Is The Real Housewives of Atlanta reboot a flop?

As much as I even have loved and appreciated The Real Housewives of Atlanta because it premiered in 2008, watching at the very least three seasons of it felt like an arduous chore.

While the #1 Bravo show has all the time been known for reading and throwing shade at its forged members, there gave the impression to be a level of camaraderie based on real relationships. The show itself had a witty and naughty charm that made it stand out.

There have undoubtedly been some low points, but after the controversy over Phaedra Parks admitting to spreading false drug allegations against Kandi Burruss in season nineI used to be hoping that each the actors and the creators of the show realized that things like this aren’t the explanation the show is so popular.

These were really wealthy women – real or imagined – who behaved funny, but not in a way that may lead to legal liability.

Then got here “Blo-Gate” in Season 13, which led to headlines like “Porsha Williams and Tanya Sam Allegedly Given Peaches by Stripper Long Dong During RHOA Casting Trip” before the season even aired. Some people across the show might need thought they were drawing attention to the show with plot plants like this, but once the actual scenes behind the stories aired, most of us didn’t care about what consensual adults were doing off-camera — which made for pretty pathetic (and boring) viewing.

This season was widely criticized for showing a group of individuals who haven’t any chemistry and do nothing but argue about unimportant things we’ve already heard about it on the web a few months earlier.

But as a substitute of changing course, RHOA continued on as usual, albeit with recent members, and technically old favorite BFF Marlo Hampton was finally promoted to own the peach.

It didn’t help the show regain its footing, but though the following season was bad, it didn’t live as much as the last edition, Season 15, which brought much more bad reviews, lower grades, AND calls for reboot from fans.

So when the network announced earlier this 12 months that RHOA fans were getting something of a light reboot, there was excitement — especially after the announcement that Porsha Williams, who left the series in 2021, could be returning.

According to BravoPorsha could be joined by Kenya Moore and Drew Sidora, the one remaining forged members from last season, in addition to newcomers Shamea Morton Mwangi, Brittany Eady, Kelli Ferrell and Angela Oakley. Cynthia Bailey would also return as a friend of the housewives.

I do not know who half of these persons are, and it is not a NeNe Leakes return (which I do know is unlikely), but I used to be glad with anything that was different from what I’ve been forced to observe out of habit lately.

Unfortunately, the RHOA reboot is already showing signs of problems.

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Porsha, who married Simon Guobadia, the ex-husband of another person who appeared on RHOA for a millisecond, filed for divorce 10 days after the announcement. While they looked glad and wealthy on Instagram lower than a 12 months ago, they are actually arguing about immigration status and lying on social media. Meanwhile Simon is currently sending Bravo stop and desist letters. – disrupting Porsha’s return, making filming at her place of residence extremely difficult.

However, their biggest problem is the sudden departure of Kenya Moore from the show.

During the filming of season 16 an event was held at a recent hair salon in Kenya where she allegedly shared sexually explicit photos of recent client Brittany Eady. A source told Page Six that Kenya’s actions were in response to Brittany’s threats using the word “gun,” which in turn made the forged feel “uncomfortable.” Eady he denies it.

To be clear, Kenya has denied the accusations about her behavior and after the video of the incident went viral, she posted on Instagram: “Don’t believe anything you hear and half of what you see. The truth always comes out.”

Well, details have emerged, but what exactly happened relies on who we consider. Deadline AND TMZ to illustrate Kenya left of her own free will, Love B Scott reports that an investigation determined she had violated Bravo’s code of conduct and he or she was terminated.

I used to be never the most important fan of Kenya Moore, but she was a brilliant spot in a dark period of the show, and while what they’re accusing her of sounds awful, I also blame the production for allowing something so salacious to air. They have not learned that the scandals surrounding Scarlet Letter aren’t the show’s salvation.

While Kenya continues to be deny all this and says that it’ll be so To proceed “develop in a toxic-free work environment.”

I’m sure she’s going to, but will RHOA thrive without her?

I didn’t know that TMZ were hanging out in food market parking lots in Atlanta after they happened to run into Sherée Whitfield and began asking her questions.

“I hate to see my girl Kenya go like this,” she told them. “As an OG, it’s hard for me to sit and watch the show slowly sink, so I’m not happy. I don’t like it.”

As for the show’s future, she said, “The OG presence is always welcome… always needed on the show — no matter the role.”

Naturally, she said she would return to filming and fill the void left by Kenya’s absence. the “right” amount of money.

I feel the issues with this show are larger than the bone collector. They start and end with the production selecting the forged and setting the tone. Maybe this season will be saved, but because it is, it looks like it’ll go the way in which of the series “Basketball Wives” and “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta,” that are still on the air but do not have the identical status or viewership.