In the many years of Real Housewives, we’ve seen our leading women meet with mediums, fortune tellers, and psychics of all forms. In some cases, those psychics have accurately predicted breakups and other plot twists that could only be seen from the great unknown. But have we ever seen a prophet at a Juneteenth barbecue dishing out advice while everyone sits around eating ribs and taking tequila shots? That’s new territory, and for that, we can thank
In The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 Episode 9, “Blame it on the Henny.” Cynthia hosted her annual Bailey-cue, and she felt like it could be a good way to bring the group back together after their chaotic cast trip to Nashville. Remember, that trip ended with Porsha threatening to have sex with Angela’s husband. So, can a prophet and a plate of ribs save this group from their path of destruction? Maybe!
Fresh off their boozy adventure to Nashville, the women returned to Atlanta still reeling from all of the drama. As a few of the ladies navigated family matters, Angela prepared for “war” with Porsha. Meanwhile, Cynthia planned the Juneteenth edition of her Bailey-cue, and in the end, two ladies miraculously squashed their beef while out at Lake Bailey.
Episode 9 opened up with a monologue from Cynthia that felt … difficult to listen to. You could hear her reading the words off the page, and it’s as if all of those acting roles taught her nothing. In the monologue, she claimed to be clueless about what happened between Angela and Porsha in Nashville.
“I have to do some investigating of all the ladies to figure out how it all went to hell, chile,” Cynthia explained, with the cadence of a Razzy-award winning actor.
Sure enough, Cyn went around Atlanta, meeting with the ladies to get the two sides of the story. Of course, Porsha’s loyal subjects, Shamea and Kelli, tried to downplay the situation. Angela, on the other hand, felt like the ladies crossed a line by talking about Charles.
Fortunately, Cynthia had her annual Bailey-cue on the calendar, which she felt would allow everyone to regroup. She also teased that a “prophet” would be joining the party, and immediately, we were brought back to that Season 13 storyline where Drew had beef with Prophet Lott. Fortunately, he is not the same prophet that Cynthia hired.
The last time we saw the group, they were wasted and talking smack in Nashville. This week, they were back in Atlanta, taking care of their family duties. Kelli was randomly throwing a party for her dog. Shamea met with a potential surrogate as she considers expanding her family, and Brit helped her mom move out of her house.
Elsewhere in Atlanta, Porsha interviewed a woman to be an au pair for their daughter. Of course, Dennis jumped at this opportunity for screentime and joined in on the meeting.
He also weasled his way into a confessional interview. There, the producers asked him about how he filmed with Drew a few episodes ago. According to him, that wasn’t intentional, even though he was fully mic’d up.
“I wasn’t filming,” Dennis claimed. “I came to a session, and the cameras just happened to be there.”
Okay, Dennis. And you also didn’t plan to film this confessional interview, right?
Obviously, Angela couldn’t wait to get back to Atlanta to tell Charles about what Porsha said about him. She already fired off an angry text message to Shamea. Now, she just needed her husband’s ear.
Despite all of the nasty things being said about Charles, he didn’t get frustrated about it. Instead, he just kind of shrugged it off. For now, he’s there to listen, not to participate. More Househusbands need to learn that skill.
Charles let Angela rant about the Porsha drama and didn’t seem to care that his name was getting tossed around. Angela, on the other hand, felt pissed. She said she was ready for war. Charles’s response? He said he wants a front-row seat.
Normally, the Bailey-cue is a Fourth of July event. This year, Cynthia decided to make it a Juneteenth celebration. She told all of the ladies to show up in their Juneteenth colors, which Shamea took as a go-ahead to show up in full African garb.
Brit was the first one to arrive at the party, and before she could even get fully seated, Cynthia’s “prophet” appeared and started blabbing on about how Brit would be navigating some business moves in the future. Lo and behold, the producers show some unseen footage of Brit telling her husband that she’s planning on launching an athleisure line. Meanwhile, the status of her insurance business remains unclear.
As the ladies poured into the party, the prophetess continued her ramblings. We appreciate her efforts, but there was an elephant in the room. Angela hadn’t spoken to most of these women since Nashville. She had some things to get off her chest.
Within moments of bringing up the Nashville incident, Angela and Brit started going back and forth, and reminded us to never get on Angela’s bad side. She’s a shade assassin in training, and without missing a beat, she branded Brit as a “whore” with stretch marks around her lips.
Meanwhile, Drew sat in the other room trying to “protect her peace.” She was also a little mortified that the Juneteenth party had so quickly devolved into this mess. But, this is what happens when you come to the Bailey-cue!
Obviously, we know that Real Housewives are bad at apologizing. It’s probably somewhere in their contract that the words “I’m sorry” can’t come out of their mouths in a sincere way. Angela and Porsha took this to a new level at the end of RHOA Season 16 Episode 9.
In between prophet readings, barbecue, and an oddly-timed Juneteenth trivia game, Cynthia forced Angela and Porsha into a room to talk about their drama from Nashville.
It took some effort, but Porsha eventually offered a semblance of an apology to Angela. You could tell she didn’t really want to apologize. She probably knew that Cynthia wasn’t going to let them out of that room until they made up.
Energized by the progress that Angela had made with Porsha, Cynthia tried to have Shamea come in for a one-on-one with Angela as well. That session didn’t go as well. The episode ended with them, once again, agreeing to disagree. The olive branch has expired.
Earlier this year, Todd Chrisley received a pardon from the President. However, Patricia Altschul is a tougher sell. Unlike POTUS, this Southern Charm star refuses to absolve Todd of his verbal crimes. Instead, this queen honey bee is standing ten wealthy toes down, adamant that Charleston is not a place for a “felon” like Todd.
Todd and Patricia are the reality feud I never saw coming. Their tiny tit for tat started after Todd’s release from prison. “During the [post-prison] press conference, I had stated that we are doing a hotel and it’s going to be near Charleston, South Carolina,” Todd explained. In response, Patricia said, “Well, there goes the neighborhood.”
Well, Todd did not like that. So, he made several jests about Patricia, which mainly focused on her older age and her finances. Overall, it was gross.
So, recently clapping back via Decider, Pat quipped, “He’s very irrelevant. I said four words—there goes the neighborhood — and he went on, and he did a whole program about me. It was just a comment in passing.” Nevertheless, Patricia stands by her original stance, saying, “We just don’t need any more felons in Charleston.”
Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley, were indicted on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States back in 2019. They swore they were innocent. Yet, they were still found guilty. In all, The Chrisleys: Back to Reality stars received a combined 19 years in federal prison, but thanks to their pardons, they walked out of their prison cells for good in May of this year.
And now, Ms. Pat wants them to heed her words and not walk toward her in Charleston.
Southern Charm Season 11 premieres on November 19, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock, or Hayu in Canada, the UK, and Ireland.