Kandi Burruss wasn’t all the time as candy as her namesake whereas filming “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” Season 15 — and Sanya Richards-Ross has a concept behind her co-star’s “hotheaded” conduct.
The four-time Olympic gold medalist, 38, says on Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast that she believes rigidity in Burruss’ marriage with Todd Tucker permeated feuds with castmate Marlo Hampton and collection beginner Courtney Rhodes.
“When you will have somebody who works a lot and works so exhausting in a relationship, and you’ve got somebody like Todd who additionally aspires to do a number of nice issues, that might trigger a number of rigidity,” Richards-Ross notes.
The newest “RHOA” installment will see the couple grapple with conflicting schedules and considerations that Burruss’ enterprise objectives take precedence over Tucker’s.
“And they each agree, it’s all the time about Kandi, Kandi, Kandi,” Richards-Ross says of the multihyphenate, who not too long ago acquired a Tony nomination for her work on Broadway’s revival of “August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson.”
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“So I feel for him, particularly this 12 months, he’s like, ‘Look, I’ve bought some issues I wish to work on, and so they’re going to be on the entrance burner, ma’am, not on the again burner. So you’re going to should determine it out,’” the athlete provides.
Richards-Ross believes such marital strife made Burruss, 46 — who shares son Ace, 7, and daughter Blaze, 3, with Tucker, 49 — extra “emotional” when navigating battle of their circle of buddies.
In the trailer for “RHOA” Season 15, Burruss engages in heated exchanges with each Hampton, 47, and “buddy of the Housewives” Rhodes, 48.
“The solely purpose I’m crying proper now’s as a result of I can’t f–king choke your ass, bitch,” the Grammy winner tells Hampton throughout one explosive dialog.
In a separate scene, Burruss says she is “about to head-butt this bitch,” referring to Rhodes.
“I feel that she’s very emotional this season due to that, due to her attempting to determine that out and juggling that,” Richards-Ross tells us. “I really feel like generally she’s actually, actually emotional and actually a bit of bit extra hotheaded this season.”
“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” Season 15 premieres Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
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