- Previously, on The Real Housewives of Potomac...
- Once I saw all the citations,
it was uncharacteristic of the Karen that I know.
I just wanna support her.
The drinks are here.
We have our little non-alcoholic Grand Dame.
- Oh. - Uh...
She has a disease. It's called messy Gizzy.
- Karen actually called me.
- But you told me she called you when she was drunk.
So, that really doesn't count.
- She seemed a little tipsy on the phone.
- I have been separated for a year.
- What? - You're kidding me, right?
- I love someone. - Okay.
- But, we are not intimate.
[crickets chirping] - How long this been?
[laughing] - I ain't sleepin' with you, man.
I'm-I'm just not gonna do it.
- Our GnA event is this week.
- I love that this is your father's memory.
- Why am I waking up to a text from Karen
at 6:30 in the morning?
"There are two events scheduled at the same time."
- Should I not have people at my event
because Gizelle's having an-an event? No.
- What is she being honored for?
Running into a tree?
- So, you know,
we're going to Lake Norman. - Is everyone coming?
- I just want everybody to have a good time.
Yes, everybody's invited. - Everybody's going.
How is Karen doin'? - Chile, okay,
so she gotta go to court when we get back.
- Yes. - How are you doing?
- It all just... - Yeah.
- ...hit, you know. - You were distracted.
- I can't talk about that part. - Okay. Okay.
- 'Cause I don't wanna incriminate myself.
- Okay.
- I broke. - Okay.
- And so, I'm not ashamed of that.
- Okay. - And--
- Well, good for you, Karen, for owning up to that part
because I just feel like it's okay for you to say,
like, "I effed up." - Mm-hmm.
- "And, it's not okay to do what I did."
- Well-- - 'Cause it's not your first time but--
- I'm not saying I effed up yet.
I want you to wait for that. - Okay, okay.
- I'm not admitting anything, okay?
- Okay, okay. - No, I want you to wait
until we can talk about it,
and this will show me
who my real friends are. - Yeah.
I'm actually quite disappointed in Karen.
Just say you did it, girl.
Like, just say you need your girls.
You need support. Pray for me.
Get your bail money together for me.
Whatever it is that you need from us,
like, just own it.
- I can't talk about it.
It got back to me from my birthday party
that Jacqueline said, the night before my party,
that I was on the phone, drinking.
That-that is a lie.
- Karen doesn't like the fact that I was goin' around
telling people that she called me, drinking.
- I don't know why.
Karen used to call us drunk all the time.
- All right, Karen, is not in the car
to defend herself.
- Okay.
- I'm not gonna lie,
dating someone who's been divorced
and has had all the experiences,
that's not easy. - It's not.
- Yeah. - It's not easy for me
because he has a lot of experiences
that I've never had. - And for the long haul--
- I feel the opposite with Darius and I, actually,
things like that. - What is your age gap?
What is it? - Three years.
- Oh, that's good. That's good.
- Oh, it's perfect for us, actually.
- There-there-there's no gap there, actually. That's not--
Y'all are the same age. - Mm-hmm.
- And because he's so successful,
I feel like my maturity-- - Helps him.
- ...in that three years that I'm older than him,
really keeps him on track. - You're older than him.
- Yeah, I'm three years older than him.
- Okay, okay, okay. - Mm-hmm.
[Ashley laughing]
- I think that everybody went through that.
- Who didn't? - Everybody had that, like...
- Like, who didn't go through-
through that phase? - Obviously, who didn't?
Greg is 42. - Okay.
- So I feel like it's not too far.
- Makes sense. Makes sense. - Not too far in age.
You know, we both own businesses.
He owns a mental health facility, too.
- Oh, wow, that's really nice.
- Mm-hmm. I've given myself a title.
I am the executive marketing director
'cause it sound fancy.
- Oh, and it do. - Yeah.
My Med Spa right now, is pretty much on autopilot.
Like, it runs itself.
This is, like, my favorite one,
but we have all been sampling.
So, you guys are little guinea pigs around here.
- Yeah. - Yes, they have been my guinea pigs.
So, it's time for you to be guinea pig, too.
So, you can take some of these home.
So, I'm also working with Greg.
- So, look, staff, how's everyone today?
- Good. - Doing good. - All right, cool.
So, look, we're gonna do a quick check-in-in.
How's everything going?
- I've still been working on the school stuff.
The procurement, we already registered for that,
so it'll be a better position for us
to take on more students from the school.
I'm the person that's actually going to the schools,
creating the relationships,
and lettin' them know what services we can provide.
I am here to help, okay? I'm here to help.
- Like-like, jokingly, affectionately, or what?
- I saw you gagged. I was ----ing gag city.
No, it was deadass serious, girl.
I almost passed out.
- You know, I worked with my ex-husband,
and that was not pleasant.
- Oh, you did have a business with him.
- I would-- yeah.
- Once we figure out if I'm an actual an employee or not,
we'll see how long I work there.
[laughing] - Okay.
- So, Gizelle, how are you and Karen?
[sighs] - We're gonna be fine,
but there's conversations that need to be had.
Karen didn't give a sh--. Can I say, "Sh--?"
Like, how you gonna disrespect the charity
that I'm giving money to in the name of my father?
So, that's really what I have a problem with.
- Well, can you guys talk tonight and not tomorrow
'cause tomorrow is a special day?
- Yeah, a special day.
We're not gonna mess that up. - Please, please, please.
- I don't plan on screaming at Karen.
I don't plan on it going left.
- Okay.
- Karen and I have come a long way.
So, hopefully, she will receive.
- Right, yeah. - I hope she receives.
- But if she doesn't, it might spill over.
We might get a little spillage on your birthday.
- Oh, Jesus!
- So, Wendy, you don't have any issues,
do you, with nobody?
- Who? Me? - Yeah.
- I don't.
I feel like there has been low-key,
like, unspoken tension,
competition, between you and Jassi.
When we were on the plane,
Jassi said something about a side chick,
and then you were like, "I'm no one's side chick."
So, here I am, mindin' my business in first class,
and then I hear Jassi saying,
"You're Mia's sidekick," or something like that.
I think it's, like, pickin' at a scab.
- Okay, so, Jassi said,
"Where's your sidekick?" That's what I heard.
- Sidekick? - Right.
- She's calling you a sidekick?
- She's calling me Mia's sidekick.
- Okay. - There's no comparison
between myself and Jassi, no offense.
- Oh, wow. - Oh, okay.
- It's gonna be a long ride.
- And we got my girl, Stacey, comin' in.
- First of all, where is Stacey?
[laughing] - Where's Stacey?
- She's takin' a car, you guys,
because somebody in her family
died in an aviation accident.
So, for the month of May, she doesn't fly.
- Stacey is driving. - Should we call her?
- Yeah, call her and let's see what she says.
[phone ringing]
- Come on, Stacey. Answer the phone.
- Stacey is done with us. Okay.
- Yeah, she's done with us. Now, Stacey, Stacey, Stacey--
she's just not that interesting.
- What? [Mia laughing]
Okay, can you speak for the rest of the girls?
- Everybody says the same thing.
- Whoa.
- This whole valley girl next door,
it's the whole persona girl that I can't vibe with.
That's weird. I don't relate.
- Well, maybe she'll open up this weekend.
**
- We're here! Praise the Lord!
- Whoo! Let the games begin.
- Ooh, girl. Thank you, sir. Ooh.
- Whew! Okay, we made it.
- What you got in store for us, Lake Norman?
- Welcome to the lake.
- Hey! - Hey!
- Hey, girl!
Lake Norman has a very special, dear place in my heart.
Inc and I actually moved to Lake Norman together
post-graduation.
I mean, what was I, 19, when I first moved there?
Inc and I were kids. I mean, we transferred there
because he wanted to transfer radio stations--
Good memories.
[collective greetings] - Hi. How are you? - Hello.
- Welcome to Lake Norman, ladies.
- Oh, beautiful! - Oh, very nice. - This is very pretty.
- Hello, ladies. Welcome to Mia's Manor.
- Oh, Mia Manor. - Oh! Unh-uh!
- Oh, Mia's Manor! - Oh!
- If you need anything, please ask us.
- Thank you.
- Each one of us is assigned to a person.
- Oh. - Okay.
- Jacqueline, Gizelle,
and Ashley. - Okay.
- We have the lake. We have a pool.
I see chefs. I see butlers. I see champagne.
- I like the lake in the back.
I like the dock slip.
This is how Gizelle is treated.
- Come on, Mia, with the personal concierge.
That's a nice touch.
Thank you, Mia-- - You're welcome.
- Thank you, Mia! - For bringin' us here. - Yes.
- And letting me celebrate the last day of my 30s.
[cheering]
- This is as good as it gets.
No more celebrations of Wendy.
- Oh, Karen, don't hate. - Nuh-unh!
No more celebrations.
Every birthday celebration
that has been thrown by this group for me
has gone completely to hell in a basket.
- You look beautiful. - Happy birthday. Muah.
- Thank you. And so do you. Muah.
I'm the birthday girl,
and Gizelle is sitting in the center of the table.
Please don't sit in my seat.
- You got more ----in' time!
- What you gonna do? Look at you!
Look at the CEO! - Say somethin'!
- Look at the CEO! - What the (BLEEP) is--
- * Happy birthday to me * - That-that's weird.
What just happened? * happy birthday to me *
- What we came to do, in honor of you today,
on the triple 20, is paint Karen's vagina.
- It is what it is.
You all have my permission
to cancel any Wendy birthday celebrations.
[laughing]
- After you get settled, come back down,
and chef has prepared us a lunch.
- Perfect. - Okay.
- Okay, thank you so much.
- Hi. How are you? - My name's Mia.
- Mia, you're Mia. Hi, Mia. Where we goin'?
- This is cute-tah! Cute-tah!
- Oh, I like my room.
- Okay, okay.
- Yes. Where are you? It's cute, Gizzy.
- Cute. Where's my bathroom?
- Pardon moi.
- Your bathroom is across the hall.
- Oh, wait a minute. Hold on.
Are we sharin' a bathroom?
- This-this is the bathroom.
- You guys get your own sink,
and then a shared shower, toilet situation.
- Ahh!
I'm not sharing a toilet with Gizelle!
I can't do a boo-boo with-- and share the same-- no.
Uh-uh. No, I can't.
- Grande Dame, if you have to share a bathroom with me,
so be it.
- This is a setup. Mia!
- As a matter of fact, let me pee on the toilet seat
and have you sit in it.
Yes, that's what I'm going to do.
I really do have to pee.
So, I'm gonna pee really quickly and then-- - Yeah, yeah.
- Do you have to use the word "pee?"
I'm gonna have to use it at some point.
You gonna pee, like a cow? - Oh, what are you--
what are you gonna do in there?
Are you gonna pee?
- No, I am going to urinate when it's the proper time.
- Okay, I'm gonna pee. - Like a horse.
- You know, a huge bed, I'm happy.
- Wow! Look at this!
- This looks fun. - This is so bangin'.
- Let me not laugh 'cause I don't know my room yet.
- Ooh!
Mia, you know I wanna be out there naked
on the-- on the thing. - Yes, of course,
and I figured you do your yoga in the morning--
- Yes!
- And do your little Tikky-Tokkies.
- Who's-- how come I can't have this room? - It's good, 'cause she has,
like, a little yoga. - Why does Ashley get this?
- 'Cause she can-- why not? Why you hatin'?
- I am hatin' 'cause this would be my room.
- You're probably gonna sleep with Mia anyway.
- No, I wanna be in my own room.
Oh, Mia,
we're besties,
but, in Miami, we were in the same room.
- Yeah, this-- Mia's sharin' with you.
- Oh, you know it.
Once again, you're takin' a shower first. Okay.
- Is that a problem? - Yes, bitch.
I don't wanna be attached to the hip of Mia
for the rest of my life.
How dare my best friend not give me a great room?
- What the hell is this?
Who-who-- is this my own space?
- Mia, I was rooting for you,
and this is what you gave me,
bunk beds, the last room in the whole house.
Thank you, Mia.
I know what you think about me now. Hearts.
- Oh, (BLEEP) no. - This is like jail!
- Whose room is that?
- I need to move the bunkbeds together.
Then I can have a queen size.
- Who is in here? - I think Stacey is in here.
- Oh, Stacey is-- Ooh.
- I put K and Stacey in the bunkbed room
because they are in girlfriend bootcamp,
and it's who is the toughest.
- Stacey's body is longer than the bed.
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, watch your fingers. - Okay.
- She'll be fine or not.
* Happy birthday to you *
- Uh-uh, not that version. - Cha-cha-cha.
* Happy birthday to you *
- Cha-cha-cha.
* Happy birthday dear Wendy *
[cheering]
- Come on, Mia. I love this room.
I know we've had a very checkered past.
If you stop talking, you will understand and listen.
- I'm done talking to her.
Yeah, okay. - Don't put your hand in my face.
- Whoa, it's in your face. What are you gonna do about it?
- My show vibrates really high.
So, if people are not at the intellectual level
to receive it, I understand why it may not be for them.
- That was a little shady. - Was it?
And I know our relationship continues to be...
evolving.
Aww. - That's cute.
That's how you do a birthday girl's room.
- Mia and a lot of these ladies have come a very long way,
and we have history.
And the fact that they're all willing to come together
to celebrate me, you know,
they can't refuse the Godiva goddess, baby.
- Aww, look at that.
- The birthday started already?
Oh, my gracious. - Yes, Wendy's room,
the birthday room. - Okay, very nice.
- Yes.
- That's the stanky leg-- stanky leg.
- Ahh, 40.
- Oh, look at Karen. Karen is like...
[laughing]
- No comment.
This is where you thank me
for having all the ----ed up birthdays,
and your 40th is good, though.
Happy birthday.
[laughing]
- Coming up...
- Don't (BLEEP) with me, okay?
- Don't cry.
- You can cry until the cows come home.
- All right, are you guys ready to eat?
- I love you, Karen.
- I don't mind her having the best room,
but did they have to decorate it?
- Take some time and then come up and eat.
- I mean, Karen, it's not your birthday.
We celebrate you enough, honey.
- I know but never like this.
- All right. Let's go eat, ladies.
- It's not a bunkbed. - It's not a bunkbed.
- A win is a win.
- Are they really gonna put Stacey in a bunkbed?
- Whose room is this? - Take a look, and you'll know.
- This is the queen's room. - Queen cave.
- Whose room is this?
- This is your room, Jacqueline, I think.
- Oh, it is? - Yeah.
- She's lying.
- Stop it, Jassi. - No, I'm serious.
I'm not kidding, Jacqueline. [laughing]
- Where is your room, Jacqueline?
Is it upstairs?
- I don't have a room, so far.
- Yes, you do.
- Where is her room? Do you know?
- In Mia's room. - With Mia.
- Oh, she's with Mia, in the same room?
- Yeah, you guys are sharing.
- Is it time to eat?
- Oh.
- What? - What happened?
- They're sharing the room.
- Oh, are they sleeping together?
Oh, this sounds like a repeat.
- What's happening?
Every chance y'all get, y'all are sharing a room.
Are we eating boxes?
- So, I was minding my business right outside my room,
and I look up, and I see people in the shower together.
- Oh, what? - I know, I saw two people.
- What?
- Why are you looking up in our shower?
- Oh, I was just looking up.
- I think it's important to have Jacqueline
in the room with me
because she's the baby, she has to nurse at night,
and I gotta make sure that she's good and fed
for the morning.
- Jacqueline, if you do stuff like this,
you can't get mad when they call you a sidekick.
So, you're okay? - Yeah, I'm okay, yeah.
- Okay, all right. Let's eat.
- Yeah, our rooms were horrible.
Gizelle and I have almost progressed
to where we never wanted to be.
We're sharing a bathroom. - Okay.
[laughing] - Oh, hello.
- Hi, gorgeous. - I'm so late.
- You look so good, welcome. - You is right on time.
- Nice to see you, beautiful.
- Oh, Stacey, you're in for a rude surprise.
- Come on in. - Am I?
- Oh, yeah, honey.
- I've traveled extensively all over the world
with my soon to be ex-husband.
So, this is the first time
that I'm traveling with just the girls.
I've never really had the opportunity
to travel like this.
I'm excited. It's gonna be great.
So, I missed a lot.
- You did, you did.
We're gonna fill you in, in a second.
- You did, honey. You did.
- Yeah, but, tonight,
I'm gonna be getting on the road, going home.
Tomorrow morning is Angel and Adore's
cap and gown ceremony at their school.
- Oh, yeah, yeah.
- So, that's top of the morning.
- Okay. - And then I'm gonna
catch a flight and come back.
- That's a lot. - It's a lot,
but, you know, I'm here for
whatever the hell this is. - Yes.
This is just [indistinct] as of the moment.
- Yeah, uh, uh, we're-we're trying to figure that out.
- Yeah, but I'm glad to see y'all are good,
the two of y'all. - Jacqueline and I?
- Yeah.
- So, when the ladies heard you on the plane
saying that I'm Mia's sidekick...
- They were listening too hard. That was never said.
- So, I felt a little attacked
because I feel like some of the ladies
have been given a connotation
that I'm living in Mia's shadow.
- Who is this?
- I'm Jacqueline, her best friend.
- You're-you're Jacqueline?
- Yes. - Okay.
- And I like Jacqueline. - Right.
- But I do not like her finishing Mia's sentences.
- I have my own business.
I'm a mom. I hold it down, okay?
I've never been anybody's sidekick.
I am the main course, honey.
I am giving the full bodied everything, honey,
the steak and lobster. - Where?
Where are you giving that?
- Honey, do you want me to show you how I'm giving it?
- Gizelle? - I'm giving it.
- Hold on one second. - Okay, okay.
- I'm giving it, this, this. - Hold on. Hold on.
- The hair, the body, the intellect, the finesse,
I'm giving it.
- The neck up, for sure. - I'm giving it.
There's no-- there is no sidekick here, honey.
**
- From what I've gotten to see about Jacqueline,
she's just a little obsessed with Mia.
- I do want you to meet Jacqueline.
Um, I don't know if she gonna love you
because she's very territorial.
- So, you replaced me?
- No, I did not replace you. - Okay.
- Which makes her a bit strange to me.
Actually, I was making a joke and telling Mia
that we expect her to have a great lake house trip
because, this year, she has an even better sidekick
regarding-- - Which is yourself.
- Exactly, yes. - Oh.
- You're fighting to be a sidekick?
Ooh, the self-esteem is--
- Oh, my gosh. - But when she was so heated about it,
I was like, okay, take it. - And that doesn't bother you
to call yourself a side chick? - No, it doesn't bother me.
I said it as a joke because I know people know
I'm not a sidekick. So... - Right.
- Period, okay, then.
- Where is this heat coming from?
- I don't really know-- I don't really know
what anything is [indistinct]. - 'Cause Jassi is cool.
- Right, makes sense. Have a good trip--
- Oh, this is work? - Yes.
- Okay. - And especially gonna have a good trip
because I am now in her life.
- If you-- if you say so.
- Okay, and you know what? - So, I know that there's been
some transgressions with you two.
- But you know what, Jassi? I'm happy you're in her life
because I know I'll always be number one.
I'm getting a very pick me type of personality with Jassi.
I think she wants to be Mia's new side chick,
sidekick, whatever.
- Jacqueline is...
weirdly obsessed with Mia.
Well, I have been thoroughly entertained.
[laughing]
- Have a seat, darling.
All right, so, the boat is going to come
pick us up at 7:00. - Okay.
- And gonna take us for a cruise around the lake.
Yeah, isn't that fun? - What's the attire?
- Okay. - Um, so,
wear what you're gonna wear to dinner
'cause when we come back,
dinner is going to be ready for us,
and our guests-our guests will have arrived by then.
- Okay. - We're having guests?
- We are.
My girlfriends that live here are coming to visit.
- Oh, are we having a party?
- My close friends. - Are we having a party?
- Yeah, a little party, yeah.
- Oh, really? - A little cocktail party, yes.
- Thank you. - Congratu- ----ing- lutely,
Wendy. - Wendy!
- ----ing a-lutely.
- Um, okay.
- And they're all your friends, too, right?
- I mean, they're Mia's friends,
and I'm cordial with them, absolutely.
- Well, sir, Jesus.
- Okay, okay. - Okay, cordial.
- All right, oh.
- She used to text and talk to one of them,
but she theatrically exited the group chat.
[laughing]
- Yeah, okay. - Okay.
Jacqueline, you have a lot of beef with a lot of people.
What's going on? - I don't have a lot of beef
with a lot of people at all, I don't.
- I have been nothing but a friend to Jacqueline.
- Yes.
- And I feel that she is not a friend.
I wanna be transparent in front of the whole group.
When you came to me the night before my party
for a phone call, you were seeking my advice.
No one was drunk at that phone call.
I see you.
- All right. Well, if you-- that's fine.
We don't have to have any further conversation
because-- - Okay, so-so, Karen, so that you know,
anything that Jacqueline said,
I felt was not malicious or mean.
- Gizelle, don't do that. Don't do that, don't do that.
You-- - No, 'cause I don't want you
to be mad at her because-- - No, I'm not mad.
I am passionate about that.
- We don't have to have any further conversation.
Once again, she doesn't hear anything that I have to say.
- You are lying. You're a liar.
- I'm-- first of all--
- And this is why I don't (BLEEP) wit' you.
- Okay, well, then don't (BLEEP) with me, Karen.
- Okay, I don't. We're good.
- Because you're deflecting about a lot of things,
and let's be honest.
Karen, do not call me a liar! - Could you ask for--
You are a ----ing liar! - Because I said--
No, I said it didn't go down like that.
- You are a liar. I'll call you a liar
all day long, all long. - We had a conversation,
and you said-- - I've been nothing but a friend to you.
- Okay, whatever.
- I tried to be helpful, and this is how you repay me,
you backstabbing heifer?
I really don't care, though, 'cause Jacqueline is irrelevant.
- This is actually Karen being, one, a mean girl,
and, two, you're just deflecting.
Don't want anybody to talk about you,
and I'm not even deflected.
I still know, Karen, that you have a court case.
- What the (BLEEP) have I done for-- to you
for you to lie on me? Shut up.
- First of all, Karen-- - Shut up. Shut up.
- I'm not lying on you.
- Don't (BLEEP) with me, okay?
'Cause you are a flipper,
and I don't (BLEEP) with flipper.
- Wait!
- I'm not that kind of person.
I'm really not.
- Don't cry. - No.
- Don't cry.
- Well, I'm on the receiving end of it,
and I don't buy it. - And whatever.
- You can cry until the cows come home.
- Don't (BLEEP) with me, okay?
'Cause you are a flipper,
and I don't (BLEEP) with flipper.
- Wait!
- Don't cry. - No.
- Don't cry.
- You can cry until the cows come home.
I don't give a (BLEEP).
**
- Karen, Karen, come on, now. - No, no.
- Come on. - No, no.
Don't (BLEEP) with me.
- I'm not the only one that was concerned.
- Don't lie on me and don't (BLEEP) with me.
- Yeah, Karen, we all were concerned, okay?
- People judging me is the least of my worries.
When have you ever known the grande dame to crumble?
Never, and it ain't gonna happen.
How many wonders are there in the world?
Seven? Seven wonders?
I'm the eighth.
Especially in this group. They are so obsessed.
I don't give a (BLEEP).
- All right, so, Mia, I-I think we only
have 45 minutes to get ready. - Sounds great.
- So, we meet right here at 7:00, at the dock?
- In what we're wearing for dinner, right?
- We can. - Yes, down by the pool.
- Down by the pool. - Okay, all right.
- Good? - I'm good.
- We need to show you your room.
- Let's go. - Come on.
Let's go to your room.
Are you okay? I want-- listen!
These two days, I know you guys have issues,
but these two days are really about me.
- Yes, I know.
- And you guys need to be happy.
You guys can't cry, nothin'. This is about me.
- This is the most beautiful part of your room.
You see the lake?
- Oh, my gosh, bunkbeds! - Yes.
- Are those for me? - Yes.
- Those are. - Yay!
I've always wanted to be in a bunkbed.
- Oh, my God! - Oh, my gosh, I love it!
When I was growing up,
I wanted to have bunkbeds so bad.
What are the chances that I'm walking into
my first girls trip, and I get to have a roommate,
and we get to sleep in bunkbeds? I'm so happy.
- You're sharing this room with K.
- If I have to sleep in a bunkbed,
I would wanna sleep with you, K. - Okay.
- Aww. - All right.
- Oh, my God, that is so kind 'cause I said
I don't even know Stacey, but here we are.
- Well, we're gonna get to know each other.
- Since you're being so positive, here we are.
- That's so nice.
- I thought that she would be more upset
about the bunkbed than I was, given her length,
but Stacey's attitude inspires me to say,
you know what, here we are. Let's do it.
- When I even said, "Neck up," I just meant that
whatever is going on,
I can't deny that you're a beautiful woman.
I wasn't even thinking about, oh, how your body is shaped.
- Well, I don't like your outfit, Jacqueline,
but that's not why I said that. - Well, that's fine.
It's an airport outfit.
- Just real quick, do you think Molasses
would be able to do some, uh, practices with me
before the actual show?
I just need to figure out when is a good time.
- I think you're on the email chain, as well.
We're on another chain with, like, everyone.
- I'm busting my balls over here, okay?
I'm working really hard to create income
so that I can maintain my lifestyle.
I'm out here hosting drag shows.
I'm hosting live shows.
I'm doing whatever I can as a working mom
to make sure that, you know, we stay up here.
- Did you talk to Casey and Bianca about this, too?
- I think I may have talked to Casey, like--
[gunshot] - What was that?
- Did you hear that? These people are crazy, chile.
- They have drawers.
- My clothes don't go in drawers.
They have to be hung. - You wanna hang--
do you wanna use this as a rack? - Girl, yes.
- You wanna hang our clothes up so that they don't get wrinkled?
- Mm-hmm.
How are we supposed to be ready in 45 minutes?
- No, that's okay.
- Wait, there have to be more bathrooms here, right?
Bathrooms? Here's a bathroom.
Okay, it's not a bathroom.
Girl, they have Pac-Man!
**
- Karen has to deflect, right?
'Cause she doesn't wanna talk about her citations,
so she's going to talk about somebody.
And ding-ding-ding, Jacqueline, it's your turn.
[laughing]
- Beautiful. - Isn't it beautiful?
I love it. Oh.
- I'll come around here to you, honey.
It's okay. - Okay.
- How are you? - So, I am fantastic.
How are you? - Oh, my goodness,
I'm happy to be here. - What's going on?
- I needed a break, Karen, honey.
- Um, okay. - I have been just so,
so grateful for the past months. - Yes.
- Being back home with my husband,
soon to be ex-husband, and Arabella.
- Until?
- The closer we get to this mediation,
I have to tell Arabella that we're getting a divorce.
- I know.
- We are still living together as a family,
but we are not telling Arabella about the divorce
until we have final decisions made.
I don't know that I'm prepared to do that.
- I get it. - She's eight.
- She's no fool, and-and you don't want to be
a liar to your daughter.
I think you gotta set her free.
- But somethin' has gotta give, Karen.
- Stacey, you know, I have never
blown smoke up your ass, okay,
about anything in our friendship.
- Yes, you do. - So, I wanted to talk to you,
if we could transition for a moment.
- Yeah, please.
- 'Cause I want the girls to really get to know you.
- Okay. - And I've gotten some feedback,
and they're like-- - What's the feedback?
- Okay, okay. I'm-I'm gonna bring to you--
bring it to you slow. [sighs]
Um, yeah, they say you're boring.
- Boring? - Boring.
- Coming up...
- You butt-dialed us. - You-you did, in fact,
butt-dial us. I forgot. - And you said...
[laughing] - What did I say?
- Ooh, I'm listening. - I'm waiting.
**
- I want the girls to really get to know you.
- Okay. - And I've gotten some feedback,
and they're like-- - What's the feedback?
- Um, yeah, they say you're boring.
- Boring? - Boring.
And you are far-- - Who said I was boring?
- Uh, no name calling. - You better tell me who.
- It's a general consensus.
- She's just not that interesting.
[laughing] - Wow.
- I get all the jokes about, "Stacey is so happy.
She's so quirky." - And I'm quirky.
- I'm sorry that I'm joyful.
I don't use my success to divide.
I use my success and all this to unite people.
As a proud Christian, I think that
if you are picking this up, what a wonderful way
to stay close to God every time you look at
that beautiful cross.
So, I know it's different for people to take it all in.
Boring? No.
I feel like I must be an alien to these ladies
because I am out of this world with positivity and light.
They aren't used to that.
Come to my planet. It's marvelous.
- People like to come for what they aspire to be.
- Karen? - Yes.
- Stacey, you guys ready to go on the boat?
- Yes. - Yeah.
- Okay, all right. We're headed down now, okay?
- Okay, we're coming. - Okay, we're coming in.
- Okay.
- But let them get to know you, okay?
'Cause boring you ain't, okay?
- How is this boring? Are you kidding me?
- It's not the outfit, Stacey.
**
- I think I got some-- I got some material in there.
I got a little bit. - Okay, let me see.
- All right. Let's go. - What a beautiful night.
- Oh, it's peaceful. - Right?
Is Lake Norman big? - Yes, it's huge.
There's part of it that's 115 feet deep.
- What?
- Which is huge for a lake, right?
Hi, Captain Mike.
- Oh, this is the boat?
- I'm Mia. - This is a speed boat.
Does it get a little speed on it?
Okay. - Nice to meet you.
- Come on, ladies. - Come on, ladies.
- Karen, you look nice. Okay, yeah.
- Uh-uh, I'm coming out of this. Uh-uh, chile.
- What is happening? Oh, my God. - Ahh!
- What a crew. [laughing]
- Hi. How are you? - Hi.
- Oh, oh, oh! - Be blessed.
- Oh, no.
- Oh, Lord, we got a riverboat.
- Oh, chile. - Okay, come on.
- I'm sitting right here. - Mm-hmm.
- Hey, Gizelle. - Hi.
- Hi.
- Am I driving the boat?
- Karen, this is not how this works, okay?
We, hopefully, can get back to a good place.
But, Karen, girl, we're gonna do some talkin'.
- It was just an observation, and I am innocent.
- Until proven guilty. - Shut the (BLEEP) up.
- Captain Mike, I can drive, too, if you like.
- Oh, he's like, okay, no. [boat revs]
- I like this pace.
- You guys are so far away over there.
- Enjoying the scenic view.
**
- Yes. - Beautiful.
- It's race car drivers, the Panther players.
- Okay.
- Um, Bobcats owners.
- We have gotten to know each other really well very fast.
- It's pretty personal, in a sense,
between me and Stacey.
- Yeah, we're basically sisters now.
- Okay.
- Yeah, it's deeper than we thought.
We-we-- - I think I'm jealous, actually.
- You can come in. If-if you-- [laughing]
- Wait, listen, we have a bed for you.
We've got, like, seven beds. We have space for you.
- I'll think about that.
- So, K, out of all the women in the group,
who are you not so close with?
- Yes, um, me and Ashley, of course,
very interesting situation.
- Did Ashley ever apologize for her role
in everything that happened? - She-she-she did.
She did.
I just was not willing to accept her apology,
at the moment.
- An altercation erupted at the GnA event.
Ashley, did you invite Deborah around to stir things up?
- No. She is a close-- excuse me--
was a close friend of mine. - Okay.
- But I do want to say, also, I'm sorry to Keiarna.
I'm sorry that you went through that, truly.
- Okay. Do you accept that?
- I feel like Ashley is the queen of
the aftermath apologies.
- Did you press charges? - Oh, really--
- Oh, yeah, DC pressed charges against her.
That's an assault with a deadly weapon.
- Pressed charges against--
- So, and then I pressed my own charges.
- And what-what happened, if you don't mind me asking?
- So, it's a lawsuit, so we're just waiting
on the court date.
- So, Mia, you posted for Mother's Day
this very nice photo of you, Gordon, your beautiful children,
and Inc.
Was that here when you said New Year's Eve?
- Yeah.
Sometimes he is good with, like, us all being together
in the same house, like, sleeping in the same--
you know, under the same roof. - Yeah.
- And then sometimes he is, like, not comfortable.
- That's a lot.
- When you say all of you guys in the same room,
you mean him, and Inc, and all you guys?
- Yeah, mm-hmm. - Oh, my God.
- Are you still married to Gordon?
- Mm-hmm.
- That's a lot for him to take. I think.
- That's what I'm saying. - It is. It is.
- Yeah. - It's a lot for-for him.
- It is a lot. - All of this is too soon,
and it's confusing. I'm confused.
If I'm confused, the children are very confused.
- He is on medication. He's better.
He's getting the help that he needs.
He's good now. - That's good to hear.
- So, once you're on medication, it can't hap--
the episodes don't happen. - No, it can happen again.
- Oh, okay. - He has to stay in therapy.
He has to keep his meds recalibrated.
- Okay. - But there are still times
where, you know, he has to pull himself back.
- Yeah. - You know, signs of manic is,
like, he has excessive spending.
You know, like, he will want to buy cars, all cash.
He bought my G-Wagon, all cash.
- We have a wedding anniversary on May 5th,
so I thought I'd let her build her own G-Wagon.
- G. - G-Wagon.
- Yeah.
- And then he puts us into a pickle.
- Yeah.
- I have had to rebound us as a marriage three times.
- Ooh. - I'm not doing it no more.
- No.
- So, yeah, Stacey, for one, I was surprised that
you weren't flying with us but totally understandable.
- Yeah.
- I know that's a very serious matter about your uncle.
So, I respect that. - Thank you.
- But they were talking, too, a little bit of chatter about,
like, you were dating and--
- Ashley said that Stacey is dating.
- Ashley was like, "Stacey is getting a divorce,
and she got a new man. Hee-hee-hee."
And I just didn't like the energy of it,
so I had to say something.
- Yeah, I wouldn't have liked that.
- Stacey, I-I said he's a friend.
I didn't say, "Oh, Stacey is a getting a divorce,
and she's getting up under a new man."
**
- Stacey, I-I said he's a friend.
I didn't say, "Oh, Stacey is a getting a divorce,
"and she's getting up under a new man."
I didn't say that.
** - So, does he want the divorce?
- Um-- - She has a new friend.
- Oh, you-you moved on. Oh, okay, boom.
- Yeah, she got a new friend.
So, you know, I'm sorry, Stacey. I had to say it.
She good.
I didn't think that it was a national secret.
- I know that she is a very private person.
Maybe she took it a certain way when you brought it up
in front of the group. You see what I'm saying?
- This is fair. - Everyone shares differently.
- Hey, ladies. - It depends on the context.
- Hey. Hey, lady. - I think I want to sit.
- Okay.
- I never thought I was gonna go through a divorce.
I thought I would be married forever.
- Mm-hmm.
- And I have a wonderful man who loves me.
What do you think about being here?
- The toughest thing, honestly, is-is your absence.
- And I can't even start that relationship with him
because I'm not done with my marriage.
In the way that you spoke about him, in that moment,
I just felt like you took someone special
and reduced it. So, I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have snapped at you.
- Okay, okay, and I appreciate that.
- But you-you very much were like,
"Ashley, you're messy. You're messy.
"You're being messy."
And I think that's what unnerved you. Correct?
- Yeah, because she doesn't know me.
She just met me. How does she know?
- But you also spent hours at my house.
Then you came over the next day
and put your bunion on my marble countertops.
- You're coming for my bunion?
Yeah, Karen, call the [indistinct].
- I thought we were getting to know each other, Ashley.
- I completely understand Stacey's position.
She doesn't want her ex-husband to potentially hear about
this new best friend, love interest,
whatever you want to call it, chile.
I don't even know, at this point.
But I'm telling you from experience,
it will eat you up from inside.
It's not fun for anybody.
- I'm in new waters, so I'm trying to--
- New waters, literally, we're in new waters.
- I'm literally in new waters.
TJ and I aren't intimate. He's a devout Christian.
I have not been intimate with anyone in a year.
- A year? Oh, wow. - Huh?
- I was married to a man that believes in the Lord.
There was a whole lot of sex going on.
- Stacey is not celibate.
That's my opinion, and I'm not gonna--
I'm gonna stick to that.
- Do-do you think, with celibacy,
you can't masturbate?
Like, can you?
- Stacey and I were talking earlier today,
and I was telling her, oh, the word "boring."
- Who called me boring?
**
Gizelle?
- Stiff? - Okay, yeah.
- It was-- I think it was Mia.
- Why are you calling me stiff? - Mia called you boring.
- Yeah, I-I-I think-- - So, Mia, you called me boring,
and then you gave me the kids room?
- I-I-I think-- - What's going on?
- We had a conversation at breakfast this morning.
- Yeah.
- And we all agreed that you're just a little un-interesting.
- Ouch, that right there was, uh--
is diabolical.
- I know it's a lot to take.
I move in a different way. - Yes, you are--
I'm glad you know.
- I don't let things bother me,
like a kids bed with a safety rail.
[laughing] - Stacey--
This is the Stacey I know.
This girl makes you crack your side.
She's fun, but she's also going through hell right now,
and I remember when I was divorced
and what it was like. - Yeah.
- We need to support her.
- This friendship is coming around just at the right time
'cause I'm a vessel.
Everything I've been gettin',
I'm gonna give right back to Stacey.
Paying it forward.
- All right, ladies. - Okay, okay, okay.
- So, what we're gonna do is, we're gonna head back
to the house now. - Okay.
- Oh, yes. - So, I'm gonna need for you
to go ahead-- go ahead and stiff walk on back.
[laughing] - No, unstiff.
- Oh, Lord. - Un-unstiff yourself and sway.
- Sway. Show 'em that model walk.
- Unstiff yourself. - Yes, unstiff yourself.
[laughing]
- Everybody getting off okay? - Back on the ground.
- This is beautiful. - Oh, my gosh!
Mia, this is beautiful. - This is beautiful.
- Uh, yes, let's grab a cocktail.
- Okay. - Okay.
- All right. We have the MiaMor.
- Yes. - The Bicoastal Queen...
[laughing]
We had a rental house in Charlotte,
and we had the rental house here,
and that's just-- - Why were you
renting properties in Charlotte?
- Because we are so bicoastal.
I work across the East Coast.
- Bicoastal? - Char-Charlotte and--
and Maryland are on the same coast.
- Like, well, you know, same thing.
- I love it. - And we have Potomac Proper.
- Love it. - Cute.
- Okay. - Love it.
- It's so pretty, isn't it?
[indistinct chatter]
- We on tequila tonight, baby.
- Hi, babe!
Hi!
Thank you so much.
Okay, guys, so this is Dom.
- Hi. - Hi, Dom.
- And Dom is a dear friend of mine,
and she has put all this together for us.
- Aww, thank you. - Cheers to you.
- Thank you. - This is so amazing--
so amazing. - Thank you.
- I love you ladies.
I really do. - Aww.
- That's cute. - Okay, well,
can I say a couple things?
I'm getting ready to leave soon,
so now is the time.
So, in the car, Wendy, the birthday girl, says,
"Hey, Gizelle, how are things between you and Karen?"
And I said, "Um, I wanna talk to Karen about some things."
And you said, "Do it before my birthday."
- Yes.
- Karen, the events of it all-- you knew I had the event.
You knew how important the event was
to me and to Ashley.
And I feel like I'm being of the utmost friend to you,
**
- Karen, I feel like I'm being of the utmost friend to you,
and I'm not getting it in return.
- Okay.
I do want to address your dad's event.
I needed my friends with me, too, that day.
So, I did invite them, but I took every measure
to make sure that the girls knew
that they should attend both, okay?
- You said to me you weren't gonna double book,
but you did.
- You asked me specifically what day was it.
I said, "I don't know."
- Our GnA event is this week.
- I told you I was being given an award, right?
Remember? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
When is that? - Mine is earlier on Friday,
but I won't miss your event. I'll be at your event.
- Okay. - I'll be at both.
I do really regret that I was not there for you
in memory of your father.
However, I do not take responsibility
for your behavior.
- Uh, Karen, stop talking about my behavior.
- You could have been better. I raised you better than that.
- No, you have not. - I have.
[laughing]
- But moving forward... - Mm-hmm.
- Um, I think our communication can be better.
- It could be. I agree. - Um, and, again,
I have felt like 100% I have been there for you and--
- You have, and I want the girls to know that.
- So, if I'm gonna be there for you,
I wanna feel it in return, is my point.
- I agree with you.
- I'm sick of being mad at Karen.
We need to clear the air, and just dead this,
and bury this, and move forward.
- We're in a better place. - Mia, I will be back tomorrow.
- Yes, doll. - Safe travels.
- Thanks. Thank you. - Safe travels.
- Okay, um, my kids, y'all, said hi.
- Aww, congrats.
- Aww, hi!
- Scoot down. Just scoot down.
- Ahh!
- Mia got some baddies on her squad, okay?
I like being in the presence of bad bitches.
- They came here to celebrate me, me, me.
- So, beautiful, how are you? - Hello.
It's so good to see you.
- I went out with Joy and Mia one night, and it was fun.
Clearly, Jacqueline does not fit into this group of friends.
Mia would not have a problem with me saying that.
- Ladies, the chef would like to introduce the meal courses.
- My name is Chef Kev.
I have a summer salad with mango,
steak with lobster, lamb chops,
mashed potatoes, and asparagus.
- Ooh, yum. - Okay, thank you, chef.
- Okay. All right. So, I do wanna go around the table.
I do want to introduce my friends.
Tell us maybe, like, a funny story about me.
- Oh! - Oh!
[laughing] - Story about you?
- I wanna hear everything. Give me the dirt.
- I think the best funny story was Inc licking your toes.
[laughing] Yeah.
So, he licked in between the big and the second.
- Oh, two toes-- it wasn't just one.
- Two? Two? - Okay, cool. All right.
- We were on a yacht in Mexico,
and he actually picked my foot up at the table,
we were eating,
and started sucking on my toes.
[laughing]
Okay, I'm a little embarrassed
but not really.
Okay, Ash, and don't make me cry either.
- I met Mia, like, some years ago, like,
probably, like, it's been 13, 14 years ago.
- Wow. - When I met her,
she was getting married to G.
- I was. - Like, I was helping her
shop for, like, wedding shoes and stuff.
- Okay, okay.
- I-I knew Mia before she had that-- had G,
like in the Honda Civic on the 22 rims,
shopping at Payless, okay? - Yeah, I had rims,
and-and tinted windows. - That's when I knew Mia.
- Jacqueline is clearly trying to state her claim.
- Wait, guys.
So, I have a funny story. - Mia has a story.
- So, there was a time where Joy, and Karen,
and I went out in DC. We went to dinner.
- Oh, yes we did. - We did. We sure did.
- And the funny story is-- - We take her outta DC.
- When you left, you butt-dialed us.
- You did, in fact, butt-dial us. I forgot.
- And you said...
[laughing] - What did I say?
- Ooh, baby. - What was said?
- What did I say?
- You were with someone else, and you said,
"Those girls think I'm with Ray."
[gasps] - I don't remember.
- What?
**