Kenya Moore Explodes At ‘RHOA’ Costar Kim Fields For ‘Insulting’ Makeup-Free Brunch

When Kim decided to throw a makeup-free brunch to create awareness for the importance of “natural beauty,” the Real Housewife Of Atlanta star didn’t exactly receive the support she might have hoped for.

Some of the guests took note of the nature of the event and decided to attend with nearly-bare faces, but others decided to use this opportunity to make a statement of their own and show up a full face of makeup.

Kim, however, did not let her frustration get the best of her. Instead, she decided to try and lead a creative group exercise. “I want to invite you to write a little poem about natural beauty,” she announced at her party.

But the housewife's well-intended attempt to connect with her cast mates failed once again. “Where does the natural beauty end?” an unimpressed Kenya Moore questioned. “Because you’ve had two boob jobs and you’re wearing a wig. Is that a part of your poem?”

“I think that makeup has always been part of self expression,” Kenya advocated. “Back in the day, to the Egyptians or the Grecians, we adorned ourselves with clay and crayon.”

Cynthia Bailey didn’t waste the chance to give her own input on makeup either. “I’m actually living for the makeup history lesson. I would have gave you fierce cave girl beat, honey!” she added to the convo. “On behalf of the president of the smokey eye foundation,” Cynthia jokingly continued, “I don’t think anybody is just walking around the house everyday with makeup on. But if I’m coming out in public, you’ve got to make sure you look good.”

“You never know when somebody is going to want your picture,” Porsha Williams joked back, and Shereé Whitfield seemed to agree. “I’m always like, ‘Oh! I look a mess,’ she said about people always wanting to take her photo. “And they don’t care. They just want to take a picture,” adding that not everyone is “as comfortable” as others without makeup.  

Kenya rejoined the discussion stating, “You can’t pinpoint that to makeup, though, because I think that all of us enhance our beauty in different ways. It’s weaves and wigs,” before asking Kim, “So does that mean we’re taking wigs off now? Are we taking bras off?” Kandi Burruss also jumped in, joking: “Unless you’re talking about trying not to get a beatdown. But beat, as far as their makeup, oh, they stay beat!”

But the conversation soon turned from playful to hostile. “The reason that you invited us is because you feel that we wear too much makeup?” Kenya stated. “Lord, no,” a horrified Kim replied. “That’s why I sent you guys that audio message so that you could really understand what I was saying.”

Kenya was not to be persuaded about Kim’s intentions. “I appreciate you inviting me here and I was happy to come,” she replied. “But when I listened to it and you said that we needed to be reminded that makeup is to enhance our beauty, I did feel like that was a bit of a jab or an insult. I did take umbrage to that.”

Despite Kim’s best efforts to put out the fire assuring she meant no disrespect whatsoever, Kenya saw this as her “doing the dismissive thing again,” which led to neither of them resolving the issues that had sparked between them.