- Previously, on The Real Housewives of Potomac...
- So, in my leggings now,
like, I'll put a little piece of fabric there.
- You're peeing while you work out?
- My coochie be sweatin'. [laughing]
Gizelle and I decided to come up with our athleisure line.
- GnA, Gizelle and Ashley.
[bird screeching]
We wanna have, like, a showcase
slash fashion show.
- What's going on with the talk show?
- We're actually gonna film the pilot in a few weeks.
Let's talk about the creative part.
I want it to feel homey.
Like, you are at your cousin's house.
I could talk to you about the Grammys,
being a Black woman... - Yeah.
- North Korea.
We need this show. We don't have this show.
- This doctor suggested I get a 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.
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]
- Why did you want to file for divorce?
- Gordon was really so focused on, like, work,
and then we started to argue.
I honestly think that, despite my feelings,
Gordon's gonna go full force on the business level.
It's, like, ----in' with me
because it's not the guy that I married.
- 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.
[phone ringing] - I don't know.
I'm just all over the place emotionally.
- I think it's completely natural
to feel a little bit nervous,
especially given that it's the pilot,
but just remember, like,
you naturally are great at this.
- You had this coronary calcium score,
and that score, as you recall,
was a little bit elevated.
Last time you were here,
you had a carotid ultrasound test
that showed no significant plaque.
So, it's all, uh, good news.
It is a very reasonable expectation
for you to live a long life.
- Okay. - Mm-hmm. That's great.
- Wow!
[laughing]
The time has finally come
for everyone to see GnA in action,
and it has been months of stressing about designs.
- We should agree on the-the tights,
leggings, a bralette.
- Feel and fabrics.
This is beautiful. - I think this is, like,
a nice, pretty, bright color.
- This will look good on every skin tone.
And now, we can finally share with the world GnA.
- Let me ask.
Do we just flare out the bottom,
or does this need to pull in
and cinch a little bit more?
- Cinch, yeah. - Cinch, okay.
- You ready?
- Yes, counselor, I am ready.
- Hello.
- Hi. How is it going?
- Today's our day. - Awesome. Let's do it.
- Well, thanks for coming, like, right outta work.
[laughing] - Yeah.
I still have patient blood on my leg.
- From one hospital to another.
- Yeah. [knocking]
- Hello. How are you?
- Hi. - Hello. How you doin'?
- I'm excited. - You're Dr. Ikenna?
- Yes. Hello. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Yeah, you can just call me Iyke, is fine. Yeah.
- Iyke, okay. Roberta. - Yeah.
- We're gonna walk through some instructions
on the sperm collection, okay?
- Sure. - Okay.
- Iyke, he's onboard now with IUI.
You know, I'm on my last day of IUI pills.
- Animal, do you agree with this IUI?
- Oh, he left the room.
Good Lord.
We're gonna give it a shot and see if we can, you know,
have some success with that.
He says, like, "I'm a-- I'm a track star,
"so my sperm will be fast."
[laughing]
Do I get to help him? - Does she?
- You can. - That was our arrangement.
- But there's no use of saliva or, um,
lubricants, okay? - Okay.
- Just so we don't need that mixed in.
All right. So, come on back.
I'll show you where you're gonna go collect.
Inside, there's a box.
You're gonna open it and set it in there
when you're done, okay? - Okay.
- Oh, it's just a bathroom. - It is.
- Thank you so much. - You're welcome.
Lock the door. - Thank you.
Did she say we should use lotion or saliva?
- No, she said, "No saliva and no lotion."
- Oh.
[water running]
- Hurry up.
[bell dings]
Listen, in my head,
I was imagining this whole, like, porno.
- Did we have any trouble? - Um...
- I turned off the light for the romance, you know.
- Very disappointing.
Babe, I traded in my stilettos for some surgery socks.
- Yeah, you look good, babe.
- All right. - That's your seat.
- Oh, cool. - Hello.
Hello, hello, hello. - Hello.
- How are you, Nneka? How are you? - Dr. Yemi!
my favorite doctor. - I got--
- Sorry, baby, my favorite doctor
that I'm not married to. [laughing]
- No, no, no, you just spoke the truth.
- So, we're gonna hopefully have the sperm and the egg
meet somewhere on the inside.
- Okay. - They're-they're ready.
- I hope there's two wonderful eggs in there
just chilling, waiting for sperm.
- Okay, I'm gonna try and start.
Okay, you can turn the room light off,
if you're gonna see it. - I see a lot in there.
- Yeah, thank you. All right.
I'm getting ready to inseminate.
- Oh, my gosh, it feels pokey.
- Some people do get a little cramping.
Okay, it's inseminated, so it's all in there.
- So, you're done. - Oh, my God, babe,
that means you have to stop. We're done.
- No, no, baby, don't move.
- Can you get out? The job is done.
- The ball is in your courts now.
- Hi. Good morning.
How are you? - How are you?
- I'm good. How are you? - Good.
- Uh, Gordon and Mia Thornton.
- Right this way. - Thank you.
- Have a seat. Okay, wonderful.
Thank you. - Thank you.
You excited?
- Excited? - Yeah.
- About therapy? No. - Oh.
- We are still continuing to work on our relationship.
We're trying to, like, take her advice
and spend more quality time together,
but I think it's gonna take time.
It's hard. How are you?
- I am well. - Good to see you.
- Good morning.
Good to see you, again. - Good morning.
- Good morning, gorgeous. Muah.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
- All right. Let's go to the back.
- Okay. - Okay.
- So, how has things been, you all?
- Oh, interesting, to say the least.
- Ahh, okay. - Um...
- I've been perfect, of course.
- Of-of-of course.
- Oh, well, perfection is impossible to achieve.
So, I know that is false.
- Of course, he thinks he's so perfect.
[laughing, sighs] - I hear some animosity.
[laughing]
So, I guess we'll start with check-ins
with the D-word being thrown out.
- Yeah. Mm-hmm. - So, where are you both now?
- What's the D-word? Divorce?
- Divorce. - Oh.
You know, as far as the D-word,
that was never my consideration,
so you gotta ask her.
- I-I think I said this in our session
the last time I was here with you.
- Mm-hmm. - You know,
I am committed to Gordon through thick and thin.
And so, when I seeked counsel for a divorce,
it was because I wanted to outweigh all of my options--
- Mm-hmm. It's wise. - Because I felt like
we were in a space where you're really difficult
to, like, cohabitate with.
There was a moment where you were very combative.
You were combative with your kids.
You were combative with our partners.
You were combative with me, and I'm just like--
I've lived-- my-my whole childhood,
which I had no control over, was combative.
I'm not living a combat-- in a combative life.
I mean, truth be told,
the first time I hired a divorce attorney,
Gordon emptied my bank account
all the way to zero and said I can't leave him.
No man or female should ever do that to anybody
to try to make them stay. Like, that's abusive.
- I want to dive in a little bit deeper.
So, lets' talk about intimacy.
How has that been for you all?
- I think it's been fine. I mean, I've been--
- What's your definition of intimacy?
- Being responsive to you,
paying you attention, listening to you.
- Yeah.
And-and this-this one is challenging
because we actually had this conversation
in premarital counseling. - Mm-hmm.
- And I almost didn't get married because of it,
and I actually learned that there's a piece of Gordon--
he just doesn't have, like, the romantic side of him,
and I can't accept--
like, that's just who he is.
And so, I-I've learned to be okay with, like,
not-- without the romance.
- Romance means different things,
and the romance you seek,
I'm sorry I'm not giving that to you,
but I'm also letting you know the romance I seek,
I'm getting all of that either.
Even when she comes to bed,
she's on her phone looking at social media
or doing something.
And I try and hug her or touch her,
and it's, like, and I feel like,
you know, I'm a bit of a plague.
I think the difference between the two of us,
in my opinion, is, you want me to change.
- I'm not asking you to change.
I just want you to be the man that I met, that's all.
There are a lot of things that have transpired
over the past few years
that have caused a strain on our marriage.
You know, I went through a health scare.
We have financial difficulties with the family business.
- In the midst of it, you don't wanna lose sight of y'all.
- Right. - Yeah.
- There still needs to be a focus on Mia and Gordon.
- And, you know, Gordon and I, we're not on the same page,
as it comes to our goals
and what the future looks like.
And I'm just praying that,
over the course of the next year,
we can get to some type of...
understanding.
- So, I want you to both to turn to each other.
Alrighty, both.
- Oh, both hands? - Yes.
Look in each other's eyes.
I want you to focus on your wife and share with her,
What do you need from her?
- Well, I need you to make time for me.
- Mm-hmm. - I need you
to be willing to listen to me
and don't make me feel like I'm an afterthought.
- Mm-hmm. - But, you know,
you give me just what I ask for, I'm good.
I'm actually already good because, quite frankly,
I think we have one of the best relationships
there is on earth.
- Oh, well, thank you. - In spite of--
in spite of the differences,
but that's what makes life interesting.
That's what life is about. - Mm-hmm.
- Things stand still, they wither and die.
Everything is about growing and changing.
- Okay.
- Beautiful, beautiful.
- Coming up...
- What do you really want?
- I want a baby.
**
[horn honking]
- I need a belt.
I look wide.
It's just--
what is my life?
[doorbell ringing]
Okay.
Hi! - Hey, look at you.
[laughing] - How are you?
- I'm great. Great to see you.
- Good to see you. - Hey.
- You look nice. - Thank you, thank you.
You look beautiful. - You've lost weight.
- You know, I'm trying to trim it down.
- Yes. - Trying to represent.
You know, you gotta keep it-- you gotta keep it healthy.
- That's true.
Come in-- You've never been to our house.
- It's a beaut-- I've never been, yeah.
Thanks for the-- - Welcome.
I appreciate a house call.
I've been seeing Dr. Ken off and on for a few years now.
She thought, in her anger, that it would make sense
to hit me in the face with her purse.
- I don't know if this is how you normally communicate,
but that's not healthy. - It is.
There are days when I will feel
so overwhelmed with stress and anxiety
that I just need to talk to someone.
Do you need-- you have water? Do you need anything
to drink? - I have water.
I think I'm good.
- Okay, well, have a seat where-wherever you'd like.
Um, okay.
So, I'm-- my-- sorry.
I was in here opening a new calendar.
- New calendar? - Um...
The-the reason that I wanted to talk to you today
was, um, Chris and I were talking recently about kids.
- We got some ice cubes. They're ready.
Have you thought about IVF still?
I mean, you know, like, what's your timeline?
- I think about it all the time.
I think about it every day.
We were talking about starting that process
at the beginning of this year,
and then I started working on new music,
and that kind of pushed it,
and then some things happened.
I had my first mammogram,
and I had, like, two lumps.
- Now, I'm saying to myself
and to my husband that I know
that I-I have to stop thinking
that I can't do multiple things at once.
I know how important becoming a mom is in my life
and kind of beating myself up.
Like, did I, once again, wait too long?
Was I too ambitious in wanting to do
5,000 things before motherhood
and potentially uprooting my plans
to become a mom at all?
Like, all of that is going through my mind,
and it's an unpleasant place to be.
I-I wonder sometimes
if I'm using my career as an excuse
or if I feel like...
I deserve to be a mom.
- Are you gonna let fear rob you of motherhood?
'Cause it sounds like, in some ways,
that's what you're doing, right now.
You can ask, what's the most important thing to you
at this stage today?
What do you really want?
- I want a baby.
I want a child.
Like, I think about it all the time.
- I actually absolutely believe
this is that-- this is the season for that to happen.
That's what I see in your eyes.
[sighs] Okay.
- Oh, I can't wait to tell Chris.
Thank you.
Ooh, yes.
That's literally what I needed.
Yeah. - Anytime, I'm here.
- Coming up next...
- How are you?
You look good. - How are you?
- Am I surprised that Ashley invited Deborah?
No.
- How are you? Hi, Wendy.
How are you? - Hey, Deborah, how are you?
**
- Hello. Hi.
How are you, ladies? - Good.
- Thank you. Thank you for having me.
- I think you're right back there.
- Okay, perfect.
**
Hi, gorge, how are you?
- Hi, hi, hi. - Yes, superstar.
- How have you been?
- I'm good, girl, just work, kids.
You know how it is, right? - I know.
- Hello, hello, hello. - Hey, babe.
- Hi. - Hello.
- Are you gonna sneak your way in?
Hi, baby. How are you? - How you doing?
- Hi. - Hello, gorge.
You look so pretty. - Thank you.
How are you doing? - I'm good. How are you?
- Hi, ladies. How we doin'? - Hi, mama.
- Hello. - Karen.
- Hello.
- Welcome. - Thank you.
- Have a seat.
Welcome to the party. - You're so cute.
- Hi, ladies. - Hi, Robyn.
- How are you? - Good.
- Are you getting up? You don't have to get up.
- How are you? You look good.
I like this. - Thank you. Thank you.
- You're giving, like, St. Barts theme.
- Hi, people. Hi, people. Hi, people.
- Hi, hi. - Hi.
I know your party is on Friday.
- Yes, GnA is coming together.
- Snuggly, get snuggly. - Join us.
Yes, come on over.
- Mia, girl, have-- is she explaining what we're doing?
- Not quite yet. - Take it from the top.
- So, I told you ladies that I met with the editor.
- Okay.
- Will Walters, which is the editor
of "Monarch Magazine,"
which is a local magazine in the DMV area,
wanted to discuss an opportunity
to do this iconic spread.
Represent women who are trailblazers.
- I want to place a focus on celebrating
African American women. - Okay.
- Women who were influential in their time period,
and I thought about you.
You're a force of nature. - Thank you.
He wanted to showcase women who made a mark for women like us
to be where we are, you know.
And I said, "Well, you know what?
I got some friends that
I think that will fit the spread, as well,"
and he said, "Absolutely."
They're doing a cover spread for "Monarch."
The spread that we're doing is all about women's empowerment
and that we're all bossy, and, you know,
we own our businesses,
and we're navigating life and children.
- Okay. - Ooh.
- So-- - That's it?
- Cool. - And Nneka?
- So, I actually let her know that she is not, um,
included in this opportunity.
They don't really know enough about you just yet
because you just got here. - Mm-hmm.
- And you don't have any direct tie-ins
to the community just yet.
I was like, "But she-- but she will.
She-she will." - It is what it is.
No harm, no foul. - Okay.
- Y'all have made the child go to Grand Dame school,
and now you-- [laughing]
- She took it very well. Let's be real.
Will knows us from "The Real Housewives of Potomac"
and Nneka just got here. Sorry, no shade.
- All right, the man of the hour.
- How we doing? - We're ready.
- Hey, good to see you, too. You guys look amazing.
Before you get started, I wanted to pass these out
to you all. - Thank you.
- Here you go.
- Oh, Lord, the vision is in here.
- Oh, wow, this is a whole presentation.
- The vision is inside. - Okay.
- All right. So, now, at this point,
please open up. - Okay.
- Oh, okay. - Okay, let's see.
- We chose this. You know, obviously,
specifically, there's some aesthetic alignment,
but there's also some background.
- Yeah.
- Okay, we will start the fittings now.
Candiace is up first, I believe. - Am I first?
Diana Ross-- perfection, yes.
Of course, Diana Ross, she-she wrote the book.
Ladies and gentlemen.
She is one of the authors of the black excellence of grace.
[laughing]
- Oh, the Queen B, yes!
I don't know who else I could have been but Queen B.
- I think there's a strong resemblance.
- Yes! - Yay!
Y'all got some real costumes.
- Lena Horne-- I love Lena.
- I love Lena.
- She's really a rock and a pillar
within Black culture period.
- Oh, yes, yes. - That is everything.
- This is very good. - That's very elegant.
- Dorothy Dandridge is my favorite!
- Yes.
- Dorothy Dandridge used her gifts
to serve her community, and I just love that.
Where does it say that? Oh, okay, okay.
- Yay! Pam Grier was that girl.
She's foxy. She's sexy.
You know, she's beautiful. She's smart.
- Not ashamed to show who she is, what she's about.
- Hey, oh, not the gun. Yes, gun!
- I was just really honored to, like, represent her.
- Who am I? - Yes.
- I'm Sheryl Lee Ralph. - Yes, Sheryl.
- Yes. - Own it, Sheryl.
There we go. - Oh, my God.
- Yes. - Ooh.
- I love that. - Yes, in her prime.
- Mariah Carey!
- You live your life out loud, like your marriage
and everything, same thing. - Love that!
Hey, come on, Mariah.
It's so cool seeing everybody step into their icon.
It's powerful.
And then just looking at the group dynamic,
everyone was excited to partake in this.
When we do activities that sort of push us
out of our comfort zones, I think it bonds us.
However little and for however temporary,
it still does. - Let's do it now.
[vocalizing]
- Robyn, you know your strengths.
This is not one of them.
- Coming up next...
**
- All right. Thank you. Hi. - Hello.
How are you? I'm Alex Shearer with KLNB.
Nice to meet you. - Hey, Alex. I'm Robyn.
- How you doin'? Juan-- nice to meet you.
- Juan. Appreciate you coming out today.
- Thank you for meeting us here.
Appreciate it.
- Well, we're here to look at space today.
- Yes.
- So, this is 1,667 square feet.
- All right, perfect.
- You walk around. - Okay.
- This is nice. It's a good space.
- Yeah, it's a great space.
- And then the way I envision it,
that front whole area would be kind of, like,
the reception here, the retail area.
- Right.
- And then you would kinda come back.
- Right, right.
- And then have six treatment rooms,
three on each side,
hallway down the middle type of situation.
Opening a franchise location of GLO30
is the biggest undertaking that I've ever done in my life.
I haven't talked to you about the franchise
that I'm opening up.
GLO30 is a membership based facial studio. Yeah.
- The concept is great. The numbers look great.
- Hearing from you guys, saying, like, you know,
everything looks good makes me feel even better
because this is scary for me.
You feel good about it? - Yeah.
- Robyn, what would your budget be
for a location like this?
- I mean, I, honestly, I don't know. Yeah.
- I can just say what we're asking for this space.
We're asking $33 a square foot, and the taxes,
insurance is an additional $8.13.
- Okay.
That-that was actually pretty good that
you actually thought about that.
- Yeah, I'm good at this, too. - Um, yeah, and then--
- I could rock and run this space,
if you need me to. - Oh, I might.
[laughing]
- I'm gonna go next door.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.
- Okay, I appreciate your help.
- You got it. - All right. Thank you.
- Thank you. All right, okay.
What do you think?
- Well, this is, uh, it's a big deal.
Like, me walking in here with you, it's, like, damn,
I can envision GLO30. - Right.
You know, when you think about doing somethin',
that's one thing. - Right.
- When you actually think about the commitment
and make it successful, like, this isn't a small thing.
There's so many reasons why I want to open
the GLO30 franchise and the main one is stability.
Juan losing his job puts more importance
on diversifying our portfolio, and I want to create something
that's mine that, you know,
we don't have to depend on an employer for.
I think this is the right step for me.
- When you put your mind to somethin',
you accomplish it, right? - Yeah.
- It's not something you just wish for.
You actually work for it. [laughing]
- That-that's great. You're right.
- No, it true, though. - I didn't--
I didn't wish for it. I'm-I'm working for it.
- You didn't just wish for it.
- You know, Gizelle has had a family emergency.
- No. What happened? - So, I'm gonna check on her.
- Everything okay?
- Um, her father is in the hospital.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- So, I just wanna check on her.
[phone ringing] Where-where you going?
- I'm going to the bathroom.
- Hey. - Hey, how are you?
- I am hanging in there.
These people called parents-- you never know
what's gonna happen to them. - I know.
- And they don't wanna listen. I'm so happy that I'm here
'cause he's been lying to me for, like, two weeks.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Um... [sighs]
Let's talk about that later.
- She told me that her father has brain cancer,
and I know that her dad is her world.
- To know me, I'm bold.
I fight for whatever I feel like is right,
and I got all of that from my dad.
My dad is in the hospital, and I'm a little out of it,
and I hope and pray that he's okay.
I think I'm gonna come back Friday.
- Okay, so, you'll be here for your GNA launch.
- I will. - Okay.
- I am a little stressed, but, you know,
my dad is of most importance. - Of course.
**
- I think it's gonna be a great night.
- I think so. - How you feeling?
- I'm nervous.
- We're all done. - All done?
All right.
Let me go do a walkthrough, real quick.
I'll be back.
This is, like, a thing here.
I finally made it to the big day.
I can't believe it's here. When you're a commentator,
you have the privilege of giving your five-minute take
on something and leaving, but when it's your show,
the success depends on whether people tune in to me.
So, we originally had a budget.
Would you say we're over budget?
- Am I answering honestly about the budget?
[laughing] - Yeah, let's be honest.
- You said, "How much?" - We can be honest.
- This-- - I am not comfortable
answering these questions, actually.
- The budget is gone, okay?
We have exceeded the 20k budget.
- I'll give you 50 that can go towards this project.
- Are you really writing me a check?
- Yes.
- Oh, babe, you don't have to.
Well, thank you. - Of course, of course.
I'm excited. - I'm excited.
Thank you, my love. - Uh-huh.
- Alrighty.
I'm already straightening up. I can't help it.
I'm just-- it's the-- [laughing]
- I understand. - It's the mom in me.
I cannot help it.
The theme of my pilot was Black girl magic.
I got the April Ryan.
She is a White House Correspondent for The Grio.
I also have Jasmine, the creator of The Jasmine Brand.
I have Nykidra Robinson, who is the CEO
and founder of Black Girls Vote.
And then I have Lindsey Granger,
who is the host of all hosts.
She has been the host on "The Daily Blast," "The View."
I mean, you name it.
Lindsey Granger has been at the forefront.
They're doing a five-minute call.
It's the five-- oh, God.
Oh, God, it's the five minutes.
[laughing] Y'all look beautiful,
beautiful, beautiful. - Thank you.
- So do you. - Come on, sister.
- Okay, camera on Wendy as she walks in.
Here we go.
- Can we talk about something that recently happened,
and that is the whole notion of affirmative action?
- If you wanna talk about this clean slate now that
the affirmative action ruling is what it is--
- Yeah. - And let's see how
we can make everyone come in based on merit
and not just whose staff member works there,
how you know somebody that works there.
- Donated the most in the school.
- How much money you have. - Right. That's right.
- And people need to know.
- We're pointing to the next generation, as well.
- Yes, fear. - We do things out of, like,
five principles, and one of them is fear.
- Absolutely. - We gotta stop this.
We gotta come together. - We have to stop it.
- It's a thankless job.
That's the thing about Black girl magic,
and-and people put onto us without asking us.
Chile, I'm tired.
- We're all tired.
We're all tired.
[laughing]
- On that note, ladies, I wanna say thank you so much
for coming today.
- Thank you. - Congratulations.
- Aww, thank you. - Congratulations.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Coming up next...
Gizelle is going through a lot, right now, guys, okay?
Her dad is headed into surgery in the morning.
- When my mom was having surgery,
and my mom was in the hospital,
Gizelle was there making fun of my mother.
I have nothing else to say about her.
**
- Okay.
- Hello. - How you feeling?
- I'm good! How are you? Feel good?
- I'm feeling good. I feel really good.
- Me, too. Ahh! I'm excited.
I'm-I'm excited for everyone to see because, you know,
we talked it so much with everybody.
- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
- You and Gizelle? - Yes.
- Creating clothes? - Athleisure, bitch, athleisure!
- Is it a April Fool's joke?
[laughing] - What?
Hi. I was just about to call you.
- Hi, hi, hi.
- How are you doing? - I mean, you know,
I'm-I'm trying to-- I'm trying to get it done.
- You made it. - You look great.
- Thank you. - Ish.
[laughing]
- How are you, babe? Aww. - I'm hanging in there.
Yeah.
As Ashley and I were planning this event,
my father went to the hospital,
and I am flying back and forth from Atlanta to Maryland.
So, I really had to lean on Ashley.
She just rose to the occasion,
and I actually love her for it.
All jokes aside, like, this week has been horrible
for me, like, totally 100%. - I know. I can imagine.
- I dropped every ball under the sun,
and y'all picked it up and just kept it moving.
- Ahh, ahh, ahh, I said, "Team." There's no-no--
what do you mean? - I know. I just--
I'm very appreciative.
This is, like, a super hard time for me,
and I'm a little out of it.
Like, I don't even really know what the hell is going on.
- When do you want the next model to come out?
- We'll tell you 'cause we're gonna be communicating
with each other about the timing.
- And one thing my dad has taught me is, like,
business is business, and that's why I'm here.
All right, let's go, superwoman.
- Oh, beautiful, yes.
I know there better be some hors d'oeuvres.
I know that.
This year, Gizelle is improving in dressing.
I'm hoping that her clothing line with Ashley
is reflective of that improvement, also.
- Um... - What happened?
- Yeah.
- Okay?
- Oh, I'm praying all-- I started praying
when I heard yesterday. So, I got you.
I got you. - I appreciate it.
- All I had to do, was lay eyes on Gizelle and see
that her eyes are red as (BLEEP).
She-- I respect her so much for being here at her launch event,
but you can tell she's been crying.
I can tell she's ready to get on that plane, right now.
- Hi. - Oh, yes.
- Thank you for coming, babe.
- Oh, my God, look at y'all. Oh, y'all are so cute.
- Thank you. - I'm excited for you guys.
I cannot wait. This is nice. - Thank you.
- Hello, everyone. - Oh, Wendito, hi.
- Hello. How are you? - So good.
- Congrats. - Thank you for coming.
- Of course. - Okay.
- Congrats. - Appreciate that.
- Hey, girl. - Hey.
- She said, "Appreciate that." That's good.
- Hi.
**
- Hi. - Cha-Cha, hey, hey.
- I'm here.
- Hey. - Hi, babe.
It's so good to see you. - Thank you.
- Um, hello.
- Oh, I didn't even realize that's who-- look at you, sexy.
- Shush. - Stunning. Hi, babe.
- Your big day is here. - Yes.
- Hello, hello. You look gorgeous.
- Everybody is showing the belly today.
Hi. - Hi.
- Y'all got-- y'all gotta stop playing.
You told me you weren't coming. Goodness.
- I could not let you go through this
without your mother being here.
I'm so excited. I can't wait.
- Thank you.
Hi. - Hello.
- Welcome. - Hi. So pretty.
Hi, mom. How are you?
- Okay, I'm gonna go check on my models.
- Okay. - Okay.
- How are you? - Hi. How are you?
- Pretty good.
- Um, can you do, like, a mocktail?
Whatever that is but as a mocktail.
- Hi, beauty. How are you?
- Thank you so much.
- Hi, pretty lady. How are you?
- Nice to see you. - Oh, you look good. You, too.
- Thank you. You, too. I love this Versace.
- You like it?
- I'll see you later then. - Hey, pumpkin.
- Chile, am I surprised that Ashley invited Deborah?
No.
Ashley is messy.
Hey, Britt.
So, she would welcome and invite the opportunity
for her to be here.
- So, I'm at the bar, and then happy Eddie comes over.
He-he comes over smiling, like,
"Hell, what y'all talking about?"
[laughing]
He was very flirty.
- We're a big soccer family. You know, I'm Nigerian.
- I know.
- Nigerian, like, soccer is life.
- Are any of the kids in soccer yet?
- Um, one of them. - Hi.
- One of them is. - How are you? Hi, Wendy.
- We're a big soccer family. You know, I'm Nigerian.
- I know.
- Nigerian, like, soccer is life.
- Are any of the kids in soccer yet?
Hey, hon. Hey, babe. - Um, one of them.
- Hi. How are you? - One of them is.
- How are you? Hi, Wendy. - Hey, Deborah, how are you?
How you doin'? - Good to see you guys.
- So good to see you.
Eww, no. Eww, yuck. [laughing]
You see, that's what we call fake sh--, okay?
- How are you? Hi, Wendy. - Hey, Deborah, how are you?
- How are you? - How you doin'?
- Good to see you.
- No, I want some champagne. - Is it Charrisse?
Hey, girl. Birthday hug. - Oh, look at you.
- How are you, honey? You look fine.
- Good. - Oh, Lord.
- Oops.
- Am I? - Yeah.
- It-it worked out good for me. - Okay, good. Yes, honey.
- Thank you. You look nice.
- Hello, gorgeous and gorgeous.
- Look at you. - Hi.
- Look at you. - Hi, gorgeous. Hi, beautiful.
- How are you?
- Yes.
Are-are you going to the "Barbie" movie?
- [indistinct]. - Yes.
- Hi, ladies. Hi. - Hi.
- Hey!
- Come on, princess. Oh!
Hi, mama.
- Mia, so, when do we get to see the photos from the shoot?
- This is perfect.
- Arch your back a little bit.
Yeah.
Girl, feeling it.
- I mean, I know it's short notice.
We're gonna have a release party in two days!
- In two days? - Yes.
- So, they're ready. Have you seen them?
- Mine okay?
- You slayed. - Oh, I slay.
- Yeah. - What's new?
- But, you know. - Yeah, we're about to start.
- Yeah, we're starting. Put heels on, now. Yes.
- And I have to put the hood on. - Okay.
- Come here, sweetie, please.
- This looks amazing. - There we go.
- So, turn, turn.
Okay, yeah, we need to see some leg.
- That was very good.
- All right, babes, we're about to start the show.
- Come on, number one. Come on. It's showtime, baby.
Please, line up. Line up. Line up.
- Ladies and gentlemen,
Ashley and Gizelle present GnA.
- Three, two, one.
- Now. - Yep.
- Go ahead, babe. Go, Kelly.
[cheering]
- Yeah! Yeah, girl, walk!
- Okay, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, you come out and stand.
- All the stuff was cut out and cute,
but I think they're missing the mark.
I would have named it
booty call night club wear by GnA.
That would sell like hotcakes.
- Yes, girl. Whoo! Oh, I love the back.
- Unh-unh. Unh-unh.
- Yes, love that turn. Yes.
- I like it.
Now, let me eat my crab claws.
- Okay, I'll wear this, too. - Yeah!
- I would, too. - I'm not going to that.
- I would wear that. - You would wear that?
- Yeah. [cheering]
- I'd wear that.
- I'm extremely confused by this new Wendy.
The person you were last year wouldn't be wearing Forever 21
wit' your whole sides out.
- What do they say?
- Oh, I'm going to the grocery store in that.
- I mean, it's--
it's a very elevated Alibaba.
- The robe-I gotta have the robe.
- Very cute.
- We're wearing that to fight night.
- Gizelle loves a onesie.
That is all Gizelle.
I feel like this is heavier on the leisure side
or, like, the casual side than the workout side,
but I am very proud of them
for pulling a collection together.
- Beautiful-- energy is good.
I don't know if I would work out in it, but it's cute.
- They even have models.
They have, like, designs.
They have pieces that we're gonna see.
Like, this is a fashion show with real fashions.
I am so happy for them.
[cheers and applause]
- Yes, babe.
- Yes.
- All right, and we're all gonna go together.
Ready? - Yep.
- Yes. [cheering]
[overlapping voices] - ...GnA!
- I love you guys. Thank you.
Oh, wow, it's so crazy to watch this come to fruition
after all the hours we've been working together.
- Thank you everybody for coming to the first
of many GnA fashion extravaganzas.
- Hey, yes! [cheering]
- Personally, I wanna say
this week has been horrible for me
just, um, as it relates to my family.
So, I have dropped every ball under the sun
when it came to putting this night together,
but it really just solidified the fact
that I have partnered with the right person.
The G in GnA had to take a step back,
but the A stepped the freak up.
So, I just really appreciate you.
[cheers and applause]
- I love you, Gizelle.
- Please eat, drink, and be merry.
And when you go to sleep at night, just think GnA.
- Okay. - chanting: GNA.
[cheers and applause]
- So, listen. Listen, listen, listen.
Gizelle is going through a lot, right now, guys, okay?
Her dad is headed into surgery in the morning.
- I'm very sorry to hear that.
- She said, "Sorry."
- If you're gonna say it, say it to her.
- So-so, here's my thing about that.
I can wish people and their loved ones well from a distance,
and that is what I'm gonna choose to do.
- Correct.
- Why is that?
- That's what I'm gonna choose to do.
- Are we going here?
- When my mom was having surgery,
and my mom was in the hospital,
you guys were dragging me and my mom in Texas.
Gizelle was there making fun of my mother,
and everybody, including you all--
- Wendy, we don't know how-- - You don't have to know.
I have nothing else to say about her.
- We would like to toast to our partnership.
- Yes.
- To the future. - Yes!
- Yes. - To GnA.
- GNA! - (all) GnA!
- Amen. - How do you play?
That's our clothing. Cheers. - (all) Cheers.
- Cheers, guys. Love you all. Thank you.
- To real friends. - Thank you so much for coming.
I appreciate you coming. You can't cheers water.
**
[cheering]
- Hey, yes, bend your knees!
Yes! [cheering]
- Gizelle, are you leaving?
I know you have to catch an early flight.
- Are you-- are you okay?
- I think a lot of it right now
is I'm just, like, in shock.
I-- this has all happened very fast.
Like, I just need to get through the day
and get to my dad.
- Are the cameras down yet?
We wrapped. We're good.
- Deborah.