Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Demetria McKinney Makes Her Housewives Debut and More
- Iesha M.
- Dec 22, 2014
- 4 min read
Why can’t they be friends? Apollo Nida and Phaedra Parks struggle with his impending prison sentence and new friend Demetria McKinney brings big drama (of course!) to the table!
Meet Demetria
Make room for another Georgia peach! In this episode, Demetria McKinney makes her debut. As an established actress and singer, McKinney’s no stranger to Atlanta's entertainment scene. She visits Cynthia Bailey at The Bailey Agency to cast a model for her new music video. Demetria brings up her manager and Cynthia’s longtime friend, Roger Bobb -- a media magnate who Cynthia assumed was single.
“Peter [Thomas] and I have known Roger Bobb for years, and we’ve never heard him talk about having a girlfriend,” Cynthia dishes in her confessional.
Demetria had to keep her seven-year relationship with Roger a secret -- Roger worked with Tyler Perry while Demetria filmed Perry’s “House of Payne” TV Show. But now, Demetria wants to take their love public.
“I’m ready for people to know,” Demetria announces. She plans to use her video release party as a coming out of sorts…that is, if Roger shows. “He better have his ass there as my man and my manager!”
Ladies Love Cool Bobb
And with a new housewife comes new feuds, naturally. Demetria doesn’t know Kenya Moore, but the beauty queen’s reputation precedes her. A photo of Kenya, Cynthia, Peter and Rogermade the blogosphere rounds and produced chatter about the nature of Kenya and Roger’s relationship -- and Demetria isn’t too pleased about it.
“I know she heard the rumor, but she never tried to deny it,” Demetria grumbles to Cynthia.
Kenya isn’t interested in Roger, though -- at least not for herself. She tries to forge a bond between Roger and her new BFF Claudia Jordan!
Claudia and Roger live in the same apartment building, and she secures an invite to Demetria’s video release party from Roger.
“He’s a great business guy, a great person, he’s handsome -- that’s somebody you might want to look at,” Kenya tells Claudia while on break at a photoshoot. “He’s definitely a good catch!
Cynthia then tells the girls that although Roger Bobb is a good catch, he’s already been reeled in by Demetria. An incredulous Kenya says that he’s dated several of her girlfriends.
“He loves the ladies, and the ladies love him. LL Cool B,” Kenya jokes in her confessional.
Later on that week, Kenya visits Roger’s office for an informational -- and for the tea on his relationship status.
“It seems like she was really bothered by the fact that we had taken a photo together…I don’t even know her!” Kenya tells Roger of Demetria.
“She’s a singer, she’s an actress. She’s also my lady,” Roger responds.
Kenya appears to be happy for him, but her female intuition tells her the real deal. “We’ll see how long that last,” she snipes in her confessional.
Party problems
Lights, camera, action! Nearly everyone in Atlanta comes out to support Demetria’s music video release party -- everyone, that is, except for Roger Bobb.
“As your manager, shouldn’t he be here?” Kandi asks Demetria.
Demetria claims a last-minute editing session forced Roger to bail, but still can’t help but admit her disappointment in their on-and-off situation.
“He could propose with a Cheerio and the answer will be yes,” Demetria sighs.
In between working the crowd and trying to iron out the club’s technical difficulties (her video wouldn’t play!), Demetria pulls Kenya to the side to address the Roger Bobb mess.
“You took a group picture, and it turned into you dating Roger Bobb,” Demetria snaps at Kenya.
“Let me just put your mind at ease: I do not want your man,” Kenya assures Demetria. “I like money, I like a successful career…your man can help me achieve that.” All’s well that ends well!
Someone who did show up? Apollo, much to Phaedra’s surprise. He greets everyone (including Kenya’s friend Brandon, with whom he infamously brawled last season) and plops down next to Phaedra, picking the most inopportune time to talk to her about their issues -- right in front of the other Housewives.
“Phaedra has already told me that she hasn’t really been communicating well with Apollo,” Kandi says in her confessional. “I’m sure that the middle of a crowded nightclub is not the place where she wants to start communicating with him.”
Apollo tells Phaedra that he comes in peace and reminds her that he’s “still [her] husband. Don’t forget that.”
Phaedra reminds Apollo that he doesn’t have to come to a party to talk to her and that he can come home where he lives to do so.
Apollo says that the two are better than nasty nightclub spats and embraces Phaedra, who still looks tremendously uncomfortable.
“Watching Phaedra put on this ‘everything is perfect’ act is the real entertainment,” Kenya smirks. “Who needs Demetria’s video when I can watch this episode of Lockdown?”
So much for the happily ever after-party.
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