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**

[bells tolling]

Porsha's my best friend,

and I'm her biggest cheerleader.

I need the same for me.

- I should have an Oscar for how I made my marriage

look like it was all together.

- I am married to Charles Oakley.

Divorce is not an option.

- It is impossible to move on

while I'm living with my estranged husband.

- All in a split second, everything changed.

Now, I have to talk about sucking dick with my mother.

[glass shattering]

- I don't give a damn what the public thinks.

- Why did she take that woman's husband?

- Hide your husband. Hide your wife.

[laughing]

- Girl, are you serious? - Oh, Jesus.

- You can have his hot dog. - Wow!

- You still didn't answer the question, though.

Oh, my Lord Jesus.

- You are an awful - ---in' slimy-ass bitch.

Honey!

You know, I had to circle the block,

and I'm back.

Life has been amazin'.

I've been travelin', livin' my best life,

and Pilar is getting so big, and beautiful, and smart.

And I'm just so blessed in so many ways,

but, you know, life doesn't always have a fairytale ending.

I filed for divorce a couple months ago.

We had financial issues. We had serious trust issues.

He just wasn't the man that I thought I was marrying.

* I know what they want *

* I gave 'em all a chance *

Pilar and I are still living in the marital home,

but things are getting really stressful with the divorce,

and I'm trying to figure out a way forward.

- From the looks of it, you all were the perfect couple.

Their thing was to not go to bed angry

and co-parented wonderfully.

* I know what they think *

- Who the (BLEEP) did I marry?

Finding out one piece,

and then you look into another piece.

- It makes you think how much of it was real.

I let my guard down

because I felt like it was a safe space.

- I still love this person... - Mm-hmm.

- ...and I really, really hate all of this.

- * I hear the - ---in' whispers yeah *

* I hear them tryin' to hate *

- A lot of people, they say,

well, this could be her karma, or whatever.

However, for me, I guess, with bad karma comes good karma

'cause I always come out okay.

**

**

- Hey, hey! * Where is Shya? *

- Mommy! - * I miss her! *

Hey, toot.

How many kisses should I give you today?

Um, 50,000.

- [sighs] - Sounds like a long time,

but I'm ready. Ready? Go.

[laughing]

People only know me as Porsha's ride or die.

Hi, ladies.

Hi.

My snow bunnies.

Yes.

My name is...

[indistinct].

But, I mean, there's way more to me,

and I can outshine the best of 'em.

We have to go quickly!

- My $9 million house was the second largest sale

in Georgia that year. But you know what,

I don't even get down like that.

I hate being defined by my wealth.

If you can afford to buy me the cheapest house tequila

at the bar, let's do it.

You know, I might... spit it over there,

and then buy us the good stuff.

[laughing]

- Hey, dad. Muah! - What's up, y'all?

- I'm so happy y'all are here. - Muah!

- I was like, it sucks havin' a birthday,

- like, at Mother's Day. - What's up?

- I have not had any parties at my home

since I bought my home.

My birthday party is my first big party.

- Hey, hey. [laughing]

- If it's a party, I'm gon' party,

and it don't have to be a twerk.

I mean, I can twerk.

Oh!

I'm super excited because I invited all my family.

One thing you better know about me is,

family is the most important thing.

My priority is God and then family.

- Shamea, look at daddy plate.

Was it good? [laughing]

- You're supposed to wait until the birthday girl get here.

- [laughing] - We tried.

- Lasagna-- I know.

Career-wise, I like to coin myself

like the female Jamie Foxx.

I'm a quadruple threat.

I am an actress, a singer, a dancer, a host.

It just kinda happened that way

because I'm a lover of music.

I'm a lover of arts.

I'm a lover of people.

I'm blessed to be able to do it all.

I'm gonna beat you.

- No, you're not. - Yes, I am.

- No, you're not. - Yes, I am.

I have just been through it

with just trying to grow my family.

Aww, man, how do you always win?

- We need to go check on Shiloh.

I have two girls.

Shya is five years old, and Shiloh is 15 months.

Shiloh?

Shiloh was born prematurely via surrogacy.

With Shiloh's medical complications,

over a dozen surgeries, nurses around the clock.

So, the fact and I even wanna continue

to grow my family, it's love.

She's asleep. I need to go change.

I'm gonna go get comfortable.

You wanna hold her, mama, while I get comfortable?

Yeah, give her to me.

- Okay, I'm gonna go change real quick.

I'll be right back.

[sighs]

My husband and I,

ten years we've been together.

I met Gerald, my Kenyan king, at Rosebar Nightclub.

He's like, "Help yourself to some drinks."

I'm like, "Thank you."

But he says nothing else to me the whole night.

So, I'm like he gotta be, like, got a lotta baggage.

Ain't nobody just lettin' this good man

just walk around Atlanta.

My girlfriend's like,

"You have to come to his cookout."

I'm like, I'm not going to that man's house.

Go in the house. It's family runnin' around.

I'm like one of these gotta be his kids.

He's like, "Welcome." I'm like, "Is this your kid?"

He's like, "No, I don't have any kids."

I'm like--

and then I was like, okay, uh...

- And I said--

one, two, seconds. I'm-I'm almost done.

He comes and sits by me.

We kick it off. We have the best time.

Now, mind you, my car is still at Phipps.

My purse, everything, is still in the car.

So, we go to the next spot. We're eating.

My home girl dip off...

'cause she-- my girl ain't answerin' the phone.

I'm like, now I'm fitting to be stuck at this man's house,

and he'll think I'm trying to stay over.

"You don't wanna sleep here?" I'm like, "No,

"'cause you're gon' be tryin' to have sex with me."

And he's like, "No, no, no, no, no, you're fine.

"You can have the bed." And he's like, "No, no, no,

"I'm just gonna lay here." I'm like, "Okay."

So, around about 4:30, my stomach start--

[growling]

He says, "Oh, you can use this bathroom here."

I sat on the toilet,

and it is like a full symphony orchestra.

I got in my car.

The man called me back and was like he wanna date.

I said, "Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus.

"This man accepted me for me and all of everything I did

"to that man's bathroom."

And we ain't parted ways since.

So, ladies, sh-- in his bathroom...

First night. Mark your territory.

That man love me.

Next time I went back to his house, he had wipes.

[sipping]

You know, last year, I didn't get a party.

I didn't even get a birthday cake.

Shiloh was still in the NICU.

So, this year, I'm pullin' out all the stops.

- Okay. - I don't know.

I'm looking for y'all to meet some friends,

- some of my new friends. - Okay.

- Like Kelli, Brit, they know how to have fun,

- like, no holds barred. - Hey! [laughing]

And, of course,

my old friends, day ones,

like Porsha, will be there, too.

I was born and raised right here in Atlanta, Georgia.

So, y'all already know I got friends in low places.

Porsha and I have known each other decades.

She's the one that told me

I needed to start shavin' my vagina

'cause she was like, "When you finally have sex,

"don't nobody wanna see all that hair."

And I was just like, "Oh, okay."

Through Porsha, I've been hanging out with Cynthia

and Kenya for a decade.

I mean, I met Kelli 'cause she came in on my radio show.

She offered to cook for me

when I was in the NICU with Shiloh.

I was like this is gonna be my friend.

And, of course, she is friends with Brit,

who I actually met way back in the day

through a good friend of mine.

They like to have fun,

let they hair down, let they titties out.

So, me and Drew, we did a film together

ten years ago, a TLC biopic.

And then Drew is really good friends

with the Angela Oakley.

I don't really know Angela like that.

I know Charles because of the NBA

and, you know, me hosting all-star games.

Charles is a legend.

I mean, who wouldn't know Charles Oakley? Hello!

So, of course, if he married her,

she got to be the bomb.

Everybody knows I'm Atlanta's best friend,

and in this friend group, I am the glue.

Trying to be friends with multiple people

that don't always see eye to eye,

that's, like, the thing,

like, right now, in my life.

- Well, you shouldn't have to worry about that.

- Like, friendship should be easy.

If you gotta think about it this much,

maybe rethink who your friends are.

- Word. - Yep. That's right.

- Not my little baby nephew giving me advice.

[laughing]

**

- You want me to catch it? Okay.

- Oh! - No! No!

That was pretty good.

Oh. Oh, oh!

Didn't I not just tackle you, Machai?

Okay, guys, I'm so tired.

Mommy's going to get some water.

[laughing]

I'm out of breath. Shoot.

Sometimes it does get a little crazy.

- It's a lot of change. - It's a lot.

You're doin' a good job, though.

It's disheartening.

This divorce has been a year now.

I would've hoped

that Ralph and I could have mediated on our own,

but kinda the reason why we are going through a divorce

is because we couldn't ever agree on anything.

Were you faithful to her?

- It woulda came out already.

- Not-- That's not the question.

Our divorce is dramatic.

It's a roller coaster. It's a sh-- show.

- Hello? [Drew gasps]

- Hi! - Hi, pretty girl.

- Hello. - How are you?

- Can I get a hug? - Oh, my gosh!

- Hi, Aniya. - So freaking cute.

- Hi. - Oh, my God, girl.

- I'm gonna go upstairs. - Okay.

You guys gonna play Barbies?

- in unison: Yeah. - Okay, go have fun, girls.

Yeah. So, a lot has changed.

This was actually Ralph's office.

Where is he?

- So, basically, we had a court order

when we went to court,

and he got moved to the basement.

- Nuh-unh.

- Where's daddy? - I don't know.

Did you go see if he's downstairs?

- Let me go. - Turn on the lights.

See if daddy's down there, okay?

- Okay. - Okay.

- Not banished to the basement!

Yeah, he was.

- Are you allowed to go down there?

- No, not without permission. - Wow.

- He has a whole different entrance.

And every first, third, and fifth weekend,

I have to leave.

Ralph being banished in the basement--

I was expecting him to take that opportunity

to move out and do the things

that really excite him,

which is being out in the streets.

- Divorce is crazy. - Mm-hmm.

But you don't talk?

- I mean, we talk about the kids.

We have to communicate through an app,

and the judge can, like, use it as evidence,

- and they oversee it. - Mm-hmm.

- He likes to go in the app and fight.

He likes to go in there and be petty in the app,

and I would love to type a couple of middle finger emojis,

but the judge can see everything.

So, I'll let the judge decide.

So, what is Drew doing?

- I literally did five movies last year,

and then I'm doing my music, of course.

- Yes. Tell me about the music.

- Ahh! - Yes.

- I was just asked to open up for Tank in Chicago.

- I love Chicago. - Yes.

- Girl, you know, I lived in Detroit.

So, I-I have family there.

- And, you know, Dennis is from Detroit, too,

- so I-- - Dennis who?

- Dennis. Dennis-Dennis--

that's who I'm partners with in my music.

- Dennis-- Porsha's Dennis?

Yes.

I'm pregnant.

[laughing]

[humming]

Pilar Jenae McKinley.

- Lookin' like her daddy's nose.

- Apparently, he's been doin' music

for a very, very long time.

Hey, bro.

What's going on?

Yes.

This is my best work yet.

* I know I'm better on my own *

[Drew harmonizing]

Wait a minute.

So, how does Porsha feel about this?

- So, she was just like, "Girl, yeah."

I was like, I'm just very grateful for Dennis

and who he has been in my life

and shown up as, like, my angel on earth.

- Yeah. - Because literally,

there were days I couldn't get out the bed, crying,

but because I knew I had a session,

I would get there.

He was my saving grace when I was going through

all what I was going through at that time.

- Wow. - It was all good.

He's a very standup guy

who wants to be there for his daughter.

He's like, "Look, this music

"is gonna help me pay for my daughter's college."

- Yes. Yes. Yes. - We're all on the same team.

This is a family.

- Why didn't he ever produce anything for her?

Because, you know, she tried to put out a song

a while ago, and it didn't go anywhere.

* My heart is broken and flatlined it's flatlined *

- Maybe he wasn't into music then.

- But you said it's been his passion.

- I don't know how long. - Okay.

- He told me that he did talk to Porsha

- to get her blessing on it. - Did he get it?

- [laughing] - He told me he did.

So, I was like, cool, let's go.

- Yeah. - So, I don't think

she would sit around and just, like,

you know, not speak up.

Porsha seems like somebody

that would definitely speak her mind.

**

Comin' up next...

- Porsha is goin' through a divorce.

She always rises above it.

- Well, she probably should've never took that girl's man.

* You are all I need *

* You are You're all I need *

* All I need All I need *

**

- Hey, gorgeous. - Hey!

- Oh, my God, this is, like, the cutest.

Oh, this teacup for the tea party, oh, my God.

What are my kids doing? Are you gonna order tea?

I don't really know how.

- You can order whatever you want.

Autumn will help you.

- We're gonna start with happy birthday.

- Okay, let's get this show on the road.

Whiskey and tea cures all.

- Exactly. - Chloe's 17. That's crazy.

- Chloe is 17. Can you believe it?

- It's your firstborn. - Another birthday.

Oh, that's just Chance's leg.

She came home with marker

all over her arms and her legs.

I think this single mom life is definitely not for the weak.

[laughing]

Especially being a mom of four beautiful daughters.

Chloe is 17, Chance is 11,

and I have identical twin daughters, Chasiti and Chelsi.

They are eight. Woot-woot!

* Happy birthday * Whoo!

I feel like I have a sorority house, right now,

and it's just never a dull moment with them.

Make a wish!

- A pink Birkin. - Uh-uh.

- Yay! [laughing]

- I definitely blame myself for Chloe

taking great taste.

**

But Chloe ain't gettin' no pink Birkin from me.

She's gonna have to work for that Birkin, okay?

- What's goin' on with the divorce?

- Two months, I should be divorced.

And how do we feel?

- Amazing. - Okay.

- It's been a long two and a half years.

I just wanna cut that phase of my life completely out

and take my name back.

Mark is my soon to be ex-husband,

the father of three of my daughters,

but it's definitely been hard, I have to say.

You know, we were married for 11 years.

I got married. I had children.

I created a business,

and all of those amazing things.

So, how do we turn from that to complete enemies?

It took me a minute to file my divorce.

I went through a few months of hell.

Police being called numerous times.

It just became a really unsafe environment for me.

That's all I'm gonna say.

In order for me to go to my next level

and truly, like, flourish where I need to be,

I can't do that until our release.

I wanna go back to the original K.P.

Originally, I'm from Baltimore,

and I came to Atlanta in 2003.

Hey!

And then I started the restaurant in 2016.

Nana's Chicken and Waffles,

I mean, that's like my fifth child.

I named the restaurant after my grandmother.

This little 1,500-square-foot restaurant

turned into this huge success.

I have a 24-carat gold maple syrup

that was recently featured in Forbes,

a line of waffle mix, Cajun grits, a cookbook,

and I am so excited about my mimosa mix.

You can pretty much put that sh-- in everything.

When somebody is constantly, like, tearing you down,

and trying to take,

and be mean and spiteful,

and when we went to court that last time,

and he threatened me,

like, my daughters don't deserve that.

They came from a loving home.

- They can't see him, right now.

It's hurting them.

They love their father, and they should.

- Chelsi cried so bad the other day.

I mean, she literally had me in tears.

Chelsi...

- What did you hear? You just heard "Chelsi?"

- Chelsi, you look so beautiful.

- I said, "Chelsi Mariah is, like, the coolest kid ever,

"and she pranks me every morning."

Oh, you can't try my tea.

[laughing]

It's really good, though.

- Um, let's bring some gifts in, please.

[cheering]

Hell yeah!

Wow.

- Yay! - Look at these nice gentlemen.

- [laughing] - Oh, thank you so much.

Yay!

I got my first Chanel bag.

Oh, this is so cute.

[screaming]

Oh, it's so cute. Oh!

- You have your first runway bag.

So, I gave Chloe 17 gifts

for her 17th birthday.

For Chloe, purses seem to be her thing,

and, honestly, she's been a really good girl.

My personal struggles shouldn't affect the kids

because they don't deserve that.

I come from a history of strong, independent Black women,

and I want them to see what strong looks like, too.

- Aww. - This is nothing new for them.

This is what they've always been exposed to.

The same as I did for Chloe today,

I have to do for the next three.

I'm ready to build this mother----ing waffle empire

one waffle at a time.

The end.

- Can we have more whiskey, please?

[laughing]

**

- [alarm blaring] - Ahh!

Please allow the doors...

What? Hey...

It is definitely crazy having to call Randy, again,

and saying, "I gotta file for divorce."

- Good morning. - How are you doing?

- I'm doing well. How are you?

Good.

My divorce from Simon,

I haven't dealt with the emotional part yet.

[sighs]

I've had to deal with logistics.

- Ready? - Yes, I am.

- All right. You know where we're goin'.

- It's really weird. It feels really cold.

- Thank you for coming back to us.

It's, um, it's good to be

in your life, again. I'm sorry this is why but--

- I mean, even in the first divorce,

I knew that if I wanted to go to court,

you would go to bat for me.

You walked away from a lot.

- Kordell packed my stuff up like I'm some random.

Karma has a name, and that name is bitch,

and it's gonna get him.

It's gonna bite him in that big bubble butt.

And in this case, I was smart enough to do a prenup

to do it the right way.

I had to be more responsible this go around

because I have a child.

In my relationship with Simon,

I felt that if I had him by my side,

we could conquer anything.

However, I started just realizing

a lot of different things

that turned out to be untruths.

He wouldn't tell me what our finances were.

I'm not gonna let a foreclosure notice

come to my house, and I can't pay it.

- Right. - So, I wanted to make sure,

if it happens, I have the money

to help us do what we need to do.

I felt the need to file when I did

to protect assets.

Our home is very important to me.

It literally was what we both wanted

when we envisioned the future,

and, you know, I have definitely made it a home.

But both of us have 50-50 interest in the house.

So, him now saying he doesn't want me to film in my home

is an issue.

- The court gave you the right to live in the house,

so we're gonna try to do an extra document

that says the court is telling

anyone that wants to film in the house

that you have the full right to do that.

- So, we're just gonna go ahead and file it

as an emergency request

so that the court can say, hey,

this is imp-impacting her longevity,

her ability to earn income.

Right.

Because Simon sent a cease and desist,

I can't film in the house.

You don't play with where I make my money.

Don't do that.

It's not that I was sitting here like some dumb little wife

and just enjoying some money.

No, I actually asked my husband,

"What is going on? Why, when we go to the airport,

do we have to stand in secondary line?

Why do we continuously have to go through these issues?"

But just so happened, all of this information

that I had asked him about, and he lied about,

came out, about him being--

him not having a-a real green card,

and him trying to get citizenship,

and fraud information from back in the day,

and scamming.

My back was so against the wall.

The only way for you to really protect yourself,

at the end of the day, if you have a prenup,

is to enforce it,

and you only enforce it by doing a divorce.

For me, in our relationship, I used to pride myself

on us having great communicate,

and when communication started to lack,

it felt intentional.

We actually had a bad argument on Valentine's Day.

But, you know, when you're married, I'm old school.

You don't go out and tell people what's going on in your house.

I know it looks like, to many people,

like, oh, she posted this perfect life,

but I look back, and I can think to myself

I definitely posted this knowing we're not okay.

- There's been some bad stuff that has been out there,

and you've just taken the high road.

Always take the high road,

not just because it's good life advice,

but it's also good court advice.

- I reached out to him. - Oh, recently?

- Uh, not long ago, about two weeks ago.

Okay, good.

- Trying to just see where we can find some peace in this,

and now he doesn't wanna communicate at all.

I'm sorry.

But, um...

I've just given up on that part,

so now I have to become the person he is saying.

You know, now I have to be cold.

Now, I have to just, you know, move forward

in the court process.

One of my joys was getting up in the morning

and just thinking about

what I could do to make him happy.

And I genuinely felt he was the same way about me.

I would have rode to the end of the world with this man,

you know, but the person I'm now mourning,

he was not real.

Now, I just wanna be let go,

and I just wanna, um, just move on.

Coming up next...

- So, wait, is it five of you guys

- going through a divorce? - Two years.

- You married or engaged? - No, no, I'm married.

This is my second wedding ring.

**

Welcome to Knife.

- Hi, beautiful. How are you?

I have a reservation for three.

**

Hey. How are you?

Ooh, okay, jazzy.

- Body. - Yeah.

- How is life? - The most.

- Married life at that. - It's been good, married life.

- [laughing] - Oh, don't play!

- He did that, he did that, and it's his second ring.

My husband is all about making sure I'm that girl.

I went from 7.5 carats,

and now I have a 10-carat solitaire.

Oh, let me clean it a little bit.

- Hi, ladies. - Hey, Kelli!

My baby!

Me and Kelli met through a mutual friend.

Me being an insurance agent, I'm always going to

all of the, like, flyest, sexiest events

in the city,

and one of my good close girlfriends,

she was like, "I think you will like Kelli.

She's over the top like you."

The second we met, like, I already knew

it was gonna be a vibe. We dancing.

You know, and when I start drinking,

shoot, I gotta-- I gotta make sure my titties stay in

'cause it gets wild.

And when I saw her titties popping out that night,

I was like, okay, that's gonna be my girl.

We both gotta be on nipple patrol.

- Would you like to get a drink, right now?

- Shots for them. - Okay.

- Why don't you get a double for your birthday?

Oh, it's your birthday.

- It's your birthday. - Happy birthday.

- Happy birthday, ma'am. - Thank you.

- You're welcome. - Thank you.

Can I just tell you something?

Like, I am so proud of you, and I'm so inspired.

Aww, thank you.

- Like, just how you are kicking motherhood's ass, right now.

- Oh, wow. - Seriously, like,

I know it's been, like, a journey with the baby,

- but you are like-- - Oh, girl, for sure.

Here you go, birthday girl.

- Yay! - Yay!

- This looks like a ----ing cocktail.

I don't think this looks like a shot.

It's so good to see y'all.

- Cheers to love, peace, and happiness.

Happy birthday.

- Here we go. Let's go.

Baby steps.

- I'm gonna have a birthday party.

- So, who is coming to the party?

- My best friend, Porsha, is coming.

- Nice. - Nice.

- Porsha is going through a divorce.

- I'm sure it's so public. - I know, I know.

- Poor baby-- I feel really bad for her.

- Yeah, it's a lot, and I feel horrible for her.

- Um-- - I know, I know.

but I think she's gonna--

she's gonna come out on top, you know.

- For sure, she will. She always rises above it.

- But she probably should've never took that girl's man.

Whoa.

- The man was taken a little bit.

Um, no.

First of all, one second, let's be clear.

Simon and his ex,

they were very public with their separation.

- It-it-it was a little-- it-it was a little gray area.

There was no crossover.

- From the outside looking in, all I'm saying is,

to come to somebody's home, be greeted by their husband--

- This is my husband, Simon, everyone.

- And then you wind up marrying that person.

Absolutely, that sh-- look crazy.

I think we've all looked at Porsha's situation with Simon

with a side-eye.

Clearly, it's the biggest question that we all wanna know.

- Y'all are speaking like y'all know stuff for a fact.

- I don't know anything for a fact.

- I just know, you know, of course, like,

what we seen in the blogs.

I think they're all messy, to be honest.

- Whoa, Kelli, you can't just be out there

believing the blogs.

Reel it back because I want you

to get to know Porsha for yourself.

I know Porsha reached out to both of them,

Simon and his ex-wife,

and was like, "Hey, I'm here for you."

- But, listen, I'm not gonna reach out to nobody's husband.

- I just think it's a fine line.

- It is. - Who said she crossed the line?

You or rumors?

Porsha and I have been friends since we were children.

I love her, and I feel obligated to have her back.

- Who else is coming? - So, we got-- Kenya is coming.

- Is-is Drew coming?

- Drew is coming, and I invited Ralph

'cause I wasn't really sure, like, what was what with them.

- Are they still going through a divorce?

- I don't know. - I heard through the grapevine

that Drew is dating Dennis.

- Dennis? - Dennis.

- It is out there that they were working together.

- Right, you shouldn't sh-- where you eat.

- People know that Porsha is my best friend,

and people have called me and said

they saw them out at the club holding hands.

- I did hear that they were booed up.

I don't really know Drew that well,

but I heard some things about Drew,

and it's a mess.

Dennis was in my DMs.

- What? - Oh.

- I posted a bathing suit photo, and he was like,

"There's no way you got four kids, OMG."

- I'm like-- - Damn, Dennis.

- Did you respond? - Do you feel like it was calculated?

- No, of course, I didn't respond.

- Nobody wants to see his hot dogs.

[laughing]

I went on one date with Dennis

- back in the day. - Jesus, girl.

Did you, really?

He came on the date.

Brought me a diamond necklace as a-as a gift on the date.

- Is that the one you're wearing?

- No, absolutely not. [laughing]

Oh, he could-- I don't think he could afford this.

No.

- Did you show him your titties?

- He didn't see no ta-tas on the date

because he didn't know me, and he came bearing gifts.

- So, you were definitely the girl,

that girl, back in the day. Like, yeah.

- I was a little video vixen back in high school.

- Were you? In high school, you did videos?

- In high school, girl. - No, you did not.

- I was in Black men's magazines,

all the magazines back then.

Yeah, in high school.

Nothing happened. There was no sparks.

But, you know, diamonds are a girl's best friend.

So, I definitely wasn't returning any gifts.

- Let's make a final toast. - Let's finish.

Let's make a final toast to best friends.

- Best friends! - Best friends!

[screaming]

- Mmm. Uh-uh, you're rude.

I'm gonna feed it to you. Come on.

- No. Oh, my God. - Come on, Kelli.

I love y'all.

**

Hey, boo.

- Oh, oh, you got your little VIP set.

- Yes. [laughing]

- Hey, boo. - You better get us a--

- Girl, you're looking oww. - Yeah.

- Hi, ladies. - Hi.

- Hey, hey. - What can I get for y'all?

- Doubles. - Doubles?

- Yes. - Double Hennessey,

- double casa azul, and... - A Coke back.

Yeah, perfect.

- All the dancers are skinny with big ol' booties.

How y'all do that? Hey.

- Don't you worry. We're gonna get you.

- I like [indistinct], natural and everything.

- I-I got all this. - Oh, round of applause.

Okay.

- With my divorce being so public, so stressful,

I have not been outside, for real.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

- Shamea is such a great friend, and if she says that

ass clapping and shots is gonna make me feel better,

then I'm gonna roll with her on this.

- Shot o'clock. - Oh, it's shot o'clock.

You can sip this. My mouth ain't been nowhere.

- Girl, your mouth has definitely been somewhere.

- Where it's been? My mouth is dry.

- Have you talked to him? - Simon? No.

- He texted me this morning. - You're lying.

Swear.

He said, "Congratulations on the peach.

Can't wait to see you, and Gerald,

and that beautiful Buckhead mansion."

I said, "Thanks, bro.

It was supposed to be all of us."

- You have other things to be concerned about than a peach.

- I feel like he's chasing anything that's attached to you.

He's been in the blogs every day.

- Every little thing, everything, his postings,

his constant attacks, him talking to all my friends

and lying, he's a nightmare.

Bleh.

You definitely shouldn't have called him bro.

- He's not bro. He's not. - All right, okay.

- He's Simon. That's who he is. - Okay.

So, 'cause the girls brought it up last night,

- and they were like-- - What girls?

- Kelli and Brittany. Kelli was like,

"Well, why did she take that lady's man?"

- That's her energy? I did a rip?

Everybody talking about my divorce,

they wanna smear my name.

I mean, if she has an opinion, join everybody else online.

Like, you can get blocked, too.

It sounds like someone who is a fan.

- Well, I was just kinda like, "You need to get to know

Porsha for yourself."

- No, she doesn't need to get to know me.

That's the first thing I'm gonna let her know.

My ----ing boundaries are set to where if a bitch

coming at me wrong, I don't have nothing for you.

She's trying to promote the chicken shack

- and things like that. - You called it a shack.

- That was very interesting. - I don't know.

I've never seen it.

- Wait, I feel like you're nursing. Let's go.

- Uh, I'm trying to finish getting the tea.

I'm good. I'm good.

- Oh, you're gonna get some more.

- Oh, my God! - You'll get part two

- after a second drink. - Oh, my God! Sh--.

- No, but, um, they asked me about, um, Drew.

- What about Drew? - What I thought about Drew

'cause I heard Drew and Dennis have been hanging out a lot.

I-I had people calling me and say they were at the club.

For her birthday.

- Another night? - I don't know.

- I don't-- I don't-- - Where is my jaw?

Is my jaw on the floor,

or is it still on my ----ing face 'cause damn?

My jaw...

Drew, who is someone I supported,

I considered a friend...

- They have come for me about everything in my life.

- What you're not gonna do, is let them take you,

the only one who has been so vulnerable and open,

and let them turn it all against you.

- Yes. - You got this.

- Yeah. See? That's-that's all I need.

Your support has always been everything.

Be my sister, honey.

Even right now, Drew is an influencer for my company,

Go Naked Hair.

But all this behind the scenes bullsh--,

sneaking around with my child's father, to me,

that is just crossing the line.

Your party is gonna be interesting.

[thunder]

[humming]

[barking]

Mimosa, quiet, baby.

I think tonight will be nice, you know.

- Be nice, okay. Just keep in mind, you know,

everyone will be drinking. So...

- No, I'm not gonna drink too much

because I know I can be a little extra.

- Right, you know, yeah. - So, I'm gonna keep it light.

- We're here to have a good time. - That's really what it's about.

- Right. - It's just me and you.

- That's right. Mm-hmm.

- We gotta talk about this party.

[humming]

You are Jesus' favorite daughter.

You can get a direct call to him.

- Okay. - I need you to tell him.

* Rain rain go away *

Aww.

* Come again some other day *

Yeah.

* Shamea is planning a birthday party *

All right, now.

* And she just wants to slay *

* so rain rain rain rain rain *

* go away *

Yes.

- Hey. [laughing]

- Uh-uh, with this face! - Girl, bam!

[laughing]

I'm trying to get my glam.

- Oh, my God, it looks like your glam is done.

You look gorgeous.

And look, they can't talk about my edges today

'cause I got 'em plastering on some new ones.

[laughing]

Don't let the wind blow it back, though.

Yeah, we do.

Mm-hmm.

And I appreciate you texting me and checking on me.

It's just about just trying to move forward, you know.

Who said we can't go to Nigeria?

I have family out there now.

When I found out my 44%,

I found out it was in Nigeria, honey.

Here come one of my sister, right here.

Where you from?

- Lagos. - What's your tribe?

- Yoruba. - Yeah, Yoruba, we're the same.

- I am your sister. - Sister.

- I used to be a wife. [laughing]

- Well, she-she has a great support group.

Um, Dennis has been really there for her, she said,

and, um--

[laughing]

- Why are you so close to the camera?

Mom, she done got so close to the phone to get this tea.

She said, "Now, hold up. How did this go down?"

- Oh, outside, oh, yeah, very much.

Outside was waiting on me, and I didn't even know.

I was like, okay, outside. [laughing]

**

Hi. Yes.

Thought you'd never ask. Thank you.

Hello!

If it's your birthday, make some noise.

If it's your birthday, make some noise.

- Unh, unh. - Hey, gorgeous.

- Thank you for coming early, girl.

- Of course. - Come here.

- Your home is beautiful. - Thanks, beautiful.

I wanted you to come early 'cause I wanted to talk to you.

- Porsha is my friend. - Yeah.

- And you're my friend. - Yes.

- And so, when we were at dinner,

and you were asking me all these things,

and you were like,

"Why did she steal that girl's man,"

you know, I felt a little uncomfortable.

I'm sorry.

I would never want you to feel uncomfortable.

- Right. I didn't wanna seem disingenuous or, like, shady.

- Yeah. - But I have to let you know.

- I did tell Porsha and-- - Well, clearly, you did,

because she already is in the blogs.

- There's a girl named Kel, and she apparently

owns restaurants and stuff like that.

Um, I don't know about her.

I don't know. I don't know.

- Porsha, you definitely know the name, baby.

Don't nobody call me Kel.

You better announce me as Kelli or the queen of waffles, honey.

I'm going through a divorce just like Porsha, right?

And I know what it feels like to be cheated on,

and I'm very passionate about those things, you know.

- So, I-I didn't know that there was infidelity.

- Yeah. - So, it kinda explains

a little bit more about why you were so strong about it.

- I guess. - Yeah, for certain.

- I-I appreciate you sharing that with me tonight.

- Yes. - She's gonna be here.

Any time you've got questions about Porsha, ask Porsha

- 'cause I want y'all to be good. - I don't mind asking. Yes.

- But if y'all decide y'all ain't good,

I don't wanna be in the middle of it.

- I am here to celebrate you this evening.

- Can we do that? - Give me a hug.

- Yes, we can. - Please.

- We're gonna have so much fun tonight.

- I'm ready. - Oh, my God.

**

- This is how amazing Shamea's house is.

It didn't even come with an address on the invite, honey.

It just said Sterling Hall.

I was like, this is a house?

Somebody lives in Sterling Hall?

Like, this is wealth, honey, okay?

He's an African king.

Ha! That is totally not true.

[laughing]

No, he does HVAC.

Some of the airports that you've walked through,

my husband has built, manufactured,

and installed the HVAC. So, there you have it.

**

Hi.

Oh, this is beautiful.

Don't mind if I do.

I'm married to NBA legend Charles Oakley.

Charles started with the Chicago Bulls,

then the New York Knicks.

We've been married for eight years now.

You can't even make five out of ten.

How much you wanna bet?

- I saw your average in the NBA, 60%.

- Look at that. [laughing]

That's the wrong guy.

That's the other guy you used to go out with.

Oh, no, it's only you.

To some people, he may come off, you know,

a little direct.

He's definitely a straightshooter.

I can get what I want out of him.

I'm an alpha female.

I can work my way around Charles.

It's hot.

- That come with all that makeup and all that sh--.

I mean, sh--, and all that extra.

- Oh, my gosh. I need a napkin, chile.

[laughing]

- Oh, hi. - Hi. Nice to meet you.

I'm Kelli.

- I've heard so many great things about Nana's.

- Thank you. - I have never been there yet,

- but I gotta come by. - You gotta come.

- Get me a drink and I will join you inside.

- I'll see you in a second. - Okay.

Okay, baby.

- Now, just to be clear, you don't come with the drink,

- right? - I mean...

- [laughing] - It's so pretty.

- I have four daughters. - Oh, wow.

- My oldest daughter just turned 17.

- So, she's a Taurus. - Yeah, she's a Taurus, girl.

- What's your sign? - I'm a Pisces.

- I'm a Pisces. - Are you serious?

- I thought I could pick up some Pisces energy from you.

- Yes, I love that. - Lover of love--

I think we attract drama, though.

- I don't think we attract it. - It-it finds us.

- I think it finds us, you know. Yeah.

I had to have, like, a little uncomfortable conversation

with Shamea earlier.

- No, really? - Just a little bit.

- Just about Porsha. - Oh.

- I was like, "Well, why did she steal

- that lady's husband?" - Oh, my Lord Jesus.

Well, damn, if coming in hot was a person,

it would be miss Kelli.

Do not let Kelli's size fool ya.

Ain't nothin' small about miss Kelli.

No, she's never, you know, shy.

- Good. Neither am I. - Okay.

Coming up next...

- Drew, I would be inauthentic if I didn't ask.

Are you dating Dennis now?

**

Here's to Shamea's birthday.

**

- It's divine. It's beautiful.

- Hello. - Hi.

- You look amazing. - So do you.

- This is my husband, Mike. - Hi, nice to meet you.

- This is my husband, Charles. - What's up, buddy?

- Pleasure to meet you, man. - This is Brit.

- I'm Brit. Nice to meet you. - It's nice to meet you.

- Hi, guys. - Yes.

- I'm starving. - I know. I'm a little hungry.

- So, y'all see Shamea has my cookbook in the kitchen.

- Oh, I love that. - I love your cookbook.

- I was like I'm gonna have to get all my girls some cookbooks.

- Ooh, I like that. - My husband cooks.

- You guys should get together. - Oh, really?

Oh, my husband throws down.

Well, my husband doesn't eat any of my food.

- He just does not. - Oh!

- But it's all love because I prefer not to cook.

- It's cool. It's cool. I'm the same way.

- He does all of the cooking. - I'm here for it, Angela.

- I'm married to Charles Oakley. - Oakley.

Right, right.

- Put some respect on my husband's name.

- Right, baby? - Yes.

Right, baby?

[laughing]

- The last enforcer. - I love it.

**

- It is beautiful. It's raining.

What's the big deal?

- I know a sprinkle, tinkle little star

when I see it.

So pretty.

Love it.

- Hey. - Hi.

- You look amazing. I'm Brit. - Nice to meet you, gorgeous.

- Yes. You look beautiful.

- I was eating on your lobster and waffles.

Okay.

- I knew of Kelli through my social media manager.

Um, he brought me some of her chicken and waffles.

She makes really good waffles. [laughing]

- Hi, baby. - Hi, Chi town.

- Hi, beautiful. - Chi town.

- Drew and I share the same hairstylist.

We actually spoke for the first time

maybe three years ago. I like her personality.

She's chill. She's from Chicago.

- I'm sorry. I'm here for you.

Yes.

Who I gotta beat up? Who I--

who-who I gotta beat up, Drew?

[screaming, laughing]

- We gotta catch up, ma'am.

I haven't seen you since you and Ralph broke up.

- Girl, no, we have so much to catch up.

- I have so many questions.

- I have so many not answers.

- [laughing] - Oh, oh, oh.

- You've got some explaining to do.

Let's talk about it.

- Are you guys publicly dating?

Like, is he publicly dating? Are you publicly dating?

- Are you dating? That's a great question.

- Girl, I mean, I have people that are showing interest,

but I just feel like I have to put a dot

and a period on this situation

- 'cause it's a lot going on. - Yeah, it is a lot.

Excuse me, ladies.

Don't talk about glue in this heat.

- I'm melting. - Yeah, you-you--

- My wig is not giving. It's hot.

I need a fan.

- It's popping. You need to go look at it.

- Today, I thought I was being cute.

However, it was so hot.

So, I'm trying to use the fan to stop the wig

from running from my-my forehead,

but the wig was just leaving.

- Hello, hello. - How are you? Muah, muah.

Muah. Hi!

- You look beautiful. - Hi, baby. Muah, muah.

Muah, muah.

- Hey. - How are you?

- This is gorgeous. - Isn't it?

- Hi. - Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you, too. What's your name?

- I'm Kenya. - I'm Kelli. Nice to meet you.

- Kelli and Kenya-- nice to meet you.

- I'm Brit. Nice to meet you. - Hi, Brit.

Nice to meet you, too. You guys look so beautiful.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

- Where is the girl of the hour?

- I think she's still getting ready.

- Ready? - And where is Porsha?

**

- Girl, are y'all divorced at this point?

- No, unfortunately. - Uh-oh.

- I know. I know. - So, wait, is it-- is it--

is it five of you guys going through a divorce?

- Yes, two years, two years, I've been going through a divorce.

- You're going through a divorce.

- You're going through a divorce. - Yes.

- You're going through a divorce.

- Porsha is going through-- - Are you-- oh, you're married.

- Okay. - I'm married.

- You're married? How long?

No, no, I'm married.

This is my second wedding ring.

This is the second ring. Yes.

- No, I only have one husband, one man.

Yes.

- No, uh-uh. This is-- this is the upgrade.

This is the anniversary.

Yeah.

Oh.

- So, listening to Kenya's comment,

she's definitely unnecessary shade.

I just don't think that you can speak on anybody's ring,

if you don't have one.

I did his insurance.

I was his-- I'm his insurance agent.

- You are more than just a neighbor, a good neighbor.

[laughing]

- He found out he was in good hands,

and he-he ain't left my side since.

Yes.

Hey, baby. Hey, baby.

Hey.

- I-I passed you coming in. Yes.

- I did. I was running to the restroom.

This glue is just gone.

I gotta upgrade the glue.

I had to go freshen up. Yeah.

- Uh-oh. [cheering]

- Oh, my gosh, Shamea is coming out.

**

- Okay, okay. - Come on, now.

- Come on, Harlem Nights. - She looks so good.

- Okay, y'all ready? Let's do this!

Put a shot back! [indistinct]

Let's go!

I gotta thank my husband.

I gotta put him on the spot.

Babe, I love you so much.

Like, look at his fine chocolate--

Okay, everybody give it up for my husband.

[cheering]

It just feels so good to have all my friends

from all of my walks of life under one roof to celebrate me,

but I'm a little bit nervous about bringing

all of these friendships together.

Can we all just hang out and turn up for my birthday?

- Have you talked to Porsha? - Where is Porsha?

I don't know.

I thought-- I was gonna see if you talked to her.

- Maybe she's on her way. - I think she should be.

- How far does she live? - It's 7 o'clock.

Is she arriving after you? It's your birthday, girl.

We need more drinks.

- It's, like, starting to sprinkle.

- No, I'm good. Everything is good.

Kenya was a little standoffish.

A little bit.

- She was like, "Where is your wedding band?"

I'm like, sweetheart, all you need to know is,

- I'm married. - Why did she ask you that?

- You're going through a divorce.

I'm married.

So, why are you worrying about my wedding band?

You don't see this rock?

Like, there's nothing to worry about.

I'm the youngest of three girls,

and my sisters, they're hard on me.

They're tough on me.

So, if you come to me being a hater,

trying to try me, size me up,

I pick up on all of that very quickly.

It's all good.

- I don't think it was tension. - A little--

a little nicey, nasty, a little bit.

- Just a little bit. [laughing]

Coming up next...

- Kelli apparently made the comment about, like,

what's going on with, like, people stealing people's men.

- Hide your husband. Hide your wife.

**

Where is the food?

Did we figure out where the food is? I'm starving.

- I'm gonna eventually eat, but, you know,

I gotta keep my eyes peeled.

- Oh, my gosh, is that lobster tail?

- What is going on? - Have a seat, girl.

- Now, let me tell you something.

[all] Ooh!

[Drew squealing]

Let's go!

Wait a minute. Hold on. Wait a minute.

What's underneath this?

What is it looking like?

Happy birthday.

- Wait, let me see. Okay.

- Pull it off! Pull it off!

One, two, three.

[cheering]

[laughing]

All right.

Yes!

- Yes, baby. What? - I'm here for it.

- Oh, my God, who doesn't want a Cullinan Rolls Royce?

- My husband, I'm punching him.

Like, I hope you're looking,

because these are the type of gifts that I want.

- And if I had these kind of birthday presents,

I might have tried to make my marriages work.

Oh, my gosh!

[horn honking]

- Oh, Jesus. - It's her!

- [indistinct yelling] - Look who showed up.

- There's some stars in the car!

- Shamea. [screaming]

Not in her moment.

- That's such a joke. Oh, God.

- Hey, Gerald. You did that, Gerald.

Big dog, yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Listen, my best friend show up while I'm getting my gift,

you better come around to the other side

and act like you was in the audience,

in the crowd the whole time, and I just missed you, okay?

- Y'all ain't leaving, is you?

- We might. - I just got here, now.

- Don't-don't leave. - You're a little late.

Let's be clear.

I'm a fan of letting everybody's light shine.

However, in this moment...

* To the leffft *

You know, that's my boo. Just a little light shade.

[laughing]

- Ahh, look at my best friend.

You know how we do in Atlanta.

- Let's go somewhere quiet.

- Looking good at the Versace wall.

[laughing]

- I'm like... - I love this house.

This house is every-- it's gorgeous.

- No, I wanna change. - Do you need some help?

You want help? Okay, all right.

Girl, I'm so sorry I'm late, girl.

- There's nothing I can do about it. So...

- Okay. You look gorgeous.

Shamea knows my intentions is always to be there for her,

but that time of her party, the traffic was insane.

If you don't leave at, like, this magical hour,

you will be at least two hours late

to wherever you're going.

Like, I would never just be late.

- Apparently, Shamea met with Kelli and Brit.

Okay.

- Kelli apparently made the comment about, like,

"What's goin' on with, like, people stealing people's men?"

- Hide your husband. Hide your wife.

[laughing]

Listen.

- I'm just kidding. - But I know. I know.

I know. I know. Anyway, long story short,

Kelli was upset that Shamea went back

and told Porsha what they discussed.

- Why was Kelli upset about that?

- I don't think it's a thing, but in the circle,

a thing can become a thing.

- [laughing] - Yes, a thing--

a little thing can become a big thing.

- A big thing. All you gotta do, is just breathe on it.

- Yeah, breathe and then look at it.

- Just look at it. - Hey, y'all.

- Oh, come on. - Okay, number two.

[cheering]

Yes.

Kenya, can I get a hug,

because I saw how you greeted me?

How did I greet you?

- Did I hug anybody, though? - Yes, you did.

- Who? Cynthia. - Oh, it's okay.

- Cynthia is my best friend.

- Come on. Let's talk about it. Let's talk. Let's talk.

- 'Cause y'all-y'all are over here,

- causing trouble already. - We're causing trouble?

Yes.

- Okay, so, I talked to-- - Okay, let's talk about it.

- I talked to my friend. - You talked to who?

- Cynthia. - Okay.

- So, listen. - Okay.

- Why were you upset about with Shamea

taking information back to who 'cause I-- to whom?

So, yeah.

So, you know, we had dinner the other night--

- me, Shamea, and Brit. - Okay.

- And, you know, I was like,

"Well, why did she take that man's husband?"

Oh, okay.

Oh, hi. [laughing]

**

- So, you know, we had dinner the other night--

- me, Shamea, and Brit. - Okay.

You know, I was like,

"Well, why did she take that man's husband?"

- Oh, okay. - So...

- That-- - She's feisty.

- We can't not acknowledge the elephant in the room.

- We gotta be real. - Yeah, I mean, I agree.

- Yo, Kelli, you get the--

- Oh, hi. - Hello.

Hi.

- Oh, okay. Okay. - Yeah.

- How are you? - I'm doing good.

- Hey, girl, hey. Muah, muah. - Muah, muah.

- Air kisses. - Air kisses.

- Kelli. - Hey. I'm Kelli.

- Hello. Hi, Kelli. Nice to meet you.

- How are you? Nice to meet you, too.

- I'm good. I'm good. Let's chat.

- You caught us right in a moment.

- Yes. - Okay.

So, my question was,

why did she take that woman's husband?

- That cannot be your opening line.

Go rewrite it. That was not it.

Wait, what is your name, again?

My name?

I think you know my name, but go ahead.

- It's my first time meeting you.

Yes.

- Anything else you want to know besides that?

Like, what's your last name? Where are you from?

- Well, I think you know my last name.

- How do you know me? - I don't know you.

- You don't? - I'm just asking a simple question.

- I don't know you at all. - So, that's how you begin

- to get to know someone? - I said it to Shamea.

- I'm like, oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Whoa, whoa.

Kelli can be a little spicy, but that's my girl.

So, let's keep it cute.

- Kelli, I'm like, girl, I know you're joking, right?

You're joking.

She was dead-ass serious.

- You still didn't answer the question, though.

- I don't wanna talk to you no more. I--

- But answer the question. - No, I don't even know you.

- You're a perfect stranger. - You know me.

- You-you've spoken on me. - I spoke on you?

- You're a perfect stranger. - You don't-- you don't know me?

- This is my girl. That's my girl.

And let me tell you. Kelli is a sweet girl.

She really is.

I think it was more of a situation

where she was trying to address the elephant in the room.

- Just asked a simple question.

- The way she said it, she wasn't really coming off

- as just being aggressive. - I don't care anymore.

It's okay.

- I couldn't hear what you were sayin'.

- It's a lot. It's a little loud right now.

- Can we go somewhere quiet?

- Let's go more into a private-- I can't even hear.

- Okay, I agree. - Yeah.

- You good? - Baby, I'm always good.

- I know. I know. I know.

[laughing]

- I'm a woman that stands on business,

and women who cannot own what they're doing

or what they're saying, is a joke to me.

This chick is weird.

- Answer the damn question and move forward.

I'm still waiting.

- Y'all can only have three big booties

on this little damn elevator.

- I love that she has a elevator.

I actually would ride this just for fun,

if I had it in my house.

- Excuse me. Where is the concierge?

[laughter]

Yes, this is insane.

- Oh, Shamea, I love the way you added this.

Oh, my God.

- Shamea! This is insane. [collective chatter]

- Oh, my God. I love it.

- We're just gonna bring the whole party in here.

Aww, okay.

- That's bad luck. - Uh, speaking of birthdays,

I didn't get invited to your birthday.

- Girl, no one got invited to my birthday.

- I got invited to your birthday.

And you didn't come.

- Dennis invited me to your birthday party.

- How did Dennis invite somebody else to your birthday?

- That's weird. - Okay.

It was a surprise for me, so I didn't know anything,

but I did send my assistant everybody's numbers,

and 'cause he didn't invite nobody.

- But Dennis. - But Dennis.

- Well, Drew, I would be inauthentic,

if I didn't ask. Are you dating Dennis now?

- What? - What?

- Next time, on "The Real Housewives of Atlanta..."

Where there's smoke, there is fire.

- There was a little shot you asked for Porsha.

You're being Porsha's assistant.

You're coming in hot.

- You wanna have the baby in this house?

- Why does everything have to be so, ehh?

- You're the throw it against the wall.

And see if it sticks.

- You can't see if a baby sticks.

- She has to tell me she feels a way.

- You are an awful - ---ing slimy-ass bitch.

She did, Drew.

- So, you're thinking I'm banging Drew.

- Now, you're about to piss me off.

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