
‘RHOA’ Is Finally Getting Back To What Makes The Show Great
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The Bravo series tapped some new rich housewives, adding much-needed energy to the franchise.
It makes perfect sense that the new supreme of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” is Shamea Morton, a woman who drives a Rolls-Royce and has a sister named Tawuana.
Bravo, bringing Morton on as a full-time cast member is the smartest decision production has made in years. Morton, who is not technically a new addition to the show, having previously served as a “friend of” in Season 6 and maintained a presence in the years that followed, is the anchor the show needed.
That was not the expectation going into the show. Now that we’ve seen a fuller picture of her life, it makes absolute sense that the much-anticipated season premiere centered on her.
It’s been so nice to watch “RHOA” and shout, “Ooh, she got money!”
Morton’s home, named “Sterling Hall,” makes me feel so damn poor, which is exactly how I’m supposed to feel when watching “Real Housewives.” As Morton explained on a recent edition of the YouTube series “Speak On It” — hosted by former “RHOA” mainstay Kandi Burruss — some Bravo fans assumed she was nothing more than Williams’ broke bestie.