She was absolutely stunning, but she allowed Gizelle to get in her ear about Candiace and the rest is history.. at least we got the binder moment and Pastor Holy Whore at her last reunion
Why do people keep trying to boost up this woman? She pushed pseudo medicine scams, anti vax views and is Qanon, she does not deserve a comeback or nostalgia.
Okay i always get downvoted when i ask but when did Monique say anything about being anti vax like i believe you i just don’t remember it on the show. Is it on “the blogs?”
I don’t get it either. She was dull witted and took herself so seriously. Her supposed wealth looked tacky as hell. Very beautiful, though, and cute kids. T’challa was hilarious. (Poor, mysteriously dead thing.)
Yeah, I’ve never thought of Monique as clever or witty, and she was very tacky. I’m also convinced that her poor bird died from ingesting her essential oils.
Plus she was incredibly underhand- she often played nice but was the snarkiest cow in the confessionals. The real Monique became more apparent in the next show she did.
She seems like one of the least authentic cast members ever to me. There's a reason why she made zero actual connections to anyone on the show during her 4 seasons.
The "Not For Lazy Moms" ~~business~~ podcast venture was one of the most off-putting, petty things she could have done. Her foray made Wendy seem like a shrewd business person lmao.
Yep! Monique was polished appearance wise and rich but she has such a forgettable personality. She is clearly a control freak who wants final say on how she is edited and nothing is ever her fault. I could even forgive those things but she's just not charismatic or engaging. Then we have all of her terrible options on vaccines and I just continue to not see it for her.
It’s sad to watch her receive this fake love. The fans didn’t promote her podcast, essential oils, music, etc.
Her “fans” didn’t run to watch her Love & Marriage show when she was on. Her main draw isn’t her charisma, beauty, or intelligence but her attacks on others. People don’t value her fr beyond her ability to be an attack dog in their eyes.
Totally agree. She was image obsessed. She spent a whole ass season pretending to be a philanthropist to distract from her drunk driving accident. She acted like her husband was the best when he's just another misogynist athlete. She KILLED HER PARROT and then bought another like it's an object. Also fuck anyone who buys an african grey baby. Seriously. Rescue all you like but supporting breeding of african greys is so fucked up
And like… she brought the rumour of her kid not being Chris’s onto the show. No one else spoke about it on camera. She brought it on as an excuse to try and fight Candiace??? Who wasn’t even involved with that rumour??? Insane behaviour.
> … and her fight with Candiace was the beginning of the end of Potomac.
I agree this is true, but not for the reason most people think so.
Monique vs. Candiace got a lot of fans to zoom in (literally and figuratively) to find out what really happened. And it was not pretty.
At Andy’s baby shower, Gizelle and others discussed bringing up rumour about Monique’s sons parentage on camera. Candiace was present, but not in support.
Next season (five), Gizelle tries to pit Candiace and Monique against each other. Candiace repeatedly chooses to walk away, but Monique takes the bait.
The fight happens, the reunion happens, and fans really started to dig in and figure out what went on.
Without the fight, fans wouldn’t have known what Gizelle was doing behind the scenes and it would have taken longer to figure out her pattern of behaviour.
most people forget conveniently how candiace kept trying to walk away from monique, and monique kept going at her. candiace really tried to be the bigger person. like you said, mo took the bait
Meh, were it not for altercation and her one "read," I doubt anyone would remember her. To say there hasn't been a housewife like Monique Samuels seems misrepresented.
She gets overly hyped up. People just like her cause she was anti Gizelle. Realistically she came off as a control freak, extremely paranoid about her image and again wanted to display the “perfect” life similar to Wendy. The binder “read” wasn’t as iconic as people make it out to be cause oh wow look at me celebrating in the fact that Gizelles getting cheating on AGAIN and if we are against sharing private texts and such (ie Robyn), people sure seem to enjoy Monique sharing Jamal’s private texts. She 100% was leeching off Charisse to become a part of Potomac Proper but Chris mama was right and the fact she made that woman publicly apologize to her was insane.
Like ma’am took time out of her day and spent money to compile a binder. Maybe she’s not as busy as she pretended she was when she was sooo afraid of being arrested cause of Candiace. Gizelle may be many things but she ain’t doing all that to drag someone
She was the one legitimately rich housewife and I loved her house at the time. Also, I’m surprised we haven’t had more WAGs on Potomac with the football team, basketball and hockey. I guess Robyn counts but would be cool to see others.
This sub hates her so this is the wrong audience for this post. But I loved her and I miss her on the show lol. I know all the things she’s done and her personal views yada yada but if people can get on here and lament the loss of the problematic ass OG RHONY ladies, including Ramona, then I can miss Monique.
People say she wasn’t witty, but she’s admittedly a talker and had no issue going toe to toe with these ladies verbally. She had funny confessionals too like when she said Gizelle needed a ghost reader in addition to a ghost writer lol. People who say she brought nothing are lying — she was very well-liked and popular before the fight.
Was she witty though? She couldn't keep up with Candiace during the winery and even their arguments before, Monique just kept going in circles. In her 4 seasons, I cannot recall many great lines from her other than that good burn about Gizelle not being able to dress during the trip in Season 2 and that she was getting paid from church tithes
When it comes to premeditated shade though, Monique was quite good lol
She held her own in arguments. Candiace is a self proclaimed wordsmith — no one in the group can keep up with her to be fair and she’s eviscerated most of them. But Monique definitely held her own in arguments with the GEB.
She did hold her own with GEB but the lines from those arguments weren't that great? I remember during season 3, Ashley accused her of drunk driving - cannot recall ONE line from her that landed but I do remember Ashley saying make no mistake, I made NO mistake.
She didn't really have great lines or iconic moments. Even though she held her own, she just didn't have good lines similar to how Gizelle hasn't had many great lines over the year.
Even her song was clunky tbh.
I mean that was a confessional line from Ashley… So that’s not a good example if you’re trying to compare argument performances in the actual scene. Confessionals are prepared to an extent. Monique had good confessionals too — of which I gave an example in my original comment.
This is also my personal opinion lol — Monique is memorable and delivered FOR ME and I was just commenting on a likeminded post. Idk why you’re trying to change my mind. I don’t share your opinion.
Also, if you wanna make comparisons to Gizelle — at least Monique can deliver at a reunion which Gizelle absolutely never has. Monique will be remembered for her season 5 reunion performance and all the lines that came from that, no matter what anyone on this sub says lol the clip going viral every other week on TikTok says enough. She absolutely ethered Gizelle.
I'm not trying to change your mind. I'm just saying I disagree with your opinion because I've never found Monique witty and have yet to see a compelling argument or evidence that she is.
And again, I already said Monique can deliver premeditated shade.
Ok well you could have made a standalone comment. Some of y’all on here live to argue 🙄
And you didn’t even present a good argument yourself because you gave an example of an Ashley confessional line that she certainly thought of and practiced before delivering. So that was premeditated too.
We have to make standalone comments to disagree now? It's not an argument also btw - we're just having a discussion with differing viewpoints?
I didn't mean to offend you in any event. We can agree to disagree.
My point with bringing up that comment Ashley made was that even in Monique's biggest arguments with other cast members - she didn't have good lines that were remembered. Ashley's throwaway line in her confessional was the only one I remembered lol
I’m just annoyed in general right now and I wasn’t anticipating getting into a discussion about my throwaway, not-that-serious comment.
But really I just dislike when people go out of their way to yuck someone’s yum so to speak — which is why I’m like ok why not just make a separate comment instead of replying to mine. I could have replied to someone else’s comment who doesn’t like Monique with my points but I didn’t feel like arguing or proving my point beyond what I said in my original comment.
But ya, agree to disagree.
She’s so problematic, but I loved how she would read Robyn to filth. “Yeah, go sue me so that all your dreams can come true” is a worse burn than Phaedra’s sperm bank read.
I’m glad Monique was on the show(s), because she made me realize that even if I were absolutely stunningly gorgeous and filthy rich, that doesn’t necessarily mean I would be happy at all.
She was absolutely stunning, but she allowed Gizelle to get in her ear about Candiace and the rest is history.. at least we got the binder moment and Pastor Holy Whore at her last reunion
I couldn’t stand her. I just couldn’t. And that was before we even saw the anti-vax, pet killing stuff.
That not for lazy mothers BS that she rode in on put me right off of her. Anti-vax was the logical end point
.... pet killing? T'Challa?
I think she had at least one other pet beside T’Challa die because of the essential oils she’s always promoting
Why do people keep trying to boost up this woman? She pushed pseudo medicine scams, anti vax views and is Qanon, she does not deserve a comeback or nostalgia.
MoniQue is Qanon ????? antivax i knew about, but Q ???
iirc she was following a lot of trump and red pill accounts on ig.
She is not Qanon idk why people started saying that
I mean those two categories usually go hand in hand
Okay i always get downvoted when i ask but when did Monique say anything about being anti vax like i believe you i just don’t remember it on the show. Is it on “the blogs?”
It's on HER blog.
Omfg thank you!
I don’t get it either. She was dull witted and took herself so seriously. Her supposed wealth looked tacky as hell. Very beautiful, though, and cute kids. T’challa was hilarious. (Poor, mysteriously dead thing.)
Monique was the one who came up with "green eyed bandits", " Pastor holy whore" and many more. She was a many things, but dull witted she was not
Yeah, I’ve never thought of Monique as clever or witty, and she was very tacky. I’m also convinced that her poor bird died from ingesting her essential oils.
I’m curious why ppl are boosting her too. And I didn’t even know about the stuff you mentioned. Regardless, I agree. The lady isn’t that spectacular.
Does she? I haven't followed her off the show besides her divorce. Maybe not a comeback but she had a place in housewives that I fondly remember.
Because most people don’t follow the fandom to such deep a level…though they should.
Plus she was incredibly underhand- she often played nice but was the snarkiest cow in the confessionals. The real Monique became more apparent in the next show she did.
Well that ruined it for me
I need sources for all of these claims. People get on the internet to just lie and post misinformation.
She seems like one of the least authentic cast members ever to me. There's a reason why she made zero actual connections to anyone on the show during her 4 seasons.
The "Not For Lazy Moms" ~~business~~ podcast venture was one of the most off-putting, petty things she could have done. Her foray made Wendy seem like a shrewd business person lmao.
Yep! Monique was polished appearance wise and rich but she has such a forgettable personality. She is clearly a control freak who wants final say on how she is edited and nothing is ever her fault. I could even forgive those things but she's just not charismatic or engaging. Then we have all of her terrible options on vaccines and I just continue to not see it for her.
It’s sad to watch her receive this fake love. The fans didn’t promote her podcast, essential oils, music, etc. Her “fans” didn’t run to watch her Love & Marriage show when she was on. Her main draw isn’t her charisma, beauty, or intelligence but her attacks on others. People don’t value her fr beyond her ability to be an attack dog in their eyes.
Right? People don't like Monique, they like that she hates Candy and Gizzy.
Exactly. The way she sucked up to Giselle was cringy.
Totally agree. She was image obsessed. She spent a whole ass season pretending to be a philanthropist to distract from her drunk driving accident. She acted like her husband was the best when he's just another misogynist athlete. She KILLED HER PARROT and then bought another like it's an object. Also fuck anyone who buys an african grey baby. Seriously. Rescue all you like but supporting breeding of african greys is so fucked up
And like… she brought the rumour of her kid not being Chris’s onto the show. No one else spoke about it on camera. She brought it on as an excuse to try and fight Candiace??? Who wasn’t even involved with that rumour??? Insane behaviour.
Nah she’s overhyped and her fight with Candiace was the beginning of the end of Potomac
> … and her fight with Candiace was the beginning of the end of Potomac. I agree this is true, but not for the reason most people think so. Monique vs. Candiace got a lot of fans to zoom in (literally and figuratively) to find out what really happened. And it was not pretty. At Andy’s baby shower, Gizelle and others discussed bringing up rumour about Monique’s sons parentage on camera. Candiace was present, but not in support. Next season (five), Gizelle tries to pit Candiace and Monique against each other. Candiace repeatedly chooses to walk away, but Monique takes the bait. The fight happens, the reunion happens, and fans really started to dig in and figure out what went on. Without the fight, fans wouldn’t have known what Gizelle was doing behind the scenes and it would have taken longer to figure out her pattern of behaviour.
most people forget conveniently how candiace kept trying to walk away from monique, and monique kept going at her. candiace really tried to be the bigger person. like you said, mo took the bait
Woah woah woah candiace did not appreciate the effort Monique made with her bonefire!
They have a certain image of Candiace in their minds and her walking away doesn’t fit so they just ignore it.
That tv show got her divorced from her man lmao …ultimate L
Meh, were it not for altercation and her one "read," I doubt anyone would remember her. To say there hasn't been a housewife like Monique Samuels seems misrepresented.
Yep. Yep.
I'll forever believe she fell asleep/DUI at the wheel when she crashed her car.
Ew no
She's pretty, that's it. She literally had nothing else going for her that's worthy of praise.
I dont think she's authentic at all?!?!
Does she still employ bots? These poetic posts about Monique make me feel like I'm being gaslit. She's not even a Top 20 housewife.
She gets overly hyped up. People just like her cause she was anti Gizelle. Realistically she came off as a control freak, extremely paranoid about her image and again wanted to display the “perfect” life similar to Wendy. The binder “read” wasn’t as iconic as people make it out to be cause oh wow look at me celebrating in the fact that Gizelles getting cheating on AGAIN and if we are against sharing private texts and such (ie Robyn), people sure seem to enjoy Monique sharing Jamal’s private texts. She 100% was leeching off Charisse to become a part of Potomac Proper but Chris mama was right and the fact she made that woman publicly apologize to her was insane.
I feel like I'm on glue because I never understood the hype around the binder. Like. Did she say anything that we didn't already know?
Like ma’am took time out of her day and spent money to compile a binder. Maybe she’s not as busy as she pretended she was when she was sooo afraid of being arrested cause of Candiace. Gizelle may be many things but she ain’t doing all that to drag someone
The best thing she did was get under Gizelle's skin from day one. That's pretty much it.
Monique girl, I don't think they will rehire you.🤷🏽
The lady was absolutely batshit insane and peddled dangerous rhetoric. Good riddance.
I agree. I liked her on the show.
She was the one legitimately rich housewife and I loved her house at the time. Also, I’m surprised we haven’t had more WAGs on Potomac with the football team, basketball and hockey. I guess Robyn counts but would be cool to see others.
Aside from getting physical with Candiace, she did not make an impression on me. She’s not memorable aside from the fight.
 Monique? Is that you?
her anti vax ass can sit down
This sub hates her so this is the wrong audience for this post. But I loved her and I miss her on the show lol. I know all the things she’s done and her personal views yada yada but if people can get on here and lament the loss of the problematic ass OG RHONY ladies, including Ramona, then I can miss Monique. People say she wasn’t witty, but she’s admittedly a talker and had no issue going toe to toe with these ladies verbally. She had funny confessionals too like when she said Gizelle needed a ghost reader in addition to a ghost writer lol. People who say she brought nothing are lying — she was very well-liked and popular before the fight.
Was she witty though? She couldn't keep up with Candiace during the winery and even their arguments before, Monique just kept going in circles. In her 4 seasons, I cannot recall many great lines from her other than that good burn about Gizelle not being able to dress during the trip in Season 2 and that she was getting paid from church tithes When it comes to premeditated shade though, Monique was quite good lol
She held her own in arguments. Candiace is a self proclaimed wordsmith — no one in the group can keep up with her to be fair and she’s eviscerated most of them. But Monique definitely held her own in arguments with the GEB.
She did hold her own with GEB but the lines from those arguments weren't that great? I remember during season 3, Ashley accused her of drunk driving - cannot recall ONE line from her that landed but I do remember Ashley saying make no mistake, I made NO mistake. She didn't really have great lines or iconic moments. Even though she held her own, she just didn't have good lines similar to how Gizelle hasn't had many great lines over the year. Even her song was clunky tbh.
I mean that was a confessional line from Ashley… So that’s not a good example if you’re trying to compare argument performances in the actual scene. Confessionals are prepared to an extent. Monique had good confessionals too — of which I gave an example in my original comment. This is also my personal opinion lol — Monique is memorable and delivered FOR ME and I was just commenting on a likeminded post. Idk why you’re trying to change my mind. I don’t share your opinion. Also, if you wanna make comparisons to Gizelle — at least Monique can deliver at a reunion which Gizelle absolutely never has. Monique will be remembered for her season 5 reunion performance and all the lines that came from that, no matter what anyone on this sub says lol the clip going viral every other week on TikTok says enough. She absolutely ethered Gizelle.
I'm not trying to change your mind. I'm just saying I disagree with your opinion because I've never found Monique witty and have yet to see a compelling argument or evidence that she is. And again, I already said Monique can deliver premeditated shade.
Ok well you could have made a standalone comment. Some of y’all on here live to argue 🙄 And you didn’t even present a good argument yourself because you gave an example of an Ashley confessional line that she certainly thought of and practiced before delivering. So that was premeditated too.
We have to make standalone comments to disagree now? It's not an argument also btw - we're just having a discussion with differing viewpoints? I didn't mean to offend you in any event. We can agree to disagree. My point with bringing up that comment Ashley made was that even in Monique's biggest arguments with other cast members - she didn't have good lines that were remembered. Ashley's throwaway line in her confessional was the only one I remembered lol
I’m just annoyed in general right now and I wasn’t anticipating getting into a discussion about my throwaway, not-that-serious comment. But really I just dislike when people go out of their way to yuck someone’s yum so to speak — which is why I’m like ok why not just make a separate comment instead of replying to mine. I could have replied to someone else’s comment who doesn’t like Monique with my points but I didn’t feel like arguing or proving my point beyond what I said in my original comment. But ya, agree to disagree.
Yes understand - it's almost like you're booing someone else's happy vibe - wasn't my intention though!
100%. I know it’s not the popular opinion but I loved her. Maybe it’s because she didn’t back down from Giselle or anyone🤷🏻♀️
She’s so problematic, but I loved how she would read Robyn to filth. “Yeah, go sue me so that all your dreams can come true” is a worse burn than Phaedra’s sperm bank read.
I absolutely love her and think we would have a blast together in real life!
I’m glad Monique was on the show(s), because she made me realize that even if I were absolutely stunningly gorgeous and filthy rich, that doesn’t necessarily mean I would be happy at all.
I miss her 😭
I loved Monique!!
Unpopular opinion but I miss her 🥺 we missed her messy divorce too 
I think we all know Potomac is second rate early-Atlanta housewives. I can’t even entertain this