Ellen Referees Cat Fight with Real Housewives of Atlanta

The Real Housewives of Atlanta appeared on the Ellen Degeneres Show yesterday. The foul-mouthed, Atlanta fashionistas (or trashionistas depending on who you ask) took no time to get to arguing. Sheree and Kim decided to come out swinging with verbal assaults and Ellen literally jumped in between the two. Its getting so bad that I’m really starting to believe that most of their antics are contrived. I think a lot of the over zealous in feuding is so ridiculous it has to be staged, and these women all deserve Oscars.

Many have argued that these ladies give black women a bad name (I guess some haven’t noticed that Kim is not black). I disagree with this viewpoint. For the record, they do not represent me, black women, white women or any other women for that matter. These women only represent five women living in Atlanta (oh get over it Duluth is still metro Atlanta!) providing juicy fodder for gossip tabloids and celebrity bloggers. They deliver over-the-top, entertaining altercations more often than not and this drauma drives ratings (drama + trauma = drauma!). Yes, its all about the ratings and that’s why I don’t believe most of the fights currently being played out are authentic. Clearly, some of the confrontations begin from real disagreements but I think these women are being scripted by producers and prodded to be as ridiculously bithcy and argumentative as possible. To some degree, they are being pimped. And, no different from a hooker on the stroll, these ladies are addicted to their pimp. They need the job security and, of course, the money and the pimp gets his piece of the action!

Hey, I am not mad at these women. They are enterprising and recognize that 15 minutes of fame is fleeting. These ladies don’t represent me anymore than O.J. Simpson represents Obama. And, by the way, I won’t stop watching! Who doesn’t like to watch drauma in someone else’s life???

By the way, an RCS shout out to Kim’s hairstylist – the wig is finally on point!