- Previously, on "The Real Housewives of Potomac"...
- Did I tell you all I'm buying my grandmother's house
in Surry? - Really?
- Grandmother's home is 104 years old,
so I am turning that into a mini resort
for tourism in Surry County, Virginia.
- Things were getting to a point where...
I actually had retained a divorce attorney
because I was going to be filing for divorce.
- How are you? - Hi.
- Thank you for having us. - How are you?
Everyone can get behind the celebration of mothers.
I'm really sad that you're not here,
but I know you had your book signing.
[bell dings]
- Yes. She's not coming.
- Maybe she also knows this probably wasn't a good time
and place considering the current status
between Nneka, Wendy, and her mother.
- I just met you today. - I love you. I love you.
- No, you gotta say it with your chest.
You don't know me, right, bro?
- Your mom is a witch. - Hey-- No.
- You've been a hater since day one.
- Girl, bye. Hate on you for what?
- For everything-- for everything, baby.
- You could never-- Baby, you could never.
You could never, my darling. - For everything, baby!
- 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.
**
- You're not gonna cry, are you?
- Don't ask me. Don't worry about it.
- Don't trip. - I'm not gonna trip.
- Okay.
[floor creaking]
- Can you not make any noise?
- Welcome to the double digits, boy.
- Why you saying it like it's a scary movie?
- I'm just letting him know what day it is.
- Happy birthday, baby. - You gotta make a wish.
Wipe the cold out your eye. Wake up.
[laughing]
- Yay! - Yay!
**
- So, this is what you're wearing?
- Yeah, this is what I'm wearing,
and this is a medium.
You might wanna try on a small,
if you are so inclined.
- Okay, it's a very interesting design. Uh-huh.
- Yes, I do kinda like thicker material.
- I like thick. Yes, me, too. - Okay.
- I don't like to wear underwear when I work out.
- Neither do I.
- Gizelle and I decided to come up with our athleisure line
because we feel like athleisure
ties into something that I'm passionate about,
which is physical fitness,
and feeling good, and looking good.
- Take out the overlay.
GNA, Gizelle n Ashley.
It's actually like a Lululemon
meets Rihanna's Savage line.
So, we'll do a little rhinestones.
We'll do a little lace. We'll do a little mesh.
We're-we're doing all the things.
It's going to be very cute.
- We do have, you know, different things
that we like to wear. - Yeah.
- But I think that what we have in common,
you and I, is wanting to be active,
yet still feeling sexy
and still feeling chic. - Yes.
- That's really who we're appealing to.
- Right. Okay, and that goes,
like, you know, 12 to 65.
- It does. Yeah, it can range.
- Yes.
- It's no secret that Michael was the breadwinner,
and I did let my financial stuff go
and just relied on Michael,
which, in hindsight,
wasn't the best choice for me to make.
How many do we have on the books for today?
- Uh, 30-something people, 36.
- Not quite what I would want for a Saturday.
- Ashley, I should point out
that the restaurant did close, right?
- Yes, we did.
I liked being a kept woman,
but now I need to make some money,
not spend the money.
These I'm having a hard time with.
- Really?
- Well, is velour a breathable material?
- Oh, probably not.
- So, in my leggings now,
I like to put a little something.
Like, I'll put a little piece of fabric there sometimes
if I-- if I feel like it's not absorbent.
It helps with the camel toe, and it absorbs.
- You're-you're-you're peeing while you work out?
- My cootchie be sweatin'.
She be sweatin'. So... [laughing]
- Heavenly Father, bless this food
for the nourishment of our bodies
and that we may not pull the hair
out of each other's head today.
In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
- Amen-- Evangelist Huger.
[laughing]
- It was a long hoe to row
gettin' you to this table but...
- Ooh.
- You guys remember my Aunt Val and Cousin David.
Aunt Val is my mother's sister-in-law,
my daddy's baby sister.
[gunshot] - Got it.
- Aunt Val runs the family farm,
and David is Aunt Val's son.
Val, after the family reunion, certainly had an ironclad will.
Is there a succession plan?
- Not at this point.
- I am glad that we got to the point, you and I.
You know, we're in this together.
I bought my grandmother's estate.
Let's be clear.
I am turning that into a retreat guest house.
Hallelujah.
She let it go for a nice dollar.
[laughing]
- Mom, you have significant land assets in Surry.
Karen, you're buying the- the largest, you know, asset
in terms of our tourism component.
- I see 18 months to 2 years to get it going.
The first thing I have to do,
is find out whether the structure is sound enough
for me to renovate, and if it's not,
we'll talk about the new structure
that I'm going to erect.
- I'm just saying don't do anything freaky.
- Sh--. [laughing] - 'Cause I'm sorta conservative.
- What the hell is freaky, Valerie?
- I-I don't want a nudist camp next to me
or something like that.
- Val, do I look like I would do a nudist camp?
I may have a weed farm, though.
- Uh...
[dialogue slowed down] - Ganja. Ganja. Ganja...
I'm gonna get your ass high.
You'll never know what hit ya.
[laughing] - Bam!
**
- Hi.
- Greetings. - Yes. How are you?
So, I am meeting a friend.
It's just going to be the two of us.
Hey! I miss you. - Hi. I know, I feel like--
- Girl, where you been? - Chillin'. Well, no.
- I haven't seen you in so long.
- You guys can come on back then.
- Look at you, hot stuff. - Girl, you know, trying to,
like, keep my man around here in these streets.
- Oh, girl. [laughing]
- I'm gonna have you select a pair of socks.
- Oh, cute. Wait, are these large?
[laughing]
These are stretchy. Oh, look, they fit.
- Oh, there you go.
- Can we lay back? - Oh.
I wasn't ready. [laughing]
- The halogenerator produces a salt aerosol,
which you're gonna be breathing in.
- Okay.
- And this helps to clear the sinuses
and the respiratory tract.
In general, people find it very relaxing.
- Thank you. - Thank you. - Enjoy.
- I have been through a lot these past couple of months,
so I am trying all avenues of holistic wellness.
Just cleanse me.
I think the last time I really felt like
we got a chance to hang was cooking class.
I had to lock you in a salt cave.
[laughing] - Right.
Did you go to the Mother's Day event?
- Girl, yes, but you didn't come.
- I didn't come. - But it was a good event.
We got engraved perfume. - Oh, nice.
- We sat outside on the lawn. - Oh, good, good.
- Karen did tell us that she purchased a house
in Surry County, and she wanted us to come.
- Okay. - Which I was down for.
- Thankfully, I wasn't invited.
- None of us have been, like, invited yet.
She said she gonna put our names in the fishbowl.
- I would love to, uh, invite you all at the same time,
but because of insurance purposes,
I'm gonna draw your names from a fishbowl
'cause it's not personal. [gasps]
- Like, this is not the lottery, okay?
- Oh, my God.
- I love Karen, but Karen is well--
she's crazy as hell, okay?
- Let me tell you this.
Maybe four or five years ago, Karen invited me to lunch.
And somehow, I think we got on the topic maybe
of Rayvin, and she's like, "Oh, let me show you a picture."
- Uh-huh. - So, she opens her phone,
and in it was a screenshot of me, my mom, my dad,
and Corey, and Carter.
- In her cameral roll? - In her phone,
in her camera roll. - Why?
- And I just acted like I didn't see it.
This is my first time ever telling anybody that.
[laughing]
That is when I, like, confirmed my belief
that Karen was obsessed with me.
And as you can see,
she's still obsessed with me.
- What about you and Juan?
When's the wedding, Robyn?
Did he give you a wedding date?
Juan proceeds to take me in his arms
and says to me, "I want you to be
the number three in the threesome."
- Ahh!
- Juan's other woman-- it looks like me,
a beautiful, natural, matured,
and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
- You know what? You need to go check
every room in that house
'cause she might got a Robyn shrine.
I can't even. I-I need a moment.
[laughing]
You know, we're going through a lot, right?
- All the financial issues, and the businesses, and stuff,
like, that's the main focus. - Yeah.
Girl, yes.
You know, before this whole crisis--
- Mm-hmm. - I had actually
retained a lawyer to file for divorce.
- What? - I know.
- When?
- This was, like, maybe more than a year ago now.
- Oh, my gosh. - Yeah.
- Oh, I would hate that.
I love you guys together. - I know.
- You know, when Mia the stripper got with Gordon,
maybe she really thought that she was gonna be able
to sit back and live a life of leisure.
- I did see you in the strip club.
I saw you as a waitress. - Yes, yes.
- We actually sat and talked all the time,
and I would tell her, "Look, here's X number of dollars."
- A grand for, like, two hours.
- Shh.
- I think she's seeing that that's not the case.
You gotta make it.
You have to-- you gotta push through.
- And we're pushing through it.
Are you guys in therapy?
- We're not in therapy, no.
Uh, uh, uh-uh. - At all?
Not even with everything that's going on?
- No.
We're not. - You think you need to go?
- Um... no. [sighs]
I really think our issues are not...
[sighs] ...with each other.
Like, our issues are more just, like,
okay, let's just enjoy life more.
- So, him being let go is actually forcing
the things that you guys really needed?
- Yeah.
Coming up...
- You're doing a lot because, um, as of late,
I have gone to sleep a few times by myself.
- I come to bed, and you're sleeping.
**
- Ready for some good food and some drinks?
- You're always so excited to eat some Jamaican food.
- I mean, you're so busy.
You know, you gotta take time out
to enjoy yourself, right?
- Thank you, baby. - Here you go.
- Okay, this is like a whole vibe.
- Yeah, it's flight attendants.
You know, we're going to Saint Ann's
where every'ting all right.
- Good evening.
- Hi. How are you? - Hi. Good evening.
- How are you? Welcome to Konoko.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- We wanna start with drinks? - I know--
okay, we can start with drinks.
- I'm starting with a rum punch.
- So, give him a rum punch. - All right.
- I'll try the Gingerita Marley.
- Okay, so, were you thinking of getting
an appetizer to start, as well?
- I was gonna go with the salmon bites.
- Okay. - What do you want?
- I'll take the ackee and saltfish.
- The tostones? All right, sounds good.
- Yes, thank you so much.
- I'll get that in for you guys.
- How are you doing, though? How is everything?
How is the show going?
Seems overwhelming. - It is stressing me
the hell out.
Since I started up the talk show,
I had to switch to a new producing team.
Do you think we'll be able to film by next month?
- I think, if we lock in on concept--
- Okay. - Getting a crew together,
um, won't take too much for us.
- Consider yourself hired,
officially. - Oh.
- I am completely overwhelmed.
We're still finalizing guests.
We have to determine the structure.
Like, there's so much to be done.
I just want my microphone.
With this show, all facets of it, is my part.
- Hmm.
You're dragging a lot, mama. - Ooh.
- Okay, that's rum punch. - Rum punch is here.
- Okay. - That look good.
- I know that's right.
- Cheers, baby. - What we cheersing to?
- Living life on our own terms.
You like that, huh? - You're doing a lot.
Come on, Dr. Phil. [laughing]
What's new? - Oh, boy.
You know, launching the brand, launching Happy Eddie,
it's been a lot.
The cannabis industry is growing.
It's like I'm learning. I'm back in school.
- Right.
Eddie has gone into weed, okay?
How-how do I explain this to my grandchildren?
Like, hey, guys, your grandfather
is into the devil's lettuce.
- But then, shoot, I'm still an attorney, too.
You know, I'm still trying to juggle work,
and it takes time away from that,
but this is what I wanna do.
Maryland, uh, legalized recreational use of marijuana
in, uh, 2022,
but only 2% of the industry is Black,
uh, in terms of entrepreneurs, and so I wanted to be
that conduit for change.
And dealing with, you know,
a ten-year-old, an eight-year-old,
and a four-year-old... - Four-year-old.
- Yes, we do indulge. - Yeah.
- It's a good quiet after a long day.
- Yeah.
Now, with Happy Eddie, I think this is
the first time in our marriage
that we are both knee deep in
what we're doing individually. - Right, at the same time.
- At the same.
- You know, last year, I heard, coming back to me,
that I was called Happy Eddie.
- Happy Eddie comes over. - Who is Happy Eddie?
- Wendy's husband, yeah. - Oh, chile,
not Happy Eddie. - So, he comes--
- And so, as I was thinking about entering this industry,
I said, "Hey, let's use Happy Eddie
and let's see where it goes."
- I feel like we usually take turns being busy.
Um, as of late, I have gone to sleep a few times by myself.
- I come to bed, and you're sleeping.
- Yeah, 'cause you come to bed at 2 o'clock in the mornin'.
- I'm just sayin'. I mean...
this cannabis thing, I think this is gonna really--
I think this is gonna be the goldmine, right here.
- Okay, I'll be there.
- You'll be a-a Happy Eddie spokesperson.
- Baby, I'm already an investor.
I don't need to be a spokesperson.
- You can be both.
- You know, especially in our community,
I thought that she would say, "Hey, you're selling drugs?"
- "You're a drug dealer." - "You're a drug dealer now."
And so, she didn't say that at all.
She said, "Oh, okay, okay.
So, when are we gonna get our millions?"
And I said, "You know, in due time, in due time."
- You work a lot. I work a lot.
And I just don't want us to ever get to a point
where sex just becomes routine.
- No, sex can never be routine.
If that means scaling back from work,
we gotta stop working.
- Who? Oh, just so we can have sex?
We gotta stop working? - We gotta stop working,
if that's what it means.
If that's what we have to do, that's what we have to do.
**
- I smell the weed, Ray.
- Really? - Contact high-- no?
It doesn't work like that? - No.
- Oh, well. - Here we go.
- Hello. - Hi, how are you?
- Good, thank you.
- You have reservations for two?
- Yes. - Yeah, under Huger.
- Ray, I like the chandeliers.
Okay. - Okay.
Yeah, this is nice.
- Here's a menu for you.
- Thank you so much.
I know what you're doin'. - What?
- All right, I know we do date night all the time.
This is date day.
- Yeah. [laughing]
- Are you trying to get the date in
and get back to work?
- I'm not gonna get back to work.
- Okay. - Okay.
- Hi, guys. Welcome to Lima Twist.
- Oh, okay, thank you.
- Is there anything I could start you guys with?
- Let's do the rose. - Okay.
For you, sir?
- Uh, I was thinking Captain Morgan, maybe.
- Captain Morgan?
Okay, I can get that for you guys.
Just to let you guys know,
it is happy hour. - Okay, good.
- Oh, happy hour, okay. - No problem.
And I'll go get that for you guys.
- All right, thank you.
- You better not have ordered from the, uh, happy hour menu,
and then you got me on a day date.
We're going back to the main menu
where the prices say I love my wife.
Okay. - Oh, okay.
- Trying to order in the middle of the day
off the happy hour menu, one, it says he's frugal.
Here's to relaxing.
You deserve it. - Here's to us.
- And, two, it says he's trying to get lit
in the middle of the day.
I love my husband, but he's a handful.
I'm gonna start with the dragon roll.
So, we can share that. - Okay.
- And then I am gonna not share my shrimp alfredo.
You want your own? You want chicken?
- I was gonna try that, uh, salmon roll.
- The crunchy salmon roll? - Yeah.
- Oh, you don't wanna share with me.
- Well, I'll see what-what's here.
- You see what happens after being married 27 years?
- They are smaller, yeah.
[laughing]
- You know, take a moment. You look good.
- Well, I wanted to-- oh, thank you.
And you look good, too. - Thank you.
- But I know you had a check-up, recently.
- I'm listening to the doctor.
They think that, um, I'm doing too much work, right now.
I need to slow down. - Well, I told you that.
- Okay.
- Hello? - Okay, I know.
My health journey has been very educational.
Uh, first of all, I was in denial.
I have 5% of calcium in my carotid arteries.
- So, that's why we're here? - Yeah.
- 'Cause you have a blockage?
- It's not a blockage. It's a-a deposit.
- A deposit, okay.
- But to hear that there was any type--
any type of buildup in-in-in any of this body,
it shook me to the core.
In fact, he wants me to work out, okay?
- Yeah. - So, if you don't mind,
I wanna get a, uh, trainer with a ponytail,
and we decide together who can train me.
- Well, I can-- I can pick the ponytail?
- He can't-- he can't be ugly, Ray.
- No, does it have to be a he?
- Yes.
I've gotta have something to focus on
while I'm pushing through.
Yes, I need motivation.
- Come on. Just five more.
- That doesn't look too vigorous.
Now, that's not that vigorous. - Okay, let's go.
- I can do that. [laughing]
- All right, baby. Well, the good news is...
- Okay.
- Grandma's farm is doing really, really well.
- Oh, good, good, good.
- I am planning on taking the girls down to Surry County,
and it's really important because the minister
will be there blessing the house.
I actually put all of the names that I wanted into a hat,
and I pulled them.
Those that I don't want, right now,
I didn't put them in the hat.
[laughing]
Speaking of which, I need to send the invite.
Of course, I'm going to invite Candiace and Gizelle,
but I'm gonna bring Ashley, Gizelle's wingman, to celebrate
this monumental time in my life.
Um, I put it together.
So, it says, hello, my selected special crew.
I am so excited to have you down to Virginia
at the Wooden Farm.
It's a time to bless my grandmother's former home,
which is going to be the first guest house
in Wooden Town, servicing Surry County.
Please bring you own sneakers and boots for pruning the land.
Love, Karen.
Please bring you own sneakers and boots for pruning the land.
Love, Karen.
Coming up...
[laughing]
- She lit. - I can't stop laughing.
What the (BLEEP) was in the margarita?
- That's some THC up in here.
[laughing]
- Like, what did Karen have to say about all of this?
- Oh, she tried me, honey.
**
- I'm looking for my badge.
What time is it?
Can you help me find this badge?
- No. You need to go to the hospital
and get a new one.
Tell them that you moved, and you lost your badge.
- I just don't feel like doing all that.
- You're making a mess.
- Help me with this badge. - You're not gonna find it.
There's no way. - Looks like that one is full.
- I packed all these boxes, just so you know,
and I didn't see any badges when I packed.
I just love everything about Potomac.
I love my house.
But some of the challenges that Iyke and I face
as newlyweds, I think, would be just living together
and being together.
You lost it on your own.
So, go to the hospital and tell them
that you need another one.
Because for a majority of our relationship,
we were long distance.
He would come see me every month,
but that's not the same as literally living with someone
in the same household.
Just from watching you make a disaster, I need a break.
**
[doorbell ringing]
Do I have a guest?
- Hi. - Hello.
Oh, my gosh, with the minidress.
- Well, I mean, I was just trying
to show the people my booty.
- Oh, girl, look at the booty.
Thanks for coming. - Yes.
- So, this is worksite slash home.
[laughing] - Yes.
- Well, let me give you a quick tour.
You go first. - Okay. So, this is--
oh, I'm going up? - I'll let you lead the way.
- Okay. - I'm not putting you--
I'm just trying to look at the booty.
You said you wore this for the booty.
- Hi, Iyke. - Hey.
- Iyke is somewhere looking for his work badge.
- Okay, what are these two?
- My future baby rooms. - Future, okay.
- Yeah. - I like.
You know, sometimes it's very hard to meet someone new
when there's chaos at the table, okay?
There was a whole lotta chaos going on
between Wendy and Nneka.
Nneka is intelligent enough, smart enough, witty enough
to be around this group, and she fits in.
I like her.
So, how are we with the whole baby situation?
Any progress? - Girl...
I went and got a second opinion.
Mia came with me. It was so funny.
- Hey, girl!
We're gettin' ready to, uh, creamsicle you.
- Girl.
Mia, she told me that she did IUI.
- She took the needle.
She injected his semen right into my uterus,
and I was pregnant with Jeremiah.
- This doctor suggested I get an IUI.
- Yeah. What's that?
- It's when they inseminate you.
So, they put the sperm where it needs to go.
- He has to give you the sperm.
He's fine with that? - No.
[laughing]
- So, in the middle, when he's about to uh-uh,
you say, "Hold up," and you get a cup out?
- Yeah, yeah, I get a cup. [laughing]
I'm gonna take a page out of those girls, the video girls,
and just get a little turkey baster.
I'm getting guaranteed income for 18 years.
Hey, babe, are you going to work?
- You found your I.D. Okay, you know,
'cause you was messing up my check for a minute,
talking about you can't find your I.D.
[laughing] - We can't--
we can't play with the coins.
- You can't play with the coins.
Bye, baby.
That's one of the guest bedrooms.
- Okay, I like. Has Karen been here?
- Karen showed me around the place.
- L.A. has nothin' on Potomac. - Are you sure?
- Look through them weeds, and that's the post office.
Voila! Village Nail Studio!
There is this wonderful little restaurant.
I mean, it is like home cooking.
It's called Tally Ho.
And you are in Potomac.
Tada!
- Like, what did Karen have to say about all of this?
- Oh, she tried me, honey.
- Did she? - Mm-hmm.
- What'd she say?
- She tried to say I was in North Potomac.
- This part is considered North Potomac.
- Well, this part is Potomac. - But it's--
This part is Potomac, if you say it is.
- Honey, I can't make up the maps.
- You're in 20854. - I sure am.
- And you're an owner, correct?
- Oh, yes. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- Yes. Karen is not. [laughing]
Okay, she be a renter.
Jeez. We must go outside.
- Yes. Yeah, let's go. - Let me-- let me get--
- Your glass is right there. - Let me get my drink.
Oh, this is really cute. Okay, I like it.
Gizelle is-- Gizelle approves.
I like all of this. - Oh, yes.
- Have you met your neighbors? - I haven't.
- Go up and bring 'em some cookies or somethin'.
- Okay, bring 'em some Nigerian cookies.
[doorbell ringing]
- Somebody else is coming over?
- I didn't have anyone else coming over.
Who is messing up our tea? - I don't know.
- I don't like chilled tea.
- Special delivery. Hi. - Hey, oh, my God.
Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness,
thank you for coming. - Hey, and these are for you.
- This is so sweet of you. - Figured I might have--
- My first impression of Charrisse was fabulousness.
Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
Ooh, I love the earrings.
- Girl... - You wore them today,
so now they're mine, so you know.
- Charrisse and I have gone out all night in Potomac.
* You you you *
This is nice.
* Every time I'm with you you you you you you *
I love that she's my neighbor.
Gizelle is here. - How you doin'?
- Charrisse, I hear you!
- Hi, honey. - Hi.
- What up, baby? Hi.
I'm spilling that stuff. - It's okay. It's okay.
Sit here. Sit here. - I love all the love, right here.
- Did you not know she was coming?
- No, I didn't. - No.
- I really did not.
- Wait a minute, so she said that Karen came over
and was shading her,
saying, "Oh, this is-- this is North Potomac."
- You should have told her, "I own this sh--.
"What about you?"
- I mean, she said the same thing.
- I said the same thing. When I heard that--
[phone dinging] I'm sorry.
- Oh, we got a message from Karen.
- Well, Karen just text.
Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.
- Whatever, fine, Karen, if that's what you want.
- Coming up...
- I have no desire to have a conversation
with someone whose existence is inconsequential
**
- Well, Karen just text.
Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.
- Karen bought some property in Surry County.
She was like, "I would love for you all to see it."
Whatever, fine, Karen, if that's what you want.
And so, then I heard that whatever y'all did,
that she wasn't telling anybody who was invited.
She was gonna put names in a jar.
- A fishbowl, mm-hmm. - A fishbowl,
and pull names out.
- Well, we already know whose name not--
is not in the jar, okay? - Your name not in the jar.
- Okay. - She invited myself,
Ashley, Candiace, and Wendy. - Mm-hmm.
Hmm.
- So, I immediately texted back that group
and said, "Karen, thank you so much for inviting me.
"Love you, but I won't be attending,"
'cause I'm not sitting on a sprinter bus
for four hours with those people.
Don't pull my name when you're pulling Candiace and Wendy.
Don't pull my name.
And, Karen, I've told you why.
I just need for you to understand there is
no moving forward with her, for me.
- You sit up here with your privileged,
white-looking ass, and you think you can say
whatever the (BLEEP) you wanna say!
- It's caused hundreds of death threats.
I have to be concerned about my safety.
So, now the whole group just got another text from Karen
that says, "Hey, ladies!
"It's time for us to all get together.
"So, I'm inviting each and every one of you
"to my farm in Surry.
"I have increased my liability insurance."
I don't know what the hell that means.
- We can't all come because of the insurance.
- Oh, okay. [laughing]
This is literally tomorrow morning.
- I need to know why I wasn't on the first invite.
I need to know why I'm clearing my calendar.
- You need to decide whether you are attending
as a second class citizen.
- Oh, I've never been second class.
[laughing] - Or-or not.
- Oh!
**
[horn honking]
- Girl, you made it. - We're going to Surry!
- Yes, you made it. - Lord, only for you, Karen.
- Oh, my God, good to see you.
- Only for you. You look good.
How you doin'? - I'm good.
- Hey, girl, how are you? - Hi. Good.
Good to see you. - Great to see you, too.
- Aww, you made it. - I did.
- Do you have flats to relax in? - I-I have my hiking boots.
- Yeah. Candiace, oh, my.
Candiace, why are you coming here
wit' your hands full already?
- Oh, I have to get my suitcase 'cause I brought drawers
'cause I don't know if I'm gonna sweat my--
these out. - You said what?
- You-- what?
- She about to change her drawers.
- You brought different underwear?
- We-we're going to be hoeing and whatnot.
- Yes, we are, but I didn't--
- Hoeing constitutes crotch sweat, so it--
- I didn't-I didn't know that required
another pair of panties. - Because crotch sweat.
- Or just take 'em off. - But uh-uh.
- Do you have on panties? - Today, yes.
- Okay, please. - Well, this is a little short.
- I mean, it's a skort.
- Oh, Nneka is here. - Yes.
- Hi, darling. - This is so cute.
- Thank you. Thank you for coming.
I appreciate you so much. - Of course.
Hello, my doll.
- Girl, you are really ready, huh?
- I didn't know I was going. I was like, Surry County?
- It's like, oh, my Lord. - I had to Google the images.
I'm like, I don't know.
So, I want to continue to build my relationship
with Karen. At this stage,
I know we just celebrated Karen's birthday.
I know she is new to this senior citizenship,
so I'm-I'm willing to accept some fluctuation
in personality and etiquette.
- Come on. [grunts]
I'm trying to give y'all space.
So, like, I'm taking the L, but I'm sitting on
a damn seatbelt. - No, you're fine.
Just you can put your purse here, if you want.
I'm not claustrophobic. - Okay.
- I am, but we'll make it work.
- I wanna say something. Everyone was invited.
My intention, though, was a selective few.
I was shocked that Gizelle said, "Karen, I love you,
but I won't be there." - You were shocked?
- Gizelle and I are in a great place.
- Hmm.
- I don't know what Mia was on last night in the text messages
because what the (BLEEP)?
- I can share that sentiment with Mia, right?
So, you sent an original message,
and it took Gizelle declining your invitation
for you to consider opening it to everyone else.
- No, no, no, no. - That's what it appeared as.
That's how it appeared. - Well, I receive that.
- That's how it appears. - You know, and I receive that.
- Yeah. - I'll take the L on that.
- Okay, thank you.
- Are we almost there? - Ninety-eight miles--
we have 98 miles to go. [sighs]
- That's an hour plus.
We're in traffic. That's another hour plus.
- It's two and a half. - Oh, my God!
I'm glad I brought underwear. That's all I'm saying.
- So, Eddie is doing his Happy Eddie event.
- Yes, Happy Eddie. - Where, you know, we can come,
and we can do, like, a joint rolling class.
- Oh, I need to learn how to roll.
- Is, uh, everyone invited to this?
- Eddie is reaching out to the guys.
- Oh, so, this is Eddie's event in the group.
- Yeah, it's-it's-it's really his thing.
- Okay.
- I didn't know that even Eddie was into cannabis.
Like, you know, Eddie is, like, sort of a straight laced guy.
So, to see him venturing into the cannabis industry,
it's pretty cool.
- I need weed.
The one place I need to be, is with Happy Eddie,
so I don't cuss these bitches out.
- I'm naturally like this. If I did weed, I'd be boring.
That's why it pisses the girls off.
They're like, "What are you on?"
Certainly not weed.
**
- Well, I have a moment for all of us.
I'm gonna do my unpacking party. - Okay.
- Oh, Lord. - Nice.
- New house, new everything, and I want you guys to be,
as a group, to be a part of it. Yeah.
- Yes. - All good.
- Just have, like, a fun girls' night,
and I want everyone to come. - Okay.
- So, I'm gonna send out invitations soon.
- Thank you.
- That was-- she asked you to come.
**
- So, I think I'm gonna make it, like, a pajama lingerie party,
and I want everyone to come. - Okay.
- So, I'm gonna send out invitations soon.
- Thank you.
- She asked you to come.
- Y'all are skipping 20 million steps.
- Okay.
- I don't need to do any steps in accordance to Wendy.
I do what I wanna do 'cause I'm my own person,
and I was moved in my heart to invite her to my home.
- I don't wanna wrap it up like that, though.
Consider what we can do to authentically move forward.
- Can I get passed a little beverage, please?
- Sure.
- I feel like we're close enough to a rest stop.
- Do you have a small bladder, Ashley?
- Very, yes. - I call her baby bladder.
It's this big. - Yeah.
It's worse since I've had kids.
- What's going on?
- I am-- I'm just going through a lot.
My life is changing so much.
I have my house. I have my kids.
- And an athletic line with Gizelle.
- My athleisure line.
- Yeah, your leisure line with Gizelle.
They're partners.
- Yes, we're doing athleisure, GNA.
- You and Gizelle? - Yes.
- Uh, creating clothes?
- Athleisure, bitch, athleisure!
- Is it a April Fool's joke? [laughing]
- What? Whatever, Wendy.
The louder the cackle, the more they're bothered, okay?
- Do you see them get dressed every day?
What?
- Wendy, with her ba-ha, she's bothered.
[laughing]
- You're a mess, Wendy. - How far away are we?
- Hour and 36 minutes. - Oh, Jesus, fix it.
- Not bad. We made some progress.
- Okay. - My bladder is singing.
- Sing. - Yeah, right.
**
- I'm not. - Oh, Lordy.
- Excuse me. - What?
- I'm gonna do my scratch off. I need a-a coin.
- Mmm. - Is it good?
- Mmm. - Well, come on.
- This gas station margarita, I feel like
I'm in the night club.
**
[laughing]
- She lit. - I can't stop laughing.
What the (BLEEP) was in the margarita?
- That's some THC up in here. [laughing]
**
- Oh, this is amazing. - Oh, my gosh.
- Welcome to Wooden Town. - Oh, this is nice, Karen.
- Thank you. It has good bones.
It is not only surreal, it's very spiritual.
I can feel my ancestors when I walk through.
We are supposed to do this. I'm doing the right thing.
- How many bedrooms? - It's four in here.
- Wow. - Wow, this is lot.
- Great, Karen. - It's a lot.
- My toe is dirty already.
- Y'all be careful when you step up.
My family has been waiting to bless this house.
It's 104-year-old structure. Walk in.
- Oh, my gosh. Thank you, babe.
Thank you. Thank you.
- This is where my grandmother used to press my hair
on Saturday nights before Sunday church,
right here.
- We can all relate. - Yes, we can.
- Oh, my God.
- Hi, everybody. I'm coming!
Hey, Michael. - Oh, baby, how you doin'?
- I'm good. Hey, Val.
- This is so nostalgic. - Hi, babe.
- Hi, family. - Hi, Dorothy.
- Hello. - This is my mother's sister,
Reverend Dorothy McCray.
- All right, Reverend Dorothy.
- You remember Michael. - How are you?
- I remember you. How you doin'?
- Reverend Elliot, ahh.
- Thank you for having us in your home.
- I want you to walk the girls through the pictures.
- This is my sister-in-law, Georgia, Aunt Dot.
- Oh, look how pretty. - My sister and Karen's mom.
- Aww. - My oldest brother, Benjamin,
and this is the Woodens and the Ellises.
- Wow.
- Thank you for sharing your family with us.
We're honored that you allowed us to be here today.
- Yes. Well, I'm glad we have such nice weather
for a day in the country. - Yes.
- Oh, thank you.
- Day in the country, yes, it's what we came for.
- A day in the country. Thank you, Aunt Val.
I wanted to introduce you all to Reverend Bobby Elliot.
I'm loving that my Aunt Dorothy McCray is here.
She's representing my mother.
I do know who I am and from whom I come.
As a Black woman,
to own the part of the plantation
that my ancestors slaved on, uh, it's-it's a powerful moment.
- Wilson died maybe around 45. - Mm-hmm.
- And he had three biracial children by Anna Wooden,
his housekeeper.
- The Caucasian, you know, percentage
that we have in our family, is that--
was that forced?
- That is-- my father thinks so.
We were listed in ledgers as property.
- I am a slave's...
great-great grandbaby.
If you would kindly bless the land, and the house,
and the family...
- Based upon your decision to continue the legacy,
let us pray.
Thank you, Lord,
for the love that you have placed in those
who have gone on before, for their fellow man.
And, Father God, we come here asking that you would bless
those who are left to carry on the lessons
that you bestowed upon this family.
In Jesus' name, I pray.
Amen. - all: Amen.
- Thank you. Thank you so much.
You don't have to work. No one else has to work,
but I'm gonna roll up my sleeves
and work with the ladies today.
[overlapping voices] Thank you all for coming.
This means the world to me and the Wooden family.
We're switching into bib overalls.
You don't wanna work in your designer outfit, do you?
Let's go, ladies. Let's go to work.
- Well, you actually look cute.
That's not how it's supposed to be.
- Easy for you to work when this is how you look.
- Uh, what is wrong with how I look?
- You have a whole gown on. - Right.
- It is not a gown. - With-with a lace bralette.
- With lace on the cup. - I need y'all to calm down.
- This is your Surry gown. - With Chanel sneakers.
- Right, with Chanel. - She is Surry County.
- I was raised a certain way. [laughing]
- What the (BLEEP) is that? - This is a hoe for you.
- This is a hoe. - Oh, my God.
- What are we doing? - Where are we going?
- What do we need to get done?
- All right. Uh, this tree, right here, concerns me most.
The reason why we're cleaning the debris around the tree,
is so that when the tree trimmer comes,
he can see if any snakes are right there
where you're at now. - Snakes?!
Karen, that is my thing.
- That's even too much for Ashley.
[overlapping voices] - That's my thing.
- That's even too much for Ashley.
- Ashley, listen, ladies. - No, you--
- I'm leading by example. You see that?
- Okay.
- My hair is too long for this.
- You should feel it in your abs when you do this.
- I can feel it in my booty cheeks.
- Okay, yeah, booty, ass. - Oh, wow.
- It's a full body workout.
We're gonna get that.
- Okay, get it. Get it. Get it. Get it. Get. Go, go, go!
- Snake! - What are you doing?
- What is that? Is that a snake?
[screaming]
[laughing]
- What is it? What is that? What is it?
- Go, go! Get it. Get it! - Snake!
- What are you doing? - What is it? What is that?
[overlapping voices] [laughing]
- I was just kidding with Ashley.
What is wrong wit' y'all? - Oh, my God.
- Okay. - Oh. No screaming.
- Oh, there's a wishbone. Okay.
- Okay, ready? - Ready?
- Yep. - One, two, three.
All right. - Wish away.
- Aww, that's so cute. - Wish made, yes.
- No, on a serious note, thank you, guys, so much
for helping me.
- We're really proud of you. - You guys, I see you guys.
I see you. - We love you, Karen.
- all: We love you, Karen.
- Thank you. Come in. Come in. Come in. Come in. Come in.
- Bring it in. Bring hugs. Get in.
- Thank you for bringing us. - Yes.
- Thank you, guys.
We're gonna walk to Aunt Val's.
I'm gonna show you how close Valerie and I live now, okay?
- Sure. Let's go. - And we've got lunch there.
- I wanna run through that field.
- I agree. Let's run. - Well, can we do that?
- One, two, three.
[screaming]
- Valerie got married and didn't move
far from her mother at all.
She just built the house across the field
from her mom.
So, I could walk between grandma and Val.
For me, growing up there, it was everything.
I was very creative.
I was always in trouble, um, and it was wonderful.
I wouldn't change a thing about it.
- Thank you, Surry County! - Thank you!
- I'm so thankful that you brought us
and that we got to experience this together.
- I'm glad that I was your first option.
- Oh, shade monster. [laughing]
- Yeah, well, you were.
Nneka, you know, you were second,
but it was because you didn't need a Band-Aid
or a moment, at that moment.
- Because I don't have any problems.
- I appreciated even that you and I were able to have a moment
where we pulled the wishbone, and I think it maybe
paves the way even for Nneka and Wendy
because I do think there's still potential for you guys.
It's just a matter of when both of you come to the decision
that you wanna get there.
- Oh, thank you. I love you. - Thank you.
- Y'all are the best. [laughing]
Thank you, David. Thank you, Megan.
- Thank you all so much.
- That's a very pregnant silence.
- Karen, I'm here for you. - I know you are.
- I'm here to support you.
I absolutely love and adore your family.
- Thank you. - I'm a family girl.
You guys know how much my mom means to me,
how much my sister means to me.
This is a sisterhood,
and anyone who comes into this group
should have sisterhood in their heart.
I think, at the end of the day,
you called me a bitch.
- Mm-hmm. I did. - Okay, let's be very clear.
- I did. - She called my mom a witch.
She talked about my husband.
Your husband tried to attack my husband.
You talked about my sister.
- I never said anything negative about her sister.
I called you a bitch. Yes. Have I never denied it? No.
- No. - You can't curse at somebody
and think that they're not gonna say something.
Let me clear that sh-- up!
- So, clear it the (BLEEP) up. - Your sister--
I'm clearing it up, bitch!
What the (BLEEP) are you talking about?
- I used a curse word in a sentence.
- I didn't attack anyone besides saying the truth.
- I have no desire, no interest
to have a conversation with someone
whose existence is inconsequential
to my happiness.
- My existence is what you got you riled up to begin with.
- Let-let me say this.
Putting a pin in it, though, Wendy,
I'm just asking you to stay open.
- Let's just be clear.
An invitation does not absolve anyone from anything
because that shows that actually
it's a lack of accountability
because it's skipping from step A to point Z.
- You know what, though?
But let's-- but let's-- no, let's-let's be clear.
I'm-I'm about being clear.
Her response to my invitation was a closed door.
- Steps have been skipped.
- I'm not skipping steps.
- This is a beautiful land. Steps have been skipped.
I don't operate like that.
- Uh, well, the invitation is out there.
Everyone is invited.
- Next time, on "The Real Housewives of Potomac."
- With the divorce? - Uh-huh.
- Oh, you woulda gave me some type of settlement.
- No, we would probably work out some kind of arrangement.
- No, I never came after your marriage
when I heard that you met up with a rapper.
- I haven't seen anybody. If someone says, "Hello,"
of course, I'm going to be nice.
I'm going to say, "Hello," back.
- all: Hey.