"It honestly feels like a lifetime ago that we saw Monique latch onto Candiace's wig and summarily fight her way out of a job, but in retrospect, not all that much has changed. Sure, everyone is divorced now, and Candiace has taken her talents for histrionics out of the music studio and into the podcast mic for the time being - but we have the same President, Ashley remains as messy as ever, and Gizelle still won't bring a man on camera."
"While I can now recognize that what Monique did was an unacceptable escalation of interpersonal issues in a workplace (which is what the show is, after all), her reunion performance will remain an all-time moment in not just Potomac, but Housewives history simply because she broke the show. Fully knowing she was on her way out, she summarily dismissed Gizelle with the binder moment that aired all over the world (Karen asking "is Jamal coming" with sardonic satisfaction remains etched in my cerebellum)"
Monique physically attacked Candiace during a barn fight, seizing her wig and effectively ending her position on the show. The incident occurred more than six years ago yet many cast dynamics remained similar afterward: divorces, Candiace shifting to podcasting, Ashley's ongoing messiness, Gizelle refusing to bring a man on camera, and the same President. The franchise often features physical confrontations and melodrama, with the Potomac cast maintaining a pretense of upper-class propriety despite behavior that contradicts that image. Monique's reunion performance, occurring as she was leaving, included a dismissive binder moment and a viral exchange involving Karen and Jamal.
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