Last night, the second part of the RHOA Pajama Party Brawl aired, showing the aftermath of the Apollo Nida beat down and a near altercation between Kandi Burruss and Cynthia Bailey’s sister Malorie Bailey-Massie.
Minutes after the fight between Apollo and Kenya Moore’s assistant Brandon DeShazer was broken up, Kandi took the floor to address Christopher Williams’ wife Natalie about her opinion of her fiancé Todd Tucker. The conversation escalated into fight number two, as Kandi had to be pulled away from Malorie while shouting, “I will drag you in this bitch!”
During the rest of the episode, Kandi attempted to gather the women together for a “come to Jesus” moment, which ended with more arguing. NeNe Leakes yelled at Kenya and blamed her for causing the initial fight, saying her action of running up to Christopher caused a domino effect of confrontation.
After the episode, many of the cast mates took the time out to address their actions on the episodes.
Kandi posted on Facebook: “I know we’re suppose 2 have self control as we get older but Im not down 4 people walkin all up on me being all aggressive pointin n my face.” The pint-sized singer continued, “Three people were pulling me back & I was going insane…I so regret it now.”
While many of the cast members were apologizing, others continued to play the blame game.
NeNe released a controversial statement referring to DeShazer as a woman. “Her girlfriend in the red pajamas jumped up in Chris’s face and that’s when the explosion started,” she wrote. “In my opinion Kenya was the spark that lit the fire. Whenever she’s around, we have the worst times!”
NeNe did, however, apologize for her actions: “I’ve been on this show from the very beginning and we have NEVER had a physical altercation on this show! I think it’s a sad display of behavior and I think it is sad to the black community to be a part of such negative activity! I am bigger, I am better and for that I apologize!”
After the episode, Kenya sat down with Andy Cohen on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” and threw the blame in Apollo and NeNe’s direction.
“I believe it was NeNe. She set the tone in the room. She agitated everyone from the time I walked in … She was out of control. She was acting very hyped up on something…She was not acting herself,” the former Miss USA said. “…The world is saying it’s NeNe’s fault and Apollo’s fault, but none of the ladies can stand up to her and call her out on what she’s done.”
As these are adults — many with children of their own — watching the altercation, it seems that instead of playing the blame game, they could take the stance of apologizing and learning from their actions.