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* '''Lisa Wu-Hartwell''' -- Also a Duluth, Georgia resident, she is the wife of former [[NFL]] professional [[football]] player [[Edgerton Hartwell]] who signs with the [[Oakland Raiders]] in the last episode of Season 1, and ex-wife of [[Keith Sweat|R&B singer-Keith Sweat]], with whom she has two children that live with Keith. She has also gone by the names: Sharon Millette Wu, Sharon Lisa Sweat, and Lisa Wu-Sweat when she filed [[chapter 7 bankruptcy]] in 2007, despite her mantra during the introduction of the show, "If it doesn't make me money, I don't do it." She lives in the exclusive gated community of the St. Marlo Country Club. Her father is [[Chinese people|Chinese]] and her mother is African American. Lisa is employed by Hartwell and Associates, an Atlanta-based real estate firm, and in addition she runs three aspiring businesses, a jewelry line, called Wu-Girls Designs, and two clothing lines: Hart2Hart Baby, which makes high-end baby clothes, and Closet Freak, a line of sexy t-shirts meant for women who would not normally be seen dressing provocatively.
* '''Lisa Wu-Hartwell''' -- Also a Duluth, Georgia resident, she is the wife of former [[NFL]] professional [[football]] player [[Edgerton Hartwell]] who signs with the [[Oakland Raiders]] in the last episode of Season 1, and ex-wife of [[Keith Sweat|R&B singer-Keith Sweat]], with whom she has two children that live with Keith. She has also gone by the names: Sharon Millette Wu, Sharon Lisa Sweat, and Lisa Wu-Sweat when she filed [[chapter 7 bankruptcy]] in 2007, despite her mantra during the introduction of the show, "If it doesn't make me money, I don't do it." She lives in the exclusive gated community of the St. Marlo Country Club. Her father is [[Chinese people|Chinese]] and her mother is African American. Lisa is employed by Hartwell and Associates, an Atlanta-based real estate firm, and in addition she runs three aspiring businesses, a jewelry line, called Wu-Girls Designs, and two clothing lines: Hart2Hart Baby, which makes high-end baby clothes, and Closet Freak, a line of sexy t-shirts meant for women who would not normally be seen dressing provocatively.


* '''Kimberleigh "Kim" Zolciak''' -- HER WIG IS THE STAR OF THE SHOW........AND BIG POPPA...
* '''Kimberleigh "Kim" Zolciak''' -- She is a [[Connecticut]] native and [[Johns Creek, Georgia|Johns Creek]] resident, a divorced mother of two who is attempting to pursue a career as a country singer while half-heartedly attempting to quit smoking. She had a "sugar daddy", whom she mysteriously referred to as "Big Poppa", who chose not to be aired on the show for personal and privacy reasons. In October 2008, [[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]] reported that "numerous [[blind item]]s and internet rumors" had identified him as entrepreneur Lee Najjar.<ref name="Jezebel">[http://jezebel.com/5070377/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta-we-think-we-know-who-kims-big-papa-is The Real Housewives Of Atlanta: We Think We Know Who Kim's "Big Papa" Is] Jezebel.com, October 29, 2008</ref> He funded her somewhat lavish lifestyle, buying her $14,000 in diamonds and a $60,000 [[Cadillac Escalade]]. Kim and "Big Poppa" broke up in the last episode of season one. Since the end of the first season, Zolciak has linked in media reports to billionaire Dr. Stefan Lemperle<ref name="Jezebel 2">[http://jezebel.com/5110249/4-out-of-5-real-housewives-of-atlanta-are-actually-broke 4 out of 5 Real Housewives of Atlanta are Actually Broke] Jezebel.com, December 15, 2008</ref> and ''[[Girls Gone Wild]]'' founder [[Joe Francis]].<ref>[http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/01/25/goodbad01253dot.html Good Week, Bad Week] Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 25, 2009</ref> The show was originally planned to follow the lives of five black women, but Zolciak, who is white, introduced by Leakes, impressed the producers with her personality.
AND LETS NOT FORGET HER TIGHTROPE!


* ''' Kandi Burruss''' -- Former Xscape member has been confirmed as the Housewife replacing Deshawn Snow.<ref>[http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/03/real-housewives.html Article on new housewife]</ref>
* ''' Kandi Burruss''' -- Former Xscape member has been confirmed as the Housewife replacing Deshawn Snow.<ref>[http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/03/real-housewives.html Article on new housewife]</ref>

Revision as of 15:29, 31 March 2009

The Real Housewives of Atlanta
GenreReality Show
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2+
Production
Production locationsAtlanta
Georgia
Running timeapprox. 41 minutes
(excluding commercials)
Original release
NetworkBravo network
ReleaseOctober 7 2008 –
present

The Real Housewives of Atlanta is an American reality television series on the Bravo cable television network, premiering in the Fall of 2008.It is the network's third series in this format, following The Real Housewives of Orange County and The Real Housewives of New York City. The show is produced by True Entertainment, a subsidiary of reality-TV giant Endemol. The executive producers are Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh, Shari Solomon Cedar and Kenny Hull. The series differs, however, from its predecessors by including a cast of characters that do not actually live in Atlanta, Georgia. Each of the women lives in northern metro-Atlanta suburbs situated in north Fulton and Gwinnett counties.

Current Housewives

The series follows the professional, social and family lives of five primarily wealthy women who live in the suburbs of Atlanta.

  • Linnethia "NeNe" Leakes -- A Duluth resident and founder of the Twisted Hearts Foundation, which addresses domestic violence against women. She was evicted from her rental home in the Stonebrier at Sugarloaf gated community on Sugarloaf Parkway, which is approximately 40 minutes northeast of downtown Atlanta. She has two sons, one of whom is attending Clark Atlanta University, and a real estate entrepreneur husband named Gregg. She was once good friends with Kim Zolciak, but now the two are embattled in a feud.
  • Sheree Whitfield -- She was born in Ohio and no longer resides in the Sandy Springs home of her ex-husband, which is approximately 20 minutes north of downtown Atlanta. She is the ex-wife of NFL professional football player Bob Whitfield, with whom she has three children. She is attempting to develop a clothing line called She by Sheree and had a feud with cast mate NeNe Leakes earlier in the show, but has since forgiven her.
  • Lisa Wu-Hartwell -- Also a Duluth, Georgia resident, she is the wife of former NFL professional football player Edgerton Hartwell who signs with the Oakland Raiders in the last episode of Season 1, and ex-wife of R&B singer-Keith Sweat, with whom she has two children that live with Keith. She has also gone by the names: Sharon Millette Wu, Sharon Lisa Sweat, and Lisa Wu-Sweat when she filed chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2007, despite her mantra during the introduction of the show, "If it doesn't make me money, I don't do it." She lives in the exclusive gated community of the St. Marlo Country Club. Her father is Chinese and her mother is African American. Lisa is employed by Hartwell and Associates, an Atlanta-based real estate firm, and in addition she runs three aspiring businesses, a jewelry line, called Wu-Girls Designs, and two clothing lines: Hart2Hart Baby, which makes high-end baby clothes, and Closet Freak, a line of sexy t-shirts meant for women who would not normally be seen dressing provocatively.
  • Kimberleigh "Kim" Zolciak -- HER WIG IS THE STAR OF THE SHOW........AND BIG POPPA...

AND LETS NOT FORGET HER TIGHTROPE!

  • Kandi Burruss -- Former Xscape member has been confirmed as the Housewife replacing Deshawn Snow.[1]

Past Housewives

  • DeShawn Snow -- Originally from Detroit, she is a current resident of the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta in the Manor Golf and Country Club, which is approximately 1 hour north of downtown Atlanta. She has three children and is the wife of current Cleveland Cavaliers professional NBA basketball player and NBA TV announcer Eric Snow. Her main focus is the DeShawn Snow Foundation, an organization dedicated to the welfare and the self-esteem of teenage girls. DeShawn was not invited back for the second season; according to her, producers said it was because she was "too human for a circus show" and did not create enough drama[2].

Season 1

Episode 1

In the premiere episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta, NBA wife DeShawn and her family see their custom built mansion for the first time and she begins the search for the perfect staff to run it. Real estate powerhouse Lisa is learning to balance business and motherhood with her NFL hubby's support. Meanwhile, after a three-year divorce battle with former NFL player Bob Whitfield, socialite Sheree plans a birthday blowout at her estate to celebrate her new life, and cracks the whip on her staff to make sure no detail is missed - from the Louis Vuitton cake to the exclusive guest list. All the Housewives are invited, including NeNe, who has ongoing tension with Sheree. In between shopping sprees funded by her mystery multi-millionaire boyfriend, "Big Papa," blonde bombshell Kim meets NeNe for lunch and they plan to arrive at Sheree's party fashionably late, but a scene erupts when one of them isn't on the list.

Episode 2

The day after Sheree's big birthday blowout, NeNe, still angry about the party, has lunch with her friend and hairdresser, Dwight, who convinces her to take the high road and not waste any time or energy. Meanwhile, Kim is throwing her 11-year-old daughter Brielle an $18,000 birthday party. Kim's girlfriends join in the festivities and NeNe and Sheree put their differences aside for the day. Lisa isn't able to make the party as she gets laid up with the flu, but husband Ed helps nurse her back to health.

Episode 3

The ladies take a trip to the countryside to meet with Kim's psychic advisor. After an eerie prediction of personal strife ahead, NeNe gets a letter from a family member revealing that the man who she thought was her father might not be. She must decide whether or not to pursue the paternity issue and risk opening Pandora's box. Meanwhile, Kim has always wanted to be a country singer and decides now is the perfect time to pursue her dream. DeShawn must pull off planning a black tie gala for the DeShawn Snow Foundation in just two weeks. NeNe decides to help her and together they try to raise a million dollars for charity during the gala.

Episode 4

DeShawn is determined to make a big splash on the Atlanta social scene with her "Night of a Thousand Stars" gala event, and invites hundreds of people into her private estate for the lavish event. Kim and Sheree bond during a private spa day and enjoy an intimate dinner with their kids, which puts NeNe's friendship with Kim in jeopardy. Lisa's "Wu Girl" jewelry line is taking off and her trunk show is a hit. She inks a distribution deal with jewelry mogul, Steven Zale, and models her jewelry in a glamorous photo shoot for her new brand.

Episode 5

Sheree and Lisa let loose at a pole dancing class. Lisa, DeShawn, NeNe and their husbands spend a luxurious evening together at a vineyard to celebrate DeShawn's 34th birthday. The dinner takes a turn for the worse after NeNe starts to gossip about Sheree and makes up a nasty song about Kim's music career. Kim and Sheree have a Botox date during which Kim finds out about the song NeNe sang about her, the two bond over mistrust for NeNe. When Kim ignores NeNe during an afternoon of lingerie shopping, the tensions mount and things get ugly. Kim's plans for stardom are at stake as Grammy Award-winning producer Dallas Austin sends her to celebrity music coach, Miss Jan. Meanwhile, inspired by DeShawn, NeNe starts her own foundation for battered women, Twisted Hearts. She throws a "Big Hats" fundraising brunch and opens up about her past turmoil to a moved audience. After futile efforts to get NeNe and Kim to talk, DeShawn joins NeNe for a girls' night where they focus on surrounding themselves with positive people and true friends.

Episode 6

Sheree and Kim make the best out of a boating trip on the "Redneck Riviera," Atlanta's Lake Lanier. Sheree assembles an army of publicists, designers, event planners to get her fashion line, She by Sheree, off the ground. She moves quickly to turn her vision into a reality and attempts to plan a high-end fashion viewing of her samples in a matter of weeks. With the support of her husband, Gregg, NeNe pursues DNA testing to answer the question about the paternity of her father. Lisa's husband Ed is gearing up to get back in the game after a year of rehabilitating an injury, though Lisa wishes he would not go back to the NFL. DeShawn invites all of the ladies to her home for a sunset barbecue to mend broken fences. NeNe agrees to be civil, but is upset when some of the women don't show. Sheree refuses to let her investors and the press see her sweat when the She by Sheree show starts to unravel at the seams.

Episode 7

After DeShawn's failed attempt at reconciliation, Lisa's on a mission to get the ladies into the same room. She meets Kim and Sheree for lunch. Humbled by her less than stellar fashion viewing, which went on despite not having any actual samples to put on the models, Sheree turns to successful Atlanta designer Michael Knight of Project Runway fame, to advise her on where she went wrong and what to do to get it back on track. Lisa is trying to put on a brave face for Ed, now that he's signed with the Oakland Raiders, but is worried that her "best friend" will be a continent away and back in the brutal world of NFL football. Meanwhile, DeShawn's husband Eric is at home with an injury, and after 13 years in the NBA, he's considering retirement, which could mean an end to DeShawn's extravagant lifestyle. The five ladies and their families get together for dinner, but can they put aside the injuries and start to heal old friendships?

Episode 8/Reunion

Hosted by Bravo programming executive Andy Cohen, see what happens after the cameras stopped rolling. Do NeNe and Kim patch up their friendship? Will Sheree and NeNe ever be friends?

Season 2

References

  1. ^ Article on new housewife
  2. ^ DeShawn Snow is No Longer a Real Housewife Essence.com, January 15, 2009
Housewives' official sites
Housewives' businesses and organizations
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