Thursday’s episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta took a dark turn. Following the news of the death of Anthony “AJ” Jewel outside his Atlanta strip club last week, viewers watched his then-fiancée, Housewife Kandi Burruss, waver about the future of their relationship — awkwardly unaware, as the cameras rolled, that the relationship had no future.
Viewers were left in the strange position of confronting reality while “reality” played out onscreen.
Even Thursday night’s light moments, like Dwight leaping gazelle-like through NeNe’s house in a catsuit and stiletto booties, did little to temper the episode’s undercurrent of sadness. After all, Dwight’s fabulous get-up was worn in a charity race initiated by Lisa and NeNe’s brave exposure of their own experiences with domestic violence.
Kim practically shouting “Damn, I’m good looking!” (again) as she got her wig trimmed seemed woefully out of place among Ed Hartwell’s futile efforts to save his football career, Lisa’s negative pregnancy test and NeNe’s conflict over finding her biological father.
Thank goodness Dwight and Sheree’s battle for control over her fashion show produced the funniest line of the night: “It’s not He by Dwight. It’s She by Sheree.” Forget “Tardy for the Party” — we were beginning to think the party was over. –Suzanne Zuckerman
Tell us: What did you think of last night’s episode? Do you prefer your Housewives serious or snarky?
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