Kandi Burruss dishes on her explosive fight with Marlo Hampton in RHOA season 14. She shares that this was even than the one shown in the trailer.
In The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 14 trailer, fans see Kandi Burruss and Marlo Hampton get into it, but Kandi recently shared that there was another more explosive fight that had her “shocked.” Marlo had been on RHOA for many seasons as a “friend of” but despite not being a full cast member, she always brought the drama. The Le’ Archive owner was never afraid to speak her mind, which resulted in epic feuds with former housewives Nene Leakes and Porsha Williams. After fans, along with Kandi, pushed for Marlo to become a housewife, she finally got her peach in RHOA season 14.
Kandi, unlike Marlo, likes to stay out of drama unless someone actively comes for her. Fans love Kandi for being a reasonable peace-maker but also being unafraid to speak her mind. Kandi’s biggest feud on RHOA was with her former best friend Phaedra Parks, which started when Phaedra accused Kandi of not being supportive through her divorce from Apollo Nida. Kandi then accused Phaedra of cheating on Apollo before he went to prison. However, the feud exploded when Phaedra told Porsha that Kandi and her husband Todd Tucker allegedly planned to drug Porsha and have s*x with her. Following the accusation, Phaedra was fired from RHOA and Kandi never spoke to her former BFF again.
Although Kandi and Marlo have had a peaceful relationship over the years, it seems as if Marlo is trying to earn her peach this season. In a recent Behind the Velvet Ropes with David Yontef podcast, Kandi revealed that there was an unexpected fight between her and Marlo that was “way worse” than the one shown in the trailer. Kandi shared, “She didn’t like what I had to say and it just blew up. We started going back and forth and it was very disrespectful, some of the stuff she was saying. That’s how I feel. Now she said I was being disrespectful, so I guess I’ll just leave it at that. We were being very disrespectful to each other.”
Marlo Hampton in a heated conversation on an episode of RHOA
Kandi was one of Marlo’s biggest advocates over the years for her getting a spot on RHOA. After the fight, she told David, “I was mad as hell. Like, really? Like, I didn’t want to talk to her ever again for real.” The Kandi and the Gang star went on to say, “I was definitely shocked at some of the things that she said because it was not cool at all. So I was definitely shocked that she went there with some of the stuff that she said.” Kandi shared that she and Marlo made up afterward, but she feels trepidation about watching the fight play back on RHOA season 14 and eventually rehashing it during the reunion.
Kandi admitted to being stubborn and not being the easiest person to get over things. However, she also spilled that Marlo got into it with other cast members of RHOA. Fans already saw tension between Marlo and Kenya during the first episode of RHOA season 14, despite their efforts to be cordial towards each other. When asked about where she stood between Kenya and former RHOA star Cynthia Bailey’s feud, Kandi was ever the peacemaker and said that she had heard both of their sides and only wishes for them to rebuild their friendship.