TS MADISON & LAW ROACH WANT A PEACH! | RHOA News with Claudia, Dustin & Blue

0:03 Reality with the King is hosted by me, Carlos King. I'm an executive producer who have produced some of your favorite shows from the Real Housewives of Atlanta, New Jersey, and my own creation, the Love and Marriage franchise and Bell Collective. Every episode, we recap reality television from the Real Housewives franchise to The Bachelor or Selling Sunset. in addition to celebrity guests, whether in the unscripted space or scripted as well.

0:36 Friend to the show, T.S.

0:37 Madison was on her podcast Outlaws with T.S.

0:43 Madison.

0:44 She had Candace Diller Bassett, friend to the show from Potomac Housewives.

0:49 And a lot of people took T.S.

0:51 Madison's commentary and y'all ran with it. So I want to be very clear to what she said and what she didn't say. So long story short, T.S. Madison, they were talking about Housewives and T.S. Madison said she thinks what Real Housewives of Atlanta is missing is her.

1:10 She thinks what.

1:11 The Real Housewives of Atlanta is missing is her.

1:16 Okay?

1:17 She did not make this, because a lot of y'all said, oh, is she saying that what's missing is a transgender woman?

1:25 She said what's missing is T.S. Madison missing. her, right? Law Roach, stylist to the stars.

1:34 He also mentioned that he wants to be on Atlanta Housewives 2 Child. His dream is to have a peach too, honey. So I wanted to have a conversation about this. Starting with you, Dustin. Atlanta Housewives is back. I'm loving this new cast. I think they're great.

1:52 T.S.

1:52 Madison's a friend to my. Happy Libra birthday, T.S.

1:56 Madison.

1:57 But Dustin, Do you think what's missing from the Real Housewives of Atlanta is T.S.

2:04 Madison and Law Roach?

2:07 Here's what I think. I think that when it comes to entertainment value, having a personality that is interesting, being able to be comedic off the dome, you know, these are things that contribute to entertainment value, which is why T.S. Madison has already executive produced her own reality series on WeTV called executive produced her own talk show on Fox Soul, and she'll continue to do many, many more things. So if the question is, would T.S. Madison add to the already existing entertainment value of the Real Housewives of Atlanta?

2:40 Of course she would. She would add value to anything that she participates in or contributes to because she's a great fucking television personality. She's a talented host. She's a great writer.

2:52 She's funny.

2:53 So she adds value to anything that she participates in. What I'm not going to do is get into a debate with these people who are low vibrational and only want to focus on her being a transgender woman and really want to have that conversation of whether or not a transgender woman would fit into an ensemble cast like the Real Housewives of Atlanta, because that's a different conversation that I'm not a part of. But do I think that T.S. Madison would add value to anything that she contributes to?

3:21 Absolutely.

3:22 And I love T.S.

3:23 Madison.

3:24 So that's that. Law Roach has a polarizing personality. So I love seeing him infiltrate many different spaces. He's an incredible style architect, according to his own words. He's been a hell of a judge. He's got people watching Project Runway that never watched it before. So he's incredible over there.

3:42 And he's another polarizing television personality. Don't necessarily think the Real Housewives of Atlanta is the right place for him. But hey, putting him on television and letting people see him, I think is a great idea. So those are my thoughts. Shout out to TS motherfucking Madison.

4:00 Yes.

4:01 Blue to Luzma.

4:03 I think it's very odd and hypocritical that people who watch a show called Real Housewives of Atlanta are going to say things like, well, she's not a biological woman. And so she.

4:16 Can't be a housewife. A lot of y'all faves are not housewives either. If we can have a show called Real Housewives of Atlanta with only two housewives, why can't we have a trans woman? I'm going to say it.

4:24 I don't mind.

4:26 What is more Atlanta than having the Liga Biga Tiga community represented? Have y'all been to Atlanta? Can we be honest?

4:32 T.S.

4:32 Madison, I think, would be an exceptional addition as a housewife. And honestly, and Carlos, this is something I mentioned to you a couple years ago. I do believe there was a time in Atlanta's history, the Real Housewives franchise, where queer... people were used as accessories, what better way to come full circle than to center one? Y'all didn't mind the Miss J's or whatever, like, you didn't mind having a queer person as a sidekick, but now that a queer person wants to be centered, right, and I'm using queer as in the margins, right, not mainstream, now somebody under the rainbow wants to be centered and it's a problem, but when they want to hold somebody's purse or style them, you think that's cute.

5:09 No, I think because of the.

5:11 Long history Atlanta's had with the queer community, centering someone from that same community particularly someone who is so beloved in that area makes perfect sense. I don't need to mince my words. I think she's as good as a housewife as any. And also can we be very, very honest? I think there's a healing opportunity to have her on because she's not apologetic about the space that she takes up.

5:32 Not all gay people are created the same. Not all black people are created the same. I think as far as trans representation is, I think she's so comfortable in her skin and she's so successful. There's a way that she could do it where she, I think, has the right thick skin for it. Because there's nothing worse than having someone come on and having a big personality and they shrink, right? We spent half the season, well, 17 out of 19 episodes talking about how K. Michelle disappointed us because she wasn't big.

5:55 T.S.

5:55 Madison would be the perfect response to all of that. So I'm here for it, trans or otherwise. She didn't say trans, I'm saying trans.

6:01 I'm here for it.

6:03 Claudia? So they had, again.

6:07 T.S. Madison did not say because she's trans, was not leading with that. And I appreciate that for her to just say it's based on my personality. I don't need to mention that. And I love that. I don't think we should be leading with that. I think we should lead with who we are as people, as talents. I think people got to stop thinking I should get that job because I'm trans or I should get this job because I'm gay or I should get that job because I'm straight. You should get the job because you're good at it and you're good for it. And that's that.

6:31 I disagree about her being on the show only because of this. Would she be an asset anyway? She goes, hell yeah. Highly entertaining. Doesn't need an ensemble cast. Tia Madison needs her own show because she's that big of a personality and everybody around her in her world. I think that's a better fit for Tia Madison. And this is another reason. As someone that used to talk to Tia Madison an awful lot, Tia Madison is very private with her personal life now. We never hear about anyone she's dating. And I think that show would be terrible for her in that regard. because that show was all about exposing and all that kind of stuff. And I would not want to see that for T.S. Madison, unless she wanted that, unless she wanted that. Cause when you

7:07 go on there, here goes everybody hiring private, they'd be hiring private investigators and try to get a little drop the mic moment on you. And I would hate to see that get ugly. But as far as T.S. Madison, there is no doubt in my mind that any show that T.S. Madison is on is going to bring it and going to bring numbers because the fan base is there.

7:24 But yeah.

7:24 Um, I mean, I know I'm a fan of Tia's Mask. I think Tia's Mask is highly entertaining.

7:30 Yeah. No, she is. And Blue brought up a good point.

7:34 So I started my career in reality television, as you all know, doing Atlanta Housewives in 2008. And I was living in New York City at the time, specifically Brownsville, Sutter at Rutland Road train station stop. Okay.

7:50 Oh, wow.

7:50 Okay. Okay.

7:52 You've come a long way, baby.

7:53 I've come a long way. God is good, baby. All my blessings come from the Lord. He saved me.

7:58 I broke the lease because a few West Indian men was throwing glass bottles in my direction and I didn't understand what that meant.

8:05 But hey, that's my... It's okay. They're watching me on TV. I ain't tripping. But my boy... Amen.

8:14 Today you got that arm. These days you got that arm on you so you throw that motherfucking bag and connect.

8:20 Yes, no. I'm new to New York City. I'm walking down the street.

8:25 And listen, I appreciate them throwing the glass bottle over my head versus on top of it.

8:32 So they have a good aim. So, you know, we, I, hey, I'm grateful for the small blessings. Okay.

8:39 Anywho, so I leave New York City to go to Atlanta. I've never been to Atlanta. This is 2008. And funny story, the first person I met was obviously Nene, as I was her producer. And that week, guys, Sharae had her birthday party. And we had to film Sharae getting ready for it. And I met Miss Lawrence. Mind you, in New York City in 2008, Miss Lawrence was not in New York City at all.

9:15 At all.

9:15 So my first introduction, and I remember thinking to myself, as a gay man, like.

9:22 What's going on?

9:23 Like I was, I was so, I, I, I've never met anyone like him. And that was my first introduction in terms of like, Oh, okay. This is somebody that is comfortable in his own skin. By the way, his pronouns is he, him from my understanding, because he was my podcast. But anyways, my point is, um, I was introduced to that world courtesy of being in Atlanta and, So when it comes to Atlanta, Blue makes a good point in the sense of Atlanta is one of the, if not the first city that represented the education lgbtqia plus community in terms of of that era and then when i moved to atlanta oh honey Alana back in the day, baby was, was lit nowadays.

10:13 I mean, the gay scene, the gay scene, the gay scene anyways.

10:17 So the idea of, I never thought about it until blue said this every, and this is me only as a producer. When we would cast for Alana, New Jersey, et cetera, you wanted somebody to represent that city, right? That was the only thing Bravo cared about. Like, do this person represent the city first? And secondly, are they organically connected to somebody? And I never thought about it until now because I was reading some comments and there are black women. I know some black women don't like being called this. I'm only saying this for the wide audience we have. But cisgendered black women, there were some in the comments who did say that Look, this show is about us. This is about women. And as a producer,

11:13 I said, okay, I understand because I'm not here to tell.

11:15 A black woman how she should feel. I understood that. Tonight, Blue sang....

11:26 T.S.

11:26 Madison represents Atlanta.

11:30 And I I'm now looking at that, too, like, wow, that that that's a great angle of introducing somebody to Atlanta.

11:39 My personal opinion when it comes to T.S.

11:42 Madison, who's my was one of my good friends, is what all of you guys are saying. You can't deny that woman's good television. And I'm like, I'm like all you guys, if that what T.S. wants to do, T.S., I know the people over there call me. I will hook you up with the producers if that's what she wants to do. But I like Claudia said she mentioned this is what she wanted and I think she'll be great at it. When it comes to Law Roach, the thing with Law Roach to me, because I watch him, I never know if he's joking or being serious. That's part of it. That's a part of his charm. I don't know. The whole Zendaya, is she married, is she not?

12:25 I don't know. I still don't know if he was being serious or joking. When it comes to Law Roach.

12:31 He's not wearing a wig. What lace?

12:33 Baby, Law Roach on Project Runway, chef's kiss. Fantastic.

12:40 So I like him on Project Romantic Child. But again, I don't know if it was being serious or joking.

12:46 I also feel like, I think Kalani had made a great point.

12:51 T.S.

12:52 Madison and LaRouche are both standout solo superstar personalities, right? That may be too large for an ensemble cast. And If that's the case and there's other opportunities for them, I also think that the Real Housewives of Atlanta cast is in a great place right now. And I don't think they really need to do anything, which is why everybody came back for this new season. So, you know, I think that shows.

13:16 What's their idea, Dustin?

13:18 I'm curious.

13:18 What's their idea?

13:21 T.S.

13:22 Brought this up, so she might be thinking, I don't mind y'all seeing my fine-ass man that I've been hiding all this time.

13:26 I'm ready.

13:27 It was her idea, and so it being her idea makes me think, maybe she is evolving on her views about being on an ensemble.

13:34 Hey, and if so, do it.

13:36 You know what I'm saying?

13:37 Do it.

13:38 Let us know in the comments what you guys think. You guys are all Atlanta Housewives fans. Let us know if you would like to see T.S. Madison and or Law Roach as part of the cast. Dustin dropped some exclusive tea. He said they're all back. So, hey, Dustin. Thanks for telling us.

13:56 Who said that? Wouldn't that sound boy?

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