Season 3: Episode 4; Exclusive Interview with Christina Phillips!
Tre is seen putting the final touches on her makeup. Are the girls going to call me onto the set?
Kathy: *walks out* Am I the only one here today? *looks at the audience confused*
Tre, Tyler, and Taylor are seen walking out from behind the stage and starts waving at the audience.
Kathy: Oh, there you girls are, I thought I was going to be a one-woman show today. *laughs*
Tyler: Hello gorgeous girls!
Tre: Hello Tyler, I am over here by myself today. Where is Elle? She had a lot to say on the timeline these last few days.
Elle: What am I? *twirls* Chopped liver! I’m BACK!!!
Tre: Oh there she goes! *claps for Elle* I thought you started not to show up today!
Tyler: Tre darling, you are thinking of your couch mate Jac!
Taylor: Welcome back! Our resident Ellen! She’s no Ellen Degeneres but she’ll do!
Kathy: Now the Brady bunch is here! We are missing you today, Jac! Let’s kick this episode off! We are back for another episode of Reality of Roleplay! Elle, we are glad to have you back in the studio this week!
Elle: I’m glad to be back thank you girls, and that’s true TT the only kitty I like is my daughters’ cat Biscuits!
Taylor: Oh my goodness! Well alright now!
Tyler: *laughs* WHO said anything about her liking pussy?
Tre: I hope you’re refreshed today Elle because you came back with a chip on your shoulder with me…
Kathy: About that Tre… I saw it while Elle was away you and her had an exchange. Seems like the tension is thick in here. Are y’all good? *Camera pans to the gap between Elle and Tre*
Elle: I am refreshed and hopefully my outfit is Tre Spice approved!
*Christina Phillips is seen getting glammed in her room as she looks to see the taping on screen* I hope Elle and Trecina don’t come to blows, I don’t want to be around a scuffle!
Tyler: *leans over to TT* For once TT it isn’t something you said online.
Taylor: You know I love the mess
Tre: Your outfits are always Mrs. Spicé approved but you took what I said out of context my dear.
Elle: Oh! Please enlighten me, Tre. *leans in*
Tre: You all were dressed up in different seasons. That’s what I was trying to say. So collectively, you all did look a mess. *shrugs*
Elle: I understand the point you’re making. Hopefully next time you choose to buy one of your mumus it’s in the correct season. I apologize for my sensitivity.
Tyler: Hey, don’t do the mumus now. *laughs* My girls know I love a mumu!
Tre: Okay there we go! We’re good Mrs. Stonewood. Kathy, introduce the lady of the hour! *laughs*
Kathy: Good, the beef is squashed, it seems! *awkwardly looks at the camera* Let’s introduce our special guest today and a veteran to the RoR family, Christina Phillips!
Taylor: Woohoo! Christina! The original mess box!
*The crowd goes crazy* CHRISTINA WITH THE TEA. CHRISTINA WITH THE TEA!!
Christina: Aww this is so bittersweet.
Kathy: Welcome my friend
Elle: Welcome back we should say
Christina: *turns toward the couches* Where should I sit? Between Tre and Elle? I know they won’t punch each other if I’m there.
Taylor: Hey Christina girl I just know you are ready to spill the real tea and we aren’t talking about Kasey Mitchell’s *air quotes* real tea. You are the OG of tea spilling.
Christina: *laughs with TT* Of course, spilling good tea!
Kathy: It’s good to see you! How does it feel to be on the other side of things? From panelist to guest!
Christina: It’s a bit surreal Kathy but I’m happy with the changes you all made.
Kathy: Thank you, I feel like you would love this environment much better. The door is always open! *laughs*
Tyler: Proceed with caution in that seat Christina! *laughs* But watch out for the other seat too, that’s Jackie’s and we all know she’s a nut.
Christina: I appreciate that Kathy! What’s the tea for today, though?
Kathy: We will get to the tea later, Christina. Maybe you brought some for old times' sake. But I do want to dive right into Family Hustle, shall we ladies? Let’s start with the beginning of that episode.
Tyler: First up, we saw the conclusion of the fight between Leylani and Courtney at Dallas’s New Year’s party… what did we all think of that?
Tre: I love Leilani and I know some of the other girls don’t but she’s a straight shooter and tells it like it is. The party was a mess overall. So much was going on… Courtney being Courtney with her meltdowns.
Christina: I think Leilani is giving herself the short end of the stick trying to be Dallas’ Pitbull. He flirts with everyone; he can’t help it!
Tre: Has he flirted with you Chrissy?
Christina: Yes *nods* but I told him that his locs aren’t long enough for me
Tyler: I have to say, I was a little confused, Leilani showed up for the first time and suddenly knew everything about Miss Courtney?
Elle: I think Leilani’s could be a bit of a messy ol messbox stirring the pot but.. Tyler has a point.
Kathy: Isn’t she your friend Tre? I agree with Tyler. It seems weird the first time she shows up to an event, she knows every ounce of Courtney’s life.
Taylor: As you girls know I no longer watch after all the drama, but I liked Leilani when I did watch because she was fresh and didn’t seem to fake it for the cameras like the majority of the cast. I thought Dallas was gay personally!
Christina: In Tre’s defense Courtney’s life has been chronicled on two shows! So, who wouldn’t know?
Tre: Kathy to answer that *sighs* Leilani and I met during filming, and I liked her energy. Leilani is a hustler and a respected woman. So please keep that in mind. She’s not doing meetups trying to plot and tear another woman down. We are friends like you and Courtney are…
Kathy: Well, me and Courtney are real friends. We didn’t meet for a show, we actually met outside of our perspective shows and got along. Sorry, you can’t say you’re perceived in the brightest light right now with others.
Christina: Are we still mad about the lack of brunch invites?
Tyler: Are other women on Family Hustle meeting up to take someone down? *sips tea*
Tre: Not anymore Tyler. Maybe during the first two seasons about me. *laughs* And Kathy I do not worry about being perceived well Kathy. It is work and it’s work first. Let’s move on before I clock Kathy and ruin her feelings.
Taylor: I can tell you aren’t worried about that Trecina; you’ve been taking a beating in the blogs!
Kathy: *laughs off Tre* So moving on!! Tre is so defensive today.
Tyler: Alright, alright. Moving on from our friends or lack thereof, next up we saw Frankie sit down with KP to chat weed and KP tried to clear the air…are we buying what Frankie was selling? *Looks to Kathy* And I DON’T mean the weed. *laughs*
Christina: No! Frankie’s inventory was low so what could we buy? She didn’t really give us much information.
Tre: KP was really there to help Frankie and her businesses. He wanted to see her win.
Tyler: I agree with you Christina, I wasn’t convinced by her story…was it difficult producing Frankie this year with such a large topic that has been shied away from?
Taylor: I don’t give a damn about Frank talking about weed let’s talk about the ARRESTS!! *Audience claps and the screen shows the mugshots*
Elle: Frankie said, “Courtney’s too poor to bail me out.” Like damn sis air her out, I guess! *laughs*
Christina: That’s a good question, Tyler. It was hard to tell Frankie’s story because she didn’t really want to put it on camera so we made several accommodations. And it’s sad because Frankie has a lot to her: her kids, her ex, her relationship with Ryan, being a doctor, businesses, we’re being robbed. I do hope that we get more from her in Season 4.
Tre: Her ex? We don’t care for that bitch sorry… *looks at audience* WHAT I do not like her.
Christina: Okay Tre. I promise we never would have never made you film with her.
Elle: Tre do you think being selective about who you film with is beneficial to the show?
Kathy: Her check is too damn good here for her to be selective about anything here at Reality of Roleplay! *laughs*
Christina: I know the questions for Tre but being completely honest, we make a lot of accommodations for people’s selectivities. It’s not just Trecina who has people she doesn’t want to film with.
Tre: It depends on the circumstances I would say. In my case with Frankie’s ex, being selective is beneficial because I have children.
Taylor: I think it ultimately goes back to what I’ve been saying for weeks — the girls are being too selective on what they are willing to film, who they are willing to film with, and it’s becoming less of a reality show.
Tre: Well I’m sorry TT. When you join a reality show and actually show a little bit of your life then you can weigh in on this portion of the conversation.
Taylor: Trecina I was casted for the real housewives of Greenwich but Alexis Denton sent a cease and desist to production and unleashed the mutt on set to attack us all. Needless to say the show was cancelled before airing!
Kathy: But Christina, do you not think that’s hurting the show accommodating everyone’s selectivities?
Christina: No. Tre has only said she won’t film with Jackie who is Frankie’s ex and never makes it to a scene. I don’t think it’s always hurtful to accommodate, but there is a fine line
Tyler: It’s a very fine line between having a public and private life, and hiding things from the cameras, and I do feel like with Frankie the line has been crossed. Like we discussed last week. But I do feel that Tre and Courtney have been showing their lives this season.
Tre: Thank you Tyler. And if Kathy actually were able to comprehend, she would understand why I won’t film with that low hanger.
Kathy: Oh Tre, you show your life and more. I did not say you don’t give us a good story, but I want you to be the same woman you are that comes up here weekly and takes me on.
Tre: I get paid to take you on. If we were on Ladies, I would do the same but I don’t get paid to fight with family every time a camera is in my face. *laughs* It’s not that kind of show.
Taylor: Now wait just a damn minute. Is Jackie a woman? Frank is gay?
Christina: She is bisexual TT.
Taylor: Oh — someone should give her an Orange is the New Black style spin-off. I’m sure she lives her best life in those jail cells!
Tyler: *laughs* TT!!! Now, now, let’s shift to the RoR Live Show. What did we think of that? I expected to see Elle and Kathy, but I guess they wouldn’t sign the waiver. *looks at Kathy and Elle*
Kathy: Yeah, let’s talk about that? Why wasn’t I told y’all were filming backstage in the green room, cutting up!? I would’ve said hello. And then had the nerve to throw shade at us….
Tre: I had a good time with the ladies. It was a really nice experience. Kathy & I actually got along for once.
Kathy: We actually could get along for once! *laughs*
Christina: It was not the green room, Kathy. It was in the venue’s private club area.
Tre: Chrissy had a bright idea to invite all the girls to the VIP and it turned out to be a mess.
Tyler: I was shocked by the fight between Frankie and Courtney, and it all led back to Leilani it seemed.
Tre: Well I tried to warn the girls about Frankie many moons ago but it doesn’t feel good when the shoe is on the other foot. In all honesty, they’re both emotional women.
Taylor: Frankie seems to be a true cancer on the show. Do anybody like that lady?
Kathy: I feel like she’s holding the show back by not being authentic. I wouldn’t say she’s cancer though…
Tre: Frankie & I had a rough start so my experience is different than the rest of them.
Tyler: It was a very explosive fight! And Frankie didn’t seem open to hearing the other perspective very much.
Christina: I think Frankie is a nice, chill alternative to emotional Tre and bratty Courtney, I say that lovingly.
Tre: I am not emotional…
Christina: If you say so… maybe you are menopausal.
Taylor: The behavior on our time line indicates you are emotional Tre..
Tyler: I don’t see Frankie as nice and chill this season since she’s been so absent, but Tre keeps encouraging us to watch on, so I’m hoping that means we see more soon.
Taylor: I want to shift gears to something Draya Parks posted in her blog. I’m just glad to see Frankie has turned up, even though her return has seemingly brought upon the lowest-rated episode in history.
Christina: I think there is a LOT to come in these last two episodes. *winks at Tre*
Tre: While it is a series low, those ratings are actually still pretty good for a show that’s actually airing on a Tuesday night. We’ve dipped below the millions before.
Christina: We air on Mondays, Tre…
Tyler: Since TT brought it up, Christina, what was your reaction to the ratings that Draya released?
Christina: I’ll be completely honest. I think the low ratings are not a reflection of the quality of the show, we are making do with a shortage of footage than what I anticipated. Some people may be tuning out because of Frankie, or they may just be sick of family chaos. It’s hard to say
Taylor: Why was there a shortage of footage?
Christina: Because Frankie wasn’t really filming solo scenes. I don’t want this to turn into a bash Frankie session, but that’s just the truth!
Taylor: It’s interesting to note that you said there was a shortage of footage due to Frankie not filming personal scenes. I don’t want that to be missed in the transition to the next topic!
Elle: Well.. we do have to discuss the other tea that broke this week. Do you think it could possibly have to do with you stepping down Christina? As reported by Taylor this week.
Kathy: I do wanna hear about that Christina. What led to you stepping down? Where does the show go from here?
Christina: There’s a couple things that led to me stepping down, the forefront issue was that I don’t think I could add anything as a producer for Season 4 and there were not real conversations happening to make sure that we didn’t have a repeat of Season 3.
Tre: And could you please clarify to TT that I never worked for Mess Box Productions. She doesn’t know the ins and outs like she claims…
Taylor: Yes it’s confusing because Trecina is telling people she fired you but I thought she worked for you? What’s going on Christina?
Christina: The cast of Family Hustle are not my employees. Mess Box Entertainment functions as the production company and only employees crew and staff. Technically, their checks come from whatever network they’re on though they’re not technically their employees either, it’s a strange kind of thing!
Taylor: *nods* It’s clear Frankie is the root of the issues and why Christina has stepped away. The lack of filming personals, the historic delay in filming, not showing her truth… it all is Frankie.
Kathy: Are you upset that Frankie isn’t being honest Christina?
Christina: Wow, I’m really being interrogated here… I’m not upset with Frankie. I do want Frankie to pull her weight on Season 4 since her name is co-headlining the show. Fans and viewers deserve it!
Taylor: *nods* So basically what I said! *looks at the cameras* Frankie, show up. Show your life. And film your damn personals before you get the show canceled.
Tyler: Do you think there will be a season 4, Christina?
Christina: Yes, Tyler. I believe that filming will commence soon for Season 4 to my knowledge.
Taylor: *shuffles cards* Shall we move on to Baller Wives? What can you tell us about Baller Wives season 3?
Christina: Wow, okay. Lots to say.
Tyler: I hope all the girls came ready to work for season 3.
Christina: Season 3 is different. There’s fresh faces, fresh drama, and you see a real friend group kind of come together! You all know Andy Network folded while we filmed so a lot of that footage is scrapped but I think you’ll be happy with what we’ve got.
Tre: Yes poor Elle. When the footage got scrapped, she got scrapped too. She called me upset. I told her Baby it’s going to be alright. You’re a hustler.
Kathy: How much longer of filming do you guys have?
Christina: I believe we have 2 to 3 more weeks of filming left to shoot before we wrap. I can confirm that Blair takes a back seat this season and that there’s some drama with Joi’s ex, Lorenzo, discussed during the season.
Elle: *mumbles as her mic catches it* Bye bye boring Blair.
Taylor: Oh, we are definitely getting that before Connecticut Wives! Exciting!
Tyler: Which of the ladies from season 2 do you think we will be most shocked by?
Christina: I think you’ll be shocked by everyone. The vets are going there in their personal stories this season
Kathy: Well we are excited to see the baller wives season 3. Any idea when we might can expect some news to drop? *smiles*
Christina: I can say this because I’m the boss. The first press release is coming mid-July.
Tre: Will we get a reunion?
Christina: NOOO!
Kathy: Well, I think that’s all the questions we got for you today! You did well in the hot seat! TT what do you got for us Today? I see your blogs have been hot lately.
Christina: Finally, Integration hour is complete.
Elle: And Chrissy if you have any hot tea pipe in! This was her segment at one point!
Taylor: Okay so let me pour up the tea for the girlies! Well a few nights ago, I broke the story regarding Kasey Mitchell allegedly being pregnant by Family Hustle star Ryan Da Artist Spice. They’ve both since denied the story. The other night on Twitter, Kasey was spotted flirting with Ryan’s brother KP Spice. A source very close to the situation tells me Kasey has had sexual relations with Ryan 100% and is now trying to get with KP! What are your thoughts? Was Kasey pregnant or was she just a jump-off for the Spice brothers?
Elle: I thought she tweeted she wasn’t entangled with them.. is she lying?!
Tyler: *eyes widen as I quickly drink from my cup* Oh LORD! TT isn’t disappointing tonight. Tre, are your brothers on the road to Eskimo sisters?
Tre: Kasey is not pregnant by Ryan nor have they had sexual relations. TT has a recurring theme on always speaking about others and their relationships when we actually don’t know much about hers. Are all of your daughters by the same man or do you have four different baby daddies?
Taylor: Trecina should just not speak about this since it’s a conflict of interest for her. She lied about Frankie’s arrests so of course she’ll lie about her brothers.
Tre: Um I never lied hun. You should focus on actually becoming a credible blogger instead of posting your fantasies about my brothers.
Christina: I don’t think Ryan would knock Kasey up! If anything, he’d sleep with Calista and KP would sleep with Alexis.
Taylor: I personally don’t know that I believe Kasey was pregnant. I definitely think she hooked up with Ryan, and she definitely was trying to flirt with KP last night on Twitter.
Elle: Alright alright we’re getting into just gossip now.
Tre: TT spilled enough for today. What she’s alleging isn’t true. Period. Point blank.
Taylor: My source has been right about a lot of Family Hustle tea. Wouldn’t surprise me you all hate to show your real lives on that show. Fans! Do y’all want to see Kasey on Family Hustle next season?
Tre: Again, when you sign up for a reality show, call me. Anyone can be a blogger and eat Cheetos all day.
Elle: Well ladies! I want to thank Christina for joining us today! I know it was a LOT but you handled it like a champ as always!
All the ladies stand up and hug Christina and say their goodbyes as she walks off the stage.
Tre: We definitely had an eventful show today! See you next week when we will be joined by oh my Goodness Gracious…the infamous Grace Whitworth of Ladies of Twitter! See you for another fabulous episode of Reality of Roleplay! *waves*
Tune in next week as we interview THEE Grace Whitworth on Reality of Roleplay! Grace is an author, podcast host, realtor, and SO much more. We’re getting the FULL rundown from Grace Whitworth next week as she dishes on the Sweet 16 season of Ladies of Twitter, and where she is at in her friendships!
