- Previously, on "The Real Housewives of Potomac"...
- Austin! [cheering]
- Miracle, wrong way. Wrong way, Miracle.
- This is a triple 20 moment.
- I wanna talk about PAVE.
I have been with PAVE for many, many years.
PAVE is an organization which empowers victims
who have been raped.
- Taking the Power Back. - That's great.
- My mom is in the hospital.
Mom-mom, how long-- how long is the procedure?
- Where did all the hatred come from?
- I know, that's what-- - The hatred came from
her sister communicating that I'm a clout chaser,
I'm, um, I'm jealous of you,
everything under the sun.
- Nneka kept on saying, "Your mom says she's gonna
put my name on the shrine.
She's gonna do this. She's gonna do that."
- The attorney that handled our sale...
- Yeah.
- He basically stole money from us.
I know, I know. - What?
- Shortly after that, he killed himself.
[groans]
- None of us should use social media
to weaponize against each other.
- Okay, but it's okay to weaponize sh--
against me and my husband.
The line is always moving!
- I'm no angel but give me some grace,
and you'll learn to adore me.
- You don't have to dig for gold
when you shine this bright.
- I just took a DNA test, and it turns out,
I 100% don't care.
- When they go low, * I just hit high notes *
- If you're gonna test this professor,
be prepared to fail.
- Nigeria raised me, L.A. made me,
and Potomac will remember me.
- It doesn't matter the size of our home.
I'm always the queen of this castle.
- I don't ride the fence, honey.
I am the fence. You ride me.
**
- Welcome back from your freaking trip
to Austin, Texas wit' your girls.
We were eating cereal for dinner, you know.
- No, you chose to eat cereal for dinner.
- We were eatin' cereal for dinner.
- I was about to say, now you're exaggerating.
- I-I-- Mm-hmm...
- Some interesting things happened
in, um, Texas.
- I had a great time.
- Yes.
I mean... - Robyn did not.
So, she stood up.
Everybody is sittin' down. She stood up.
[laughing] - Had her arms out.
Her arms were open. - Yes.
- I'm here, I'm here. Hold me accountable.
[laughing] - That's what she was doing.
- Yes. [laughing]
- Oh, okay, it's a little--
still a little nippy out here, huh?
- Yeah, I got a blanket.
You wanna go sit under the gazebo?
- Okay-- Oh, you do have a blanket out here.
- Hello. Yes, Lord.
'cause I didn't know it was gonna be this cold out.
[sighs]
I know you and I always put a smile on everything,
but when I got my results from my cardiologist,
you dropped the ball.
I know you're a super busy man, okay?
But when I ring the phone, and you're like,
"What you need, what you want? Uh..."
Like-like, you're so busy.
- Timing is everything. - Timing my ass!
I should be the priority, making sure I'm okay.
- I took your call even though I was in the bathroom.
- No excuse in the world, though, do you see that?
- I was finishing up. I was running late.
I'm getting out the house.
I, you know-- - You took my call,
but it was a very, uh, insensitive reaction you gave,
response. - Well, I'm just--
- You were, like, rushing me off the phone, babe,
and it really hurt.
- I would have taken nobody else's call.
Please forgive me, baby. - Mm-hmm.
Thank you. - Sorry.
- But I wanted to say to you that the 5% plaque buildup,
you can't do anything about it.
I can prevent it from, you know, getting worse,
and I'm doing that. - Mm-hmm.
And I'm happy to hear that the results say
that it's not that much.
- My heart condition, thank God, is not serious.
So, diet is great. Exercise is great.
I do all of that.
And just being vigilant about my health
will stop any more buildup.
I have 5%...
of calcium in my carotid arteries.
I'm constantly working for the good, you know.
- Mm-hmm. - So, I want us to get back
to the good, too, and so I'm working with PAVE, again.
I hope everyone is on a good sheet of music
'cause I want good energy around me.
I have been with PAVE for many, many years,
so calling on my girlfriends to lend a helping hand.
I am having a luncheon, and I would love
all of you to come, for PAVE.
I would like one of your gently used business outfits
that you don't wear anymore.
This is what I know the girls for.
We will help each other,
and we will help our community.
- I hope you have a magic wand.
- Why?
- So that you could make them-- - Make the girls behave?
[laughing]
**
- Are you excited? - You got that fast walk going on.
[laughing]
Here, let me get the door.
- Thanks, baby.
- In here? - Hi.
- Welcome, welcome, welcome.
- Hey, girl. - Hey, Shannon.
- It's so good to see you. - Hi.
Nice to see you, again, yes.
- You look good, as always. - How are you doing, dear?
- How are you? - Good.
- Yes. Welcome. Welcome. - I can't wait.
This is exciting. - This is so cute. Okay.
- Are we doing beans and franks today
'cause that's my specialty? - No.
Today, we're gonna do something exciting.
We're gonna do pasta. - Oh, cool. Okay.
- Romantic-- isn't this romantic?
- Yes, yes.
- You know, you did tell me the other day when I cooked,
it turns you on.
- So, we do have, uh, friends coming.
I just thought it would be something fun for us to do.
You know, like, couples getting together
and learning new things.
I'm not sure if Robyn cooks, but we're going to find out.
- Okay. - Gonna find out today.
- You gonna call 'em right now?
- I am, real quick. - Oh, my God.
- What's up, baby? How you doin'?
Well, I-I reached out to Wes.
Tell Wes h-help me out, coach.
They have an assistant coach position open.
Yeah.
Coach, please, I'm gonna call you in an hour.
Coach, please ask him.
I need you to reach out to Piper for me.
All right, thank you, and I'll call you back.
Let 'em know.
All right. - What did he say about Wes?
- Just talking to Wes. You ready?
- You know, Juan's job search is not really producing
any, you know, jobs.
So, you know, we're a little stuck,
but everything is gonna be okay.
This nice. - This is-- wow.
- Oh, all right. [laughing]
We're just walking, enjoying.
- Hey. - Hi.
- What's up, Juan? - What's up, G?
- So pretty, always. - You, too.
- Cute, cute, cute, pink, pink, pink.
- G, I'm good, baby. How you doin'?
- All right. You're looking good.
- You, as well. - Hey, Robyn, how you doin'?
- Hey, Gordon, how are you? - Hi. How are you?
- I'm doing well. Thanks. - Good seeing you.
- Good to see you. - Me, too.
- Oh, what are we making?
- Okay, so, welcome.
- Hi. I'm sorry. - This is Chef Frankie.
- Hi, Chef Frankie. I'm Robyn. - Do you cook?
- Yeah, I do. - All right.
- Oh, these are our aprons?
- Yeah, so, we have aprons.
I have, uh, some chef hats for the guys.
- Who idea was this?
- So, Gordon has started to cook more.
- See? - Yes.
- Because we used to have someone prepare meals for us,
like, during the week. - Yeah, yeah.
- Oh, what is happening?
- And we no longer have our nanny.
- Okay.
- So we no longer have our chef.
- Oh.
- Okay, so, today, of course,
we're going to do a creamy scampi pasta.
We're going to begin to make our dough.
So, let's get two cups of flour
in the center of our table.
- All right. - Right in the center.
- We're gonna, uh, make a circle in the center.
- Like so? - So, yeah, there we go.
- Looks familiar.
- We're gonna put three eggs in there, okay?
- Whoo. - Oh!
- That's gonna run over. It's not big enough, is it?
- Good job, Robyn. - Oh, sh--.
- Should we make a big hole?
- You gotta make your hole a little bigger.
[laughing] - Oh, and I don't cook.
I had it going right in the center.
Wow. - Oh! Oh!
Look it. Oh, no!
Oh, no. [laughing]
- We kinda had to fix ours again.
- Oh, well, then that's-- see that?
- I mean, I think we can rule out Juan's next job
being a chef. Like, that's...
not even a chance.
- So, what we're gonna do, is start kneading.
- Am I doing this right?
- And-and this can be a together process,
so let's get those hands touching.
- Come on, babe. Let's knead.
- Come on.
- I realize that cooking is actually very therapeutic,
and it also brings us together,
and so I think it's a good idea to, like,
introduce that to Robyn and Juan
because they clearly were having some issues.
- We gotta mix this up. Let's go.
- Yeah. [sighs]
- Come on. Mix it. - Oh, okay.
That's so crazy, I've had y'all here this whole time,
and I haven't talked to you
about the franchise that I'm opening up.
- So, you sent me the link and I forwarded it to him.
- Yes. Oh, good. Okay.
Browsing it, you feel good about it?
- Yeah.
- Glo 30 is a membership based facial studio,
and I've actually been a client for over ten years,
and when I heard the news that they were
franchising their business,
I immediately texted the owner
and said, "I want in."
- To really succeed in this model,
you have to understand to give the customer
and the consumer more.
- Mm-hmm, right.
You know, Juan losing his job,
it just puts more importance
on diversifying our portfolio
because you just never know
when something is going to be taken away from you.
It-it-it's not the reason why I wanna open a Glo 30,
but this is a smart thing to do.
- The concept is great. The numbers look great.
I can see why there's such a high return.
- Hearing from you guys saying, like, you know,
everything looks good makes me feel even better
because this is scary for me.
- It should be.
- Okay, so, once we continuously knead,
you'll start to see that it's gonna start to mold,
and we're going for a ball. - Oh.
- So, start squeezing together now.
- How did you like the food in Austin?
- I liked it. - Yeah?
- I think they have a good food scene.
- Yeah.
- Overall, how was the, uh, Austin trip?
- So, I honestly haven't told him everything.
Have you told Juan?
- See, Juan doesn't really like, um--
- Know what's going on.
- He doesn't understand female drama.
- Yeah.
- Anyway, go ahead, Mia.
- So, anyways, so, on the way to chickensh--,
I said, "Girl, story sounds crazy.
Like batsh-- crazy.
"Can you tell me what the hell happened?
- What is there to tell?
- I-I-I heard, like, everybody else's version.
- I'm sure you already heard about it,
read about it, and whatever.
- So, did you really put your credit card down?
**
- So, did you really put your credit card down?
- No, I paid for the room. - You did?
- My credit card was down. She got me.
Like, it's-- uh, she-she, uh,
went to casino, she said,
and someone stole her purse,
so she didn't have a wallet.
So, she cried about she didn't have a room,
no one to pay for the room. - That's a thing, casinos...
- She couldn't get money sent from Canada,
so I put my-- I put my card down,
so I paid for the room. - 'Cause you can do that--
'cause you can do that over the phone.
Right? You did that?
- No. - Or, no, you went.
- I went to the hotel.
[sighs]
- Okay. So, next time...
- I don't need a next time. - Okay.
We-we just-just for the-- - I'm a grown man.
I made a mistake. - For the record...
- I own it. - Okay, well, good.
Well, I'm glad we're there.
I just wanted to understand the dynamic,
and his story matches Robyn's.
So, they definitely practiced that one.
You're rolling real hard over there.
- Y'all-y'all don't fluster me at all.
- All right. You ready to roll?
While he's turning, someone has to hold
and grab from the other end, okay?
You'll see it begin to come out.
- Okay, hold on. All right, move.
- Do you do this every time that you make pasta?
- Yeah, this is prep. Ooh.
- Cool. That does look good.
- By the way, I did open up to Robyn
and told her about what happened with our attorney.
I just felt like, out of all our friends,
I felt like she would be the only that would, like,
understand and-- - Mm-hmm.
- We experienced somethin' similar.
I don't know if you know that but...
- Okay. Yeah, I heard some.
I don't know a lot of the details,
but I heard some things. Yeah, sure.
- Yeah, yeah.
- But my thing, I immediately go to, like,
his-his child and his wife that he left behind,
and I had a hard time. - Mm-hmm.
- I'm sorry, guys.
- I do think that there could have been
a different approach that we could have potentially made
that could have prevented, uh, such a drastic end.
- Pour it in there? - You can pour it in. Yeah.
- It is causing a lot of tension inside of our marriage, um,
but yeah. You know, we'll figure it out.
- Cheers. - All right, G.
Cheers, buddy. - Cheers.
Happy pasta to you. - Yes.
- We literally broke bread.
- Oh, wow. - Good?
- We did this thing. It's delicious.
- Oh.
- What are you doing later tonight?
- Huh? - You cooking for us?
[laughing]
**
- Jordan, you want a snack? - Oh, no, I'm good.
- You're too big for a snack any darn way.
Jordan, is your major film?
- Uh, theater with a focus on acting
but basically the same, potato-potato.
- Not potato-potato. [laughing]
Um, all right, guys. I'll be back.
I'm gonna talk to grandma.
Hey, mom, how are you? - I'm good. How are you?
- I'm good. Are you feeling better?
Since you got back from the hospital?
- Oh, just recuperating. - Mm-hmm.
- It was an elective that I did. I wasn't sick.
It was something I chose to do.
- When you were just in the hospital
while I was in Austin,
it was an elective thing you did?
- No, it was-- - Okay, that's what I'm saying,
like, oh. - No, no, no.
I did an elective surgery. - Okay.
- Had some complications from the elective that I did.
- Okay. I'm glad you're better. - Yeah, I'm-I'm better.
- Okay, um, this whole thing has been happening
between myself and this girl, Nneka.
- What's her name? - Nneka.
- Okay. - You know, Lebe.
- Lebe, uh, Lebe, that's-- - Lebe, okay.
- Yeah, Ivy's friend, yes. - Yes.
Nneka is saying that you called Lebe,
and you said something along the lines of, um,
a shrine. - Hmm.
- Why are you drinking?
- I had to take a sip because this is hilarious.
- And when I talked to Ivy, she had explained to me
that her and Lebe had a falling out.
- Mm-hmm. - Oh, so, you-- okay.
- Her and Lebe had a falling out.
- Okay.
- And you know I take Lebe as-as my daughter.
The way she latches onto us, some people think
she's one of my daughters. - Mm-hmm. Right.
- So, I called Lebe. - Okay.
- Because I wanted to make sure they realize
it's very hard to find a friend, very easy to make an enemy.
Okay, so, that's why I called Lebe.
- Okay.
- I don't know this other person.
What's her name? - Nneka.
- Okay.
- She said that, during the call--
- Mm-hmm.
- You had mentioned something about a shrine.
- The only shrine I know is Saint Jude's shrine
in downtown Baltimore.
I feel sorry for her. I've never met the girl.
If I meet her, you know what I'll do.
- What you gonna do? - I'll pray for her.
- Oh, Lord, don't do that.
Then she's gonna say that you done put somethin' on her.
- Coming up next...
- Wait, let's call Jason. Let's say hi.
- Please. - Hey.
- Oh, God. Hi, Jase.
**
- Okay, let's see here. We gotta--
- Like, can we get here? Like, it's taking forever.
- At this point, I mean, we done seen
about 18 cornfields.
Whew, all right, Grace. How you feelin'?
- Good. I'm ready to leave,
pack the bags, say goodbye.
- Okay, you said that just a wee bit too fast.
- I mean, it's time. - It is.
I guess so. Yes, it is time,
and I'm very happy for you.
There's a couple things that I wanna make sure you do
before you go to college. - Okay.
- Grace is spreading her wings and flying.
She's off to college, and I want her
to feel confident in every way.
So, yes, we're gonna take a self-defense class.
We might even take two, three, or four.
Do you feel like, if somebody rolled up on you now,
you have a couple of karate moves
that you could give 'em.
- Yeah, I-I-I've had self-defense before. So...
- You took a self-defense class?
- No, I just know how to protect myself.
You can just kick them in the balls and run.
- Yes, ball kicking is necessary.
- Right. - Karate chopping the balls.
No, no, no, kicking the balls.
You don't wanna touch the balls.
[laughing]
- Never that.
**
- All right. Let's get it.
Whew, it's about to go down.
- Hey, guys, welcome to Poolesville Self Defense.
- Hi. Thank you.
- Hi. - Come on in.
- Oh, wow, this is nice.
- Whenever you guys are ready, we're gonna get started.
You guys are welcome to come up here.
I'm Coach Mark. Nice to meet you guys.
- Okay, very nice to meet you.
- The agenda for today, what we're gonna cover,
is managing threats, okay?
So, we're gonna give you some tools and techniques.
So, you guys are gonna be paired up
and work with each other to do that.
How does that sound? - Good.
- All right, great. - Oh, jeez.
- I'm coming in, closing off space,
and I grab her.
I'm trying to grab her, pull her into my van.
So, Leigh actually wants to take a small step in.
She'll close the distance, and all she's gonna do,
is drive this elbow up and cannot hold onto that.
So, let's get with our partners. Let's just do that real quick.
- Okay, I got it. I got it. Okay.
Come with me. Come with me. Oh, that's good, Grace.
- Yeah. - Okay, let's do it again.
- Did that feel good? - Yeah.
Come with me. Come with me.
[laughing] Very good.
- You thought. Now, your turn.
- Okay, you gotta grab two hands.
- Two hands. So, you're gonna come on top.
Grab your own fist. - Okay.
- All right. Now, come in.
Elbow straight up.
You holding on as tight as you can?
- No. - Oh.
- Ooh, uh-oh.
- Maybe, like, a deer. [laughing]
Thanks, guys.
- You don't think I can knock down a human being.
- If there's-- you didn't knock down me.
[laughing]
- Grace, you're up. - Okay, wanna give it a shot?
- Okay, what-- yeah. - Just throw me over.
Okay. - Oh, God.
- It's okay. I'm not gonna die. - Come on, Grace.
- You got it, all confidence. You got it.
[cheers and applause]
Yes. That was good.
- That's awesome.
- All right.
- Okay, I'm throwing you, or you're throwing me?
- You're throwing me. - Jesus Christ.
- Okay? - Okay.
- So, drop your base. Get your hips down.
Get the hips under mine. - Get your hips underneath him.
Yes, yes, yes. [laughing]
- Come on.
- Mom, you're not supposed to fall.
- We have open gym now for the next hour or so.
So, feel free to keep working out.
- Okay, we need to stretch. Did you like that?
- Yeah. - I feel like I'm weak.
- You are. - Like, I don't have any--
- They would get you.
- I 100% feel like you're ready and prepared.
- Yeah, I told you. - To go to college.
- Yeah.
- But it is, like, ripping my heart out.
You're the firstborn, so I'm gonna have a hard time.
- Yeah.
**
- I don't want you to get confused
if you see me cry or get upset.
I am super happy for you. - Thank you.
- But, like, 18 years, it was just me and you, boo,
and them other girls. - Yeah.
- You know, them other girls in the house.
- Yeah. [laughing]
- All right. What's gonna happen with
the whole dating scene down there?
Do you plan on--
- I don't wanna be in a relationship, right now.
- Okay, great, that's the plan.
Just have some friends. Chill out...
kinda like me and Jason. - Please.
[laughing]
- Wait, let's call Jason. Let's say hi.
Hey. - Hey.
- Ahh! The braids.
- Oh, God. Hi, Jase.
- The braids are looking good, very nice.
Okay, so, Grace was body slamming people.
- Oh, she's ready for school. - Right.
[laughing]
Okay, Bethesda needs to see your face.
More importantly, I need to see your face.
- Let's, uh, let's make somethin' work.
- Jason lives in New York. I live here.
Though we make the effort, it's, you know,
it might be a couple of weeks before we see each other.
Once all the girls are gone,
I won't have nothin' to do but go see Jason.
So, he's gonna be sick of me.
He's gonna be like, "Gizelle, go back home."
[laughing]
All right. I'll call you later.
- All right, sounds good. Enjoy class.
- Okay, bye. - Oh, God.
- All right. I'm gonna put on my shoes.
We gotta get outta here. - Yeah, 'cause your feet stink.
- My feet do not stink.
My feet do not-- ahh! [laughing]
Okay. - That was defense.
- Leave my vagina alone. [laughing]
- Coming up next...
- So, I went to the doctor.
I have, like, two lumps.
It rocked me.
**
[humming]
- Hey, hon. - Hey, mom.
What you doin'?
- I'm sitting here at my office.
- Okay.
- What you-- what are you up to?
- I am, um--
I'm about to go and meet up with Nneka.
- Nneka? Who is that? She is your-your friend?
- Yeah, she's-- yeah, she came with us to Austin.
So, you know...
she got baptized a little bit, I think.
- Oh, she was baptized? - 'Cause she was [indistinct].
Yeah. - Okay.
- So, yeah, I'm doing good.
Yeah, but, I, um, so, I went to the doctor
'cause, you know, I had my first mammogram and--
- Right, okay. How-how did that go?
That went okay?
- So, they read my imaging while I was there,
and I had, like, two lumps.
- I just-- it-it was-- it, like, it rocked me.
- Okay, okay. Mm-hmm.
- She read the report and said that it does appear
to just be a lymph node. - Mm-hmm.
- But I just don't feel good about it.
- Um, stop overthinking things.
Well, they-they need to do further testing.
- Yeah, the doctor said, "Oh, well,
"we'll just keep monitoring it."
- Mm-hmm. - And for me,
why would I want to keep monitoring something
that, God forbid, could become cancer one day
when we can do something about it, right now?6
- Mm-hmm. Well, I-I agree.
I totally agree with you.
- I'm a woman who has a history of breast cancer
in my family, so I'm probably more diligent about it.
So, I'm-I'm terrified.
I just don't--
I don't feel comfortable just leaving it.
- Stop overthinking and just, you know,
have them just retest. - Yeah.
**
Hello, hello. - Hey.
- How are you? - Good. Nice to see you.
- Come on, Bondo.
- Yes, baby, gotta get the length, honey.
- Yes, I love it.
- I love that we're both wearing bright colors.
- Yes. Hi. - Hi.
Are you ladies ready to order?
- Yes. - Um, yes.
- Okay. - I'm a tequila girl.
- Lady Voodoo is really good.
It's like a blood orange margarita,
but it's in a martini glass.
- Ooh, let's do that. - I got you.
- And then the macaroni and cheese.
- And then for you?
- A lemon drop and then the lamb chops.
- Okay. - Thank you.
- No problem. - Yes.
- The food here is really good so...
- You've been here before? - I have.
- Chris has wanted to come in here for a long time. So...
- So you came without him. - I did.
Well, you-you invited me. So, I said,
"Let me-- let me and see. Let me try the food."
- Yes. - I don't turn down food.
[laughing]
So, yes, have you recovered from the Austin of it all?
I'm not. - You're not?
I mean, you went through a lot. - I'm tired.
- I think it's, like, frustrating to see two people,
like, caring about each other and then not connecting, right?
- Yeah. You mean me and Robyn?
- Yeah, you're just not connecting, right?
- Yeah, yeah. - Make sure which-which brawl.
You and Robyn, that one,
there's love there. - Yes, right. There's so many.
Yeah. - But you guys have to work that out.
- Well, yeah, we'll see.
It can be a little fiery. - Mm-hmm.
- Which you can identify with.
- Girl, I have some honest moments.
You know I never shy away from the truth
and keeping it real. - Yes, yes.
- It was never my intention to have that conversation
with her in a group setting.
- I never called her. - Let me clear that sh-- up.
- So, clear it the (BLEEP) up. - Your sister--
I'm clearing it up, bitch!
What the (BLEEP) you talking about?
- Oh! Wow, wow, wow, woman. - Oh, bitch?
- You called her a bitch. - I did.
- Yes. - So, do you think
me calling her a bitch justifies her saying--
alleging that I'm a L.A. crackhead?
- The crackhead came after a lot of things were said.
If every time somebody says something crazy to you,
your inclination is to call them a bitch...
Shady bitch moment.
Both of you have really been, like,
kept-ass bitches. - You don't even--
- I shoulda kept my good eye
on that bulbous-ass forehead bitch.
So, for me to really feel
like we can move forward independent of Wendy,
I need to feel like there's hope for you all
to have a conversation.
- I don't know how there can be a resolution,
but, I mean, at the end of the day,
I didn't want this to be about Wendy.
Like, I really do wanna get to know you.
- Yeah.
- And I hope that that's not an obstacle for you
because I don't wanna put you in an uncomfortable situation,
you know, 'cause that's not my intention for you.
- Are you all finished with your--
- Um, I am. Thank you so much.
If Wendy was not in the equation,
Candiace and I would have a full-fledged friendship,
but I understand, right now, our friendship is gonna have
to be on her terms.
I do wanna see if we can move forward,
and I really wanna see if we can cultivate a relationship.
Any-who, my dear, how has everything been?
I know you have a big show coming up.
So, how is that gonna work with your embryos?
- I thought I was pregnant the other day.
I literally feel like-- - You better not be one
of those ones crying wolf every--
every month. - Two weeks ago, yes.
- I'm not there yet with the IVF.
- So, you've been trying. - Yeah, seven months,
which is a long time. - Oh, yeah.
It can take time.
You gotta, like, relax
and just be out here doing it everywhere.
- No, I'm-I'm definitely stressed.
I have a lot of things going on.
So... - Yeah.
I didn't realize how parallel our lives were,
but I feel like I have to kinda walk on eggshells a bit
with my friendship with Nneka
because I don't want Wendy to be offended
or feel like I'm undermining her.
- As far as me and her-- - Yes, yes.
- Please don't talk about me.
- Well, you know, Karen's event is tomorrow.
- Tomorrow should be interesting.
- It should, everyone together since Austin.
- Yeah.
- Hopefully, long hugs and love.
- Let's-let's hope. - Right.
[laughing]
- Coming up next...
* An angel pried *
* apart a wound that I had tried to hide *
**
[deep breathing]
**
- Babe? - Yes.
- Do you mind pouring me a green smoothie?
- All right, babe.
- Thanks, baby.
- Lou, can I get you anything? - No, thank you.
- What do you have going on today?
- I am going to Karen's event.
It's an organization named PAVE,
and it basically just supports victims of rape.
So, I'm gonna just, you know.
- Yeah, I think it's a-a very good, worthy cause.
Um... - Mm-hmm.
I haven't decided what I'm wearing
because I've been so anxiety driven.
- It's kinda what I was sitting here thinking about.
- Mm-hmm. - But I certainly understand.
- Yeah.
I am definitely erring on the side
of I should probably sit this one out.
I know that this is a sensitive topic for me
because of unresolved trauma.
I've hidden behind it for so long.
Like, no one knows that story, and I just, you know,
I'm not prepared to be vocal about this, right now.
I do have my reservations,
but I'm not gonna really dig into--
dig deep into that. - Yeah.
- Ooh, yes, I'm coming together.
**
- Hi, Robin. - Hi. How are you?
- I am fantastic.
- Are you ready to for today? Angela is here.
- I'm so-- Angela, here we are, again.
- It's so good to see you. - Great to see you.
- Karen, take a look. - This is beautiful.
- Is it everything you wanted? The menus just got printed out.
- It's everything I wanted. I love the space.
- Hi. Hi, hi, hi. - Gizelle.
- This is nice, Karen. - Thank you.
- How are you? Your hair looks great.
Hi. - Thank you.
Uh, Angela, this is Gizelle. - We've met before.
- Hi. We did. Yes, ma'am. Nice to see you.
- Yeah, six years ago. Good to see you again.
- Thanks so much for being here.
- Hey, Robin, how are you? - Hi. How are you?
Nice to see you. - Haven't seen you in a minute
- Yeah. Um-- - Oh, over here.
- Well, may I take your donation? - Yes, yes.
- And, oh, you-you did it. Thank you.
I feel like it's more than I asked for.
Thank you so much, Gizelle. - Yes, for sure.
- One thing I know about Gizelle,
she will always support me, as-as I will her.
You're gonna have differences as friends.
You're gonna scratch hard, but you don't cut each other
to the bone.
I believe, Gizelle. - Yes, uh-huh.
- And I know we're-we're coming off of Texas.
Let us pray, Father God,
everyone is on their best behavior
because I don't wanna have to kick their ass out.
In Jesus' name, amen. - In the name of Jesus.
- Amen. - Amen.
- Gizelle, what are you doing and why?
- Robyn and I would like to talk to you.
We don't wanna talk to you in front of your guests.
- It's not gonna happen. - We have a situation.
- Security? Security?
- Amen. - You think I'm joking.
- When Karen has an event about PAVE,
she-she take it very seriously.
So, these ladies better get along
because the grande dame is not having it, okay?
She might to have kick some people out,
and she will be doing it real quick and fast.
So, I hope everyone can get along.
- Matt, oh, my gosh.
Muah. All right. Thank you.
Well, you know, you can sit anywhere you want.
Robin and I are here.
Hi, sweetheart. - Hi. You look beautiful.
Love this purple. - Thank you.
Thank you for coming. - How are you?
You're very welcome. - Thank you for your donation.
- Absolutely.
**
- You look amazing. - Mia!
Good to see you. Aww. - Oh, my God, yes, beautiful.
I love this purple suit. - Oh, girl. Power, right?
- I love. Yes.
How are you, baby? - So, blue, how do you feel?
- Yes.
I feel good.
- Now that we're back from El Texaco.
- Girl, I had to recover. - Yes.
- It took me three days. - Yes.
- Hi. Hi, babes. Hello. - Ashley, hi.
- Hi. Sorry if I'm a little late.
- Hi. - Hi.
Are there assigned seats? - Have a seat.
- Okay.
Where should I put my goodies?
- Right here, darling. - Okay.
- Ashley, thank you so much. - Of course.
**
- Robyn Dixon is here.
Thank you, Robyn. No, I'm messing with you.
- Hi. Hi. - Thank you for your donation.
- Look at you. Love this purple.
- I appreciate it. Thank you. - It's beautiful.
- Thank you.
Grab a seat, Robyn, wherever you would like.
- Hi. - Hi.
I'm just gonna sneak over. - Hi, Nneka.
- Hello, everyone. How we doing? - Karen, you look great.
- Thank you. Thank you for your donation.
- For you, my darling. - Absolutely.
Have a seat, darling. - Hello, beautiful ladies.
Hello. Hi.
- Wendy, thank you, darling. I appreciate you.
- Of course.
**
- Hi.
Hi. How are you?
Nice to see you.
Hi. Muah.
Are we putting donations down here?
- There is one thing I know about these women.
They're gonna show up.
I knew I could count on them.
So, I'm very proud that everyone has put down
their personal issues for this year's PAVE event,
and that's a beautiful thing.
- Thank you so much. Um...
- Ladies, may I have your attention, please?
I want to thank each and every one of you
for taking time out of your busy day.
Um, many of you know I believe in
empowering women and lifting women,
especially survivors of assault.
So, six years ago,
I was sworn in as Ambassador to PAVE,
alongside President Biden,
lending my voice to shattering the silence
against sexual assault.
Today, I'm lending my voice, again, to PAVE
to sound an alarm.
I am asking you to open your heart.
This is a call to arms.
Triple 20 makes me think,
What type of legacy am I leaving?
And this PAVE event, it's a legacy of empowerment,
and I have a responsibility to do it great
because greatness was done before me.
So, here we are.
Please welcome Angela Rose, the Founder of PAVE.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you so much, Karen.
And thank you, all of you, for being here.
It just inspires me to be in a room
full of girl bosses and power women.
We are here shattering the silence of sexual assault.
I am gonna introduce our next speaker, Ella Wild.
Come on up, Ella.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you, Karen, and thank you, Angela,
and thank you, everyone, for being here.
I'm a survivor.
I found music to be, for me,
the best way to process things that happened to me.
So, this is "Favorite Doll."
**
* My favorite doll is in a well *
* How she got there I can't tell *
* For if I tell I'll go to hell *
* Can someone break this spell *
**
- I had an experience when I was a teenager.
I was unable to give consent.
At the time, I didn't really realize what--
the severity of what had happened.
- I didn't even realize that what had happened to me
was what it was until, like, years later.
- I have friends who are victims of sexual assault,
and it's not something that you ever get over.
- To hear that sexual assault is so prevalent,
it's disturbing.
So, I really need to give my kids
all the information possible
to make sure that they're safe.
- It's very triggering for me
because of my own experiences that I had
at the hands of a family member,
and the saddest thing is to know that it's happening now.
It's so prevalent.
It is heartbreaking.
- At the end of the day, we have a lot in common.
It does not surprise me that in this very, very room,
we have women who have been sexually assaulted,
and thank God they feel safe enough
to share their truth.
* Then a light *
* Flashed deep inside *
* Revealing pain *
* That I denied *
* 100 days ago an angel pried *
* Apart a wound that I had tried to hide *
**
[deep breathing]
* 100 days ago an angel pried *
* Apart a wound that I had tried to hide *
* I closed my eyes the heavens cried *
[deep breathing]
- Oh, Mia, you can do it. You can do it.
You got this. You got this.
* My favorite doll is in a well *
- Mia? - I'm okay. I'm okay.
- Oh, are you sure? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm done.
- All right. - Let me just-- I'm fine.
I stopped-- I just needed a second.
- I'm sorry, babe.
- Yeah. It's something that I-I battle with a lot.
- Really? - Yes, yeah.
This-this whole, what we're doing,
is triggering.
It's my coping mechanism to get the (BLEEP) out
when sh-- is uncomfortable.
You know what I mean? - Yes, yes.
- And unfortunately, that day,
I couldn't get out, you know? - Oh, yeah.
- And it's just like, Mia, why didn't you just leave?
- I know. - Why didn't you just--
like just why did you put yourself
in that situation? Like, why?
And you know what's ----ed up,
is that I know this is why I take sh-- out on Jacqueline,
because she left me there.
- Jacqueline left you there when it happened?
- And I know I'm a-- I'm a ----ed up friend to her
because of it, and it's not fair to her.
She didn't know that was gonna happen to me.
She trusted her boyfriend to-- and she trusted him.
You know, I get it. - Mm-hmm.
- And when she came back the next day,
she was so scared.
She's like, "Mia, what happened to you?"
Because Jacqueline did leave me that night
and because of the sequence of events
that happened after she left,
I think over the years I've wanted to forgive her.
Jacqueline and I have been friends since we were 15.
When I look back, I probably have always been
a little meaner to her because of it.
- We're working through it, and it's a process.
Having a conversation another day
because right now-- - Well, then shut up.
- We can't do it. I need to move.
I'm sorry. - I've had my share
of difficult times-- - I can't sit
next to this bitch.
- And that doesn't make it right.
It's just an emotional thing that I think a lot of people do.
We don't even realize it until we look back and see it.
- Well, thank you for sharing that with me.
- Girl, of course. We're gonna be okay.
* My favorite doll *
[applause]
Thank you. - Thank you, baby.
- Thank you. - Wow.
- Thank you so much. [muffled voice]
- That was beautiful. - That was amazing.
- Thank you.
- Um, it's a very powerful luncheon
because I'm with very powerful women.
It is a call to arms.
Um, it is a moment that I know you all feel.
** And on that note, we're gonna have some sweets
and wrap our day up.
But if you don't mind coming forward,
and let's try and gather around the PAVE sign,
so we can get a group picture of this event.
I would really appreciate it.
Thank you.
Come on, ladies.
- What happened to you? What happened?
- No, I'm fine. I just had a-- I needed a moment.
I needed a second. - Yes, okay.
- Yes, to get away. - Oh, yes.
- She did what? - Just needed,
you know, to get away. - Yeah.
- Thank you.
- Can I talk to you-- - Yes, ma'am.
- For a second? - Yeah, of course.
- Um, so, Grace is leaving in a month--
- Okay. - To go to college.
So, what could be, like, things
that she needs to look out for?
Should she even walk to class by herself?
- Isn't that-- isn't that terrible
that we even have to think about these things, right?
- Yeah.
- But I-I don't want people
to live their lives in fear.
We are given a God-given gut instinct for a reason,
but women are taught to, like, be people pleasers
and things like that.
So, telling her to honor that feeling,
that if she feels something is wrong...
- Okay. - ...to listen to that and honor it.
- It's heavy. It's intense,
but it's conversations that need to happen.
- Can I give you a hug? - But thank you. I appreciate you.
- Thank you for your support so much.
- Absolutely. - And I'm here for you,
definitely. - Thank you.
You know, I have three girls.
I don't-I don't want them to be another statistic.
- Okay, everybody.
- Kudos to the grande dame.
This is actually something
that she has stood behind and championed,
and it's great that I have all of this information.
[laughing] - Yes, Matt.
- Yeah. - Get the angle. - Yes.
The PAVE event was very successful.
In fact, much more successful than I thought it would be
because I was able to provide a safe place for my friends.
And then to sound the horn and the alarm,
that was very important. So, this was a huge success.
Thank you, ladies.
[cheers and applause]
- High five.
- Next time, on "The Real Housewives of Potomac."
- Did you want to visit?
- The tea is, probably not really.
[gasps] Let me tell you.
I was sobbing, snorting, crying, all of it,
and then I got there, and it just--
you're your own person.
- I saw Jacqueline the other day.
- Did you? How is she doing? - I did.
She actually cried. - Oh, God.
- I think that you knew
what Gizelle was planning to do.
- No.
- Birds of a feather flock together.
- If that's what you really feel,
then I don't even know why we're sitting here.
**