Sunday’s episode ofThe Real Housewives of Potomacpicked up right where the last oneended— withMia ThorntonandCandiace Dillard Bassettthrowing handfuls of salad at each other.
The drama between the two costars first began several weeks back when Mia, 36, called Candiace’s music video “low budget” and Candiace, 34, hit back with, “Your mama’s low budget.”
The comment was particularly loaded for Mia who, unbeknownst to Candiace, has opened up on the show about being placed in foster care as a child and having a strained relationship with her mother.
In the latest episode, Candiace’s husbandChris Bassettpulled her away from the fight while an emotional Mia sat down withKaren HugerandWendy Osefoto process what had occurred.
Mia Thornton.Leon Bennett/Getty
“She can talk about me all day long — don’t talk about my mom,” Mia said. “My mom has worked way too f—— hard. You got to understand being a little girl who was left behind, I had to fend for myself for my entire childhood. She has never been a mother to me, but she has worked her ass off to get to where she is today.”
She continued, “Her sobriety is everything to me. I’ll be damned if I let a little f—— chihuahua take that s— from her, and if my mom relapses because of that bitch she better catch my ass outside, I will tell you that. You don’t talk about anybody’s mom, what the hell?”
Later, Candiace expressed some regret once she learned Mia’s story.
Candiace Dillard Bassett and Mia Thornton.Shannon Finney/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty (2)
“I heard she was crying really badly,” Gizelle, 51, noted, though Candiace seemed to have no idea about the emotional fallout. “Was she crying badly? Was she really?” she said.
“If I had known about Mia’s mama trauma, and her traumatic childhood, I would have just, you know, read her big-ass hands or her feet or something,” Candiace added in a confessional. “I wouldn’t have talked about her mom.”
“So I have to ask you, Chris, how do you feel about what happened earlier today in between Mia and Candiace? Did you want to come in and, like, help and de-escalate the situation?” Ashley, 33, asked Chris.
“Ashley, Ashley, Ashley — we were doing so well!” Gizelle told the cameras in anticipation of what was about to unfold.
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“Michael referred to Chris as white trash,” Candiace said.
“You called him a slave driver. Isn’t that worse than calling somebody white trash?” Ashley said, while a past tweet of Candiace’s that called Michael an “overseer” appeared on screen.
“Because he drives his slaves,” Candiace said, turning the conversation into a true screaming match.
“You have no idea how to be a civil human being, you really don’t,” Ashley said.
“The common denominator in both of these situations is Candiace,” she added in her confessional. “It just really bothers me that she wants to play the victim instead of acknowledging and taking ownership.”
Candiace also brought up Ashley’spast support of former costar Monique Samuelsamid thelegal dramabetween Candiace and Monique, 38.
Candiace said Ashley “played a major part,” in the drama, though Ashley replied, “No, ma’am, I did not.”
“I will never talk about it with you because you are a foul, f—– up individual,” Candiace added.
“Candiace, she didn’t start anything last year,” Gizelle chimed in.
“But she got herself involved in some legal s— to be a vindictive bitch,” Candiace said.
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“With Candiace, you never know what’s gonna come out of her mouth, like we’ve seen this over and over and over again,” she said. “It’s like looking for trouble.”
The Real Housewives of Potomacairs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
