00:00If your best friend does not show up to your wedding, is that still your best friend?
00:05And especially, this is not including extenuating circumstances.
00:09If your best friend does not show up to your wedding, is that still your best friend?
00:12Yes or no?
00:13And I think that we saw this play out on camera seasons ago.
00:17Portia, you're telling me you're not coming to my wedding.
00:21Yeah, but I'm telling you something about my health.
00:23It's not the flight.
00:24Bottom line is you're not coming.
00:25And while Shamiya may pride herself on loyalty, she's still not speaking up and advocating for herself.
00:32And Portia just simply does not look like a great friend on camera.
00:37But if you never choose to address that with her, it does feel a little sideways and disjointed if someone else is coming to you about your friendship with somebody.
00:45It's still lingering.
00:46And I feel like she may feel that this is kind of like a lopsided friendship.
00:53Wow!
00:53And I said, you need to have this conversation with her.
00:56She said, I'm afraid.
00:58The episode opens with Kelly spending some quality time with her daughters.
01:02But the real kicker at the beginning of the episode is Ralph meeting up with Shamiya for dinner and drinks.
01:08And they're talking about a podcast concept, but it definitely looks crazy.
01:12But of course, Shamiya brings Portia along to the dinner because she says she needs a witness.
01:17And I just have to stop and pinpoint the hypocrisy here because as upset as Portia has been this entire season about Drew and Dennis filming together, you double back and do the same thing to Drew.
01:29And it just seems kind of like a tit for tat, like backstab thing going on.
01:35Meanwhile, Angela links up with Kelly at one of her investment properties.
01:39Kelly does mention early in the episode that she's trying to move.
01:42Her and her girls are at a townhouse and she simply needs some more space.
01:46Angela gives her a house tour, but I love that she wastes no time cutting to the chase about the comments that were made at the Bailey Q about her husband and the alleged side baby.
01:54Angela is quick to dispel the rumor about the side baby, but she does admit that there has been some infidelity in their marriage.
02:05And I can appreciate how open and honest that she's been thus far about her relationship.
02:09And I have to say, Angela's wit is just a great addition to the cast of this show because she makes a point while they're playing tennis because Portia is wearing like a black and neon, like one piece suit to play tennis.
02:25And she calls her a snuffleupagus, I think.
02:28She didn't know Big Bird could play tennis, but I didn't know a snuffleupagus could play tennis either.
02:33Portia, Portia kind of, you know, brought her game.
02:36Angela, the queen you are.
02:38She is so funny.
02:39I love her one-liners.
02:40It's great.
02:41After they finish playing tennis, they're sitting down and talking.
02:44You can see that Angela really wants Drew and Portia to really make up because she can still see that there was some sort of relationship there.
02:52Angela does carry a bone and she mentions to Portia the conversation that her and Shamia had at one point earlier in the season.
03:00They went to dinner and Shamia shares her feelings about Portia and how their relationship seems unbalanced.
03:07She doesn't want to be seen as Portia's lapdog.
03:09I had an exclusive interview with Shamia Morton and here's where she questioned Portia's loyalty.
03:15You just can't expect people to be the same that you are to them.
03:20I've always felt like whatever you, you know, you do unto others is you have them do unto you.
03:25You can't be bad if they don't.
03:27And all of this truly comes to a head at Portia's Pampered by Portia event where she invites all of the girls to get pampered.
03:34And once they're in a sister circle, this is where things start to go downhill.
03:39Angela, obviously, she says what she says to Portia just about them getting on the right track.
03:45And then we hear Kelly share her feelings about how she feels about Shamia and Portia.
03:50And Shamia is very visibly upset at what has transpired because she was never brought into the loop.
03:58And Portia never brought it up to Shamia.
04:00I feel like their relationship is a collection of never really speaking up about how they feel.
04:06And they end up in these situations.
04:09This friendship is not as solid as we thought or as they thought because I don't think that we ever thought that their relationship was as strong.
04:19But next week, we see Drew get real about her divorce and Portia and Shamia finally have that sit down that we're waiting for.
04:26Press the things that have hurt me in our friendship.
04:29You're tired.
04:30Am I boring you?
04:32So Essie, let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
