This is part oneReal Housewives of Atlanta is back! New cast, new drama, new strange green screens. What’s not to love when a legendary franchise rebounds? To watch this recap on video, listen to our Traitors bonus episodes, and participate in live episode threads, go to Patreon.com/watchwhatcrappens. Tickets for the Mounting Hysteria Tour are now on sale at watchwhatcrappens.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chapter 1: What updates are there about the Watch What Crappens tour?
We are recapping Real Housewives of Atlanta today. Before we get into it, some fun updates, which is that our show is going back on the road this week. We are going to be in Cincinnati on Friday night, and we are going to be recapping Summer House. And then the next night, we're going to Minneapolis, and we'll recap Southern Charm.
And then we are crossing the border into Canada, and we are going to Go to Toronto to recap a classic episode of Roni. Some may say the best episode of all time across maybe all franchises. That is the Berkshires. December, Berkshire County, season eight, episode nine, I believe. that that's what it is. You know, it's the one. It's the one. We're recapping that one.
So if you want to come join us, go to watchercrappens.com to get your ticket. I always say this, come solo, come with a group. If you're afraid of coming solo, literally don't even worry about it. You will make friends. And even if you don't make friends, you'll still have a great time. Chances are you probably listen to it on your own anyway. So there's no difference, right?
Um, I personally actually love going to, to live events solo. Now I've discovered that it's like probably the, one of my favorite ways to see live music and shows. So go do it anyway. We're excited to see you all there. And then of course, later in the month, we're going to Atlanta. We're going to Charlotte. We're going to DC. We're going to Philly.
It's going to be such a great rest of the month for the show. Um, so that's what's happening there. Also in case you missed it on Patreon, we'd love to have you on Patreon. If you do decide to join up, um, Go through your web browser. Do not go through the app if you got it from the Apple Store because Apple has levied a tax. And so you don't want to have to pay that surcharge.
So just if you go directly through the browser, you do not have to pay the surcharge. And if you're already signed up, you're golden. But just giving you a heads up, For new subscribers on Patreon, that's patreon.com slash watch for crappins. Bonus episodes, video, the whole thing. So that is the update, everyone. Shall we get into Atlanta, Ronnie? Shall we do it?
I'm getting yourself updated. Yes, let's get into Atlanta. Wow, it's been a long time since we've had Atlanta back on the screens, eh?
It's been a very long time. And wow, you know, we, this is, I have to, what did you think about the premiere, about the season premiere? Because obviously there's a lot of expectations going into it. Last season was like pretty cataclysmic and, you know, there's, you know, they had to fire a bunch of people, bring in new people, retool it. So a lot was riding on this premiere.
How did you feel like they did?
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Chapter 2: How did 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' Season 16 premiere?
I thought it was good. I thought it was a good start. It is weird having a reboot. I mean, it's basically a reboot. So it's weird having a full reboot and getting into it, you know, and then they changed all the stylistic stuff of it. They're like, it's new.
Get it.
Now we're doing. 3D imaging, like portrait mode on the iPhone. They're doing weird stuff where it's like, look, Porsche is standing, but is she close to you? Is she far away? Is she about to jog? No, she's not. I don't believe that for two seconds, first of all. And then they do this new green screen thing, or it's like a 3d green screen where the whole floor is green, everything's green.
And then they still put a picture behind it. So it looks like tiny dolls sitting in a dollhouse.
This drove me. Okay. This is my biggest note from the episode. Can we please fix the green screen for Shamia? Okay. They did not do the proportions correctly. She looks like a tiny, she's like shrunken down. I actually paused and the size of her chair, she's sitting in like a barrel chair, you know, and it's next to a sofa. And the top of the barrel chair is as tall as the arm of the sofa.
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Chapter 3: What are the new stylistic changes in RHOA?
You made her a miniature. Come on. Work on your proportions for your green screen. Every time it cut to her, she looked so obviously superimposed. It was like a TikTok video when someone puts their head in the corner. That's what she looked like.
Well, I think they're still trying to figure it out, you know, because it's like new technology for them. They're like housewives, new things for housewives. How do we do it? And so they all look kind of like little dolls in a dollhouse. But we found out super interesting.
They protrude the door in her foyer, which, by the way, I thought was hilarious.
Well, they're trying to give Drew Sedora some AI upgrades and they're just not working. Like, what was that wig that she wore to the party? And you could see her other hair kind of coming out the bottom. I mean, Drew Sidora is still a goddamn mess, which I love, you know?
She is. But I have to say, I thought the premiere was great. I thought this was the best season premiere in several years. I think, you know, one thing was, we even saw it in the trailer. We didn't do a trailer trash of this show because we were doing traders on our Patreon. Um, but even on the trailer, they have like adjusted the vibe of the show.
They kind of got it back to where it should have been all along, which is it's in real housewives territory of like money and glitz and glam, like the trailer. And then this premiere was all about like, you know, luxury cars and jewelry, et cetera. And you know, of course there's always that element.
There's always wealth on these shows, but I feel like they were really emphasizing it and they sort of got back to kind of some campiness with this premiere in my mind. Like I just felt like the tone was tweaked in a way that I really, really liked.
Well, the new girls definitely came to play. I mean, they were like, okay, let's attack. Let's attack the only remaining standing person from the original cast. Portia.
Let's take her down. Huh? Fearlessly. Like without like even blinking, like just effortlessly not cowering, just going after like Portia.
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Chapter 4: Who are the new cast members and dynamics in RHOA?
yeah they're definitely they definitely came ready for some mess so that ended up being fun it was hard to kind of get into it just because there were so many new people but i think that's natural with like a new housewives show i did it was funny when there was kenya and i actually cheered when kenya came on because i thought they were going to cut her out of the season so yeah i was actually believe it or not super glad to see kenya being so messy and i think the friend spot is actually kind of perfect for her even though she never would have agreed to be a friend but now that they've cut her into a friend
It's kind of perfect. I will say they look kind of like aunties to the rest of them. They're like, oh, these crazy girls, like sitting in a corner, like these crazy girls. Remember when we used to be like that? And also I missed candy. And listen, candy I know didn't give the most in the past few years. And I'm sure I was one of the loudest, like something needs to change.
But you know, Todd's restaurants, I don't know which one, I think it's old lady gang. One of the restaurants hasn't been paying their rent and it's a whole mess over there. So I just want an update on how Candy feels about Todd blowing through all of her cash. So I kind of needed that update.
I've always loved Candy. I think she's actually an incredible housewife. But I think it was a good decision to just kind of really... Push out a lot of a lot of the people and like get in some some fresh faces here But still have like someone like a Porsche a big personality that we know a Porsche Shamia What was surprising is that Shamia who we've had show me has been around for years, right?
like low-key like a like she's one of the the the best kind of friends of across all franchises, but she sort of doesn't get as much credit as like a Marlowe or someone else and But with Shamia, what's so surprising is not only did she get elevated to peach status, she's kind of the center of the show now.
Like they really did kind of like all the relationships go through Shamia, which is surprising. And what I was surprised about is how well she she stepped in as kind of the glue in the center of the new Atlanta. So there's like a lot of really surprising elements for me.
And just to think how much footage they must have cut of Shamia, because really all they ever show Shamia is kind of kissing Portia's ass or standing up for Portia. But then we find out this episode that Shamia never shuts the fuck up. And so they probably have like real Shamia footage on the ground that we've just never seen.
Yeah. And like, we always, I think we knew that Shamia acts and sings and does all that sort of stuff, but I never realized how much of that person she was until she became the center peach. And then it's like, oh, oh, you're, you're an actor. You're an actor and a singer because you're acting and singing all the time now. Like anytime she can have the spotlight, she's like, hello.
I was like, whoa, this is Mia. What? This is crazy.
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Chapter 5: What is Shamia Morton's role in the new season?
Wow, I can't believe Simon wasn't the man that you thought, who was the man you thought you were marrying? Because I think we all saw Simon as this. What did you see him as?
Old man with a lot of money, but she thought it was his, presumably, you know, I guess. So then we see her mom, Diane, and she's like, from the looks of it, you were the perfect couple. The thing was just not to go to bed angry, you know? And you also co-parented wonderfully.
Well, it's hard not to go to bed angrily when the fucking furniture rental place is trying to take the bed out from under you, okay?
Now, we should have realized that poor show would be coming back to Bravo and bringing her whole cohort because Bravo is having a big hot dog moment. Like every show is focusing on hot dogs these days. So it's only natural that Dennis returns to our screens with hot dog content. Yeah, he's the he's the hot dog pioneer on Bravo.
He's hot dog Dubin. He's the Harry Dubin of the show. Just going from housewife to housewife for screen time. So Diane's like, oh my gosh, Portia, it's when you look at one part of it, then you start to look at another part of it, and then you wonder how much of it was real. Yeah.
I love that they're just so shocked, especially Diane, just shocked that any of this could have happened to poor Portia. Girl, I watched that reality show. I watched the Portia show. I can't believe Diane's acting shocked. Yeah.
I just, I let my guard down because I felt like it was a safe space and I still love this person and I really hate all that. I let my guard down.
You didn't let your guard down. You, you saw a really wealthy guy and you got with him. So then, um, they're all, now we see Portia going downtown. She's in her workout outfit and Portia's like,
A lot of people, they say, well, this could be karma or whatever. But for me, I guess with bad karma comes good karma. Because I always come out okay.
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Chapter 6: How are Drew and Ralph's relationship progressing?
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So she has an elevator in her house and she's racing her daughter and her daughter's like, I'm going to beat you.
I'm going to go up the stairs and beat you.
And she's like, no, you're not. And so she takes the elevator and the kid runs up the stairs and you can tell she's a good mom because she's like, how do you always beat me? Because if I was the mom, I would have come off that elevator, seen that kid and just pushed her down the stairs.
She's like, I've just been through it. Just trying to grow my family. I have two girls. So she talks about, she has one girl who's like Shia is five years old. Shia was 15 months and Shia was, was born prematurely via surrogacy. And so there was like a lot of, there was a lot of medical complications and surgeries, et cetera. So it's a lot that she is dealing with over there.
And so then she talks about how her husband, they've been together for 10 years. His name is Jerome. He's Kenyan. And they met at a nightclub. And she tells the whole story about how we tried to buy her a drink. And she was like, no. And then he's like, but...
well he bought her a drink so he bought her a drink but then he never talked to her again and she was like what the hell you can't just buy me a drink and not talk to me again i just figured something was wrong with them but then i was invited to a cookout and then so i went to the cookout and then the producer goes shamia could you make it short and she's like i'm almost done just give me one more second so then he sits by me we have fun and she goes on for i swear to you 15 minutes
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