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The legal drama among reality TV stars just keep flying. This time out Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak has filed legal documents asking a judge to toss a lawsuit filed against her by co-star Kandi Burruss, according to TMZ.

To recap for those who don’t remember, Zolciak and Burruss were musical collaborators on the Zolciak’s one-hit wonder, “Tardy for the Party.” In Burruss’ lawsuit she’s alleging that Kim hoarded money earned from the single that co-wrote together. The song debuted on The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2009. Burruss’ musical talents are well known in the industry. She’s a former member of Xscape and is the Grammy-Award winning songwriter behind TLC’s hit “No Scrubs.”

But Zolciak believes Kandi’s claims are bogus because she says Burruss was overpaid $6,000 for her songwriting contributions. Kim believes Kandi is only creating this ruckus to try to get free publicity for her upcoming new spinoff reality show, “The Kandi Factory.”

If it’s true, someone once said there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

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A little over a week ago, reality TV’s new hot couple Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker announced their engagement. And now Burruss, like any financially responsible woman, has begun to utter the “p” word… prenup.

On her Bravo blog, the Real Houswives of Atlanta star broached the subject from a discussion she had with fellow cast member, Porsha, who said she and her husband, NFL star Kordell Stewart, didn’t have one. Burruss wrote: “I know that some people feel if you are truly in love and are planning to be dedicated to your marriage that a pre-nup somehow means the person requesting the pre-nup is expecting the marriage to fail. I don’t agree. I feel like it’s a safety precaution.”

“Just like if you have a fire extinguisher in your home it doesn’t mean you expect it to burn down,” she continued, ” but you’re just prepared to put out the fire before it starts if need be. I’ve had friends and associates who didn’t get a pre-nup say ‘they didn’t need one,’ ‘she or he would never do that,’ etc. But then later when they got divorced, things got ugly, and the person tried to get everything… I feel like people do some crazy and vindictive things when they’re hurt, so I think there should be agreements set in place while everyone is thinking clearly. That way if D-day ever comes (and hopefully it won’t, but if it does), then it doesn’t have to get uglier and more hurtful than it already is.”

Let’s just hope Todd understands when his boo whips the “fire extinguisher” on him before the big day. But they seem like such a grounded couple, a prenup shouldn’t cause any hiccups. After all, preservation of your funds is the new first law of nature.

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Cynthia Bailey’s storyline on Real Housewives of Atlanta might be a bit of a snooze compared to her other cast mates,  but her husband Peter Thomas stirred up enough drama for the both of them after running his mouth about the gang in Uptown magazine and he’s back for round two in a follow up interview!

Peter summed up his feelings about the cast in his first interview with Uptown and said, “I can’t stand Phaedra’s ass. I think Kim is crazy as f–k. Nene has a big-ass mouth, okay? And Sheree’s not cute! She thinks she’s cute, but she’s not cute. The only one I like is Kandi, and she’s too soft. That’s why she got played with Kim.” Well damn! The comments didn’t fly with Sheree Whitfield who confronted Peter on the show about his choice words and Phaedra Phark’s husband Apollo also got buck in the name of standing up for his lady, but that didn’t stop Peter from having everyone’s name in his mouth after. Peep the second interview where he elaborates on his first jabs.

On clashing with Apollo:

What people see is what it is. I don’t really know Apollo. Apollo felt like he was defending his wife [regarding] the Uptown  article that I did…the article wasn’t about them. The article was about how I felt about what my wife said and what people were saying about, you know, Uptown Restaurant and Lounge and that she gave me money to do it and I wanted to set the record straight by saying yes she made a contribution but I didn’t take her wallet to do it.

The real problem with Sheree:

She talks about everybody fu–ed up all the time, especially my wife. She said my wife is spineless. She said my wife has no backbone. She said my wife follows around NeNe like some little puppy. She says a lot of really fu–ed up things and my wife is too much of a classy chick to even go in on that so, when they ask me what I think, because me and my wife is one, I’m gone say how I feel. She thinks she’s cute but I don’t think she’s cute. If she thinks she’s cute, then that’s on her. It’s like when I watched [the show Sunday] night and she said ‘well, I know I’m cute’ and my answer was ‘really.’ It didn’t change how I feel. But all of that was at the top of the year. I just saw Sheree recently after the Soul Train Awards. She came through to bar One and maybe she forgave me or I forgave her. We don’t know. Let’s see what happens next.

About NeNe and her mouth:

When I say NeNe is loud, it’s because NeNe got a big ass mouth but I love her. I love her to death. I love her. She’s cool as hell. She’s the realest as far as I’m concerned.

About Kim and her mouth:

When I say Kim is crazy as hell, it’s because her mouth is so reckless. All kinds of sh-t come out of her mouth. I don’t think they have ever shot Kim without beeping, without beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep, because she talks crazy. That’s how she talks.

And there you have it!

Now everybody gets their opinions and I can’t say that Peter’s coming out of nowhere with his, but for someone who has a problem with everyone else running their mouth (and with another husband standing up for his wife as a result), he sure is playing the pot calling the kettle black by doing the same! It’s almost laughable that he’s even meddling in their mayhem at all but I guess one of those guys had to fill the void Dwight left…

Do you think Peter was out of pocket?

Kandi Burress’ new boyfriend, Baltimore Ravens star Willis McGahee, has been the subject of various rumors since it was reported that he would be joining the singer and reality star on The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

In short, Media Take Out basically tried to say he was living with his baby mama. However, another blog has reported that it’s received two emails from people saying the site got it’s info wrong.

They say he’s a deadbeat dad.

Here’s one of the emails sent to The Jasmine Brand:

“I read your blog that referenced Ravens player, Willis McGahee, and I just wanted 2 tell u anonymously that Willis has 7 kids, as well as 7 baby mamas. That’s what “a lot of kids is”. He’s flying to Atlanta and won’t come see his own children. He is the true definition of a dead beat father. Media Take Out has their story wrong. He does have a 5 week old baby, but he doesn’t live with that child’s mother. Willis also has a young daughter with his baby mama, Tiffany, that happens to be a lesbian.  While he played for the Buffalo Bills, he also had another daughter.”

As it turns out, in 2008 he was subject to three separate paternity suits:

Jan. 7–Father knows best? A third paternity suit was filed against Willis McGahee, 25, Buffalo Bills running back and former University of Miami Hurricane. Keisha Walls, 27, an elementary school teacher, says McGahee is the father of son Kai Walls, born April 19, 2006.

Chiniqua Smith, 26, also a teacher, says McGahee is the father of Willis McGahee IV, born Jan. 6, 2006. Dorothy Doretha McNeil, 29, sued McGahee in 2005, saying he fathered daughter Bria McGahee, born Jan. 17 of that year. In the cases of Smith and McNeil, McGahee has been declared the biological father and is paying support. “He’s an honorable person,” says McGahee’s attorney, Howard Rudolph.

Oh, Kandi. Good luck with that one.

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Shake something!

Singer-turned-reality star Kandi Burruss decided not to let the girls at Magic City have all the fun and held a pole dancing class at her Smyrna, GA boutique, Tags, on Monday. You were invited to drop it like it’s hot with her; she posted the info on Twitter:

Kandi’s friend Ricole of  Real Diva’s Inc. gave the class and on the day of the event the Fly Above singer posted pictures of herself, like the one above, showing how it’s done. I’m not even mad! Pole dancing is supposed to be a good workout!

Representatives at the store say it was a one-time event but if you want to keep your eye out for other out-the-box happenings visit the boutique site tagsatl.com.

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Last weekend, new Atlanta housewife, Cynthia Bailey, wed her longtime boyfriend in a ceremony that is believed to be featured on the season finale of the upcoming  edition of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

When word got out that Cynthia’s fellow housewives would be in attendance, most of us expected there to be drama.

And according to Page Six, there was.

Page Six reports:

The wedding of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” newcomer Cynthia Bailey started and ended in drama. The Saturday nuptials in Atlanta to restaurateur Peter Thomas was held up for 45 minutes by castmate Nene Leakes, who barged into Bailey’s bridal suite and demanded her hair and makeup be done. Kim Zolciak then got into a tiff with her blond boy toy, who “was checking out a hot redhead while puffing a cigar. Kim caught him in the act,” said a witness. Sheree Whitfield, Kandi Burruss and Phaedra Parks attended, but not Lisa Wu Hartwell, who we hear is being axed. Bravo had no comment.

NeNe has taken to Twitter to deny the reports that she was cutting up for camera time.

She tweeted:

Why do these bloggers lie so much! I went 2 a wedding demanding hair & makeup! Now y would I do that? I have my own team! Thank u

I caused drama @ a wedding! Yup that’s what I do now. Go 2 weddings & cause drama

The New York Post’s Page Six isn’t a blog site, but nevertheless that’s NeNe’s official denial.

As for Lisa Wu Hartwell not being there, welp, we told you all she was reportedly getting the boot. She has yet to tweet a denial so we’ll assume there’s still truth to it.

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The second season of  The Real Housewives of Atlanta is over and apparently so are the housewives’ interactions with each other!  We caught up with the crew at the Soul Train Awards in Atlanta where Kandi Burruss and Sheree Whitfield told us that (surprise, surprise) when the cameras stop rolling so do their “friendships.”

“It’s a working relationship,” Sheree told BET.com. “We don’t hang out. I don’t wanna say it’s just for the show. We were put on the show and we were not friends so it’s something that you have to build. Am I saying that would never happen, no I’m not saying that? But right now, it’s just a working relationship.”

We saw how Sheree works when she dealt with that party planner (veins popping, neck swinging, “who gon check me boo” screaming) and that sounds about right. Must’ve been an average day in the office when she rearranged Kim Zolciak’s wig?

“We do not make up things for TV,” Kandi told BET.com. “The arguments are real, the bonds…I don’t know about the bonds. I mean, of course because we have to be around each other for the show, you know? I don’t know if we would always hang out that much.”

We knew their TV-edited friendships were as fake as their “housewives” titles; at least they’re keeping it real! Then again, these ladies never were good at faking the funk.

Ashley “A.J.” Jewel’s death has been officially ruled a homicide. Although a preliminary medical report suggested that sickle-cell anemia may have ultimately caused the death of the fiance of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss, A.J.’s official cause of death was listed as “physical altercation resulting in sickle cell trait related exertional collapse.”

According to the Atlanta Constitution Journal the report continued: “Although Mr. Jewell died of complications of his underlying natural disease conditions, [the] complications would not have occurred if he had not experienced the extreme exertion that was part of the physical altercation. Due to the active involvement of another person, the manner of death is classified as a homicide.”

A.J.’s family is angered by the report and unsatisfied with the investigation. “Although the medical examiner’s report released to us yesterday does classify my son’s death as homicide, the report is contradictory because it simultaneously blames a ‘sickle cell crisis’,” said the Rev. A.B. Jewell, Sr.

The family also criticized the release on bond of Frederick Richardson, A.J.’s accused killer. Richardson is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the October 2nd death.

Richardson’s attorney told TMZ, “It’s an unfortunate situation, Frederick is sorry this situation happened and that A.J. died.”

According to a news release A.J.’s family plans to hold a prayer vigil at 7:30pm tonight in the parking lot of the strip club Body Tap, where the fight that led to his death occurred.

Here’s hoping the family is able to find peace and justice is properly served.

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Every fan of the late Notorious B.I.G. knows the song “Dreams” and the infamous line, “I’d rather f—k RuPaul than those ugly ass Xscape b—ches.”

It’s one thing to be called a bugawolf; it’s another to hear someone say I’d rather have sex with a man pretending to be a woman than you, you ugly mudduck real woman.

But as ya’ll know, Biggie died so it’s kind of hard to publicly speak about a dead legend who read you like Dr. Seuss.

But in an interview with The Urban Daily, Kandi Buruss discussed the controversial lyric and revealed that Biggie actually tried to “fly above” and apologize.

Check out the video to see what she has to say about Biggie apologizing to fellow Xscape member and reality star, Tiny, the night he died:

Has it been that many years since I paid attention to R&B singer Angie Stone? I know she changed her image during the promotion of her last album, rocking long straight hair and sleek threads in contrast to her Afro and bohemian threads during albums of the past, but what’s going on here? She seems to be trying to sex up her look (her boobs look like they’re about to jump out of that corset and smack her in the face!).

The picture above is said to be the cover for her upcoming  album “Unexpected.” What do you think of her new look?

Haute Mama

Tina Knowles is pushing out another collection from her line “Miss Tina” which features contemporary dresses, shoes and accessories. Beyonce’s mama presented the collection yesterday on HSN, where it’s available for purchase. The line promises to offer “a taste of couture” and help it’s wearers “transition perfectly from fall to holiday.” She lost me with back in 1998 when she was creating Destiny’s Child’s matchy-matchy dresses and costumes but good for her!

Dwight Packing Heat

Did you see the second part of the Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion last night?  I was anticipating less fireworks than last year, especially since I had a feeling that Andy Cohen would ask Kandi about her late fiance AJ’s death –  then, “fifth housewife” Dwight Eubanks came on the stage complaining that he felt like he’d “been in church all day” because of the lack drama. Be careful what you wish for!  The tables quickly turned to Dwight when Kim Zolciak outed him for getting a penile implant.  Surprisingly, Dwight owned up to and even owned it! Think his fiance is happier?