Two Ts In A Pod with Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge

Peachy Grudges (RHOA Recap)

26 min
May 19, 202612 days ago
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Summary

Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge recap episode 7 of Real Housewives of Atlanta, discussing escalating drama between cast members including allegations of coordinated plotting against Kae'dee Michelle, a viral rumor about her past, and interpersonal conflicts that overshadow Cynthia Bailey's gala event.

Insights
  • New cast members face immediate scrutiny as rumors resurface through social media and cast networks, creating defensive postures before conflicts fully materialize
  • Production involvement in seeding drama is perceived by cast members as deliberate, raising questions about editorial influence on reality TV narratives
  • Unresolved conflicts compound when cast members repeatedly reference issues without full disclosure, creating paranoia and fractured group dynamics
  • Physical appearance and body modifications become secondary talking points that distract from substantive conflict resolution
  • Cast commitment to group events correlates with respect and relationship maintenance, with absences signaling deeper relational issues
Trends
Reality TV cast fragmentation when one member feels targeted by coordinated group behaviorSocial media as real-time narrative amplification tool during filming and post-productionRumor management and pre-emptive disclosure strategies among reality TV personalitiesProduction-cast relationships as potential conflict drivers in unscripted televisionBody modification transparency as emerging expectation in reality TV discourseEvent hosting as relationship currency and respect indicator in ensemble castsParanoia and trust erosion in groups with perceived hidden alliances or plotting
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ITV
Referenced in advertisement for 'Bluffing' quiz show premiering May 23rd on ITV One and ITV X
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Insurance company featured in mid-roll advertisement discussing health insurance and retirement planning
The Airline
Premium coach service to Heathrow and Gatwick airports mentioned in advertisement segment
Abervoyage
Concert event at London's O2 Arena advertised during episode
People
Teddi Mellencamp
Co-host of Two Ts In A Pod providing analysis and commentary on Real Housewives of Atlanta
Tamra Judge
Co-host of Two Ts In A Pod providing analysis and commentary on Real Housewives of Atlanta
Kae'dee Michelle
RHOA cast member dealing with resurface rumor and alleged coordinated plotting by other cast members
Portia
RHOA cast member accused of making reference to rumor about Kae'dee Michelle at dinner
Cynthia Bailey
RHOA cast member hosting gala event that becomes overshadowed by cast conflicts
Drew
RHOA cast member involved in conflict with Kae'dee Michelle over alleged DM interaction
Shamia
RHOA cast member perceived as catalyst for conflict and accused of stirring pot during reconciliation
Phaedra
RHOA cast member noted as being less involved in current season's conflicts compared to previous seasons
Andy Cohen
Referenced as host of Watch What Happens Live discussing RHOA cast and their appearances
Quotes
"This is housewives. This is what we do. You can't just say, I heard something, but I'm not going to say what it is."
Tamra JudgeMid-episode
"She doesn't feel safe in this group. It's not a safe space."
Teddi MellencampMid-episode
"You show up to dinner. Show up. You show up to the table no matter how you feel."
Teddi MellencampLate episode
"If somebody said to me, you go up there and you get a plot. I'd be like, I'm good. I'll stay right here."
Tamra JudgeGala segment
"Cynthia should be mad at Drew. Yeah. And don't get me wrong. I like Drew, but that's wrong."
Teddi MellencampEpisode conclusion
Full Transcript
This is an I Heart podcast. Guaranteed human. Two tees in a pod with Teddy Mellencamp and Tamara Judge. Hi guys, welcome back to another episode of Two Tees in a Pod with myself and Dolores. Today we are going to be recapping Atlanta. Now this is episode seven. Now it starts off in the sprinter and Portia claims that last year in Miami, Kelly took a look at Portia's platinum pus in turn straight to Shami and said, I want some of that. Was she shaving? I don't know why she, what she was doing. Maybe she was changing clothes. She said she was doing something where she was naked and she saw it. So let's make that very clear. She just didn't say it out of the blue. Could she have just been kidding? You know, probably kidding. I don't know, but I'm just confused on all this. I'm like, because I never said that I never did it. Plus because I don't, these girls talk about their vaginas more than any other show. It's it's where it's getting nauseating. On me, like, no, I think that Sonia Morgan talked about her pus more than probably really all the time. Oh my God, it's just it's it's getting exhausting. But I mean, I didn't mind when you talked about like they're this is out of control. All right. So according to Portia, the troll was trying to climb a tree. The things that they come out with, I mean, you have to like really think about what they're saying or like, I knew what she meant when she said the troll was trying to climb the tree. Is that because Kelly's short? Yes. Oh my God. Well, you know, who's not having its came a shell. She doesn't understand why these women can scream at each other and then act like everything is fine in five minutes. Now, if I'm not mistaken, wasn't came a shell from another reality show? Yeah, I it was a hip hop or something. Well, so she's not a stranger to this kind of. Well, you would think the way she, you know, we're really going to get into her because I first of all, really sorry that I got confused. I don't know what to think. So at dinner, well, Pinky is throwing up in the bathroom from obviously drinking too much tequila and not eating because there's no. Did she drink way more than everyone else? Well, I mean, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Her frigging collars were upside down and the pants were pulled up like pants. What did she throw up on her shoes? She had she had like things on her shoes. But OK, so she's in the bathroom throwing up and then the cameras are out there. We don't actually hear a throwing up. Thank God. A little bit. We did. Did we? I didn't notice that. And then Cynthia goes in there and like was trying to console her. Can I get you something? Gingerelle. Like last thing I want to do is be in a bathroom stall drinking gingerelle throwing up like, oh my God, that's like the worst. She did leave though. Then she went home. She went home before that. Yeah, yeah, she didn't go back to. Yeah. So as that's happening, they're at dinner, Pinky's throwing up. Portia plays with the oysters saying that vagina is clean. This one might be a little stank. Do you think I need to we need clarification on this. I need. What's going on? OK, so I'm going to tell me. I know that you know. OK. So basically, Kaye Michelle's ex boyfriend went publicly and said something bad about her private parts and she was going to sue him. Now, Kaye Michelle had been tipped off at this point. Kaye Michelle's ex boyfriend. Right. So that was a rumor that maybe it was a little something stanky or something. So I would die while she threatened to. But this was years ago and she threatened to sue him. Now, she had been to say about a woman. I am sorry. She had been tipped off. That somebody production. Now, I think somebody was poking about this and somebody got back to her and said, Hey, I just want to let you know. People are poking around some people in your cast poking around this old story. That production because she was expecting it. Listen, whoever produces Atlanta did this when Shamia first came on the scene. Andrew, I remember there was a first scene when they're at Shamia's party and they go up into they go to talk at Shamia's party. She gets her Rolls Royce. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or she's three hours late. Then they go upstairs and Portia finds out something had happened that she didn't know about. And then like stuff starts, you know, they go back and forth. But I felt that she was tipped off by production. See, I don't see it that way. I see as soon as somebody gets on, so many rumors starts recirculating. People don't know who came. You know, this new cast member is like, let's Google her. Let's see who she is. And I feel like I send it to people in the cast and I feel like that could have popped up, right? So I think at this point came a shell when Portia is saying things like. That oyster hit a nerve. He had a nerve and maybe thought like got defensive, like, oh, my God, they're going to bring this up right now. So. So, yeah. So that it does come in the DMs. It does come through and I feel like that's something that did. Now, what you do with that information is on you. Right. But somehow she's saying she got tipped off. The only thing like we'll get deeper into it, but why didn't she just expose whatever she knew? Like why she keeping it a secret? This is housewives. This is what we do. You can't just say, I heard something, but I'm not going to say what it is. Because that that to the viewers make it sound like it's either bullshit. Well, no, you get fired for that. Yeah, right. You're not allowed to do that. But you know what? I am happy that she didn't because now we have something to look forward to. Right. I do agree. I'm not against it. We had enough fights. We had enough going on that I feel that mentioning it here would have been a throwaway of a potential really good. Scene. Yeah, but I want to know. I want to know what she's talking about. I want to know who's plotting and scheme. Well, as a viewer at this point right now, the camera keeps pointing towards Portia. Well, Drew too, but it's pointing towards Portia because Portia is the one that made the comment about the smelly oyster. Right. Right. So what we do find out at the end that it's between Portia, Shamia and Drew. So we don't know. Shamia wasn't putting this forward. I don't know. How do you why do you think Shamia was doing it? For Shamia, remember, she's like, why is everybody think I'm like they're coming after me? She thinks everybody's pointing at her. I did. Well, they are because they are saying that she is the catalyst to why Kaye Michelle feels the way she does or why Pinkie and she's not, by the way. I don't feel that she is. Chow, Gina. 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Well, Kaye Michelle tells Drew that she doesn't know Black. He slid into her DMs. Okay. Okay. Why are we still fighting over this guy? I don't understand why we're still talking about this. Kaye Michelle is shocked that Drew thinks she and Black are friends. It's really like we're not friends. And then they get to a point where Drew goes back to her room. She gets the phone. She calls him and he's like, basically said, yeah, I did slide into her DMs. He did. But he said it wasn't anything like, you know, like why it was dropped. I thought it was dropped. If you want something to go away, rule of thumb is don't keep bringing it up. And Kaye responded to him. Right. She did. But I don't know why she keeps bringing it up. Like there's nothing there. Kaye Michelle showed the text messages and her responses. The DMs? Yeah, she did. She did. And then she says she's also not happy that Shimea keeps stirring the pot, just as everyone is trying to make up. So when they're trying to make up, the girls are saying like, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we shouldn't have gone there. Portia, she said, I'm sorry, I went there. I should never talk about your business like that, Kelly. And everything's starting to get back. And then Shimea whispers in Portia's ear and Kaye Michelle and the rest of them are like, what, what, what, what now? What the fuck's going on? It's a housewife show. That's what's going on. I know that. I know that. So do you think that this is first of all, Kaye Michelle doesn't need this? Do you think that this is for her? The show? I like her. I do. I just she's so feisty. This is what's so confusing to me. Like if somebody told you something, call him out. I know, but she's going to. I'm glad that she didn't do it this episode. But here's what I'm saying is, I think everybody's frustrated with her not getting to the point myself included. But like I said, I'm looking forward to her telling us. But I feel like. It affects her in a way that it's not a good idea for her. It surely seems like it in this episode, I think in the past episode, she's done very well. I think that on these housewife shows, we have to have different women with different personalities and some might be calmer, some might be wild, some might cry a lot. Like so I think she does fit in, but I need her to let us know. And like you said, she is going to let us know, you know, at breakfast, she is a little bit late. The girls are talking. But she was so viscerally upset when she came down to breakfast because she is traumatized by a rumor that she is not over with. She's not healed from. She doesn't know if she'll ever get over it. Well, the problem is, is that really a rumor? But again, she's behind. She's the one that brought it up. That's what I'm saying. Is that a rumor you want to get behind? No. Is she trying to get ahead of it because she knows it's going to come out? Or what is it? I don't know. Maybe she's trying to get ahead of it, but. I mean, the girls is bad one anyway. I don't blame her for being upset, but I don't know. It was two years ago. What? But I don't know. Doesn't matter if it was 10 fucking years ago, she comes out in here. But I don't know that that was Portia's intention. We don't know what was behind that. Do you? I don't think I think she was just making reference, right? Well, yeah, I mean, I think it was a very. I don't want to eat oysters. Well, it's a very clear reference. I mean, people have said it for years. Like, and I said this and my daughter-in-law sitting here with me, I feel like she's paranoid. I do too. I think she heard that this was going to come out. She didn't know how to feel about it. She seemed a lot, a lot paranoid. She didn't know how to maneuver through it. So she comes to breakfast, sits down. That's why maybe, maybe we're wrong. And she's right because she was told that people were digging and she was told that this was going to get thrown in her face. Exactly. So that's why she said, oh, that must. Oh, yeah. Oh, is that what you mean by it? Don't be. K. Michelle doesn't want to be made to feel stupid. No, she will not have that. Well, she's already told them that she doesn't feel safe in this group. It's not a safe space. Right. And I think that she said that. Well, she's like, you guys think she's that before, after she made that comment before, before she said, you know, the dinner before she's like, this ain't a safe space. You guys beat the hell out of each other. And then five minutes later, everything's fine. That's why I'm telling you that's what part of being a housewife is. Is it for her? I love seeing her. I love her look. I love her glam. I think she's outspoken. I think she calls people out immediately. They're being shady towards her. She is great, but I don't want to see it take its toll on her personally. Yeah. Well, it's going to. And welcome to. Well, maybe that's why I say she don't need it. She's rich. Yeah. She's a star, country music star. I mean, do I think she's lying? No, I don't think she's going to break down in tears at breakfast and tell the girls that she got a call from someone saying she's not lying. The cast, somebody in the cast was plotting to take her down. And they must have given her this information about what her ex had said about her years back. So she was, you know, she was waiting for it. She was nervous. She was scared. She didn't know how to maneuver through it. She didn't tell us who it was. I don't know if that's because she's not ready to, or she hasn't gotten clear information on who I feel like she knows who it is. But then she tweeted, she tweeted and came, Michelle was a tweet exactly how she feels at that moment during filming. I get, I'm actually shocked. I feel like it was before she came down. I feel like it's, oh yeah, she was crying forever before she came down. I know. I know. Hey, Michelle, you're so accomplished. I do get in trouble for it. Like if I were to go tweet something that was pertaining to the show, like, you know, like what she did, well, they used it so it can't be wrong if they used it on camera. Yeah, but she's done this multiple times with her tweeting is production on your show ever because every production is different. Like stop the tweeting or, you know, to me, I feel like it adds to the fire. So keep it up. Yeah, I don't think it's wrong. I think it's good. I think that they were able to have a conversation about it in scene, which was great and it made a little more sense, right? Because now we know that she feels like a whole group of women are coming after her. And if you'll notice, this is a very divided cast right now, which is not good. Doesn't end well. No, no. Speaking from experience. Yeah, I know. The ladies think she may as behind it. And I don't know why they think she's behind it. Why do you think you think she may as started this? No, I don't think she's behind it. No. Because she's always making faces. What an ass, though. I can't stop thinking about her body's insane. Okay. Do you think it was appropriate to be walked? I mean, she's not at the pool. She's, you know, they're. No, there is no. Well, just she's in the pool house. There was a pool with the G string on. I know. Before you grow staff by that, I don't know. I don't know. I mean, her butt looked great, but. Body's sick. But everybody there was in their confessionals kind of ripping on her for being in a thong, walking around with her new BBL. I know, but I had to stop it and rewind and look at it again. Oh, I know. I did too. I'm obsessed and because it is true. Oh, he talked about it last night. I'll watch what happens live. He's like, am I allowed to speak on your body? I want to just say now that I have seen every inch of you. I mean, it's amazing. 10 out of 10. Yeah. She looks sick in that leopard one piece. Her body, like all the curve. I'm like, her ribs. I don't know, but the girl said she had like a whole makeover and I hope that she talks about it. So we know what she did. Yeah. Can you let us know? I didn't know she got a BBL too. Remind me again, BBLs, it just got transferred. They put it in plan. No, it could be either way. I had a fat transfer. It looks like she could have had one too. It looks like she had some 360 lipo, possibly a tummy tuck though. I saw no scar. She's great skin tone. And while you know, leave it at Angela to tell the everybody's truth. For them. They don't want to tell Angela tells for you. I love Angela. I know. And he talked about Angela and watch what happens live last night. I saw a clip where he's like, this girl can just deliver a line with it. No sweat off of her. She just, it just comes out of her mouth. Zero expression. Just right there. It's the tone of her voice. It's monotone, no matter what she's saying, no matter whether she's eviscerating you or giving you a compliment, the tone is always the same. And that is enough to drive someone around the bed. Yeah. Well, so while everyone is supposed to be getting ready for Cynthia's Gala, which poor Cynthia, Shamia gets the group together to talk. So they're outside. She's in her thong. No little wrap around her at all. She's shown it all. And God. And then Kay says, Drew is going around telling everyone that she knows black. Here we go again. I'm so fucking over this. I don't want to hear blacks name again. It started to make me think that maybe she did something with black. Okay. Yeah. I like it. Is she just a grudge holder? Is that what we're finding out? She can't let things go. I think that's what it is. I think you hit the nail on the head. She can't let things go. And she's taking everything way too much to heart. Her argument when it first started, she's a married woman. Don't fucking talk shit about me like that. I get that. And they were screaming at each other. It was dropped. And then she brought it up again. I think maybe she thinks Drew's the one spreading the rumors. So everything together collectively is annoying. Well, we don't know who she thinks is spreading the rumors. Yeah. I mean, the ladies have to hold back Drew and Kay because they were, they're going to go after each other. They were, we were going to see a fist fight. Well, when, when things get like that, you got to get up first. I mean, I don't know. I think it's a great episode so far. I was like clutching my pearls. I know. So afterwards, Drew tells Cynthia she, she has a pounding headache and cannot go to Gala. And what is it with these headaches? Cynthia shows up with a headache. Who's throwing up? They don't shut up. Because they're drinking to the floor. Kay Michelle's in her room crying. Kay Michelle's in her room crying. She don't come down. She doesn't come down because she doesn't have glam. Guess what? Do your job. You show up to dinner. Show up. You show up to the table no matter how you feel. Well, you know who shows up is the lady with dresses and the gentleman with all the diamonds. And I'm like, that she doesn't have it on my cast. I mean, they have gowns, but we see that Portia wears the gown that she wore to the reunion when she was pregnant. And the women are dripping in diamonds. Fajor thinks. Beautiful. Fajor thinks a hundred thousand dollars for a necklace is no big deal. I think she thought it should have been more. I did. I think so too. I think that's what she thought. And the girls are just like, whoa, hysterical. I feel like Phaedra's happy this time. She's not getting it blamed for spreading a rumor yet. She, we don't know who she's going to blame. I feel like Phaedra's a little bit on the back burner. She's not as upfront as she has been in previous seasons. She's just watching everybody else get the shit, I think. Yeah. But poor Cynthia, she can't get anything right. The girls can't stop fighting. They get in the sprinter van. It's raining out. Cynthia gets a call. It's storming. Her party's supposed to be outside. But call though, let's get to the call because you know, I'm not a prior that man was hysterical. I know someone got hurt. I know. I know. I'm sorry. It's my fault. But it all worked out in the end. Be in the housewife world. No, but it definitely all worked out in the end because it looked beautiful when they walked in. Now they have a police escort. And my question to you is why is it because of the jewelry jewelry? The jewelry, right? A million dollars worth of jewelry. Okay. So that's what I was thinking. I'm like, why do they have a police escort? Warranted. Well, okay. So then we get there to the party. It's inside. It looks beautiful. The house is beautiful. Cynthia has a woman walk up one by one and the person who gets the loudest applause is crowned the winner. I did not like this at all. No. No, I didn't want to. I didn't want it. It's some shady as pageant behavior. And I didn't like it, but at the end she did what was right. She ended up sharing the crown. He shared the crown always does what's right. And let me tell you, she had her hands full with these girls. I think of somebody. Yeah, I know. If somebody said to me, you go up there and you get a plot. I'd be like, I'm good. I'll stay right here. You guys can do that. I'm not doing that. But the women fight over the $19 crown and it breaks. So it really didn't matter. It didn't matter. And Drew came eventually and Cynthia was not happy about it. Drew shows up when everybody is leaving. She missed the entire party. Don't come. That's annoying. It's wrong. It's an all cast event. It's rude to the person hosting it. And it also shows now Cynthia and her have no beef, but it shows a lack of respect, not showing up to the all cast that she's planned and whether whether things are being planned for you or not, it is still a lot of work. And it's still a lot of money out of your own pocket. Right. So Cynthia, she should be pissed off. Yes, she should. Absolutely. Were you shocked that the guys flew in just for this party? I was. All right. Did they really did? It wasn't an easy place to get to. And I really didn't need them to see them. But I did see a Porsche's guy show up with the gold rose that you get at the stand in the mall, which was very thoughtful. Didn't he have a bottle of something like it was at a bottle of Dom or something? No, he brought a gold rose, like, like. Like the one you get off the kiosk at the mall. Oh, I thought it was a bottle of Dom. That's what, no, if it was, it should have been 24 karat gold. Yeah, then I'd be excited, but like. But this whole trip for Cynthia, it was just kind of terrible. Everybody was fighting. People were throwing up. Yes and no. I'm working. He hit. I'd. Well, it was a hurricane from the minute it started. It was kind of like a trip from hell. Yeah, I'd say. But is it worse than the, was it worse than Angel's Colorado trip in Potomac? Nothing is. Angel's not coming back. Is she? No, she's not coming back from what I heard unless they changed their mind. All right. Well, but so it ends at the end of the day. We still don't know who was allegedly plotting against Camel. So we have to know I have something to figure out. I almost want to text and find out. I would text her. I'm telling you. Just watch your, watch your tweets. I'm sure she'll tweet it. No, I really want to know. I don't know if it's now called X. If it's now called X, remember like Twitter, we'd say you tweeted that. Now it's X. Do we say you exit? You exit. I still call it Twitter. I can't get behind X. I don't know, but I think Cynthia should be mad at Drew fucking hell. Yeah. And don't get me wrong. I like Drew, but that's wrong. You show up for the girl because she shows up for everybody. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, Drew was having something. Cynthia would have been there on time. A thousand percent. And and to show up when people are leaving is unacceptable. I hate hate people. She's launching her. I hate late people. I know. Sometimes I know you get mad at me if I'm late. So I know I'm mad at you. So anyways, that's it. That was it. That's how it is. Listen, it was a great. I think it was a great episode and I can't wait to talk about Rhode Island. Oh, I can't wait to see the next episode. Yeah, wait. Reunions this week. They're filming. Oh, so you still didn't get your invitation? Oh, yeah. No, I don't think. I think it's safe to say I'm not going. Where would they film this? Would it be in New York? Yes. Yeah, it's only three hours from. Do you guys film your reunions in New York, too? Uh-huh. Most most of everyone does. Yeah, we do as an LA. So I'm looking forward to seeing what the set is because they didn't have a cast trip, so they don't have a cast trip. No, they had the castle. That was it. Yeah. So wow. Okay. So usually the cast trip is the set. Yeah, usually. Usually I can't wait to see the seating. What do you think the seating is going to be? Um, I think that Liz will be first seat. That's for sure. I think I mean, I could be wrong, but she kind of there's always like the breakout star of the show. And I think Liz is definitely it. Um, I don't know. I think I need to watch more to see who do you think will be on the other or it could be, um, um, Kelsey versus Rosie. Rosie could be that. I think it's Liz against the world over there sometimes. Yeah. So well, we'll find out. Can't wait to see their looks. Okay. All right, guys. Thank you for tuning into another episode of two teas in the pod. Bye. Bye. 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