In reply to Casual.

I don't think it was staged. Atlanta is notorious for cheap asss construction houses and idiots who buy them. Nene's house is no exception. It is a wood framed house with questionable stucco on top of the wood frame so waterbugs are in her house just like they are in everyone's house in Atlanta unless they get Orkin treatments 4 times a year.

Sheree was fires because she is boring and adds no value. Andy told her for years that she needs She By Sheree to stay on the show and Sheree was too busy dropping every last dime into her wood framed house instead of taking his advice for a storyline.

Kim came off as nasty this season with the entire remaining cast not wanting to work with her. If she had chilled out and went on the trip sans her husband and actually made up with then she would be back next season but her insecurities and racism got the best of her. Also that whole Roach video was a bad idea because common sense says the women would be defensive and take Nene's side. After all, they have all have roaches in their homes, even if they have Orkin. Atlanta is humid, rains a lot, and the homes are all cheaply built so there is no possible way not to have roaches in Atlanta. For example google image search Sheree's house and you will see that at 2 million she has nothing more than a wood framed house (no cinder blocks were used to build it even at the foundation).