Ryan and Charmaine have cooled off on their friendship.
9 Mag hosts an event with the Hustle Mommies. Since the event is all about giving back and trying to fight violence in their communities, Ryan is asked why Charmaine wasn’t in attendance. He tells Phor and Don that he has decided to love Charmaine from a distance. He didn’t like that she didn’t listen to him when he advised her not to lose Prince as a 2nd City Ink artist. And she hasn’t been taking any of his business advice. So he’s going to focus on his own business.
Miss Kitty is back after spending some time in London. She and Steven have been looking for a spot to open their own tattoo shop. Prince and Draya now work at 9 Mag and they’re happy about the change.
Miss Kitty gives an update about her relationship with Charmaine.
Charmaine and Kitty won’t ever be friends again. Kitty says that she thought they were working on their friendship after hashing it out. However, Charmaine was dragging her on social media. When she saw her in person, Kitty called her out. And Charmaine didn’t want to own up to her comments. So Kitty is over trying to work on the friendship.
Charmaine leaves the show.
Interestingly enough, Charmaine’s artist Ceci says she saw Neek moving some stuff out of the 2nd City Ink shop. And Charmaine said she was done with production and she’s no longer filming. So Ceci is worried that Charmaine is not doing okay mentally.
Ceci talks to Ryan about Charmaine. She believes the backlash from fans on social media may have been too stressful. Ryan doesn’t have much sympathy. He said Charmaine has done messy things in the past that have affected Don’s marriage and his relationship. And they have received backlash from fans, so Charmaine should suck it up. He won’t be reaching out to her.
At the end of the episode, producers state that Charmaine only filmed one scene before deciding to leave the show “indefinitely.”
What are your thoughts on the midseason premiere?
"We gotta allow her to come around when SHE’S ready too." 🤷🏾♂️
Charmaine being MIA leaves the guys wondering where their friendship stands. See if they get some answers when #BlackInkCHI returns TONIGHT at 8/7c on @VH1! 📺 pic.twitter.com/8Gjw7WNKlD
— Black Ink Crew (@BlackInkCrew) August 9, 2022
“I think she’s at a point where she needs to take a step back…” 😔
After talking with production, Charmaine has chosen to take an indefinite leave from #BlackInkCHI. pic.twitter.com/k1jDgFbRkZ
— Black Ink Crew (@BlackInkCrew) August 10, 2022
Charmaine said last season she was quitting so it’s no surprise…Neek is behind her decision though. Ok she’s married and settled now…but in the past …drinking … sleeping with Don…twerking every 5seconds…yes she will be judged especially on national TV…she had a bad reputation and alot of ppl haven’t forgot about it…maybe it’s best that she did quit but dont play victim.
No big loss on the show, bye bye
Charmaine has been the storyline on this show for multiple seasons. She was also the highest paid cast member for that reason. Ryan could not carry the show himself. Now this cast has no one to gang up on and talk about consistently. They ruined the NY show listening to fans and taking off integral people (Sky, Donna) because fans think they are producers. You’re gonna see real soon how bad this show needs Charmaine just like you saw the NY show decline. I’m not sure why Ryan is playing victim. He messed up his own relationship sleeping with an employee. And Don is not a victim either. He’s the same man who cheated on Ashley the night before their wedding and Charmaine didn’t find out about Ashley until after the fact. I’m not surprised a woman is being blamed for men’s choices more so than the men who made the choices themselves because a lot of black women are male identified. This midseason premiere was boring. The rest of the season was so dry they had to bring Van back to give these people something to do. This show will never be great again because the key people are all gone.
Ryan slept with his best friend’s baby momma and employee and Don was messing with Charmaine and didn’t feel the need to tell her about Ashley until it blew up in his face. Ryan can have a seat. I ain’t forget a d-mn thing. Charmaine quit this show because Draya lied and cried colorism for a storyline. Charmaine isn’t desperate for money and has actual income streams outside of this platform so she doesn’t have to stay and be lied on anymore because other cast members aren’t interesting enough on their own. Truth be told, I only liked Charmaine and Kitty. Unfortunately, they are treated like punching bags and used for storylines. Kitty be careful sis. They’ll turn on you next. Especially those men They get jealous of any woman who is more popular. Ask Charmaine and Kat about it.
Girl Phor already tried it with Kitty 🙄. These men are so fake. Jealous because Kitty and Charmaine are loved and the backbone of these shows. Gonna miss Charmaine but her peace matters more.
Oh plz aint nobody lied on charmaine👈🏾(she started a whole bunch of sh-t and has been in a lot mess as well and now she gettin her karma back)and she dont like one bit
Oh girl whatever. No one has started more mess or done more dirt on this show than Ryan, Don, and Phor. The problem is so many of you hate other women, so you’ll never hold men to the same standard. Then you want to talk about karma? Hilarious.
And I’m trying to understand what “karma” she thinks Charmaine is getting. Charmaine is the most successful person to come from this show outside of Kat. Her and Neek’s business profited over a million dollars last year and her other ventures like her radio hustle has put her in a financial situation where she doesn’t even need this show. Two beautiful children and a supportive black man as a husband. No one cares about backlash from fans from a show people barely watch anymore. People really think they be doing something by writing nasty comments. They ain’t moving nothing.
I will never bash Charmaine or put her down because she was the only one who had the courage to call out Lily for calling black people the N word. Those same men who have so much to say about Charmaine were too scared to tell Lily they were uncomfortable with her saying that to them. They call Charmaine everything but a child of God but couldn’t tell Lily to stop calling them the N word. I lost a lot of respect for them back then. Congrats to Charmaine for leaving a toxic work environment. She made a million from her business last year. And she still has a successful radio career to boot. Let these fans hate because she’s winning in real life. All the tragedies she’s faced and she refuses to stay down. I love that about her.
Never cared for Charmaine. She brought all of the negativity to herself. Gotta grow thicker skin.