We hate to be a spoiler (kind of) but we can’t wait until Sunday night to have all the drama unfold on the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” reunion, which is why we’re happy In Touch has some exclusive tea to share. Though in the previews from the upcoming second and third parts of the reunion, we already know some text messages been Phaedra’s husband Apollo and Kenya Moore are going to come into question, but thanks to InTouch, we now know what exactly was said in those texts — allegedly– and who was crossing the line hardcore – allegedly  According to the mag’s insider source, Phaedra first confronts Kenya about hitting on Apollo which prompts Kenya’s response that it was her husband who reached out to her in the first place. Clarifying the nature of that exchange, Phaedra told In Touch:

 “Let’s get this clear, my husband just asked her for advice on an acting coach. Kenya continued to text him, saying, ‘Oh, you look nice.’ She propositioned him with a sexual act.”

No she didn’t!

What’s even more crazy is Kenya reportedly doesn’t even deny offering the proposition during the reunion, simply saying:

“Hitting on and flirting are two different things. That man is married. I respect the sanctity of marriage.”

I’m sorry, if you respected the sanctity of marriage you would be flirting with other single men, not someone else’s husband. And need I recall how huffy Kenya got at the mere thought of Walter having hit on Kandi back in the day before she even knew her? Now she wants to act like it’s OK to flirt with someone else’s husband. Girl stop. Sorry, woman stop.

Fortunately for Phaedra and Apollo’s union, the pregnant, soon-to-be mother of two isn’t phased by the nonsense. She told In Touch:

“I have a strong marriage. It’s not like Kenya revealed something I didn’t know. There are no secrets.”

Let’s hope that’s the case.

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If you know who Jay Electronica is, it’s either because you are a hip-hop fan and know his music or you know him as the father of Erykah Badu’s youngest child. But according to Daily Mail UK, he is in the center of a marriage breaking up.  According to Ben Goldsmith, his music producer wife and heiress to the Rothschild banking dynasty Kate has been carrying on an affair with Jay for about a year (he is one of her clients and apparently lives in London now) .  Ben claims he found very racy text messages and email exchanges between the two of them and after denying anything was going on for a little while, Kate finally admitted they were having an affair.

During their argument, Ben assaulted her and left the home. Upon his return, the police were there and arrested him on a domestic charge. Allegedly, Ben has always been very suspicious of Kate and Jay’s “friendship” because of the amount of time they’d been spending together.  Apparently he was right because sources say Kate has a slight obsession with Jay, calling him multiple times throughout the night and sometimes spending the night with him.

This is quite the scandal as Ben’s father is financial tycoon Jimmy Goldsmith and as previously mentioned, Kate is a Rothschild scion.  The couple, who has been married since 2003, have three children.

Jay Electronica always finds himself in the most precarious situations.

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Royce is turning out to be the “Basektball Wives” cast member with the most sense. That’s evident from the story lines we see of her building her acting career and participating in charity events. It’s also clear from the company she doesn’t keep, although it’s quite amusing that the two women who have been involved in every instance of drama this season—Evelyn and Shaunie—refused to film with her while Royce has been doing her thing professionally on her own. It’s also funny Evelyn doesn’t mind taping with the woman she supposedly hates more than anyone else in the world, Jen, but that’s for another discussion.

During an interview with TT Torrez at iPower 92.1, Royce talked about being sort of the outcast of the group—outcast meaning the only one not involved in drama—and she told the host:

“When I first started the show my primary purpose was to clear up the image that had been given to me. It was kind of hindering me from pursuing my career because of what people thought of me and when that image stared changing, I thought its time for me to focus on my real life outside of arguing with people.”

Royce has been able to distance herself from the negativity all of the other girls have received after fighting for a better story line, she says, but she’s picked up another label along the way: a needy woman who can’t be without a man. During the interview, TT put Royce on blast a little bit by pointing out that she’s been coupled with a different man on every season of “Basketball Wives.” Her statement was a tad inaccurate because Royce was single during season 1 but after that she was coupled with Dwayne, then Bryan, and now Dezmond, whose public approval rating has completely tanked since his very public social media sexting fiasco. When the host asked Royce if she thinks she might really be needy like her father said she is on a previous episode, she responded, “I don’t have to have a man but I don’t like being alone either.” And she’s not alone now because when it comes to Dezmond and the breakup everyone thought would happen, she said:

“We’re good. As far as the whole thing that went on online, that situation is crazy. I understand why he did it, yes it was wrong, but the fact is Dezmond never cheated on me.

“I’m not going to leave Dezmond because of what the world thinks that I should do. I love him, he loves me, and I’m not going to leave him for the one thing that he did wrong when there were so many other things that he did right.”

That would be cool if Dezmond shut down that drama before it hit the web but Royce seems to be missing the fact that there’s a reason the baby mama of her boyfriend or fiance or whatever he is still has some attachment to Dez, because he was sending her more than suggestive messages. And let’s just be real about it, if he denied he was even sending the sexts in the first place, until the evidence slapped him in the face, he could just as easily be lying about not acting on them. For some reason Royce doesn’t see it that way, or else she’s willing to wait until he grows up. She told the radio host.

“[Dez] knows it was wrong and he knows it was humiliating and embarrassing to me but I’m also not oblivious to the fact that Dez is young.”

Old enough to know better but still young enough to do it? That sounds about right. The age difference between Royce and her boyfriend wouldn’t be a big deal under different circumstances but with her being 31 and clearly ready to walk down the aisle, and him being 22 and just a couple of years into the league, eight months into their relationship, and a couple months post-nasty picture sending, the odds of this panning out just aren’t in her favor. Royce fully intends to participate in the next season of “Basketball Wives”—if there is one—and when the radio host told her she better not appear on season 5 with a new man, Royce promised she wouldn’t. That may be the case, but I’d be surprised if she showed up with Dezmond, unless she just refuses to see the writing on the wall.

Check out the audio of Royce’s interview below. Do you think she should make smarter choices when it comes to men and relationships like she did with her career?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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Royce is in for a long, sad ride because she is now in the domino-effect period of the breakdown in her relationship with Dezmond Briscoe. Another woman has come forward with sexts from Dez and since they don’t have a child together, he wasn’t just sending her half-naked pics to get on her good side. He was trying to get on her insides.

A woman named Jordann blasted text messages from Dez over the past three months asking her for naked pictures and even telling her that he and Royce “talk” but they’re not together. I’m curious how he planned to explain being on “Basketball Wives” to his side pieces after Monday’s episode if he and Royce really weren’t together. Perhaps he thought he could get away with loving another woman on reality TV like fellow NFLer Adrian Wilson.

I hate to stereotype but since Dez is living up to it, I’ll go ahead and say how I feel about this situation. He is 22 and in the league; his behavior is disappointing but not surprising. Royce should be glad this came out now and not after the wedding because Christina and Jordann are probably not the last of the women who Dez has been sexting and maybe more.

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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I guess my theory about Dezmond Briscoe’s baby mama just stirring up trouble was wrong. Well, she was stirring up trouble, but it wasn’t fabricated. In the same way the mother of his child outed the sexually suggestive texts he sent her on Twitter, two days later Dez owned up to them on the social networking site.

In a series of tweets he admitted to sending the texts to Christina Nero, although he claims it was just to get on her good side in dealing with their son and thoroughly denies acting on anything he said.

What’s interesting is that in showing support for Royce’s situation, fellow BBW cast member Kenya Bell aired a little secret when she tweeted earlier in the day, “I swear people make stuff up @roycelr is in love and is getting married now.” Nobody knew marriage was in the works and Royce confirmed it by responding that Kenya let the cat out of the bag. Now, not only are the marriage plans up in the air, the entire relationship is. Royce told people to view her boyfriend/potential ex-boyfriend’s Twitter feed to figure out what happened and tweeted:

Yes I feel stupid! Yes I feel betrayed! Yes I love @DezBriscoe89 but at this point I love myself more! I honestly don’t know wht I’m gonna do!

She also went on a mini rant about the situation that had people wondering why they were all putting their business out in the Twitter streets but Royce said her life is an open book and ish happens.  Today she also penned an open letter to Dez and Christina about the drama on her VH1 blog which I’ll let you read at your leisure, but a point of note is that she said:

As far as the logistics go…”At the end of the day” (Jen voice) he will not be with her. So the rant she went on and my responses change nothing for her life. Not only do I look like a fool in love, but she looks like a bitter, jealous and angry “Baby Momma.”

This entire situation is a hot social media mess. Do you believe all this drama?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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