- Previously, on "The Real Housewives of Potomac"...
- You're gonna stand in your mother----in' truth.
- I'm standing.
- Everything I say, I stand on. Period.
- I'm standing on it. I'm standing on it!
- I'm sittin', and I still stand on it.
- I think it would be fun for everyone to do, like,
a family fun day. - Yeah, that'll be cool.
- Yeah. Wendy wasn't invited.
- This is not okay.
- I can't believe how far our relationship has fallen.
- I did get my pathology report as a result of my biopsy.
Guess what. We need further testing.
- You want to say that my husband
made you feel uncomfortable. - One hundred percent.
- Michael Darby is available for that,
the ass grabbing mother----er that likes to
actually make people feel uncomfortable,
not my husband.
**
- I don't know who leaked it.
I have no clue who could tell my personal,
intimate business to a blog. Ugh!
This is a nice neighborhood.
Oh! [doorbell rings]
Cheerio.
- Hi. - Hi.
- Good morning. Come in.
It's freezing. Come inside.
- Thank you. It really is.
This is very nice. - Welcome.
You've never been. Yes. - Oh, my gosh. No.
- We're gonna sit in here.
So, I have, like, snacks, but, you know.
- Oh, wow.
- I became a part of this group because Ashley
introduced me to these girls.
We're both young. We're both cute.
We're both black women in the pageant world.
But we don't have fun when Ashley chooses to be a ho.
I will keep it positive, and I hope we could have
more good times.
- I'm a happy camper. I got some cheese, some wine,
some crackers, some sushi, fruit.
I feel like I'm a Roman emperor over here.
- Okay, so, what is going on? I saw the things.
- Yeah, and it's just upsetting because,
you know, we had a timeline.
- So, were you gonna announce it together?
- Yeah, we did a joint statement.
- Oh, okay. - We've just been waiting.
So, yeah, he's-- he flew to Vegas this morning,
even though he got a vasectomy on Friday.
I know. - Okay.
- So, he's been ignoring me.
He finally just texted me back and was like,
"Can we please talk tomorrow? I need 24 hours."
- So, do you think he's upset about it coming out?
- Yeah, I think he, like, feels like he doesn't have
any autonomy. It's a hard--
it's a hard thing for these men to understand,
but, you know, c'est la vie.
- Chile, they be in their feelings. Ooh.
- Don't they?
- So, how are you guys living together?
I thought, for the separation to be official,
you had to be living separately, or is--
or can you live together and be separated and that count?
- Yes. You just can't be in the same bed.
- Okay. - You can be in--
under the same roof, especially with children.
- Okay, okay.
- They have so many parameters for kids.
- Yeah.
- But you cannot sleep in the same bed,
and you're not meant to have sexual contact.
So, how are you? Your hair looks good.
- It's keeping-- it's-it's doing a lot.
I'm just, like, in a funk, right now.
- Actually, I will say that this friendship group
helps you get out of your funk.
- Girl, the friendship group is why I had to cancel IVF.
Y'all stress me out.
- Well, you and Gizelle didn't talk
at the family fun day, right? - Uh-uh.
- Has Chris just said, "Let me just say I'm sorry
if you felt some sort of way? Let's move on."
- He's not comfortable. - What?
- Chris doesn't really wanna be around anymore
because of now Gizelle's-- - Really?
- I know Gizelle.
I have sat and listened to Gizelle scheme and plan
all kinds of shenanigans around people in this group,
and you know her, too,
'cause you've known her longer than me,
and you're closer to her. Like, that's your friend.
- Yeah, she's-she's got some of my secrets up in that--
in that box. - Mm-hmm.
I heard you was already in the street.
I heard that you was down to the restaurant...
- I was with a hockey player? - You were.
That's what they said. [laughing]
You're laughing. You're turning red!
[laughing]
Don't be ashamed. - Ahh!
This city is too small! - Yes, bitch.
- No, but we went-- it was very casual.
I was out with my friends.
We went to a bar, and there was a guy there,
and we actually had dinner, and it was fun.
I had a good time, but I am going to
compare everybody to Michael.
He can talk about anything, like aliens
and all types of weird sh--.
If you can't talk about aliens, then date is over, bro.
You better pay this bill and let's keep it movin',
you know.
Oh, man, people really do talk, don't they?
Jesus.
- Girl, now you know people were gonna--
- I didn't even do nothin'!
- Stuff that I don't even want comes to me.
- People used to tell me so much stuff
about Karen and Ray. - Oh, my God!
She used to think she was sneaking outta town,
going to restaurants. Bitch, we see you.
- Like, with someone that wasn't Ray.
- People say you have a boyfriend.
Do I talk about that, blue eyes
or whatever his name is?
Do I? - Who?
[laughing]
- Anyway, so you deserve to go out and do stuff safely.
- I'm not divorced yet, so I'll-I'll, like,
I wanna be, like, more-- - You don't have to.
You're separated. - I am separated.
- Don't get me started. He's always doing stuff.
This is, like, a highly anticipated chapter,
and I'm excited for you. [sighs]
- Thank you.
- Ashley seems to be doing fine.
She doesn't need old balls.
She deserves young, tight ones.
I'm manifesting a new chapter for her.
- Okay, well, thank you, babe.
I gotta get home to my kids. [sighs]
- Babysitters.
- My God, you called me out tonight.
- Jesus.
**
- You guys wanna come out and have dinner!
- Yes! - It's pretty out here.
- Jeremiah, put the iPad while we eat.
- Yeah.
- Baby, what happened to the runner on the table?
- I'll go get it.
- We don't eat without centerpieces in this family.
Here, Jeremiah. Here, baby.
- Yay. - Yay.
- Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. My lamb is eating my food.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Mommy, you know why I'm cutting my cornbread?
- Why? - So I can't choke.
- Oh, that's smart. Here, baby, you want greens?
- Sure. - Okay.
How are you feeling about the soft opening,
the results from the weekend?
- I think the team did a phenomenal job.
Looking forward to the grand opening event
and then onward and upward. - I will tell you one thing.
I don't wanna open any more clinics for a while.
This is one has, like-- - You say that after every one.
- Yeah. No, this one, it took the cake.
This is lucky number 25, and the involvement
of building out a new baby is taxing to say the least.
We want to move this over-- - In the-- in the center?
Mm-hmm. - To the center.
Um, I'll just call you guys back later.
What am I missing? What am I missing?
Not to mention the kids are running me ragged,
and my health is a concern.
I just don't know if I'm coming or going.
Pray for me.
- Mommy. - Yeah, lovey?
- We got a challenge for you. - A challenge?
- Mm-hmm.
- Any of us-- look, we're dancing,
that means you to need to tell us who was the winner.
- Okay, we're gonna have a dance--
- There you go, dance off.
- Can we do the dance contest after the s'mores?
- Yeah, yeah.
- That's my-- she's my daughter.
She loves a challenge. [laughing]
But yeah, how are you?
- I'm-I'm fine. I'm fine.
Well, the big elephant in the room, though,
was quite frankly the mystery around-around your health.
So-- but...
- What about it?
- Well, just what was going on.
I mean, you were not feeling well for quite some time.
- Right. [sighs]
- And-and we still haven't gotten any answers,
but at least a lot of bad things have been ruled out.
- Yeah. It was so scary.
So, we have ruled out cancer. Thank the Lord.
Now, I do have to get these lymph nodes
and these lumps removed.
That happens in a couple months.
And praise God that they're gonna tell me that
it's just a-a fluke, but, um, this is where we are.
[screaming] - Juju.
- I will tell you I know why it had to happen.
- Yeah, there was a reason.
- I just feel like I'm more like
tomorrow is a new day, right? [screaming]
- Juju.
- I think I can, like, chill and have some fun.
I am gonna invite the girls to go to Miami.
- Mmm, okay. - I need a vacation.
Miami is dear to me because when I was adopted,
my adopted mom lived there, and so this is where I kinda,
like, got my roots.
I like hot sun, fast cars, sand.
Miami is home.
So, I thought we could talk about, like,
what's off limits,
what I'm allowed to do in-in MIA.
[laughing] - Okay, okay.
- 'Cause, you know, it goes down in the dirty South.
- Well, yeah. [laughing]
- So, I went down for a girls trip 14 years ago,
and my friend, Jacqueline, is with me.
I've known her since we were 15.
She knows all my secrets, too.
So, Daddy G crashed the girls trip.
- We've had some good times in Miami.
- Why is it so fun, Daddy G? - I can't tell.
- Hmm? - It's X-rated.
- Daddy G was very happily married to his ex-wife,
so he said.
Clearly, he wasn't 'cause he was in Miami,
and, yeah, we had sex on the beach.
Yeah. Mm-hmm. And we put on a show.
We knew people were watching.
I did everything but pussy pop on a handstand.
I wanted to, but I didn't.
You gonna be okay with these? - I'll hold things--
I'll hold things down here. [screaming]
- Coming up next...
- For the party, I'm gonna be totally, like, calm, Zen.
Promise. - Please?
- Are you gonna be able to do that?
- She's not. - Yes!
- I don't give a (BLEEP)! I don't give a (BLEEP)!
I don't give a (BLEEP)!
- Maybe you should control your emotions.
- I don't give a (BLEEP)!
- I thought I didn't have my keys.
I got my keys.
- Oh. - Okay.
- Hi. - Welcome.
- Hi. - How can I help you today?
- So, the girls are gonna get manicures.
- Sure. - And then me a pedicure.
- Absolutely. Come this way with me, please.
**
- Okay. - Thank you.
- What are you gonna do? - Like, every other.
- I hope you enjoy your pedicure today with us.
- Thank you.
- What?
- I feel like my face was shiny.
- You're nasty.
- Y'all didn't get the same colors?
- No. - No, I chose pink. She's...
- Let's go over the checklist for the sweet 16.
Y'all have sent out the invitations.
- Yes. - Yeah.
- I can't deny my kids are growing up
right before my eyes.
Okay.
[gasps] - Ooh.
- Boom! Okay, Grace, Grace, Grace.
Grace is about to fly the coop,
and leave me, and go to college.
The twins are right behind her.
So, every second that I can spend with my girls
is uber important to me.
Anyone last minute we might invite?
- I sent a last minute yesterday.
- Okay, we'll get to that. - Okay.
- And they have let me know for a very long time
that they want a sweet 16 par-ty.
I cannot wait. It's just three weeks away.
The candy table and flower wall has been ordered.
- Okay.
- Uh, the photographer who did the photo shoot,
she's gonna be your photographer for that night.
[laughing]
Oh, cute.
- I love the shoulder. Do it, again.
- For the party, I'm gonna be totally, like,
calm, Zen. Promise.
- Are you gonna be able to do that?
- She's not. - Yes!
If y'all just let me come in and say how much I love y'all.
- She wants a speech. - Like, a mini speech.
- You have 90 seconds.
- That's only 45 seconds a kid.
- That's fine. Generalize.
- Can I tell you what your father would do?
And he and I have not discussed this.
- What? - He's gonna be like...
"My babies are turning 16. Adore."
- Oh, no... - "A for admiration."
- Yes, that's what he's gonna do!
- Me and Jamal, we've had our ups and downs,
but when it comes to monumental events,
Jamal is right there, present and accounted for.
- In Atlanta, the three of you are partners
to own your own restaurant.
[laughing] - Oh, my God.
- "D for determination." - No, I would not.
- It is really about the kids
and what's in the best interest for them.
"O for always optimistic."
He's gonna go through. [laughing]
- No. No!
- So, if and when Ashley gets a divorce,
I really hope that she's able to find a way
to co-parent like Gizelle and Jamal.
Y'all wanna see my toes?
They look good, right?
- Yeah. - Put your foot down.
- Thank you. [laughing]
- Thank you so much.
- Um, all right. Let's get outta here.
**
- Hi. How are you? - Good afternoon. How are you?
- I'm good. I'm Robyn. I'm here to see Marla.
- Okay.
Let me go ahead and take you to our conference room.
- Okay, perfect.
- You can go ahead and have a set right there,
and I will get Marla for you. - Okay, thank you.
Appreciate it. - You're welcome.
- Hi. How are you? - Hi. How are you?
- I'm Marla. - I'm Robyn.
- It's so nice to meet you. - Likewise. Thank you.
- Have a seat. - Thank you for--
- Are you comfortable there? - I'm very comfortable.
One of my good friends sent me a referral
for a family law lawyer to start talking about
the prenup and what are my options.
Like, I don't even know what it should look like.
- So, talk to me a little bit about what's going on now.
- Mm-hmm.
- And what you're thinking about for the future.
- Okay. Let me just start by saying
I am remarrying my ex-husband.
- Okay.
- We've been together since high school.
We married in 2005.
We had a prenuptial agreement then.
We ended up getting divorced seven years later,
and the prenup actually-- we didn't even need it
because, at that time,
we had, like, some severe financial struggles,
so there was, like, no money to fight over anyway.
And so, now we are on our way to get married, again. Um...
- And does he know that you're here?
- He knows that I'm here. - Okay.
- He thinks it's not necessary,
but I think it's necessary because you never know
what can happen in a relationship.
- In a prenuptial agreement, everything is identified,
what you own together, what your debts are.
Income is identified.
So, is there a disparity in income
between the two of you, right now?
- Okay. So, I mean,
yes, there is a disparity in income.
I have some very successful businesses,
and I would like to just keep those just out of--
I don't know. Like, you can't touch it,
consider it, or you know what I, like--
- So, they would be excluded. - Got it.
I think the idea of a prenup, for Juan, is, like,
he's thinking the worst
where I'm just trying to prevent the worst.
Are there clauses about, like, infidelity?
'Cause I would think, like, in the case of infidelity,
you know, you get zero.
- That's up to you guys. - Yeah.
- Are you worried about that? Is there a history there?
- Um, I mean, there-- that was definitely the reason
for the divorce the first time.
So-- and, you know, I'm kind of a realist,
and, you know, I know that that's never something
you should be naive about.
I've heard of people putting in an infidelity clause.
As a result of our past history,
it's worth talking about and considering,
but I don't think Juan is gonna like this at all.
It's a lot. It's, like, a lotta work.
- Well, it's a lot better to do the work in advance.
- I know. - Than do the work after,
when you don't like each other.
- Yeah, that's the goal. I know.
- So, I will send you a list of everything
that you need to get together,
so I can start pulling stuff together, okay?
- All right.
Oh, it's a lot to think about.
- Coming up next...
- I'd like to invite you all to, quote,
"The Burn Session."
Sounds like some bullsh--.
Burn each other's edges
'cause that's what's gonna happen.
**
- Ooh, Lord, I gotta get a sweater.
Ahh!
Lordy, Lord.
- Hi, there. - Hi. How are you?
Thank you so, so much.
- Here's a basket for you, for your flowers.
- I appreciate that, but you know what?
I'm gonna step over here and put this sweater
over my outfit. It's cold! O-M-G!
**
[groans]
- Oh, my eyelashes are about to blow off. Ooh!
- Hi, Ashley.
[laughing] - I'm cold. Ooh, honey.
I can't. - It is a tid nipply out here.
- I had to destroy the outfit, though.
Look, I had it all-- - Let me see what you got.
Oh, you got your Fendi on. - Girl, but wait a minute--
You know what? It don't matter.
- Are we waiting for Wendy? - We're waiting for Wendy.
- Oh, okay, nice. - So, how are you, though?
- Good, even though Michael had has procedure.
- Michael got it snipped? - Yeah.
- Are you happy about that?
- Girl, I don't give two sh--s.
Ha! I don't think I could care any less.
Don't be calling me if you're in the ER or somethin'
'cause your penis busted.
You know what I'm saying? - Oh, my God.
Hey, Wendy.
- Hey, hey, girl. - Hey!
[laughing]
How are you? - I'm good. How are you doin'?
- Hi, sweetie. - Hey, Karen, how ya doin'?
- Frozen. - Frozen tundra.
Hi, how are you? - Hello.
Here's a basket for you. - Thank you so much.
[sighs] - So...
- We really are headed to divorce, aren't we?
- Yeah. - It's amazing.
- I saw the break in the news.
- My news of my separation has hit the press.
- Are you all right with it? You cool?
- I don't know who leaked it,
but I'm not ready to talk about it.
- Okay.
- This is my life.
Like, this is such a personal thing,
and for that to just sort of be ripped out
from underneath of me, is really frustrating.
- The blogs are the blogs. This is your reality.
- If you guys wanna follow me,
I can show you how to pick flowers.
- Oh, I would love that. - Yes, I would love that.
- That's so fun. - Thank you.
- Absolutely.
- Ma'am, do you have any blankets?
- I'll see what I can do.
- I would be so thankful.
- What you do, when you pick 'em,
you wanna grab as far down as you can to the ground.
- Okay.
- Pull it straight this way.
- Oh, you gotta put your back into it.
- Oh, his bulb didn't come up.
- Bulb did not come. - Okay.
- But sometimes the bulbs do come.
Sometimes you can replant them.
Go ahead and explore and see what you can find.
- I'm excited. - Thank you so, so much.
- Okay. - Oh, I-I'm ready.
So, this one is calling my name.
Ahh! - Ahh! You did good.
- I got a bulb.
- Girl, we're not doing good.
I'm just trying to get some inspiration
at this tulip farm today because, damn it,
I bought $3,000 worth of embryos.
The landscaper-- I-I told him to plant all the stuff
in the gray pots.
I wanna show you. It's not alive.
- Some of it's alive. - No, it's not, Ray.
- But it's-it's-- none of 'em look like somethin'
that you really need to keep, right now.
- And hold on, hold on.
[laughing]
- Anxiety. - We got a bulb.
We got a bulb!
This tulip garden is, like, ahh.
I'm gonna get some buds and put in my backyard
and act like that's part of the $3,000 budget.
Oh, God. - Wendy, you have the space.
You can replant these in your house.
- In my-- in-in the back, right?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - I should do that
because we're about to do a pool.
I want them to finish
working on the house... - Oh, it got me dirty.
- ...while the kids are still in school.
- Right. - Right.
- Especially with Kamrynn's newfound asthma.
- Uh-huh. - So, I don't want her
around, like, dust and anything like that.
- Yeah. - No.
And speaking of kids, I was so disappointed
when I didn't see your babies at Robyn's event.
- Oh, okay, so this is my thing.
She can't have Candiace reach out to me
to invite my minor children.
- Y'all wanna huddle? - I do wanna huddle.
- My thing is,
with you and Robyn being so emotional,
until you put that emotion aside,
you're not gonna get back to a good place.
- Ahh! [laughing]
- Yes! - It's the lottery!
Bang, bang, bang!
- I need her to sort of meet me halfway.
In this group, we all have misconceptions of each other.
- We do.
- I feel like we should come together
in a safe space. - Okay.
- And air out our grievances with each other.
At first, I was hurt by not being invited to family fun day,
but I receive that I have the tendency
to be condescending.
- Why were you, last week,
trying to put it on Robyn and Gizelle?
"What did those two say?"
When you had the same sentiment.
- We don't have the same sentiment,
so let's put that on the record.
You called her a liar.
- I can't speak for everybody, but a lot of the women
feel like you're a condescending bitch.
- You go into your mode,
and you do these little eye things,
and you do these gestures, you know,
and I think that it's conveyed as being condescending,
like-like you're not genuinely listening to the person.
- If we come together and admit our faults,
maybe we can move forward in a positive way.
So, I was thinking about sending a text
through our group text thread. - Uh-huh.
- Well, maybe you should to it separately
to Robyn and Gizelle. - This is a group.
- No, I think-I think I'm gonna do a group one.
- Mm-hmm. - You just want it to be a group.
- 'Cause I want them to know that the language
is the same for everyone. - Okay.
- And I don't want them to read into the language.
- Well, but the-the nature of your relationship
is different with them than it is
with the other ladies in the group.
So, you-you know, maybe if you put a little more like,
"I know that we are not on good terms, right now.
I really do genuinely want us
to try to get to a better place."
- But I will include that as a general text.
- Right, so-- - Right,
but you may have to go a little further.
- Like, no, I'm not. Like, stop.
Like, you guys are putting too much on them.
No, no.
- All right, let's go. Okay, we ready?
- Like, come on. Like, y'all are acting
like they didn't just do somethin' to my kids.
Like, no. - Ooh.
- Y'all-y'all are lucky I'm even sending them anything.
[sighs] - Oh.
Yeah, but you're the one doing the inviting.
Coming up next...
Do you just wanna turn a blind eye?
Because if that's the case, then just say so.
Just say. - Well, I mean, you would know.
- Just say.
- Ooh. - Ooh.
**
- Let's roll this knee.
- It's like a massage.
- Oh, like what you do for me for, like, two minutes.
You gave me a back massage that turned into other things.
- It's usually how that ends up.
- You gave me a coochie massage. I wanted a back massage.
- Hi.
- Yes, eye patches.
- I had to go into self-care mode.
I cannot participate in wine time.
I'm just gonna say. - Why?
- Because I just recovered from a day-long migraine
from drinking too much wine. - Oh, yeah.
- But I'm gonna get y'all some glasses.
Bow-bow-bow-bow.
- Why didn't you put them in the Olivia Pope glasses?
- Girl. - Right, exactly.
- Chris, thank you.
We're simple people. - We can drink--
drink from anything.
Cheers, dears.
- Cheers.
- So, um, you know I'm doing a re-release of "Deep Space,"
like a deluxe version. - Right.
- And I recorded a bunch of new songs.
- Right. - And we've chosen a single.
- Okay. - It's called "Insecure,"
and Trina agreed to do the feature.
- Who?
- You don't know who the baddest bitch is?
- If it's not Beyonce, I can't tell you who is singing.
[Laughing] - I cannot.
Just so raggedy. - Chris, stop judging me.
- I'm excited to give my listeners new music,
but I'm not ready quite yet
to just put "Deep Space" on the shelf.
So, what do you do?
You do a "Deep Space" deluxe featuring Trina.
I feel like I'm the baddest bitch over here.
- Wow. - And she agreed
to do the music video, so we're gonna do a video.
- Wow!
- I didn't believe it until her team
sent over the contract, and I was like, what?
So, yeah, but-- so, we got an invite.
- Who is "we?"
- The girls, not you. - Oh, good.
- Wendy sent us this.
"Hi, ladies, I know some of us are not
in the best place, at the moment.
I'd like to invite you all to, quote,
"'The Burn Session,'" with a fire emoji.
"This will be a safe space where we can each
speak uninterrupted," lies, "And from the heart."
[laughing] - Right.
- "We will, in turn, receive what was said
from a place of love.
- It sounds like it has good intentions
to get some stuff off your chest.
- But for it to have good intentions,
everyone has to have good intentions.
- And everybody does not.
What in the mean girls is going on?
Burn each other's edges 'cause that's what's gonna happen.
What's also just weird,
is that Ashley was over here.
- This sounds like a girl conversation.
I'll let you guys talk about Ashley.
[laughing]
- I do not want to have beef with anyone,
especially not Ashley. - Right.
- Like, her divorce is, like--
- I saw on Twitter.
I mean, honestly, good for her.
Like-- - That's what I said.
Go out here and be a ho-ho safely.
[laughing]
**
- Okay.
So, I can drink a bottle of water in an hour.
Kidney stones are real, okay?
- Is it uncomfortable?
- Oh, honey, ha-ha-ha.
As a woman who has had three children,
I would say it's the closest thing to childbirth.
- What causes them?
- They think this one is because of lack of water
because I've been ripping and running.
I'm not going to take in water
because I need to use a frickin' bathroom.
Kidney stones is something I have struggled with for years.
I told you I have, um, kidney stones.
- That's right. Chris has them.
- Does he? - I kept one.
He passed one half the size of this olive.
- Whoa!
- Wendy, I mean, it's no good booking all these gigs and stuff
if, you know, if you're gonna be in all this pain.
- I am juggling the kids,
I'm looking at the potential of a new restaurant,
and I'm still teaching
and doing my political commentary.
I have so much on my plate.
- Did you see the text from Karen?
- What'd she say?
- "I'm with Gizelle, Robyn, Candiace, and Mia.
We are on the way. See you soon."
- I hope you like the sprinter I got ya.
**
- Hi. - Hi.
- Hi, Robyn. Come on in. - How are you?
- Top knot action, so cute. - Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I'm only here to be nosey.
- Good morn'ting. - Good morning, Gizelle.
- Who is gettin' drunk today?
- Hi.
- Yesterday, Robyn told me she wasn't coming.
- Okay.
- So, I'm just happy to see her. - I said--
- I didn't think any of y'all would come
because nobody responded. - I know. I know.
It's the fakest invitation I've ever seen.
- Yeah. - I had a hard time.
- Considering that I'm not in the best place
with some of the women I think it's good for us
to come separately.
That way, we can hash out all our issues
once we're at the burn session, not while we're in the van.
Are you a wine drinker?
- I am. - You are?
- You know, I've been trying to be sober.
Not-- it's not been working, especially going through
a difficult time in my life.
It's just not reality sustainable for me.
- Mm-hmm. At least you, um, understand that.
- Yeah. I mean, you have to have grace with yourself,
and I hope that you do, too.
- I feel like our world has glorified
being booked and busy.
And before, I was not necessarily okay with it,
I knew something had to change,
but it wasn't a top priority for me.
Two days ago, I got a call.
My mom was rushed to the hospital.
- Oh, no.
- And so...
I'm a mama's girl,
so I don't wanna get emotional but...
My mom went to a routine doctor's appointment.
They did some labs on her.
Certain things were elevated, so they admitted her.
In that moment, a light bulb went off,
and I realized if I don't take care of myself,
in 30 years, I'm going to be my mom.
- Yeah.
Coming up next...
A friend was at the spring party,
and she said that, you know,
Chris was being a little bit flirty with her.
**
[thunder]
- This is beautiful. I love.
You-you got the umbrella? - Yeah, girl.
- 'Cause the way this weather is weathering...
- Oh, Lord.
Well, welcome to the vineyard.
- Hello. Welcome, ladies. - Hi. How are you?
- How are you? Welcome to Bluemont.
- Oh, thank you so much.
So, I have reservations for Osefo.
- Right this way. - Thank you so much.
- Right up the stairs. - This is so cute.
- Right this way, ladies. - Aww.
This is so nice.
Hi. - Hi. How are you?
- We're super excited to be here.
- Do you guys want some bubbles or anything to start?
- What's that-- - I'll go with the flow.
- Come here. Come here.
- Okay, he got somethin' special for you.
**
- Oh, are we here?
- I hope so. - Looks like it.
I'm on a ashy-ass party bus from 1985.
- Let me go and jump in the fire
and get burnt by a person who hates me.
- We've been in this bus for several hours,
and I'm hungry.
- Here we go, ladies.
- Thank you. - Watch your step, please.
[laughing]
- Thank you very much.
We all know what happens
when you send wild boars to wineries.
- Uh-uh! Uh-uh! Uh-uh! - Do you want me to?
Do you want me to? - Monique! Come on, Monique!
- Get off of me.
- What the (BLEEP) just happened?
- Y'all better not bring her around me.
I'm gonna kill her. - Okay, let's go.
- So, why, Wendy, would you subject me
and my magical blackness
to another winery situation?
Disaster is afoot.
- Here we are. We're at the vineyard.
- I'm just ready to eat.
- Welcome.
- Hi. Hey, Ash. - Hello. What's going on?
- You look so-- - Hey, guys. Hi.
- Hello. - Welcome, welcome.
Welcome, everyone. Welcome to burn.
- I don't wanna burn.
- Let's enjoy some champagne.
- Um, ladies, everyone can have a-a glass of this
and then can have a seat.
There are no assigned seats.
- All right, ladies. Welcome to Bluemont.
There's some menus on the table.
- Okay. - So, take a minute
to look at that. - We-we can do it, right now.
- Yes. - You tell me, girl.
- Okay. All right. - Two of each flatbread,
spinach dip. - Okay.
- Crab dip. - Yes, ma'am.
- And can we get the cheese, the cheese plate?
- Yeah, cheese board. - I want the baked brie.
- Baked brie. - Yes. Mm-hmm.
- The brie, yeah. - All right.
I'll be right back, ladies.
- Um, Ashley, the memes about your separation
has gotten outta hand on the internet.
- I know. - Are you okay?
- It is nice to know that, you know, people support me.
- Yeah. - Just not really at the expense
of the father of my children, is all.
- Right. - One hundred percent.
- He's not really being communicative, right now.
He Facetimed the kids yesterday.
- Okay. - And then once--
once the kids walked away, he hung up the phone.
- This is tough now that it's out there in the world,
in social media and all that.
I get it. - It's a very tough spot.
- Listen, the trolls are trolling that Michael Darby,
and I'm not really mad at 'em,
but I've been there.
It's just not a good feeling to know everybody thinks
your husband is a creep.
- So, tell us. What exactly is a burn session?
- Okay, okay.
- I'm not sure what I signed up for.
- So, chile, you're gonna each get a notebook,
and then whoever is in the hotseat,
you write down whatever you have to say to them.
You tell them what you have to say about them
and then take the paper.
You burn it.
- So, the person who is being spoken to--
- Mm-hmm.
- Are they allowed to speak back?
- Yes. - They are,
but the real goal is to take ownership
of what was perceived.
- I've known Wendy for two years,
and she's never been accountable for anything.
- What's so funny, the life you're living now,
is exactly God paying you back
for all the bullsh-- you've done.
With the couples trip, Eddie is gonna be there,
and your pa-- your luggage is gonna be there.
- Ahh!
- If, Wendy, you're going to be accountable
for your past transgressions, I'm all ears.
[crickets chirping]
- It takes two people to tango.
She needs to take ownership, too.
- There is a rumor out.
It's-- it was very much, like, supposedly,
Eddie has a girlfriend or somethin'.
- I have some table side service with flatbreads for ya.
- That is so nice. Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
- And we're gonna pass around the papers and a pen.
- Okay. - Take one.
Pass it down.
I like theatrics.
The burn session
is about to commence. - Goodbye.
- Okay.
- So, first in the hotseat will be me.
- Okay.
- Since we don't want this to be a pile on,
I will add a extra layer.
If you don't feel as though you have something bad to say,
you can speak positivity into them or thank them
for something they have done for you in your life.
- Yeah, I got nothin' nice to say,
so I'd rather just not say anything.
- Okay. So, I'll start. - Okay, thank you.
- So, while I've wanted to be close to you
and develop a friendship with you,
I've always felt like you had, like, a barrier up.
- Mm-hmm.
- But I feel like today we've penetrated that
a little bit. - Aww.
- My affirmation for you, is that you continue
on this journey to be open. - Hmm.
- And you really help your friends
to feel close to you and heard by you.
- Aww.
Candiace, go.
- Okay, so, I didn't write anything down
because you're my friend. I can say this from the heart.
- Aww.
- So, I met you, and I recognized your wall
because I can have a wall, but I will say that, this year,
you, for whatever reason, have opened up more.
You are trusting us,
some of us. - Mm-hmm.
- And my affirmation for you would be (BLEEP) bitches.
Get money. That's it. - Hello.
Okay, Karen, go. - All right.
So, Wendy, I'm gonna stay seated.
You and I started off on a rocky path.
- Yes.
- Dr. Wendy was in the room.
That's what she calls herself, right?
So, I'm like, doctor of what?
- You were talking about me being a doctor
and mimicking me, and you don't even have one degree.
- But we've made so much progress.
So, yeah, continued growth to you.
- Thank you, Karen. - Amen.
- Mm-hmm. - So, so, mine,
you might wanna burn. - That's fine. Go ahead.
- Okay.
Well, I mean, here's the thing.
Sometimes you are very dismissive.
- Thank you. Thank you. - A real friend woulda told her
that her mom was the one being messy.
- Um, are you talking? Shut up.
- I am proud of you for hosting this situation
because until today,
I felt like there was no self-accountability.
- Mmm. - So, I'm not--
I'm not gonna be shady, but I'm just gonna burn this
'cause we gotta burn it down. - Go for it. Go for it.
- All right.
- I really do wanna like her.
She's just really hard to ----in' like,
and I think she's gonna receive it
because she wants friends.
- Oh, look at that.
* Ahh *
Robyn.
- Um, so, honestly, at this point,
we are oil and water, and I am fine with that.
- Okay.
- So... - Gizelle, your turn.
- Ditto that.
Um, also a little bit of a ditto with Mia.
It's like, uh, you went on a Gizelle "I hate" train
for a year.
Then you see me and try to hug me,
very fake and phonily.
- Hi, Gizelle. You look beautiful.
- No. No, thank you. No, thank you.
- How are you doin'? - No hugs. No hugs.
- How you doin'? - Oh, I'm beautiful.
- Good.
- So, I'm good on you.
- Okay. - Do you hear that?
- I heard everything you said.
With Robyn, you said that "we are oil and vinegar."
- Water. - Water.
- Oil and vinegar go together. - Oh, oh, okay.
- Oil and water. - Oh, okay, sorry.
So, I own the role I played in making you feel
as though we are oil and water.
- Well, okay, yes. Can I say--
I just wanna say, 'cause Robyn has been specific
with the ways that she feels
she was hurt by you. - Oh, wait.
I can only speak to this, though.
- Well, okay. So, and that-- - Don't nobody got time
to be writing a soliloquy and a sermon.
- But-but, Robyn, you-- - You know what you did to her.
- Robyn, you say-- - Good God!
- Okay. - Just speak on it.
She said you're gonna own what you did.
What'd you do?
- Well, she needs to tell her. - She needs to tell me.
- Please don't tell anyone I tried to fight you anymore,
because that is not who I am.
- I heard that you said you felt like
Robyn was trying to fight you.
- She was approaching me,
and if you approach me to the extent
that someone has to physically restrain you,
then yeah.
- Please be careful in your words,
because that is dangerous.
- It's dangerous for you-- - You're-you're paint--
- To be held back. - You're painting me as a thug.
I was not held back. - You were held back.
Maybe you were so drunk you don't remember.
- I was not held back. - She was not.
- Okay. So, we are going to move forward.
- Why are we moving forward?
- Let us move on to Ashley. - Nobody had to--
- But let's just-- let's just dispel that one at least.
- I'm not gonna dispel it, 'cause that's my truth
to talk about. - No, that is not your truth!
- That's my truth. - It's a lie.
No one had to touch me. I'm not a thug.
I don't put my hands on people. - No one called you a thug.
- You are projecting on yourself.
- I'm telling you-- - Okay.
- By you telling people-- - So, what I'm going to do--
- That I tried to fight you-- - Is you're next.
- That's painting me as a thug. - You're next.
- Hold on. I need--
I need a moment. - Charrisse is on the phone.
- I need everyone to be quiet.
Charrisse? - Yes, love.
- At the dance studio,
did you put one finger on me
to prevent me from touching Wendy?
- Stand ten toes down. - Give me something.
- Everything I say-- - I'm standing.
- I stand on. period. - I'm standing on it.
- I'm sittin'-- - I'm standing on it.
and I still stand on it. - Okay, please, no. No, no, no.
- I'm standing on it! - What you're not gonna do--
what you're not gonna do-- - No, no.
No, we're gonna sit down. - I'm standing on it.
- No. - Thank you.
I love you, too. Bye.
- So, why the lies?
- My truth, your truth. - The lies!
She just said-- - No.
- She didn't touch Robyn! - You are horrible!
You are hor-ri-ble!
- Why are you yelling?
- Because you are horrible!
- You-- maybe you should control your emotions.
- Because I don't-- I don't give a (BLEEP)!
[laughing] I don't give a (BLEEP)!
I don't give a (BLEEP)!
**
- You are hor-ri-ble!
- Maybe you should control your emotions.
- I don't give a (BLEEP)! [laughter]
I don't give a (BLEEP)! I don't give a (BLEEP)!
I'm out.
- Robyn, if I knew your middle name, Dixon.
- I said what I had to say.
This is some phony-ass bullsh--.
She literally brought us here
on the strength of wanting to get to a better place,
and the fact that
she still wants to try to prove me wrong,
like, there's no moving forward here.
- I don't see why Robyn got up.
It's sorta broken, what you tried to attempt here.
- If she's in her feelings
and doesn't want to deal with phony, fake sh--,
then she can-- then she can step--
then she step out. - This isn't phony and fake.
I brought people to the table
who have difference of opinions together.
- Honestly, all the screaming came
from your side of the table.
I'm trying to figure out why.
- I like to talk loud, damn it.
I'm just making sure everybody can hear me in the group.
- It doesn't help the group to move forward, Gizelle.
- It doesn't.
- We went straight to hell in a basket from jump.
They wouldn't even follow her directions.
The evil spirit of the winery belongs to Gizelle and Robyn.
- No-- - She was addressing
her response.
- That's not how therapy works, actually.
If you look at therapy-- - Oh, this is therapy?
- That's not how it works. - I didn't know I was--
- We need a therapist, if we're in therapy.
- I didn't know I was with a therapist.
Actually I'm in a therapist session?
- No. - No, we're not.
- We're not in a therapy session.
- We're in a winery, a vineyard.
That's where we are. - And this is real dumb.
- And we're having a burn session,
but some people have opted out.
- Who's the therapist?
It damn sure ain't you, Wendy.
You-- I know you got a whole lotta degrees,
but it ain't in psychology.
You're a doctor of just being whack.
- It's some fake-ass people up in there.
- This is enough.
- I do have something that I would like...
- Okay. - Oh, sh--.
Oh, Lord. [sighs]
- So, my friend was at the spring party.
- Mm-hmm.
- And she said that, you know,
Chris was being a little bit flirty with her.
She was standing at the bar ordering a drink,
and he came up, and he was, like-like, just being
a little bit flirtatious. - Can I ask a question?
What is-- what is the purpose of this?
Because we were together in my home.
- This-this came to me recently.
- This came to you after you were at my house?
- Correct. It really did.
- Okay, and you couldn't have called me?
- Mmm. - Texted me?
Approached me? - I knew I was
going to be seeing you.
So, wouldn't you rather me tell you to your face?
- I have come to you privately
because I wanted to be respectful of you.
It starts right there, and you can just go
scroll down. - Okay.
He was asking who he can take to a hotel nearby?
As you wanna call Michael a predator every which way,
okay, if your husband-- - Well, it's-it's documented.
Is it not true? - It is not true,
as proven to be not true in the court of law.
- You don't have enough going on in your own lives,
so you wanna bring drama to my door.
This is now the third time somebody is coming to me
in the group
to tell me some bullsh-- about my husband.
- But why are you getting defensive,
if it just happened? - Because I see the pattern,
and I'm not going to ignore the pattern.
- But could-- has anyone said anything
about Chris in the past? - Not to my face.
- No, they have not.
- Not to my face. - Do you think that maybe
Chris' behavior is a little bit different,
and he's-he's doing things-- - No.
- A little bit differently-- - No, I don't.
- For whatever reason? - I think-I think you're
taking a page out of-- - Because Mia also said--
- Your book or-- - That she felt that Chris
was looking at her at the spring party.
- What?
- Unh, unh, unh.
Go, baby. Go, Gordon.
But I didn't say that it was sexual,
but he definitely was staring.
- Chris is not doing any of these.
- He did. - He's not--
he's not doing these things. - Just remember--
the pendulum always swings-- - Where you all--
- The other way, okay? - Oh, no, no, no.
- It-it don't feel good, huh?
- Uh-huh. There it is. There it is.
- What did she say?
- I shoulda kept my good eye
on that bulbous-ass-forehead bitch.
I knew she wasn't no good,
and I went against my better judgment,
and look at us now.
It comes from a place of vindictiveness.
- No! - Nastiness.
- No! - And evilness.
- Girl, as I said--
- You're a lying-ass-- - And I brought it
- Vindictive bitch! - To this-this platform!
- Do you just wanna turn a blind eye?
Because if that's the case, then just say so.
- Well, I mean, you would know. - Just say. Just say.
- Ooh. - Ooh.
- Actually, I address my husband
and my relationship very well, okay?
Now, whether you do or not, that remains to be seen.
I've also heard that Chris has been in some other DMs
that are not quite as innocuous and innocent as mine.
**