Previously, on The Real Housewives of Potomac...
Hello. How are you?
Welcome... - Hello.
...to Lake Norman, ladies.
- So beautiful. - Oh, very nice. Hi.
Hello, ladies. Welcome to Mia's Manor.
- Hello. - Oh, Mia's Manor.
Nuh-uh!
- Thank you, Mia. - You're welcome.
- For bringing us here. - Thank you, Mia. - Yes.
And letting me celebrate the last day of my 30s.
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.
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.
You're lying. You're a liar. - I'm-- first of all--
And this why I don't wit' you, okay?
Okay, well, then don't with me, Karen.
- I don't. We're good. - Because you're deflecting
about a lot of things, so let's be honest.
So, there was a time where...
Joy, and Karen, and I went out.
When you left, you butt-dialed us.
- Yes, I forgot. - And you said,
"Those girls think I'm with Ray."
I don't remember.
What?
When the girls are away,
it's time for Gizelle to play.
I've quit grading,
but I'm still passing judgements.
Marriage can be temporary,
but Inc is permanent.
From kiddie pools to the dating pool,
I'm ready to dive in!
I know how to host a show,
and steal one, too.
I own a business, I mind my business,
and I stand on business.
Darling, I am the fence,
and the gatekeeper.
I did not do that. Was I drunk?
And I'm only bringin' it up...
Wait, did you hear a man's voice with her, Mia?
...because you came for my girl...
...and you called her a liar. - Whoa, whoa, wait a minute.
She is, though, but go ahead.
So, they-- "those girls think I'm with Ray."
I don't know why I would say that.
What-- did--
Was this the night we were having--
we were drinking brown liquor that night.
We were drinking a lot. Yeah, we were.
And-- we were, and I pulled over,
and I called my driver. So, and I think, I--
Okay, so, you-- but you did get behind the wheel,
and then you decided to pull over.
- Right, I did do that. I did. - Which, very good, Karen.
- No, that is what I do. - Not always.
- Uh, always. - You know what?
Where's the tequila because-- - Whoa.
Always.
We had been drinking a lot. A lot.
She drunk called me the next morning
on her way home.
Yeah, I left that out.
Now, come on, Mia. You don't know more than that.
We're shootin' shots.
The streets have been alive with some of Karen's forays.
I've heard some things, seen a couple things,
so I believe with every fiber of my being
that Mia and Joy are telling the truth.
Wow, after defending herself
about the drunk driving charge,
now she has to defend herself at the dinner table.
It just won't stop.
With friends like that, who needs enemies?
Mia sat on this for three years
and thought that this was a time to throw a dagger.
Honey, ping-ping-ping.
But I like what kind of friend you are,
but that certainly does not take away
from Jacqueline's lyin' ass, okay?
- No, she-- - Okay, I wasn't lying.
You did lie.
- But, Karen-- - I'm just sayin'.
No, and I-I-- - She has been vindicated.
She has been vindicated. - No, she-- no, she has not.
- Yes, she has. - No, she has not,
but that was a good try.
So, is the-- is the pool heated?
- You wanna get in? - The birthday girl is on.
- I-I just have-- - You should.
I just have questions that need to be answered.
Mia, why did you have this in your back pocket
for three years? - Three years.
'Cause she's never called my friend a liar.
I think it was more or less
because you didn't wanna say it
and not have anyone else there,
and I was there with you.
Girl, shut up.
Just shut up because you and her
have pulled each other's eyeballs out, okay?
- We have. We have. - So, stop.
Karen, she took this itty-bitty conversation
that we had,
and this itty-bitty little thing that I said
about how she sounded like she was drinking.
It's my opinion. I said, she sounded.
I told no lies.
If you wanna make me the problem
when you clearly have the problems,
then do your thing, honey, but I'm not the issue.
I'm just the only one
that's addressing the elephant in the room.
You know, there- there are gonna be experiences
in your life that are good, that are bad.
What makes, I think, me an okay person
is, I own the good, and the bad,
and the indifferent about me.
You have to.
And I've come through a lot.
Has any of the sequence of events,
like, that has transpired
affected, like, your marriage? How's Ray doing?
How is he taking all of this? Is it--
We were going through it before.
That's why I said to you guys what--
Before you got in the accident?
Oh, yeah, we were having our moment.
You know, you have-- you have moments
in your marriage, you know.
Mm-hmm.
- Are you in love with Ray? - I'm in love with Ray.
How do you know you're in love with Ray?
Because I can't imagine a day without Ray.
Are you in love with Karen?
I think I am.
But he didn't waiver, to answer your question.
He's my soldier. Ray has my back.
- Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm.
And he's always been there for me.
And I-I love him for that. - Mm-hmm.
But we-- we're human, and we are going through it,
and we are working on our marriage.
I'm not really sure how much Karen's problems
with Ray impacted her accident.
I truly believe that Karen was grieving in that moment.
Me and my mom have such a close relationship.
I cannot imagine her not being here.
So, in her defense, it was her grieving of her mom,
and you don't know what life throws at you
to have that moment.
- I can't compare. - Okay.
Well, there's one more hour left of my 30s.
Yes.
You guys, dinner was so amazing.
Yeah, I'm on medication, right now.
It was so, so amazing. I enjoyed the time.
Thank you so much. This was beautiful.
- Thanks, guys. Thank you, Mia. - Ladies, you are beautiful.
It was a pleasure to meet you.
- This was everything. - Nice. Enjoy.
- I'm tired, girl. - I'm tired.
I'm tired. I'm trying to stick it out to Wendy's, um--
- Yeah, and then I'm done. - Wendy's moment, yeah.
Easily.
All you want is to own your life.
- Yeah, where you wanna take it? - And you can explain it.
They may not like your explanation,
but as long as it's your truth, you're good to go.
I'm learning from you.
- Mia, Mia. Mia, Mia, Mia. - What did I do?
What did I do? - You were Jacqueline's MVP.
I mean, I had to help my girl out
because she was sinking earlier, okay?
And, I can't dare allow for her
to, like, drown, okay? - Right.
I don't ever like for anybody
to call anyone close to me a liar.
I don't deserve to be called a liar,
especially not Karen.
Especially something that's silly a little.
She just admitted that she left a restaurant, you guys.
- Drunk. - Drunk.
And got in the car and drove.
Finally, she finally admitted
that something. - Right?
Do you think Karen is gonna be pissed, like, tomorrow?
She's gonna go to sleep, and she's gonna wake up,
and she's probably gonna be pissed at me.
- You think so? - I mean, 'cause that's her track record.
Yeah. She's going home,
and she's going in the vault.
She's probably calling her bloggers now,
saying, "What do we have on Mia?"
Hi.
It's your favorite color.
It's going well.
Everyone's askin' about you.
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?
- Hi, Wendy. - Hey.
Um, do you wanna say happy birthday
to the birthday girl?
Wendy, this is TJ. TJ, this is Wendy.
Aww, hi, TJ.
I'm glad to finally put a face to a name.
Treat her good because we love her, okay?
- Jassi, say hi. - Hello.
We've only heard the greatest things about you.
So, thank you for taking care of my friend.
Isn't she so cute?
They give me, that virgin couple
that met at Vacation Bible School.
"I'm so happy to be here. Oh, my God, I love ya.
I love ya. Ahh!"
Like... take me out the group chat.
- Thank you. Thank you. - Night-night. See you.
Okay, I'm comin'. I gotta go.
So, I just wanted to say hi.
I miss you, too. And I love you, too. Bye.
In my 40th year, I was havin' a house party.
We were gettin' down. Had a full band, dancers.
PJs... and, yep,
I'm not sure how this 40th is going to go, Wendy.
I'm rootin' for you. Get it together!
Let's make some noise!
Any last words before you make your way
into the 40 club?
Come on, Dr. Wendy.
Well, I would just like to say...
Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
Every birthday in adulthood,
I have traveled out of the country.
And I said to myself, man, this birthday is gonna suck
because I don't get to do what I normally do,
but this goes down in my books
of one of my greatest birthdays ever.
- Aww. - Aww.
And I mean that.
I feel so overwhelmed,
and I feel surrounded by love.
They could have easily been like,
"We'll see in the mornin' and celebrate you,"
but they stayed up
to make sure they ushered me into this new chapter,
and I'm so grateful.
You guys really came through,
and I've always depended on my family
because, growin' up,
I felt like those were the only people
who will hold me the way I hold them.
- Aww. - Five, four...
- And now, I have-- - ...three,
two, one. - Uh-uh.
Happy birthday!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
I'm 40! - Yes!
At first, I was really nervous about turning 40
until my mother told me, "People who are scared
about their age are people who feel like
they haven't accomplished what they need to accomplish
by that age."
And when she said that, I said, "And you're right."
I've accomplished a lot.
First, being a professor at one of
the most acclaimed universities in the country,
becoming an author, acquiring multiple degrees.
I have four degrees! I'm not stupid!
A mother to three beautiful children.
I married my soul mate, that fine Nigerian, Idris Elba.
- Cheers, baby. - What are we cheersing to?
Living life on our own terms.
You like that, huh? - You're doing a lot.
Come on, Dr. Phil.
And at 40, I have accomplished every single thing
I ever wanted to.
Can we talk about something that recently happened?
And that is the whole notion of affirmative action.
And for that, I'm blessed.
Happy birthday! Happy birthday!
Coming up...
Gordon is, like, firing off all these text messages.
"You say you're at my side.
I'm beginning to believe you're keeping me close
to help your life more easy."
I kinda agree with that.
- Are you doing your skin care? - Yeah, I am.
I'm getting my little face together and hydrate.
I feel like today is going to be drama-less
because today is Wen-day-- Wen-day's birthday.
No. Wen-day? Wen-day?
Wen-day's day.
Today is Wen-day's day.
It's my birthday.
I'm here to take care of you.
- Thank you, doll. - Here you go.
Okay, perfect.
Oh, it's cold. Ahh!
Whew, it is cold.
Oh, girl, all right. How you feelin'?
You good? - Yesterday was a lot for me.
Karen is just, like, she's a tough bag,
at this point. Like, she's so hard to--
Ha! She's a bag?
Not a bag but she's a tough cookie to,
you know, crack, at this point. - Mm-hmm. Yeah.
- And it's just what it is. - Girl, but anyways--
So, tell me what's going on with you, babe.
- Yeah, enough of Karen. - Sorry, I, like, totally--
yeah, enough of Karen. - Chile, like, I don't wanna
talk about that no more. - You don't wanna talk about it.
Right, okay. - No.
Um, I mean, I'm good except for the fact that, like,
I woke up this morning, and Gordon is, like,
firing off all these text messages.
It's always when I leave and go somewhere.
He, like, he doesn't know-- - It's the control.
He wants to ruin your time here.
Yes, he doesn't want me to have a good time.
But, listen, he's, like, he gets upset about
an Instagram post from April.
He goes, "I can't remember a time
when I felt so hurt and felt so used in my life."
I go, "Oh, Gordon, you know I have not used you.
I love you.
Things just became too challenging,
and you know all the reasons why,
but I have not left your side." I really have not.
You still haven't left his side.
No.
You guys literally live in the same building.
Mia is very, very spoiled, and Mia likes Gordon
to wait on her hand and foot, and he has done that
since the first date, and he still does it today.
But if Mia wants to get this relationship going with Inc
and make it permanent, I feel like she needs to
kind of cut the umbilical cord and call it quits
because, honey, it was the stupidest decision
for them to move in the same vicinity. Period.
And he-he also asked Inc if he was gonna be in Charlotte.
Then he goes, "I don't know.
I'm having a hard time believing anything you say
at this moment in time."
What are you saying to him?
I'm not saying anything.
Are you telling him you love him?
So, I do say-- I do-- so, today, I did.
I was, like, I do. - I heard you say that.
Yeah, yeah, I do love him. He-- it's okay.
It's like I tell you I love you. I'm not in love with you.
No, but you need to stop saying that 'cause it-it--
for somebody who is not over you yet--
Mm-hmm.
You need to tread very lightly with the words that you say
because he wants a second chance.
He wants to get you back.
That's why I'm thinking that him seeing Inc around you,
you guys doing things with the kids with Inc,
I think you need to separate a lot of that for now.
- So, I try. - You need to do that.
It's Gordon that throws a fit 'cause he wants to be around.
- I don't-- but-- - And then when he's around,
he decides, oh, that was too much for me.
Dealing with someone who is in mania,
it's like a-a train that has derailed,
but doesn't stop.
Mania just keeps going
and just keeps making more destruction.
I am following guidelines from a professional,
and the number one guideline when you're dealing with
a close loved one that has bipolar,
is to support them and to make them know
that they're not alone.
And if he wants to be close, allow him to be close.
You just can't be with me.
And then I didn't say anything, and then he goes,
"You say you're at my side.
I'm beginning to believe you're keeping me close
to help your life more easy."
I kinda agree with that.
Well, he's my kids' father. What do you mean?
Right. He's feel-- he's feel--
I know, but he's feeling--
It's not about making my life more easier.
I can hire a nanny. - Right.
I-I think you should, like, on the moments. Yeah.
Yeah, and then he goes, "Your post makes me question
a lot of things regarding our life."
Like, dude, it's 7:00 in the morning.
But there's three issues. He's not over you, very clearly.
- Yeah, I get that. - He's having a hard time.
No, I get that.
He's feeling like you're using him, okay?
But I don't, like, I don't get that part
because he has-- - Okay.
- He has even said. - Right.
And I have messages where he's like,
"Thank you so much for being there for me.
Thank you so much for taking care of me."
Yeah.
How am I using him, and I'm helping him?
He's-- I feel like, dude, right, you need help.
Right, 'cause you're financially taking care of me.
Yes, I am financially supporting.
So, he should be watching the kids when you need him
because, technically, he is the nanny, at this point
'cause he's-he's on the payroll. - So, thank you.
Okay, if anybody is getting used--
If anybody is getting used, it might be me, okay?
He's the daddy and the nanny, honey.
You on the payroll, dog. Okay, let's get it straight.
Please welcome our graduating class of 2024.
I'm here at the twins' cap and gown ceremony.
This is so good, but this is so bittersweet
to know that this is the last cap and gown ceremony
that I'll ever see.
This is just the last of the last for me.
So, it-it's-it's hitting me kinda different, for sure.
Eighteen years that, uh, nobody snuck out of the house,
at least that we know of. - They did.
Okay.
I wasn't told about this.
You all are better than my wildest dreams.
I have raised some smart, funny, respectable young ladies.
Rule number one, work on your book report.
I'm not listening to that one. Sorry.
If you guys could have, like, an improved mom,
what would be different? - How much time do I have?
Well, I mean, I kinda--
Angel!
I wanted to take a moment, uh, just to honor, uh,
Mr. Graves, um-- - Pops.
Pops, who made an incredible, uh, impact into, uh,
your growth, your maturation.
My dad would be so proud.
Clearly, he's not here to, like, hear these moments,
but he's with us, for sure.
Just so I don't make a mistake, Angel and Adore?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Okay, I got it now.
These two gettin' ready for high school.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
They about to leave me.
Well, they'll be around a while.
Yeah.
I did the damn thing, y'all. I did it.
My kids are amazing.
Ting.
Can I get a ting?
I hit the lottery with not only you two
but the three of you, and I am beyond grateful.
So, thank you for all that you are.
I love you guys.
We're cheering for you, great things.
♪ Life only gets better with time
♪ I'm not worried if I've got it right ♪
♪ come on I'm having fun ♪
♪ life never gets old
Coming up...
I think Karen needs a Goddamn break this morning
because after last night's episode,
what the hell was that, Mia?
I was gonna say I'm so over it.
Wanna talk about your drug dealer boyfriend, maybe?
- Oh, what drug dealer? - Oh.
Hey, what we doin'?
- You look amazing. - Aw, thanks!
Get it, girl. Get it, girl.
Go, go, go, Wendy. Go, go, go, Wendy.
Get it, dog. Go, Wendy. Go, Wendy. Go, Wendy.
- Good morning! - Good morning!
Happy birthday!
The birthday girl is birthdaying.
- Yes, yes, yes. - Thank you.
- 40 and fabulous! - Thank you.
Honey, it is your day.
I hope I'm not cutting anyone.
Where did you guys get these utensils from?
Yeah, this is good.
I'll be right back. - Okay.
I just want some coffee. That's the last thing.
Wendy, did you already get the phone calls and stuff?
I did.
My phone has been buzzing since midnight.
Yeah.
And I'm just, like, I feel so loved.
I feel so good. - Mimosas?
Mmm, yes, please. You're talking my language.
Any bucket list things you wanna do in your 40th year?
- Uh, jump out of a plane. - Okay.
- Do you, really? - You gonna skydive?
- Wow. - You gonna do it?
- Skydiving? - I want to.
Has anybody done it? You've done it, right, Ashley?
Yeah, it's not-- it's not near death.
You literally fall at terminal velocity,
so you feel like you're suspended in midair.
You don't feel like you're, like--
You don't feel like you're falling?
No.
I went skydiving quite a few years ago.
It was actually Michael and my second date,
and we had a great time, both in the air
and when we landed. We had a great time.
Karen, would you like a mimosa?
No, I'm good. Thank you.
So, Mia, what do we have in the store
for the rest of the day?
You guys have a little bit of time to just, like,
chill, relax by the pool.
Then be ready to go around, like, 1:30.
Gonna take you guys to one of my very first doctor offices
that I opened here in Charlotte.
Dr. Migdadi is actually a doctor that first worked for me,
as a-a physician.
- Dr. Mc-who? - His name is Dr. Migdadi,
and he's giving adjustments. - Dr. Migdadi, yes.
Okay, that is a treat.
Migdadi.
"McDaddy" got McHo with him?
I don't know.
It's my new best friend.
- Oh. - It's Gizelle.
Hey!
That's funny.
May I just have organize juice please?
- Just orange juice? - Yeah.
Really? Go 40, it's your birthday?
That's what you got, Gizelle?
Where are you, Gizelle?
Okay.
Aww.
Oh, well, thank you. - Oh, good.
How are the girls? They're done, cap and gown?
Congrats. Congrats.
Okay, well, we're waiting for you.
We're just eating breakfast, but I can't wait for you to come
and sing to me in person and dance.
Oh.
Oh, gosh, she's dancing. Gizelle, please stop.
Okay, have a safe flight.
- Okay, bye. - All right, bye.
Y'all have come a long way, Wendy.
We have come a long way.
Jesus. - True tea.
This is a symbol of how I want my 40th to be, just for--
Zen, forgiving, and just moving forward, and being open.
And being able to forgive and move forward.
- Yes, yes. - Because when you hold grudges,
and you don't let go of things,
that's only gonna keep you bitter, nasty, and mean.
- Oh, oh, sh--. - You gotta let--
you gotta let things go.
And when you hold grudges, it's gonna make you
a bitter old bitch. - Oh!
- Oh! Oh! - Are you talking about Karen?
Jacqueline, are you alluding to anything else?
No. No, I'm not talking about Karen.
I'm just saying in general.
I am not having fun.
First, I had to fight off Jacqueline,
and then Mia came at me with a three-year haunting story
she thought she had, and then, on top of that,
my alleged situation, but I'm gonna make the best of it.
I'm-I'm going to meditation, and make it through,
and I'm going home.
I think Karen needs a goddamn break this morning
because after last night's episode,
what the hell was that, Mia? - I was gonna say,
I'm so over the Karen conversation.
- Not a three-year throwback. - A little bit.
Uh, honey, I'm still gagged this morning.
No, no, no. - No.
No, no, no cheers on that.
Three years, Mia?
I was proud of you, Karen,
'cause that was a little low to me.
Remember, this is-- this is bootcamp.
This is how you give girlfriends bootcamp.
When you own who you are and walk in your truth,
you're good to go. I'm good to go.
I think Karen was just proud, actually.
She's like, I taught you well.
Okay, okay.
That was definitely I taught you well, honey.
Yeah, she sent me through bootcamp,
and I passed. I got my flute.
We're working on yours.
You wanted a flute. You needed a flute.
I don't. I'm happy, at this point.
Let's be clear. - No, I don't need one.
I-- let's be clear. - Are you sure? Are you sure?
Are you sure? 'Cause that triangle
is very interesting.
It's [indistinct] for a story. I'll tell you that much.
- I'm very 1,000. Oh, okay. - I can tell you that much.
You wanna talk about your drug dealer boyfriend,
maybe? - Ooh, what drug dealer?
- Oh. - What drug dealer?
Don't play. Don't-don't come for me.
Which one? Which one?
I mean, that rumor has gone around.
People have said that your-- someone you date--
I don't know if it's now or in the past.
You dated a drug dealer.
Well, the man I'm dating now
is a licensed clinical social worker.
But the one in the past.
Okay, yeah, what's your past?
Oh, I'm a stripper.
I was an ex-stripper turned entrepreneur,
self-made millionaire. - The drug dealers,
the entrepreneurs, I love all entrepreneurs,
always have. - Yes.
I didn't have to go to the streets.
Ooh.
Okay, well, that's the streets.
That's about as street as you can get, baby.
I just don't know what is going on.
I think the only reason K called Mia a stripper
was because she called her man a drug dealer.
Who knows what's true?
Who-- well, I mean, it-it-it is true
that Mia was a stripper, right?
She was a stripper?
Okay.
Oh, okay, well, I don't-- I don't know why.
I'm sorry.
The ho is the streets.
Ooh.
Snitches get stitches-- glass.
Keep it cute. Keep it cute. The face-- glass.
Keep it cute. - Okay, you know.
Yes, the face.
To call someone stitches who went through
a traumatic experience last year at the GnA event
and then to use that name in a mocking type of way,
yeah, that's low.
You elevated.
Oh, she elevated it, at this moment.
- Right. - Okay.
No, I'm just saying. I'm not elevated.
We don't harp on people's past?
Say that to your friend. - What do you mean?
Mia is the one that brought up who she used to date.
You wanna talk about your drug dealer boyfriend,
maybe? - What drug dealer?
Oh.
- Oh, okay. - Your friend that--
you understand what I'm saying? - But I thought she initiated.
No, Mia started it.
I sure did. Yeah.
Well, you guys, I've heard that you ruined
enough birthdays already.
Okay, we are not gonna ruin Wendy's birthday. Yes.
So, we are redoing the birthdays,
as far as I'm concerned, and today is Wendy's birthday.
We want her to have a great 40th from start to finish.
Wendy--
- I do, and I still have one. - She still does.
- But why are you asking? - It's very prevalent.
I do, and I still have one, and you, of all people asking me
about a goddamn scar, you know what?
Because I wanna know, what do you use?
That's all I asked. - Wait, wait.
- No. - You have a skincare line.
I'm asking-- what did you use on your face?
Don't say sh-- about my scar.
You don't ask me anything about my scar.
You just said you have a skincare line.
Don't ask me anything about my scar.
Why-why am I-- why?
Don't ask me sh-- about my scar!
Don't ask me about it!
You don't ask me anything about my scar.
You just said you have a skincare line.
Don't ask me anything about my scar.
Why-why am I-- why?
Don't ask me sh-- about my scar!
Don't ask me about it!
Okay, you can say that. Okay, girl.
Don't dish it, if you can't take it, girl.
I just asked what-- if-- what she used to get rid of it.
That's all.
I thought that the very innocent question
that I asked would have been taken as such.
I wasn't meaning any harm by my question.
I'm looking at K, going, wow, come to think of it,
like, I really don't see anything.
So, I just had to ask.
K, like, did your skincare line that you talked about,
did it help you with your scar
because I don't see one?
I'm doing the skincare line, so I'm launching that.
I wanna show y'all the pictures.
Actually, they emailed me that this morning.
And I think it's more telling of the fact
that there are more feelings that K has
that she's not revealing to me.
- Ashley, do you wear glasses? - No. I didn't see anything.
You don't wear seeing glasses?
Well, if you actually look at her head,
you would see the scar. It is--
I do look at her head. I didn't see it.
Well--
I don't give a about Mia and her little antics.
Ashley shouldn't be asking me anything about my face.
She just shouldn't be!
It's okay.
Ashley, why are you talking to me about my scar?
Like, you clearly know that the cause of my scar
are your ex-friends.
You-you shouldn't even be mentioning anything
about my face.
You should actually just shut the up.
It was a very serious situation that happened to me.
I live with a form of a scar every single day, okay?
Mia. Mia.
We were just in your company with your friends last night,
and they were elevating you, and it was so beautiful.
Yes. Yes, thank you.
Can we please try to keep that spirit this morning?
Can we just keep the spirit positive and light this morning?
You guys, seriously, it's a lot.
I planned on having fun, and I still plan on having fun.
However, Ashley, as far as you
asking me anything about my face,
and any scar that I have, or any other personal thing,
that is totally----ing off limits for you and I.
But how did it even come up? I'm confused.
- I don't even-- - Okay.
- Are you okay? - You're not okay.
Okay.
Okay, all right. - Happy birthday, Wendy.
- Uh-uh. Uh-uh.
We gotta--
Can I be a little messy? Can I be a little messy?
How do I say this?
Aren't you trying to work it out with Mr. PP?
Well, PP means parental partner.
That's all I could think of.
We're separated, at the moment,
and we're co-parenting.
And so, I created that name because we're working on
parenting in a peaceful manner, and that's why I call him PP,
and also because he has a big PP.
Whew.
At this very moment, we are moving
in a positive dir-direction in terms of our co-parenting
and with our-- - So, how positive is that?
Thank you so much.
Co-parenting with our children.
- That's important. - And as well as
our relationship collectively. We have discussed--
So, was that after the 25 convictions that he had?
Did you stand by him? - Karen, you're not letting--
you're not letting me talk. - Twenty-five convictions?
- What? - Oh!
Oh, my gosh, what?
Aren't you trying to work it out with Mr. PP?
At this very moment, we are moving
in a positive dir-direction in terms of our co-parenting
and with our-- - So, how positive is that?
Thank you so much.
Co-parenting with our children.
- That's important. - And as well as
our relationship collectively. We have discussed--
So, was that after the 25 convictions that he had?
Did you stand by him? - Karen, you're not letting--
you're not letting me talk. - Twenty-five convictions?
- What? - Oh!
Oh, my gosh, what?
Uh, he was charged and fired.
It was an internal investigation
within the police department.
They were not, like, public criminal offenses
or anything like that.
He ended up losing his position.
He's moved past it, and he now has a new position
now as a police officer.
So, it's quite funny to me that Karen had to dig up
some old information when she has current allegations
and convictions currently going on with her life.
Jacqueline has been nothing but an enemy to me this year,
to spew things that are not factual about my life,
and I respond by spewing facts about your life.
Uh, did you stand by him when he was going through it?
- I did. I did. Yes. - Oh, and you--
I was told that you left him because of those 25 charges.
Jacqueline stood by that man, she rebuilt that man,
and she got hurt by that man, and that man hurt her, again,
and she still slept with that man.
So, she's loyal.
- Wait, wait, wait. - So, hold on, Mia.
You were here trying to point out how my friend
dated a drug dealer, but your best friend
has 25 convictions?
- No, she doesn't-- - Her man, her man, her man.
Let me go get some more sugar.
Yeah, you need to get your facts straight.
- Okay. - Uh, I mean,
you need to talk to Mia because that was
a miraculous recovery last night at the table
when you saved her ass. - Right.
Supposedly, by throwing me under the bus.
A tactic that I've seen Karen use quite a few times,
even against me, to take the attention off of her,
she will come out ka-ka-ka-ka-ka, right?
She has her boxing gloves out.
So many times, you're gonna put me up against the ropes.
I'm gonna swing, and I'm gonna swing again and swing again.
Don't with me.
Because he was a police officer,
and because he had different accounts that happened to him
in a very racist police department,
it literally happened, like,
damn near six or seven years ago.
Everybody has a past.
Oh, now, everybody has a past.
Now, everybody has a past.
Okay, y'all, chile.
I can't believe you would bring up
somebody that's not even here at this table.
- I-- - You came for the father of my children.
- Okay. - You're a horrible person
to bring up something that the person is not even--
Oh, but you're-- you're a saint
driven in white and pure snow. - No, this person does not--
literally, I said one thing. - Get the outta here.
Whew! I'm sorry.
Get the outta here. - So I literally said
one thing to you, Karen, and you took it
to a whole 'nother level,
literally. - You have not said--
you haven't said anything to me.
You went around this group defaming me,
and you thought it wouldn't get back to me,
but I'm well-respected in this group,
and I have heard everything you have said.
- Very well-respected? - Yes, I am.
Okay, with your two DUIs.
I don't have two DUIs, dingbat.
Clearly, Jacqueline pushed Karen to the edge
because now she's talking about other people's court cases.
And, right now, I feel like it's kind of justified.
Accusing someone of being drunk
when they are literally fighting for their life,
and their reputation, and their freedom
about a court case that involves drunk driving,
you're poking the bear.
Come on, Jacqueline. You started it.
You are a lowdown, dirty shame, honey.
- Stop. - Oh, no, I'm God's baby,
and I don't start it. I finish it.
- Karen-- - There's nothing Godly.
It's defamation of character to talk about sh-- about me
that you don't know sh-- about.
Oh, no, defamation of character about
a man that's not sitting at this table
that did not-- - Oh, [indistinct].
But y'all wanna talk about her ex-boyfriend!
That was defamation! - Hold on, hold on...
About K's boyfriend.
It don't work that way, sweetheart.
Okay, to be fair, we didn't say anyone's name.
Everyone knows exactly who we're talking about here.
- Oh, please stop it. - Shut up.
It was a vague comment, okay?
Shut your ass up!
No yelling-- calm the down!
Shut up! Shut up!
Okay, you shut up!
Shut up! Shut up! - Girl, your ass is showing!
Your ass is showing! Your ass is showing!
It's her birthday! It is her birthday!
Show some respect!
- It's my birthday. - Show some respect.
I'm done.
That was nasty. - You're done with who?
Karen? - Absolutely.
Yeah, that's-that's-- That's wonderful.
That was low. That was some low sh--.
I'm good.
'Cause one thing I'm gonna do is I'm gonna fight
for the people I love.
I love Patrick, and he didn't deserve that.
You just thought that because I'm a nice person,
you can with me. - About Patrick.
- Don't do it, don't do it. - And he's always told me,
"Leave Karen alone. I love Karen."
Oh, sure, Patrick talks to you.
Um, can we do a toast?
- To what? - Some juice, please.
- Can we do a toast? - I'm good.
Let us toast to this being a good day.
Let us toast to this being the low of the day,
and we're only gonna go up from here.
- Uh-huh. - And let us toast to happiness
and the worldwide web. - Oh, I'm very happy.
Worldwide web, worldwide web,
worldwide web, ladies.
Y'all are somethin'.
Ahh! I'm stuck.
I'm stuck. - Girl, wait!
Wait, babe, babe. - Oh, okay, thank you.
Hey, what's the tea girl?
The tea really is, for me,
you know how I feel about my face.
- Yeah. - And I got a bitch
who look like rocks been thrown at her face,
talking about my Goddamn scar.
- Mm-hmm. - Are you okay?
But that-that's-- - Wait, it's like who did what?
Rocks thrown at her face--
talking about Mia. - Oh, okay.
The fact that she keeps throwing salt
about something that she's having issues with,
is really sad. - I agree.
Like, are you really that angry at me,
or are you just angry with yourself?
Yeah.
I don't relish doing what I just had to do.
- Right. - But I had to do what I had to do.
- Your hands were forced. - Yeah.
And my thing is this.
She's been coming at you for a long time.
I don't start it. I finish it.
She couldn't handle it. She was squirming.
- She couldn't handle it. - She got up.
She moved to a different seat.
She could not even sit next to you.
She said-- oh, oh.
We are better than Jacqueline and her behavior toward me
in this circle.
And I don't throw rumors up. I throw facts up.
All this is black and white.
It's internal.
It's issues with herself that she's deflecting
against everybody else to make it seem like
her issues aren't as paramount,
but they are. - Yeah.
Like, Karen said he has 25 accounts.
No, there's no 25 counts.
She has eight.
And we can read it. - That's the difference.
That's the difference. - Right, yeah.
Negligent driving vehicle
in careless and imprudent manner,
endangering property, life, and person.
Right, she's endangering people's lives.
Reckless driving vehicle
in wonton and willful disregard to safety
in persons and property.
Driving vehicle on highway with suspended registration.
But, yeah, I'm the dingbat.
Honey, no, you're a dingbat. - Right.
It's all over the Internet. - It's on the Internet.
- You're a damn dingbat. - But she can't talk about it.
I'm really scared for her, y'all.
With her case coming up,
clearly, Karen is getting really upset with Jacqueline
because Jacqueline is being an investigative journalist
and is trying to get to the bottom of what happened
on that fateful night,
and Karen just doesn't wanna answer any questions.
And whereas the rest of us
have sort of eased up a little bit, right,
because we've all had something where we wanted
the group to ease up,
Jacqueline, she didn't get that memo.
- No, honestly, I am, too. - I'm really scared for her.
But, at the same time, like, girl,
just say you were - ing drunk,
drinking and driving, okay? - Yeah, yeah.
- And just say you need help. - Right.
"Every year, I go through this 'cause I miss my mom,"
'cause it was around the anniversary of her mom.
But guess what, you can't sit here and run from it,
and then you damn sure shouldn't be bringing up
anybody else's sh-- when your sh-- stinks.
Okay? - Mm-hmm, that's true.
Right, don't-don't throw glass--
a glass at glass houses. Don't throw-- what is it?
- I don't know, just-- - Don't throw stones at a glass house.
Don't throw stones at glass houses, honey.
Like, don't come for people when your sh-- is stinky, okay?
Unless your home is together and perfect.
We can read, okay?
- Yeah, it's all there. - But you're out here--
you're out here endangering people's lives.
And her court date is coming up.
Like, girl, just say you were----ing drunk,
Drinking and driving, okay?
And just say you need help. - Right.
You damn sure shouldn't be bringing up anybody else's sh--
when your sh-- stinks.
We can read, okay?
- Yeah, it's all there. - But you're out here--
you're out here endangering people's lives.
And her court date is coming up.
Two weeks.
I don't want you guys taking a page out of my book.
- Uh-uh. - Honestly, I really don't.
But if you ever have to defend yourself,
fight fire with fire, okay?
Welcome to the grande dame school, ladies.
That's fire, if I've ever seen it.
Okay, noted. - Lesson learned.
This is the grande dame school.
- Lesson learned. - Noted.
Baby, I just wanna enjoy my birthday.
I feel like I'm gonna have to carry her cape for the day.
Can I come in?
So, why does everybody have a hard on for Karen?
- No. - No, we don't.
We love Karen. - She's hurt.
We need Karen to own up to her sh--, okay?
That's all it is.
Gotta be careful what you're defending.
Driving with a suspended registration, illegal,
and then driving while impaired by alcohol.
This is what you're defending. Is that what you stand for?
I didn't know anything about this.
Wow.
I mean...
Charge, after charge, after charge.
We're talking not only about injuring yourself,
but being on the road,
and perhaps hurting or killing other people.
Is this drinking issue really an issue?
I don't know.
You're bringing it up to say that you are concerned about her
because that is the difference. - We are concerned about her.
We are concerned. I have said that multiple times.
I don't wanna tear Karen down.
We think that we need to take her to rehab.
- Rehab? - Yes.
We think she needs help.
Oh, my God, okay.
I don't know how I feel about this.
I need-- okay, y'all, I hear y'all.
I'm sorry. Karen, can I please talk to you?
- Uh, we meeting by the pool? - Can I go take a shower now?
We meeting by the pool?
What's going on?
What happened? - What's wrong? What happened?
I'm so disturbed by the conversation
that I just had with Mia and Jacqueline.
Oh.
I defended you,
and they brought up screenshots,
case after case about you.
- What the ? - And they were telling me--
That's public in-information.
This is the allegation,
which I can't talk about. - And they have, like--
They were saying that I need to be concerned
about who I defend.
- Mm-hmm. - Let me be clear.
I will always defend you because I know who you are.
I understand. It's okay.
But they're basically telling me
not to stand up for you. - I didn't expect--
First of all, let me say-- put you at ease.
Those are allegations, okay?
I'm not angry that they did that.
That is public information,
and the court will have its day.
But, Karen, it's deeper than that.
Oh.
Jacqueline and Mia are saying
that we need to take you to rehab.
- Oh, wow. - And that you admitted
that you wanted to go to rehab for alcoholism.
Should I be worried about you?