To me she is a perfect example of someone who had nothing to lose by being her shameless self when RHOA kicked off. She somehow found that perfect balance of being an awful vapid human being while also being entertaining to watch. And she was fun! Her scenes were good even though she had the laziest storylines. You can tell the other women liked filming with her early on. Even NeNe was excited when their feuds were over and they’d have their cocktail chats. She obviously had charm to have successful men eating out of her palm.

In another universe, I truly think she would’ve gone down as one of the best. She would’ve ridden the peak bravo wave and kept being a gay singing icon and a cool funny single mom. I think it would’ve kept her evolving as a human.

Instead she met Kroy and retreated into wifehood and marinated in her low key racism and injected it into her face. Sigh.