoy themselves, let loose, cut the cameras.

And it was supposed to be a safe space. And I've seen a lot of people be like, oh, they're on a TV show. Like they're filming. They know that. That's how it works. But in this one case, I think they really decided that that wasn't what they were doing. And Kenya immediately isn't respecting that. And everybody else is having kind of like fun figuring out like, oh, like you like you like nobody's like, oh, Portia, how dare you make out with Latoya?

Like that's a fun thing to joke about. But then Kenya just feels like she's taking it three steps further. And everybody's like, that's not no, like that's not what we were doing. Not to mention, I totally agree with that. Not to mention though, it kind of felt like she was also completely stirring the pot. because no one knew about the things she was randomly saying, even us. So I don't even know if she was making things up too. Because when she was recapping the night with Cynthia, Cynthia was like, oh, yeah.

And just letting you know, I watch. Like Cynthia was having a grand old time. And then Kenya dropped another bomb with Bolo. And Cynthia was like, wait, I didn't see that happen. So like she was almost naming things that like she knew people didn't see because they potentially didn't happen if that makes sense. Right. Like when she said something about Drew and Cynthia's like, oh, like, what was Drew doing?

And Kenya's like, what wasn't Drew doing? And it's like, okay, Drew was very open about the fact that she got flipped on the coffee table. She clearly was like, she was getting in there. Like, she had a good time. Yeah. But Kenya's making it sound so sinister when it's like Drew is very open about what she did. And she's like, I told Ralph right away. Like it's not like, I just feel like Kenya is.

she comes across like she's trying to get someone in trouble for this. And it's like, why can't you just, you can be fun and messy without seeming so kind of reckless with. Without pulling through with your messiness. Like what was your end goal? Well, and, you know, Candy doesn't want to go down this road. Marlowe doesn't want to go down this road. Nobody is really, you know, enjoying this line of questioning. Well, because one of the best parts about like a girl trip, when something,

like this happens is waking up the next morning, hanging out on the couch, like recapping the night as a group. Not one person going from room to room and like discussing it with a bad, like a bad motive behind it, not like having fun. Like, oh my God, you did what? Like what you said? She was like, well, you don't know what she did. And it's like uncomfortable because it's like, now how can any of them trust you with anything? Because you're just going to go ahead and tell anyone. Exactly.

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But while the ladies at the pool are being subjected to Bolo Court, we have the other half of the group going on this boat excursion. Which, first of all, first of all, I want to give a shout out to Porsche and everyone else for being fucking troopers. They were up so late. They were drunk, whatever. And Porsche doesn't even look hungover. They're taking shots. They're drinking. They're having a good time.

Porcia comes full Santropay, head to toe. Like, she thinks they're going on a yacht. And they're like, no, no, we're going crabbing. when Marlowe asked Candy, as they were walking out the door, Marlowe has a glass of wine in hand wearing stilettos. And she goes, what kind of boat is this like a luxury high end? And Candy goes, I think it's a fishing boat. Marlowe's delivery of the, a fishing boat, I was crying.

I thought that entire thing was so fucking funny. But when they got to the boat, Dylan, I was laughing out. I was laughing this entire episode because they just brought it. Marlowe goes to the guy, where's the, where the art boat? And he's like right here. She goes, no, no, where's the boat? We're going on. I need to make.

Where's the boat? We're going on. And he goes, right, this is it. Like, I need to make a compilation of people on Bravo shows being underwhelmed by the boats that have been booked for them. Because we've seen it before on Atlanta with the booze cruise. We've seen it on Vanderpump rules when they thought they were going to get a yacht for Jackson, Brittany's bachelor party. And it ended up being like a booze cruise.

It's, it never gets old. was a good group though. Like they had fun and they needed that to decompress and like get away. And like they had a good time. The fact that it wasn't luxury. Right. And you know, they all were getting into the fishing. Marlowe caught a fucking shark. Wait, that was huge. When I, when I think of like catching a shark when you're fishing, I think of those little like tiger ones that are like two feet long that are like it looks like a shark but like a baby. This could eat you. This was a, a shark. It wasn't a great white, but it was like large. It was, that was a big shark. I was shocked. It's so funny because they come home and Porsche's like, I feel like a man just came home from work. There better be some food in the kitchen.

And of course, there's no food in the kitchen because Kenya has been busy with her crime scene investigation. Literally, Candy was pissed. Like she was thought that they were actually going to like come home to like a full cooked meal. But at the same time, that could have also been something we discussed before. Like guys, we'll be back at this time. Like could there be lunch or something ready? Like candy turned around and went back inside. Like she was heated that there was nothing ready for them to eat it.

I was having this conversation last night with my roommate who I was watching with. I feel like for this trip, they should have just hired a chef to be in the house. A hundred percent. There are like 10 of the women on this trip. Clearly none of them are in the mood to cook for this whole group. I understand with COVID and everything, you don't, you want to limit the people coming and going. But if you could have Bolo there until 7 a.m., you could have a chef there to cook dinner for the house. Come on.

A hundred percent. There should have been. And there was an open room we found out. A little Porsche's other room. Wait, also, speaking of the bedroom situation, I would. was crying when Marlowe was saying that she couldn't sleep in her quote unquote bed after the party. So she had to sleep on the side of the dressing room bed, which of course is her actual room that she was assigned. Oh my God.

But yeah, so we're, so I, when Porsche and the fishing crew get back and are kind of told what's going on with Kenya, it's so interesting because all of a sudden Porsche is like, wait, excuse me? like I'm being like investigated what the fuck yeah and it's just so messy and then Kenya and Marlowe have their little moment like well it was interesting that their little moment came when it did because they're not friends they haven't been getting along for a while Porsche I agree with because like her and Kenya aren't friends so to hear that someone who's not your friend is going around talking about you like that is just like unsettling and she got pissed which she had every right to be but when all the women went down to get ready for or sitting at the dinner table and Kenya and Marlowe come out hand in hand, the women start like thinking and that they think this was like strategic in some way because things are about to blow up at dinner. And they think that Kenya needs like a backup, which is now Marlowe.

Okay. So I thought Kenya and Marlowe's reconciliation scene actually I really liked because. we forget how much history these women have between them. And when they're flashing back to Kenya saying all the things that Marlowe has done to hurt her, it's going back years when she was pregnant, when she wanted to have a baby, like all of this stuff. And then when they are kind of making up and they're showing these good moments that they had even before that, it's like, damn, they've been on the show together for like eight years. They've been through a lot.

And so it was nice to finally see them give each other the apologies. they needed to hear. But then immediately it's kind of like, this feels like it could be strategic from Kenya's end. And I do not have a good feeling about this dinner that we leave off on at all. Yeah, it seems like a lot of large conversation is going to come out of it. But I also don't know how in depth they're going to go because even when they ended on the interrogation, which we noticed that Portia was never part of, and then she fully decides to

not do it at all because she pleads the fifth, how much is she going to share at the actual dinner? Like, nothing's going to come out or go down from this. I don't think so. Excides a lot of yelling. I feel like it's more going to be Kenya looking bad at dinner because all of these women are potentially going to be like, this was uncool. The one really interesting thing also that we saw in this episode is Latoya is starting to see kind of why Kenya can be a problematic person to be friends with because from the beginning of the season we've seen her being kind of up Kenya's ass like they've been very kind of like the head over heels with each other and finally Latoya's like you know I kind of get what you all were saying now about Kenya because

she just can't really keep her mouth shut you know it's it's a tough thing And I feel like at the beginning of the season, everyone was saying, okay, how long, how many episodes is it going to be before Kenya and Latoya aren't getting along anymore? And the answer was approximately 10. Which is a long time, to be honest. But now I'm, now I'm curious to see how many episodes it'll be before Kenya and Marlowe have another falling out. Because I feel like that also is not meant to last. Listen, I called this a long time a few, a few episodes ago. And you, you kind of agreed with me.

You were like, huh, that's a good way of thinking about it. I think that Kenya's on her way out. I truly do. I do. And this is not helping her case at all. Her detective case is conflicting with her decision to like leave. Once you don't get along with any of the girls, there's nowhere else you can go. I guess that's true.

I mean, she still has Cynthia pretty solidly in her corner, but Cynthia really has not been that much of a factor this season aside from her wedding storyline. line. So yeah, I mean, it'll be interesting. We have, because of there are so many friends and things, there are kind of like a lot of people in the mix, but, you know, we'll see. We still have a long way to go this season. So I don't know. I'm nervous for next week's episode. I know, but I'm glad that we finally got to the point that we wanted to of this season. I know. Bolo. Oh, we also when Cynthia was like, I had to stay and see the receipt. Like they, she basically had to sit, stay and see that like his peen aisle was real and not like a stuffing. I saw a picture floating around on the internet and it looks real to me.

It was, you saw it from the above level of the deck. I was like, oh, yeah. Okay. It's probably a good place to end. Thank you so much for listening, everyone. We will be back on Thursday. Don't forget to rate, review, subscribe, and follow us on Instagram. at Bravo by Betches and just be cool.

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