RHOA S16 Reunion Part 1 Recap: Who’s Junebug?

RHOA Reunion Part 1 Recap: Junebugs, Fake Friendships & a Whole Lotta Buzz

Let’s get into it, peaches. Season 16 may have been a rocky ride (with a few flat tires along the way), but the reunion? It came in like Aunt Bertha’s mac and cheese.

Let’s be real, this wasn’t anybody’s Met Gala moment, but we got a few standouts. Porsha served classic pageant glam (yawn, but flawless), Kenya and Pistol Eady were both MIA, and Drew Sidora came in ready to fight and cry, like a rhinestoned warrior with emotional baggage.

Porsha vs. Drew (Round 46). The Porsha/Drew tension could power all of Atlanta if we plugged it into the grid. Porsha shaded Drew’s “singing career” (insert Mariah Carey-level ‘I don’t know her’ tone), while Drew clapped back; and just like that — we’re banished to the basement with Ralph and the hotdog king.

You felt it the second she walked out. Porsha’s back and she’s trying to reclaim her throne. She barely had to lift a finger — just raised one perfectly manicured nail and suddenly Marlo’s storyline evaporated like Tyrone’s screen time. Porsha wanted the moment, and the other girls knew it.

Speaking of vanishing acts, Kenya was disinvited according to her, and Eady was just a no-show because she was too busy serving a lawsuit on Bravo (join the dusgruntled former employees of Bravo club). Ma’am, this is a reunion, not a podcast audition. By 11AM, when everyone finally came out on stage, they could have phoned Kenya in and had her on speaker phone, at least!

We need to talk about it. Angela felt off. She had the fashion, she had the shade… but something about her this season (and in this reunion) felt like she left her mojo in her other Birkin. Maybe she’s tired, or maybe she saw herself edited into oblivion and decided to scale it back. Either way, we noticed. Where’s your handheld fan at Ang!?

Porsha does apologize to Drew about meeting up with Ralph for dinner with Shamea, acknowledging that she did it to be petty because Drew filmed with Dennis. Porsha also states that there was an “alliance” between Brit, Shamea, and Kelli when they started filming, and that Brit spilled the beans after her falling out with Kelli and Shamea.

There was a weird emotional undertone whenever Shamea spoke. With her childhood friendship breaking and rumors swirling, this might be her swan song. If it is? The girls better pray the ratings don’t collapse with her. Love her or hate her, Angela kept this show from turning into a Real Snoozefest of Atlanta. Phaedra brought absolutely nothing for the two weeks that she filmed, except for that weirdo Junebug connection with Messy Marcus.

Angela’s manila envelop and printed out receipts were as interesting as John Fuda’s envelop with his parking lot slips at the last RHONJ reunion before Andy Cohen put the whole franchise in a time-out.

This reunion part 1 gave us some spice, a few reheated leftovers, and just enough mess to make us tune in next week. But the real question is — who’s safe for next season, and who’s about to get NeNe’d off the stage?

Stay tuned, stay shady, and keep those edges laid.