Tameka “Tiny” Cottle spoke to E! News about how her friend, ex bandmate, and Real Housewives of Atlanta co-star, Kandi Burruss is doing following the fatal beating of her ex-fiance, Ashley “A.J.” Jewell.

Tiny said:

“She’s doing much better. She’s a strong girl. I speak to her every day. I go and visit her. I went to the funeral. Whenever she needs me, I’m there.”

As for her own issues with her fiancé, T.I., the BET reality star said:

“We talk all day and email each other. I see him every week, and I’m just there, ya know? We work as a team.”

The second season of Tiny and Toya is currently filming. The show will reportedly chronicle Tiny as she prepares for T.I.’s release from prison.

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Sad news.  According to published reports, Ashley “A.J.” Jewell, the fiancé of songwriter and Real Housewives Of Atlanta cast member Kandi Burruss, has been killed in Atlanta.  Some reports claim he was the co-owner of the Atlanta strip club, Body Tap, and a fight occurred during a brawl in the parking lot, resulting in fatal injuries.

According to Burruss’ publicist, she is “stunned and speechless.”

Kandi has custody of two of Jewell’s six kids.

Our condolences go out to his friends and family.

Check out the clip below, which features A.J.

In whoring for publicity news, two of my favorite housewives – NeNe Leakes of Atlanta and Gretchen Rossi of Orange County – pretended to be ladies who lick while out for lunch.

Judging from the positions of NeNe’s hands and Gretchen’s posture, I think this “kiss” was really just NeNe whispering to Gretchen, “Girl, I’m hoping this sells some books.”

I blame Madonna and Britney Spears for this. Now everyone thinks they can be gay for 45 seconds and get some attention for it.

In other NeNe news, she told Radar Online that she and Kim Zolciak will never be friends.

Yet I’m pretty sure she’ll be friendly with her on camera as humanly possible while the ratings for The Real Housewives of Atlanta continue to soar.

It’s a tight rope between friendship and keeping your lights on.

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Another day, another foreclosure for the cast of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

The next person to send their credit score to hell is Lisa Wu Hartwell.

TMZ reports that the multi-million dollar mansion Hartwell shared with her husband, former Edgerton Hartwell (I see why she just says Ed), was foreclosed by the bank and quickly sold thereafter.

A rep for Hartwell told TMZ that she and her husband were in talks with the lender to restructure the loan because the home had lost value. Those talks failed, and well, I’m sure the folks in Georgia saw the for sale signs.

The two bought the place for $2.9 million back in 2007, but when placed back on the market, the lending back only got $1.9 million.

Now before you go out of your way to name Lisa the new broke chick of Bankhead (shout out to Sheree Whitfield), her rep said, “Ed and Lisa are fine. They have settled in their [new] home, that sits on 10 acres and they OWN it!”

Well, that’s nice and all, but a foreclosure means neither can even co-sign a car loan on a Suzuki.

Oh, and FYI, don’t think it’s just the Atlanta women with money problems. Rumor has it that a few of the ladies from Orange County might be facing foreclosure later this year. That’s right, we see you Tamera.

Shame, shame.

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