LATESHIA: Latrice, Latrice, of course,
you are a savvy entrepreneur.
You're a beautiful, boss babe.
Pretty much, you just said it all.
MARIE: I want to plead the fifth.
You got to participate, Marie.
MARIE: I'm here to support you.
TAMBRA CHERIE: Lateshia wants to bring out the best in everyone,
but sometimes, you can't continue to poke this bear.
Because now, something is going to go wrong
if you continue to poke a bear.
LATESHIA: Marie?
OK, OK, well--
Marie is sitting here, not playing the game.
It's very childish.
Not only is it a bad look on her, but it's a bad look on me,
my brand, my reputation.
Because she's my friend.
Come on, friend.
Do better.
This is my place, so I need everybody to be present.
WOMAN 1: I agree with you, because this
is my first empowerment brunch.
And I want to leave her with the impression, hey,
I learned something from these women.
They empower me to go further in my business.
MARIE: I gotta go.
LATESHIA: No, Marie, Marie, what is wrong?
I can't stay.
LATESHIA: This is not faking, Marie.
MARIE: I can't stay. LATESHIA: This is not faking.
What are you saying, you can't fake?
I gotta go.
Marie!
MARIE: I'm very overwhelmed emotionally.
I'm dealing with this lady who literally
tried to ruin my existence.
I lost my grandson's mother.
I'm dealing with my ex-husband.
I'm trying to rekindle a relationship with my mom.
I'm overwhelmed right now.
[CRYING]
Essie, what is it?
Because nobody has said anything out the way.
Nobody has been mean.
Nobody has only--
ESSIE: Ooh, child.
LATRICE: I'm confused.
WOMAN 2: I am very confused, because I've
been to many of brunches.
And it's never been like this.
LATRICE: What the drink said, honey.
Marie gets up and storms out, and I can say that I'm
definitely not surprised.
Like this is the typical Marie.
You always want to be the center of attention.
You're always ruining your friends events,
and honestly, I don't even know why you're here.
So the fact that you get up to leave--
[CLAPPING]
--hey, leave.
I went to a lot of [BLEEP] right at the hands of Latrice,
and I'm not ready to even be in her presence right now.
Because it's a constant reminder of what they did.
I have not forgotten that.
I will be accused of ruining the brunch, if I stay,
because I will say something.
And being that I am Lateshia's close friend,
to keep from saying anything, I'll leave.
That's what a true friend would do,
leave, if there's a problem, not create a problem.
ESSIE: I'm going to say bye to 'Teshia.
LATRICE: Well, maybe that's what it was.
LATESHIA: Essie, what's going on?
ESSIE: I just wanted to say bye.
So Marie is really leaving?
Yeah, we're leaving.
Essie, this is so crazy.
ESSIE: Come talk to her.
Where is she?
She's in the bathroom.
Yeah, it was so nice to be in y'all presence.
SOGUCCI: Lateshia gonna run out there, like a little puppet.
Let her ass go.
She'll come to the next damn brunch.
Maybe she'll come back with a new light.
LATESHIA: Oh, my God, this is so crazy.
WOMAN 3: And I want to know what's going on.
LATESHIA: This is the worst [BLEEP] I have ever been to.
AIKISHA: I can't even believe this is supposed
to be women empowerment.
Lateshia is running out of here.
You've left all of your guests.
So now, I'm stuck here with the [INAUDIBLE] posse and Mel.
This is the craziest thing I have ever been to in my life.
LATESHIA: Marie, what is wrong?
MARIE: I pleaded the fifth. LATESHIA: You got up and left.
You didn't have to say nothing. You leave and said everything.
MARIE: I saved this branch by leaving.
I was the solution.
You know how I am.
I'm not going to be fake, number one.
That wasn't fake.
Nobody came at you.
Right.
I got up, and it was--
I didn't want to be in that predicament.
LATRICE: Let me slide down a little.
Sit at the head, I might as well.
Listen, let me take my position, honey.
Maria's so upset with me, because she
feels like I conspired with someone to ruin her business.
But it's just not true, like I don't care about your business.
I don't care about you as a person.
The fact that you feel like I'm spreading rumors about you,
like, girl, who does that?
You kept asking me, give me a piece of--
- About me. - But I didn't want to talk.
I didn't want to be in her presence,
because all I can think about is what the [BLEEP] she did to me.
They tried to ruin my business.
I ain't forgot that [BLEEP]. - What, Marie?
Why--
What I'm saying, I ain't forgot that [BLEEP]..
Because this is your brunch, I ain't going back
out there to cause no scene.
It sounds like there's some altercation going on.
Shhh, hold on.
Is something going on?
I'm not going to ruin your brunch.
You already ruined the brunch by leaving, Marie.
MARIE: I'm not going to fake.
LATESHIA: I'm not [INAUDIBLE].
AIKISHA: I thought Lateshia's brunch was supposed
to be empowering, and she's in here arguing
with her so-called best friend.
I have no clue what's going on.
This is [BLEEP].
At the end of the day, Marie, the only thing--
What did I do?
LATESHIA: You left, Marie.
I can't leave?
No, you can't leave!
You're my friend.
Why'd you leave?
Oh, wait a minute, baby.
Hold on.
WOMAN 4: OK, so that's going to be [INAUDIBLE]..
What is going on?
LATRICE: Look, baby, the friends got up, baby.
The friends was like, no, ma'am, I know this [BLEEP]
ain't going on. TAMBRA CHERIE: What is going on?
What is all this commotion?
I feel like I'm working.
I'm having to go see, is Maria OK?
It's Lateshia, OK?
I might as well have been hosting a brunch.
I'm moving all around the room.
[INAUDIBLE] position.
Open the door.
LATRICE: Girl, was it a brunch brawl?
This is not good.
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