Marsau isn’t going to apologize for the infamous Instagram post.
Maurice stops by Blaque for a one-on-one chat with Marsau. Maurice is still steaming about the infamous picture. In fact, he demands an apology from Marsau but Marsau isn’t doing it.
In his interview, Maurice says Marsau is being prideful by not apologizing. Martell stops by and Maurice loops him in the conversation and he apologizes to Maurice for his role in the controversy. Yet, Marsau is not going to take the blame for “throwing Maurice under the bus”.
Next, Martell brings up Marsau’s tension with Louis. Marsau feels like Louis and Tiffany were attempting to use him as a punching bag, talking about his marriage at the reunion. Martell believes Marsau also owes Louis an apology. In fact, he feels Marsau was bullying Louis and Tiffany. But in the end, Marsau agrees to talk to Louis about all of it.
Louis is apprehensive about a sit-down with the Scotts.
Speaking of Louis, he’s at home attempting to fix his home’s internet. Tiffany uses this time to talk to Louis about her interactions with Kimmi, Destiny, and Stormi at Melody’s event. Tiffany didn’t appreciate Stormi confronting her at the event as it rubbed her the wrong way. Louis then brings up their perspective regarding their tension with Latisha and Marsau.
She proposes to speak with Marsau and LaTisha via a double date. Louis is very apprehensive and in fact, he’s ready to confront him physically if need be.
At Melody’s home, Melody has an audition room set up and she has her oldest daughter Mariah help her record her audition tapes. Afterward, they talk about Melody doing so much. Melody tells her she works hard so they will not have to rely on anyone else. She encourages Mariah to be independent and to work hard, no matter what she does.
Interestingly enough, Mariah has her own dreams which include being better than Serena and Venus Williams in tennis.
Martell sets up a book signing for a children’s book the kids wrote.
Meanwhile, Martell stops by Marlene’s to taste a red wine he’s helping create. He’s going to name the wine, a sweet-red, after his grandmother. He was inspired to do this by a wine he used to drink with Melody when they were married. As they are wine tasting, Martell tells Marlene about the booking signing for his kid’s children’s book, reminding her she agreed to help out.
Even though the book signing was scheduled during Melody’s time with the kids, he’s hoping she will still bring them there since they are authors.
Later on, LaTisha and Marsau are spending time with their kids and they let them know they’re going to be taking them to Africa. When the kids go to bed, Marsau tells LaTisha about his interaction with Martell and Maurice. This leads LaTisha to ask Marsau if the rumors about the apartment with Martell are true.
Marsau says his cars are unique and LaTisha would’ve known about this long before if the rumors were true. He also brings up how Martell called him to tell him not to do anything to mess up his marriage.
Kimmi and Maurice are packing for their long-awaited honeymoon and Kimmi tells Maurice about Keke and her actions at Melody’s event. Kimmi didn’t like how Keke was talking about LaTisha to Melody and her friends. Maurice says she should talk to Destiny and LaTisha about what happened.
The kids don’t appear for Martell’s book signing, upsetting him.
It’s time for the book signing and Martell’s there with his manager Melneka. Melneka tells Martell that Melody may not be ready to openly support Martell in this effort. Their divorce was so bitter. So Martell greets people during the signing without the kids. Meanwhile, Melody calls Vanessa as they’re on their way to visit family. This means they aren’t going to the book signing.
She brings up the book signing and how it was scheduled during a week he didn’t have the kids. Vanessa says Martell did this as a way to still try to control Melody.
Later on, during the book signing, a frustrated Martell tries to call Melody about the kids. His call gets sent straight to voicemail. He’s hurt when two other kids have to read the book to his guests.
Overall, Martell feels cheated by Melody over this.
What are your thoughts about the episode?
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I have tried y’all but this show is not doing it for me anymore. Let me know when it becomes interesting.
I felt sorry for Martell. Melody was definitely being petty, mean and vindictive. She could’ve allowed the children to go to the book signing as they were the authors. When they get older and watch this show they’re going to be shocked, hurt and traumatized by how their parents behaved.
Martell planned that signing during Melody’s court-ordered days to be spiteful so he could make Melody the villain and himself the victim. Praise God that more and more black women are smartening up and recognizing manipulative behavior when they see it. That is progress because back in the day, most women would have fallen for it. Now if Melody would have planned something during Martell’s court-ordered days, he would have hopped on IG and said she was being selfish. Parents need to abide by the court-ordered days period. Melody owes Martell nothing, especially no kindness and no time on HER days. He disrespected her so many times on and off of this show. Black women do not have to smile and bend over backward for abusers PERIOD.
I’m really not surprised that Melody has become the bad guy to people after she has been treated like trash by Martell and his side chick. Black women don’t get much empathy from anyone except each other and that’s a 50/50 chance as well. I just hope that Melody makes peace with the fact that everyone will not see through the bullsh-t and continue to do what’s best for her. Authors have complete control over when they schedule book signings FYI. This was on purpose as usual with this man.
The signing seemed staged. Only like 10 people were there. No one he’s close to showed up, not even his momma. Not the side chick. Not other relatives. I’m not falling for it.
Melody could have responded to the email since it was sent in advance. If the book signing could not have been rescheduled then she could have let them go for a couple of hours. She wouldn’t have been for him but for them
Melody doesn’t owe Martell sh-t. Y’all want her to play nice and go above and beyond for Martell when he sh-ts on her constantly. Nah, this ain’t the good old days where women gotta keep playing nice with a-shole men. Martell has never put their kids first and that’s why they are divorced now. Y’all forgot that fast? Divorce means you have to now split weeks and time with your kids. It was Melody’s week. She lost two family members and planned a family trip to visit grieving loved ones on her time. Why are Martell’s plans more important? Martell should have scheduled this empty flop a-s book signing during his court ordered time. Stop asking women to go above and beyond for people who sh-t on them. Leave that doormat mentality in the old days where it f-cking belongs. Melody told y’all she done being a fool for this narcissist. You go out and be a fool for a man if you want to. Don’t expect the rest of us to. I guarantee you Martell would never let Melody have the kids during his time. Wake the f-ck up. Some of y’all are the perfect target for scammers and toxic men. Rant over. I’m so tired of society encouraging black women specifically to make sacrifices for those who hate us. And some of y’all go along with it too. Love yourselves got d-mn.
Martell’s feelings are more important because he’s a black man and they are prioritized ahead of women and children in the black community. I’ve said it before and people were mad but it’s the truth. It’s the same reason why Will has been canceled for defending his black wife and no one minded bullying his black children all these years. Protect black women was a movement started to change this but we got a lot of work to do. Melody didn’t do anything wrong but she’s being dragged anyway because Martell is a straight black man so the capes will always come out when he’s fake sad on TV. Never mind all the damage he’s done to his own children and ex wife though. Nope Melody is the bad guy here. Not the person who destroyed his black family.
Thank you Ms. Jackson ??
Common sense is the best way to access the situation. In the real world, co-parenting works best when each parent respects the other parent’s time. You shouldn’t schedule anything with your kids during days you don’t have them. I’m not sure why this isn’t clicking for Martell and others. What he did was selfish and plain out bad coparenting. Remember Martell and Melody tried to coparent without the courts. And Martell ruined that by stalking her while she was on dates, getting in her face and yelling about past events, and dragging her online. So now they have to do everything by the book and he no longer has direct access to her. He’s not a victim here. And Melody didn’t violate any court orders. So the fake outrage is nonsensical. Martell can plan another book signing on days he has the kids next time. It’s really not that deep. I’ll also be glad when everyone realizes that men can be bitter, manipulative, and vindictive too. Martell has a lot of issues and that’s not on Melody.
This episode and comments are proof that Martell acts the way he does because there will always be women who coddle and defend him. His momma is the biggest enabler followed by the women who defend him because they want to f-ck him or hate Melody (or both).
Play the world’s smallest violin for Martell’s narcissistic a-s.
I honestly think a lot of sisters are used to being mistreated by brothers so it’s expected for Melody to tolerate this kind of stuff for the sake of the kids. Mind you it’s really toxic to tolerate negativity and disrespect for the kids. It’s teaching them that dysfunctional relationships are the norm and something they should emulate. What Melody is doing isn’t the norm for a lot of black women so it’s triggering a lot of people and they think she’s in the wrong when she’s actually doing what’s best for her and the kids. Martell needs to learn boundaries and grow up. And they need to see Martell respecting boundaries and respecting Melody. He can start by not planning events during her weeks and disrespecting her on and off of the show.
Many people believe that what Melody did was good. Baffling to me. The children were the authors of the book. They wanted to be at the book signing. I don’t know how preventing that even if it wasn’t Martell’s week with the kids was a good thing. It came across petty and mean to me. Despite what happened between Martell and Melody, they still have to coparent the children in a way that is respectful, decent, kind and provides the best care for the children. Many women use their children to punish the father for how he treated her bc it is an effective way to hurt him but, that isn’t beneficial in the long run for anyone. Martell was definitely the demise of the family unit but, I don’t think he has to continuously be crucified and is always in the wrong in every situation. They need to do better dealing with each other bc all this is being documented and their children can watch it. They no doubt can feel the discord and dissension already. People in this world feel justified in retaliating against those who’ve hurt them. Smh. The mindset of people today is very much off from what the Bible says we should have and what’s crazy is they justify their behavior but, God doesn’t. You’re not a Christian if you don’t try to walk in Christ footsteps. No one is perfect but, you can at least try.
Christianity has been used for years to justify slavery, misogyny, domestic abuse, and r-pe. Melody is not retaliating against Martell. She is following the court orders and a judge will agree that what Martell did in this situation was wrong and unjustified. Authors have multiple book signings. Melody does not disturb or interfere with Martell’s scheduled time with the kids. Even when she didn’t have them for the holidays. He needs to be respectful to her as well. Melody has tried to be friendly with Martell and he has reacted viciously each time. He doesn’t want to get along with her. An example of that is how he treated her in therapy. Everything he does is to break her down. He’s a narcissist. This book signing was his way to force her to film with him when producers have already agreed they can no longer film together. Martell is emotionally abusive. Do not expect all of us to not see through his ways. Black women are more educated and our emotional intellect exceeds past generations. A woman having boundaries is not spiteful or “bitter baby momma” syndrome. We should all have boundaries. Melody was not wrong here. They need to follow what the court has ordered because that is what is best for the kids. It means equal time, respect for each other’s time, as well as no more arguing and fighting. Martell can have another book signing during his scheduled and court-ordered time. This is a non-issue but a great example of how when a black woman does what is best for her, it can be twisted into her being spiteful. And religion is used to keep her under the control of a harmful man.
Christianity doesn’t justify wrong behavior regardless to whether it is slavery, rape , misogyny or domestic abuse. If you’re a “Christian” you walk in the footsteps of Jesus which means you behave as he would and none of those things are things Christ would do or approve of. I’m not sure what your religious orientation is but, the God I serve and the Bible I read gives specific counsel on how a husband should treat a wife and a wife treat her husband in Ephesians chapter 5. Philippians 2:3,4 says “Do nothing out of contentiousness or out of egotism, but with humility consider others superior to you, 4 as you look out not only for your own interests, but also for the interests of others.” Definitely, people in this world are only concerned about themselves and what’s best for them. Not willing to compromise so that there can be a win-win situation or at least peace. Frankly, I don’t know all of the facts regarding Martell & Melody’s situation, only what’s shown on the show which can be misleading. So, frankly it’s not a issue to me. We’re all expressing our opinion based on what we’ve seen on the show, not first hand knowledge. So, I don’t have to get into a debate with anyone I don’t know over someone else’s lives that don’t affect me period. Take care.
If you and I were actually walking in the footsteps of Jesus, we wouldn’t be on here now leaving critical comments about people we don’t know. That’s gossiping. Thou shall not judge, right? So let’s not pretend we are morally superior. We aren’t. We’re just commenting on a reality show that Christians shouldn’t even be watching. Logically, following a court order doesn’t make one vindictive. Not following it is a bigger offense. I don’t care to change your opinions and you surely won’t change mine. But I will continue to encourage black women not to allow religion to make them feel like they have to tolerate toxic situations. And I will always speak out against misogyny. I don’t care about debates. So if we’re done here, by all means, please be done.
Speak for yourself. We don’t know each other or each other’s lifestyle or behaviors based on leaving our personal opinions on a blog website. I wouldn’t say that is gossiping. I don’t know why this show would be off limits to Christians. I agree that following a court order is appropriate. We definitely won’t agree on this point about religion being the cause of Black women tolerating toxic situations. If anything, the Bible provides practical advice and counsel on how to live a more peaceful and happier life. Unfortunately, many people disregard the beneficial guidance it has which is why the world is in the turmoil its in today. I agree.. let’s be done.