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Knicks in five? More like Fangies in three! Just kidding, but seeing Angela\u2019s team sweep Shamea\u2019s at the Bailey Bowl basketball tournament was almost as satisfying as knowing Charles got to witness<\/a> his former team\u2019s historic win in person. Yes, she won the very tournament she organized herself, but I\u2019ll still give it to her. However, we do have to address the elephant in the room: What is up with Angela\u2019s storyline with her daughter?<\/p>\n I appreciate Angela\u2019s eagerness to open up about her very real family issues; however, tonight\u2019s episode raised some questions I\u2019m not sure she\u2019s ready to confront head-on. Objectively, there seem to be two separate sources of friction: Ahmauri explaining to her younger siblings that her \u201cbest friend\u201d is really her wife, and Ahmauri and Angela\u2019s individual relationship as mother and daughter. As they try to make headway on camera, things get murky. It\u2019s obvious these two issues are somehow correlated, yet neither woman is willing to identify the specific connection. I wish they would, though! I\u2019m sure these conversations surrounding sexuality are happening in a lot of households as times change. That willingness to film hard conversations is part of why we tune into The Real Housewives.<\/p>\n From Ahmauri\u2019s point of view, her hesitance to tell her siblings comes from her belief that heterosexuality is the \u201cnorm,\u201d and she admits she would be more comfortable telling them if she had a husband instead. That alone is eyebrow-raising. Whether this line of thinking stems from how she was raised or from an internalization of the world\u2019s prejudice isn\u2019t clear. But it also implies that Angela\u2019s household isn\u2019t necessarily one where queerness is openly explained to the little ones; thus the onus is on Ahmauri to start those conversations. Ahmauri even says that Angela is scared she will \u201churt the kids.\u201d It is important to note that Ahmauri took to Twitter<\/a> to defend her mom against accusations of homophobia. But just because Angela supported her daughter coming out doesn\u2019t mean there might not be an overall taboo or stigma around the conversation as a family \u2014 Ahmauri herself included, based on that confessional \u2014 which is what I believe Ahmauri is tiptoeing around.<\/p>\n When Ahmauri tries to explain to Angela why she initially hid her marriage from her, Angela cuts her off, prompting Ahmauri to explain that she doesn\u2019t feel like her mom listens to her and is \u201cimpossible to talk to.\u201d When they meet with Angela\u2019s therapist together, instead of discussing coming out to Ahmauri\u2019s younger siblings, they focus on Angela\u2019s boundaries and how they can communicate better before the scene cuts to them holding hands at the end of the session. There\u2019s no further explanation as to whether these boundaries relate specifically to Ahmauri\u2019s marriage or to something else entirely. Whatever the case, I think deep down Ahmauri knows that having the courage to have these conversations, no matter how clunky or confusing it may be, is one step toward reducing the stigma she discussed in her confessional.<\/p>\n As Angela deals with the ups and downs of her relationship with her daughter, Porsha marks the end of an era as she gets ready to sell Porsha\u2019s Palace. I\u2019m sure the hallways will forever whisper the echoes of many a kiki, malapropism, and swishing GoNaked wig. Porsha\u2019s grown a lot since she purchased the property when she was getting back on her feet financially following her divorce from Kordell. Now, she\u2019s speaking like a true businesswoman as she discusses the cost-benefit analysis of selling her old property and taking out equity on the mansion. I\u2019m proud of her \u2014 I\u2019m the first person to make a joke about how dumb she is or that she\u2019s living in Simon\u2019s house, but she\u2019s made some really smart moves while building a life for herself and her child.<\/p>\n Even Simon ending sponsorship of Porsha\u2019s Nigerian residency (he\u2019s so dramatic and corny) doesn\u2019t get under her skin, because she sees it as a business opportunity. Porsha says whenever Simon pulls one of his stunts, GoNaked sales skyrocket. And now that she and Drew are on good terms, she wants to spread the wealth, offering Drew her own GoNaked wig line. Unlike last year, the collaboration and photoshoot are approved by both parties, proving how far the two have come. Kelli should re-evaluate her beef with Porsha, because she could use a little extra change in her pocket, too, now that we\u2019ve seen just how dire her financial situation is. Okay, \u201cdire\u201d is a bit of an exaggeration when she\u2019s still living a pretty privileged life, but according to her financial advisor, things aren\u2019t looking good for maintaining the lifestyle she\u2019s accustomed to. Kelli needs to take her realtor\u2019s tough love that she\u2019s going to have to tighten up her purse strings and \u201csuffer for a little while, boo.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, K. Michelle has a follow-up with her doctor now that she\u2019s healed from the last procedure. She tells him that to \u201ccomplete her journey,\u201d she now wants a lift and a smaller \u201cfitness\u201d booty. Just when I think the doctor is going to talk her off the ledge \u2014 he does at least warn against getting another implant \u2014 he encourages her to get a fat transfer. The kicker is that, since K. Michelle doesn\u2019t have enough excess fat to graft, her doctor recommends using donated, lab-sterilized human fat. Of course I had to Google this, and upon further research, the specific brand of human fat (am I the first in my bloodline to say such a phrase?) he\u2019s talking about comes from cadavers<\/a>. K. is definitely interested. It sounds like a dystopian sci-fi concept where she could become possessed by the spirit of the deceased\u2026 although what\u2019s one more voice in her head?<\/p>\n We get a great dose of personal storylines in tonight\u2019s episode, but I loved seeing the women come together for Cynthia\u2019s second Bailey Bowl. Cynthia collaborates with Angela to turn this year\u2019s iteration into a basketball tournament, Maggie Madness, to memorialize Angela\u2019s late mother. The original Bailey Bowl was definitely more entertaining (nothing will beat Kandi bucking out her chest and having Olympians on her team, or Nene storming away from Marlo), but they did their best. Charles brings his dry humor \u2014 saying Angela would fall over if she had size six feet was so good \u2014 and NBA expertise as referee, while Cynthia and Angela provide the shade. It wouldn\u2019t be a Cynthia Bailey game without some intentional pot-stirring, so of course she and Angela get their digs in while they name the teams. Porsha and team GoNaked are the only ones left unscathed as the duo gives their castmates\u2019 teams messy monikers. Pinky\u2019s team is \u201cChatty Patty,\u201d Phaedra\u2019s is \u201cThe Godfather,\u201d Kelli\u2019s is \u201cMinion,\u201d Drew\u2019s is \u201cDelulu,\u201d and Shamea\u2019s is \u201cSasquatch.\u201d K.\u2019s is \u201cBlind Opposition,\u201d as a nod to her paranoia, but she hilariously scribbles over it, writing \u201cTeam Only Opps in Opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n Like art imitating life, the tournament dwindles to the two with the most friction at the moment: Team Fangie versus Team Sasquatch. Angela wins, taking home the first championship win for the Oakley home. Predictably, Shamea is a sore loser, calling her opponent \u201cole stank ass,\u201d and Angela is cocky, keeping the offense going off the court. They basically have the same conversation as at the failed dinner, arguing over who started attacking the other\u2019s marriage first. Angela lays out her timeline, naming each moment Shamea came for her so far, including Shamea saying on a podcast that Angela made up the whole Charles-with-another-woman storyline herself. Shamea doesn\u2019t want to rehash the past, as she\u2019s still hung up on Angela insinuating that she\u2019s sleeping with the Hawks players, which is news to the rest of the group, who emit peanut-gallery gasps.<\/p>\n I\u2019m realizing Shamea doesn\u2019t truly know how to read, in the RHOA sense of the term, and she instead makes outdated mean-girl jabs. This time, she says Angela is only relevant because she slept with and then married an NBA player. Okay, and? Did she forget what show they\u2019re filming? Like Phaedra said, \u201cIt\u2019s usually how it works, though.\u201d Angela then draws a line in the sand, saying that although her issues with Shamea started as a result of the Shamea-vs.-Porsha proxy wars, now it\u2019s personal. Drew pipes up, saying she\u2019s in the same situation, agreeing that Shamea\u2019s pattern of behavior is off-putting. Right when Shamea can take a breath after fighting both Drew and Angela, here comes Pinky, asking her if she\u2019s okay with K., alluding to the cryptic conversation in the club about K.\u2019s loyalty. Shamea had no K. Michelle felt a way about what happened, let alone that Pinky was aware. Pinky doesn\u2019t fully spill the beans, just messily says, \u201cI felt an energy.\u201d I\u2019m not mad at her; I think she\u2019s poking the bear to see what will happen. K. Michelle shuts her down, preferring to address it with Shamea in private, as we see will happen next week.<\/p>\n They end the event with a group hug and by expressing anticipation for Phaedra and Porsha\u2019s upcoming trip to Scotland, but Shamea isn\u2019t feeling it. Through tears, Shamea says in her confessional, \u201cI don\u2019t even know what I did wrong,\u201d despite Drew and Angela\u2019s multiple attempts at trying to talk things out. Then, she twists it into the other women wanting to ice her out of the show and openly questions if she still wants to be a part of it. We\u2019ll see if she survives the confrontations coming for her in Scotland.<\/p>\n The Real Housewives of Atlanta<\/p>\n Entertainment news, for the pop-culture obsessed.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n