RHOA’s Marlo Hampton Confronts Kandi Burruss over Reaction to Nephew’s Murder, Sparks Fly!
RHOA’s Marlo Hampton Confronts Kandi Burruss over Reaction to Nephew’s Murder, Sparks Fly!
During Sunday’s all-new episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta — tensions reach an all-time high as Marlo Hampton takes on Kandi Burruss in a heated confrontation.
The bone of contention? Marlo Hampton’s perception that her co-star wasn’t empathetic enough in the aftermath of a heart-wrenching tragedy. Tragically, Marlo’s nephew, Quentin, who had been employed at Kandi Burruss’ Old Lady Gang restaurant, fell victim to a devastating shooting incident in 2020.
Contrary to Marlo’s claims, Kandi maintains that they never had an in-depth conversation about Quentin’s death, “You sent me a text and asked me did I know your nephew.”
However, Marlo’s recollection of the events differs from Kandi’s account, “I sent you text but also while we were packing for Riley’s thing, I came to you,” Marlo explains. “I was so emotional that day. But when I brought it up to you, I could tell you didn’t want to deal with it.”
Kandi is left seething with anger in the wake of the comment, “Hold on, why would I not want to deal with it?” the Grammy winner fires back. “You are trying to attach your nephew’s shooting to me and it had nothing to do with me. I told you he no longer worked for us, so I don’t understand why you’re running it back to her as if his shooting had something to do with me and my damn restaurant. Don’t do that!”
In a talking head confessional, Kandi opens up about the reasons behind her intense anger towards Marlo. She expresses her frustration at Marlo’s association of Quentin’s tragic murder with one of her businesses. This frustration is compounded by an unrelated shooting incident that occurred between two employees at her other establishment, Blaze, back in September 2022.
“Anything she can use to tear me down, she just trying to run with it,” Kandi notes, “and I have a problem with that.”
Marlo Hampton on the other-hand explains her deep-seated frustration with her longtime frenemy.
“I’m not mad at you for my nephew’s death, Quentin wasn’t working there because of COVID,” Marlo adds. “I’m mad at you because you ignore things and people allow you to get away with it.”
Press play below to watch the drama unfold and tune into tonight’s episode on Bravo.
In a candid conversation with host Andy Cohen on the May 21 episode of Watch What Happens Live, Marlo opened up about the emotional impact that the incident at Blaze had on her.
“It was a shooting, it was her nephew,” she explained. “At the time, I reached out to Kandi, I talked to her two days later, I taped at her home — she didn’t acknowledge it. To me, I just wanted some condolences like, ‘Hey, I’m sorry. Can I send flowers?’ My nephew has a thousand pictures in my phone of you, him in the back, cooking in the kitchen.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta airs Sunday nights, at 8 p.m. ET, on Bravo.
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