You should unequivocally be tarred and feathered if you’re silly enough to tune in to the third iteration of a television show, like Bravo’s newest Housewives spin-off, The Real Housewives of Atlanta. How stupid does Bravo think we viewers are? It’s the same show with different faces and wrapping! But, um, I watched the premiere last night. And, erm, it was completely worth it.
Honestly, Atlanta is essentially the same as Orange County and New York City, but it’s fabulously ridiculous, so who cares, right? In true Housewives fashion, the newest ladies—DeShawn, Kim, NeNe (pictured), Lisa, and Shereé—are total she-beasts dripping in new money and all the things it can buy ‘em. Kim wrote a $68,763 check on the spot for a new Cadillac Escalade. "Do I know if that’s a fair price or not?" she questioned. "No. Am I driving off the lot in five minutes? Yes." J’adore her money-is-no-object attitude!
The twist in Atlanta is that there’s this whole sports-wives thing going on. Three of the ladies (DeShawn, Shereé, and Lisa) are married to—or divorced from—an NBA or NFL star. From the promos, it looks like there’s gonna be some throwing down about whether it’s better to be an basketballer’s wife or a footballer’s wife. For no reason other than the fact that I like football more, I’m on Team NFL! The other two ladies (NeNe and Kim) are with businessmen. Or as the ever-apt NeNe so correctly put it, "Atlanta is the black Hollywood."
Based on that appetizing first episode, here are the three things I’m looking forward to seeing more of this season:
1. Atlanta bling! Now, I know excessive wealth is a Housewives trademark,but holy smokes! DeShawn and Shereé have entire staffs that take careof all their needs. In the first five minutes, DeShawn said that shewas "in the process of interviewing key staff members." The key wordbeing "key." Then, I’m guessing, those "key" staff members—she mentioned an estatemanager, an executive housekeeper, a maid crew, a chef, a governess,and a nanny—will hire other lesser staff members. Don’twant to get bogged down with the riff-raff staff! I’m luuuurving theway they do things in Atlanta.
2. Lucy and Ethel, aka NeNe and Kim! Upon meeting thelarger-than-life pair, you can tell these two b-fris are going to getinto some major trouble. Wacky schemes seem like their jam. Last night,when Kim had to pick up her altered dress in a Shell gas stationparking lot, NeNe helped shield her with her coat while she changedright there. Now that’s friendship.
3. The brewing battle between NeNe and Shereé! Granted NeNe made a bigger deal out of the dust-up than she should have (hello, this isreality TV!), but Shereé did diss her by leaving her off the guest listfor her birthday party. Who knows if Shereé did itintentionally or not, but either way, it’sstroking what should be a rather grand battle between these two divas.Just because she seems completely insane, I’m on Team NeNe. Early in theepisode, she said, "I don’t keep up with the Joneses. I am theJoneses." That’s right. You tell ‘em, NeNe! Meanwhile, I can’t figureShereé out. Why exactly does she need all that staff? And a publicist?!What’s she got to publicize? Her impending divorce?
So, PopWatchers, don’t deny it—I know you watched, too! Who’s yourfavorite new housewife? Do you think Shereé actually intended for NeNeto be left off the party list? What are you looking forward to seeingmore of this season?
I SO watched this last night. i never watched the OC version, but I think these women even seemed to outdo the NY broads with their lavishness. The make up artists. The entourages. And for what? Really. Love it though and will keep watching. I love NeNe and Kim’s friendship already. DeShawn and Lisa seem the most grounded already. We shall see! Sheree is something else. Man, I want to go to Atlanta now.
Thank you Tanner! I so wholeheartedly agree. My sister and I watched and laughed our bum bums off at all the ridiculous excessiveness. Props to Bravo for consistently airing the most engaging/addicting/guiltiest of all guilty pleasure reality shows. Team NeNe for sure!
I had to laugh when DeShawn said she always knew she would “grow up to be somebody”- Lady, you aren’t somebody! You are married to a rich somebody! It didn’t seem like she did much of anything. I did enjoy NeNe, but Kim is irritating. Sheree is a little bit evil – and not in the fun way.
I also loved the show. I watched the OC version (didn’t like NY), but this takes the cake. One question: does anyone know why exactly Sheree needs staff members? DeShawn makes sense being married to an NBA star and having a house that’s 15,000+ square feet, but what does Sheree even do?
I caught a few minutes when the candidates went to thier talkinh points, so I will catch more this weekend.
I have to say, will Mandi have her niece watch this instead of ‘Sleeping Beauty’? I’m thinking these are the type of women she’s worried about.
I Loved it, My husband loved it! Can’t wait til next week. My favorite is NeNe. I do believe she was left off the list on purpose, it made for some good drama!
I’m glad that shameless money-mongering and self-inflating third-personisms is a trait that knows no color.
In other news: why didn’t my parents adorn me with the moniker “NeNe”? I would have at least preferred DeDe. Think of the arm-candy possibilities with that name. *Sigh*….
i don’t watch the hills, gossip girl, or any of the reality shows on VH1, so thank you for informing about this show. i need a completely vapid show in which to indulge in and mock foolish people on tv. this looks like an excellent choice and i’ll be tuning in.
This was ghettofabulous for sure. I cracked up when Deshawn said “I always knew I would grow up to be somebody” … as the other person said you married a “somebody”. Why does Sheree need an entourage, she doesn’t work!
My favorites are NeNe and Kim. Everybody else comes off as being phony, fake, posers!!
I LOVED IT! guilties pleasure of all! I think Lisa is so cute and real. I love Nene and Kims friendship….reminds me of my bff and I! ok, but please tell me why Sheree needs a publicist? she’s a nobody! does she even work?!
my favs are nene and kim. my other fav is lisa. i like nene and kim because they are thelma and louise. and they do seem to know that they came from nothing and now have something. i like honesty about wealth. people who pretend to have always had are delusional.
i also like lisa. bc yes, her husband is in the nfl, but she works her butt off–real estate, jewelry, kids clothing–she is out there with her guy making things happen.
don’t like deshawn or shree…deshawn has nothing wo eric. and unfortunately, she doesnt get that. sheree confuses me bc i think she thinks she is more fab than the rest of the world…but really, she’s more fake than the rest of the world…
plus, if my friend was “accidentially” left off my party guest list, i would have gone outside and said to her “girl, get your a$$ back in here…you know you are on the list”….
but shree didn’t do that…she kept partying…not really a friend.
I think the best character on this show is Kim’s hair. I mean who’s buying that its real?
Forgot to mention that. i was thinking the same thing. It looks like barbie hair from the top to the bottom. CRAZY! She’s hilarious though.
When Sheree said men are intimidated by successful women- I thought- is it success when you marry rich and now divorce richer?
I have no interest in this show (mainly because it’s not available where I live), but I couldn’t help but notice that Tanner used j’adore correctly this time! (See the latest Desperate Housewives recap) Good man, Tanner, looks like you learned something from your readers.
I can appreciate good tv, but I have issues with this. “I always knew I’d be somebody” aka somebodies wife and “He wants to be referred to as big daddy” aka somebody else’s husband.
The new money sheez is rather apparent when compared to the last 2 seasons. I had to google these women to see if they did anything else and YES they’re involved in wonderful charity work. I know the show is about glam…but I do hope the show reflects some substance behind all this bling.