NeNe’s brought to tears talking about Cynthia.
The episode beings detailing the breakdown in her friendship with Cynthia, which brings her to tears. Of course, the center of their fallout was Cynthia’s budding friendship with Kenya. NeNe feels that their fallout falls in Cynthia’s lap. However, Cynthia disagrees.
NeNe’s working at her Sagg Boutique when Marlo shows up. At her counter, NeNe received a gift from Cynthia with a card. It’s a thank you gift and an invitation to talk one on one. NeNe feels she owes it to Cynthia for them both to have closure. So NeNe leaves with Marlo so they can talk about the olive branch Cynthia extended.
NeNe invites the ladies to her Leopard brunch.
NeNe’s been talking with her life coach and she’s open to working on her sisterhood with the girls so she suggests to Marlo to invite everyone to her Leopard Brunch.
Meanwhile, Kenya’s with her daughter in her kitchen when Cynthia shows up. Marc’s heading back to New York so she invites Cynthia to stay for dinner. Cynthia’s been cold to Kenya after Kenya invited the Cookie Lady to their lunch with Tanya. However, Cynthia’s warming up to Kenya again so she stays. Of course, Cynthia lets her know Kenya threw her under the bus during last week’s episode. She lets Kenya know she went way too far. Kenya apologizes to Cynthia for what she did but feels like she should’ve known about her conversation with Tanya.
Next, Cynthia lets Kenya know about Mike’s opening up about Mike’s past infidelity in previous marriages. Although Kenya says “once a cheater, always a cheater,” Mike can learn from his mistakes. She also says counseling will be important for them to work things out and to learn why he was unfaithful in the past. Cynthia agrees.
Next, Eva’s at a checkup with Dr. Jackie, Kandi shopping in Buckhead with Riley, Porsha at home with PJ, and Gregg’s teasing NeNe about her upcoming sit-down with Cynthia.
Tears are shed as Cynthia and NeNe hash things out.
Later on, NeNe’s on her way to the restaurant to meet with Cynthia and Cyhtia’s excitedly waiting on NeNe’s arrival. Both considered one another sisters and NeNe’s looking to figure out what went wrong. When NeNe arrives, the two share pleasantries and slowly get into the topic at hand. Cynthia tells NeNe that they both deserve to have mutual respect for one another.
Things get tense when NeNe brings up Cynthia’s “toxic friend” label she heard from Yovanna. Cynthia explains that this was in response to things NeNe said in the past. NeNe says the label was nasty to give. But Cynthia says she didn’t like being called weak in an interview two months prior. They then have a back and forth about this. NeNe tells Cynthia she needs to take responsibility for the things she’s been saying in multiple interviews.
Overall, this conversation doesn’t seem to go anywhere and after an awkward silence, NeNe leaves. Cynthia says that NeNe always walks out when things get tough. But she knows NeNe didn’t leave. So, Cynthia walks out and catches NeNe in tears about their conversation. She listens to NeNe as she reveals her hurt behind the toxic label Cynthia gave her.
She then apologizes to NeNe and hugs her. However, in her interview, Cynthia says she took the high road at that moment so they can move to closure and NeNe has trouble finding her fault in this.
A recap ensues of their friendship over the seasons.
Porsha tells Marlo she’s not showing up and Eva’s rushed to the hospital.
The next day, the ladies are getting ready for NeNe’s Leopard brunch. Marlo called Porsha and learns Porsha isn’t coming. Apparently, NeNe and Porsha haven’t talked in a while and she didn’t appreciate the perceived aggressive tone in the invitation. Porsha feels NeNe should’ve sent a more sincere invite although she would not have gotten it as NeNe’s blocked.
Meanwhile, Cynthia picks up Eva and recaps her sit down with NeNe. Eva’s 8 months pregnant and she’s currently feeling uncomfortable. This is because of contractions she’s feeling and she may not make it to the event. Producers escort her into the restaurant on the way to the event when the contractions become more intense.
Kandi arrives and calls their doctor, Dr. Jackie. Dr. Jackie tells them to head to the hospital as it’s time to give birth. As they’re heading out, Eva’s water broke and Cynthia drives her to the hospital. Eva’s worried about going into labor because her son hasn’t fully grown in the womb.
Porsha Changes her mind and Kenya gets petty.
Back at the restaurant, Tanya and Kandi are there talking when Kenya walks in. While Kenya walked in expecting an apology from NeNe, who’s not there yet, Tanya doesn’t want anything to do with her. This leads to awkward silence between the trio. Luckily, Kenya left after showing up for 5 minutes. About 2.5 hours later, NeNe walked in with a crew of friends. Kandi jokes that NeNe brought them to the event so she wouldn’t feel lonely if the others didn’t show up.
NeNe hears that Kenya only showed up for about 10 minutes and NeNe really didn’t care. Lastly, Marlo shows up, asking about Eva and Cynthia. This leads to NeNe recapping her talk with Cynthia. As Marlo’s telling NeNe about Porsha not showing up, Porsha and Shamea walk in. After talking with her mom, Porsha decided to be the bigger person and show up.
Eva Calls as NeNe’s talking to Porsha about showing up. Cynthia left as her husband showed up to the hospital. Eva’s dilating and her son’s coming on out. Porsha wants to have a one on one with NeNe but she’s not comfortable talking about this in front of everyone.
What are your thoughts about the episode?
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Nene and Cynthia talk things out. #RHOA #RealHousewives #RealHousewivesOfAtlanta #RealityTV
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Eva is rushed to the hospital. #RHOA #RealHousewives #RealHousewivesOfAtlanta #RealityTV
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Kenya is not willing to wait for Nene. #RHOA #RealHousewives #RealHousewivesOfAtlanta #RealityTV
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