R&B Group TLC Slammed On Twitter For Collecting $430,000 In Donations For An Album That Has Not Materialized

TLC's Kickstarter page reveals 4,201 people donated $430,255 for the group to make its last album

Atlanta R&B duo, TLC, was slammed and mocked on the social networking website Twitter this past Sunday, for soliciting donations for an album that has not materialized. In January of this year, TLC promised an album by October 2015, which as you can tell, was last month. A fan asked TLC member T-Boz about his money ($5) and the album and she told him to call Kickstarter and get his money back (LOL).

The group used Kickstarter to collect $430,000, which is a significant amount of money to raise on said site. It set a record for raising the sum in two days. However, nearly one year has past and the album has not been released. There are indications the CD has not even been made yet, as there has been no real news on the songs being recorded. For $430,000 rapper Chief Keef could make 430,000 albums (I’m kidding). Not to mention, Chief Keef‘s music videos don’t cost more than 99 cents each to make, but he became a millionaire anyway (LOL).

 

The tweet that triggered the trouble and resulted in a #TLCisGoingToJailParty hashtag on Twitter that saw the group made funny of in hilarious ways

After yesterday’s problems, TLC announced an album will be released next year. TLC’s last album, 2002’s “3D” did not fare well on the charts or in sales. Since the 2002 death of former group member, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, who died in a car accident, their sales have plummeted. The public has not gotten used to the idea of TLC being a duo, after achieving multi-platinum success as a trio.

Times have also changed since TLC’s last successful CD, 1999’s “Fan Mail.” Due to advances in technology, it’s easy to make an album now for $430,000 (you could make more than one for that figure). However, the caliber of producers TLC are used to working with will still charge $250,000 to $500,000 per song. The average album contains at least 10 songs, so this poses a slight problem. TLC will have to find new producers, who charge far less…or give the project to one of their former producers, such as Jermaine Dupri, who is broke and bankrupt and might do the whole project for $200,000. However, Dupri hasn’t had a hit in a long time and was sued several times for copyright infringement.

TLC

During TLC’s hay day, the music industry was booming in the sales department. TLC’s top album “CrazySexyCool” sold over 10,000,000 copies in America and 20,000,000 worldwide. That does not happen anymore. The American public has turned off the music industry in the United States. The music industry in America is now a shell of its former self in terms of business and creativity. Albums that go number one in America now often sell 50,000 copies in their debut week, when CDs used to sell 500,000 to 1,000,000 in that same time frame a decade prior.

Another noted change is the quality of music has greatly declined. Many artists that have been signed to deals do not have talent. They were signed for looks and nothing else. Another issue is many artists, songwriters and producers are stealing music and the public in turn are refraining from buying, opting to download songs for free on illegal sites. Hey, you lead by example.

New independent artists are making albums for $5,000 (in some cases less) but they do all the work themselves or in tandem with hungry new producers, who are willing to accept less money up front with the hope of receiving greater royalties constituting the real money if the project is a success.

 

Chilli blocked me on Twitter when I've never tried to speak to her nor have I ever been following her on the site

Side Bar: As Twitter slammed and made fun of TLC yesterday, I went to the ladies pages to see their reaction. There was not much of one on T-Boz’s page (Tionne Watkins). However, I discovered yesterday that Chilli (Rozanda Thomas) has blocked me (I couldn't stop laughing). However, I had never asked her a question on Twitter or followed her account. My only encounter with any member of TLC was in a Miami mall when T-Boz and then boyfriend Dalvin of Jodeci stared me in the face like they knew me.

It is strange (Chilli) to block someone who is not contacting you and I haven't contacted them in any way. The whole thing stems from me trying to uplift TLC’s former manager, Pebbles (Perri Reid), who is now a Christian minister that was savaged in their biopic and online. I also tweeted at Pebbles on Twitter to clear up a false story online by a man claiming to be her secret son, which I did not believe to be true, as she is a woman who proudly shows off her kids to the public. Pebbles responded and cleared up the story. Chilli has me off for that as she still has animosity towards Pebbles.

Chilli also has me off for writing about her affair with Pebbles’ ex-husband, former LaFace Records co-owner, L.A. Reid (I met Reid's cousin in Atlanta years ago through a good friend and she told me some things, nothing that betrayed him, just the facts that were a bit sad and it had to do with his cheating during his marriage to Pebbles). I didn’t agree with what Chilli did in that she edged out former TLC member Crystal Lewis by having sex with L.A. Reid, behind Pebbles’ back, which got her placed in the group, in what was a betrayal of the woman who made her famous (Pebbles). That must have been very hurtful.

I know they all had their disputes with each other, but Pebbles was blamed for everything, when Clive Davis is the one who received the lion’s share of the money (the group figured it out later and held him at gunpoint in his New York office demanding their money). Now the deal Pebbles gave TLC is common in the American music industry, yet she was vilified for it by the group. Here’s hoping one day they will all make peace with each other. Life is too short for all the strife.

Side Bar 2: Chilli, for blocking me when I didn‘t even tweet at you, may your baby hairs never lay flat on your forehead again. To my readers: trust me, for one black woman to say that to another, it’s a terrible insult (LOL). It’s like one white woman telling another white woman, may you never enjoy another Starbucks again!

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Black Twitter Throws #TLCIsGoingToJailParty After Possible Album Swindle [Photo]

Nov 2 2015, 8:17am - At the top of year, TLC launched a Kickstarter to raise money for a new album. They easily reached their goal but that album? Yeah, it never happened. They could be taking their time here. It’s easy to throw an album together after you raised over $430,000 from fans, but maybe they want to give you your money’s worth? At the same time, it probably doesn’t help that T-Boz flipped on a fan for trying to get a refund. The response was #TLCisGoingToJailParty, a hashtag born from anguish, and pure hilarity. TLC is now promising a new album next year.

 

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Recently, girl group TLC did an interview where they made comments about how unnecessary nudity is in pop culture. Singer, Rihanna, who is always half naked, assumed TLC was talking about her. In return, Rihanna posted a photo of TLC topless but covering their breasts, on her Twitter page. Rihanna was slammed online for this conduct, as the photo of TLC was originally for breast cancer awareness.

Rihanna

 
TMZ ran into T-Boz a few days ago and asked her about Rihanna. T-Boz indicated she is not into Twitter beefs, but beatdowns, stating Rihanna knows where she can find her. Yea, that's pretty much an invitation to get your butt kicked. Rihanna's made so many enemies out of her industry colleagues that her label and management have become concerned, as the public dislikes the unprovoked attacks the singer is engaging in. They're in the business of selling music, which is hard to do when an artist repeatedly offends the public.

TLC's Chilli Slams Music Video Director During Interview On VH-1’s 'Soulplayer'

TLC

During an interview with the VH-1 show "Soulplayer" TLC's Rozanda "Chilli" Thomas slammed popular 1990s video director Hype Williams for becoming frustrated with her, during the making of their expensive music "No Scrubs" from the multi-platinum "Fan Mail" CD.

T-Boz and Chilli

Chilli, who went punk during the video, afraid of the swing the director Hype Williams placed her on for the shoot, complained about him on the show. Chilli stated she “was so pissed” when she saw the first cut of the "Scrubs" music video, as she was barely in it, after Williams allegedly had many of her shots edited out (expressions of fear were probably on her face and didn't look right on camera).

The selective editing prompted Chilli to state, “I guess I’m not in the group.” It's not the first time she's said this. Group founder and former manager, Pebbles, stated the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and fellow band member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins wanted Chilli out of the group for her amorous conduct with producer Dallas Austin (not to mention her affair with former Laface CEO, L.A. Reid, Pebbles' then husband). Chilli keeps saying she was kicked out of or not in the group, due to others, but clearly something was going on with her behavior to provoke these reactions.

 

TLC "Scrubs" video

Side Bar: for years comedians and writers have joked that TLC's video for "Scrubs" was a big rip off of the late Michael Jackson’s “Scream” video. Comedians used to joke, "Did Michael Jackson give TLC permission to shoot on his old video set."

Lil Mama Set To Replace Left Eye In TLC

TLC's Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozanda "Chilli" Thomas

Rapper Lil Mama, who played the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in the TLC biopic "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" is set to replace her in the music group as well. Surviving members of TLC, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozanda "Chilli" Thomas have been easing Lil Mama into Left Eye's spot trying to get the public used to the idea of her in the group.

TLC with Lil Mama (left)

This week Chilli spoke of having Lil Mama appear on TLC's forthcoming songs and making more appearances with them, hoping to generate new interest in the bad, whose last album flopped after Lopes' death. They can expect serious opposition from fans and some members of Lopes' family.

Lil Mama's Performances With TLC On The American Music Awards And Dancing With The Stars Upsetting Fans

TLC with Lil Mama (left)

After the death of rapper Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, the sales of music trio TLC hit the skids. The best selling girl group in American music history, soon called it a day shortly after her death when their subsequent album failed, helmed by the weak single "Girl Talk."

For years, the family of Lopes has fiercely opposed the group replacing Left Eye, which surviving members Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozanda "Chilli" Thomas obliged. Therefore, it is a surprise to many this week to see rapper Lil Mama, who starred as Left Eye in the group's 2013 biopic "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" performing in her stead on "The American Music Awards" and "Dancing With The Stars."

The original TLC

The performances were not up to the level of the group's past appearances. T-Boz has been struggling with the debilitating disease Sickle Cell Anemia and it is affecting her performances. Lil Mama sticks out, because at the end of the day, the group's fans are going to repeatedly remember she is not Left Eye. Comments on social networking reveal the performances have not been well-received. It's not the same for many.

L.A. Reid States 'Sorry Folks TLC Have Not Been Dropped By Epic'

 

TLC

This week, two of TLC's top fansites bitterly complained on the social networking website Twitter that the female duo had been dropped from Epic/Sony records because of their former manager, Pebbles, being angry with the portrayal of her in the movie "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" (Pebbles Being Blamed For TLC Being Dropped From Sony Music's Epic Records But The Truth Is...).

Chilli of TLC (Rozanda Thomas)

Television network VH-1 issued a retraction to Pebbles on the former "true story" rebranding it a "fictionalized" account of events that transpired and no "reasonable person" should take it literally. However, some fans of TLC have been directing a lot of hate and animosity towards Pebbles on Twitter.

Pebbles

However, when TLC were removed from the Epic/Sony recently, the webmasters of a couple TLC fansites, drew the public's attention to it and blamed Pebbles as the reason behind it. However, as a pr rep pointed out to me and others on Twitter, L.A. Reid has since issued a tweet stating, "sorry folks- @OfficialTLC have not been dropped by @Epic_Records and yes we @officialchilli and @tbozworld are friends 4 life!"

 

Either the fansites were misinformed or the usage of the words "sorry folks" in L.A. Reid's statement indicates they were dropped but have been reinstated. Either way, as the Judiciary Report pointed out yesterday, TLC's sales new are too low (50,000 units in one month) as artists selling five times as many units have been dropped.

Tweets about TLC being dropped from Epic/Sony

The whole dynamic of the group changed when Lisa Lopes died a decade ago in a tragic car accident. Things haven't been the same since, then the group went on an extended hiatus. Many younger audiences do not know who TLC are, though the biopic did grant them new exposure.

TLC’s Former Manager Pebbles Really Needs To Write A Book Due To Scandalous Claims Online

Pebbles

For the past several years, there have been scandalous rumors online about TLC’s former manager and mentor Pebbles, real name Perri McKissack. After Pebbles had a legal dispute of a contractual nature with the all female music group she made very famous, some took to the internet to post items about her that are incendiary.

For instance, several blogs have reported a claim that she was a prostitute in her native Oakland, California, where she dated a drug dealer who pimped her. There are also claims that at age 20, Pebbles married George Smith - a man twice her age who was the head of a California bank - after cheating with him as his wife lay dying of cancer. The report also states Pebbles moved into his large home and began wearing his dead wife’s clothes (furs ect) the day of the funeral. The next claim states she cheated on Smith with producer L.A. Reid, whom she married.

TLC

There are claims that during the marriage to Reid, who constantly cheated on her (which is true) she picked up with an old lover Joe Broadnax, an alleged drug dealer from Oakland, whom she became pregnant for, bearing him a secret son named Tian. A post on YouTube featured Tian claiming Pebbles never owned up to him and he is living in rough circumstances in Oakland. The video was subsequently deleted. Then there’s the long list of rumors about what transpired with TLC, which needs to be addressed.

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It's great that Pebbles has now become a minister and has been devoting time to help people, which is a good thing. Pebbles has led a very interesting life, filled with accomplishments and heartbreak. A book by her would be an interesting read. I would definitely buy that book.

Pebbles Does Interviews With Wendy Williams And Huffington Post Spilling Information On What Happened With TLC (Videos)

TLC's former manager and mentor, Pebbles, cleared the air on the Wendy Williams Show and in a separate video interview with the Huffington Post. Pebbles refuted TLC's claims in the film "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story." She obtained a retraction from VH-1, with the network having gone from stating the movie is a "true story" to a "fictionalized" account of TLC's story.

This supports what the Judiciary Report stated all along about the biopic, that it contains inaccuracies, embellishments and lies. The makers of the movie utilized poetic license in a biopic, which is dishonest and defeats the purpose of retelling a life story.

Pebbles revealed during the Wendy Williams interview that she is of the belief Rozanda "Chilli" Thomas, slept with her then husband, L.A. Reid. This is an item the Judiciary Report has maintained for years. Pebbles also stated she did not rob TLC of millions of dollars. Once again, the Judiciary Report has maintained from the beginning, knowing the entertainment industry and contracts, the lion's share of the TLC money went to Clive Davis at Arista.

During Pebbles' interview with the Huffington Post, she revealed she never kicked Chilli out of the group. Pebbles stated Left Eye and T-Boz came to her stating of Chilli, "She's gotta go. We want her out. P we're not doing another day with her." She stated she took the blame because she wanted Chilli to remain in the group, believing she was right for the trio and if the girls kicked her out themselves, they would never get back together. Pebbles further stated T-Boz knows the truth but is "not telling what happened" so as not to offend Chilli, whom she still works with.

Chilli caused problems because she is promiscuous. She was sleeping with L.A. and Dallas Austin at the same time, causing distractions in the group. These types of things are known to cause problems. When Diana Ross was sleeping with Berry Gordy at Motown and receiving the most perks, the other members became jealous and upset.

When Kandi Burruss of Xscape was sleeping with producer Jermaine Dupri, who also did work for TLC, the other members resented it. Chilli, who came from poverty, was trying to get a rich man to make her wealthy and did do so by any means necessary, even if it meant betraying the person who gave her a chance at fame (Pebbles).

TLC

Pebbles also spoke about one of the original members of TLC, Crystal, who stated on the V103 radio station in Atlanta, Georgia that she kicked her out of the group, because she wanted to take home the contract to have her mother look it over, as she did not understand what it stated. Pebbles' response to this claim is, "Crystal made up stuff. She didn't get that far into the group to see a contract. Why are we making up stuff."

Another point Pebbles refutes regarding the movie is that there existed a conflict of interest in the group having the same lawyer she did, which she states is a lie. Pebbles stated, "We did not have the same attorney." She called Joel Katz's office in Atlanta and asked him to negotiate on behalf of the girls, who she gave "100% of their merchandising."

The biopic made fun of Pebbles for giving the group used RAV4 vehicles when their first album was released. However, Pebbles stated they chose the vehicles. They were new artists and their first album had only gone platinum at that time (1,000,000 copies sold). Therefore,  "Lamborghini money" was not there. TLC's second album was their biggest hit to date, selling over 10,000,000 copies in America alone.

Lionel Martin, TLC, L.A., Babyface and Pebbles on the video set of "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" 

At the end of the day, Pebbles summed it up as TLC being her vision and group that she named and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars developing. She used her talent and connections to make the group successful and was pushed out of the way and thrown under the bus before the production on their second album began.

She was not given the standard opportunity to renegotiate their contracts, as any other manager would have been afforded. Then TLC took on massive debt in making songs and videos that cost millions to produce and had to repay LaFace and Arista that debt before seeing any profit. Long after Pebbles was pushed out of the picture, TLC still had money problems due to their choices. It would be nice if TLC and Pebbles could sit down together, hash out their differences and call it a truce.

Pebbles Responds To Claims Made In The TLC Movie 'CrazySexyCool'

TLC in the 1990s

After the scandalous claims made in the biopic "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" regarding the careers of music group TLC, as it relates to their former manager and mentor who discovered them, Pebbles, she has issued a press release that has hints of forthcoming legal action against her one time protégées.  

Pebbles

Pebbles has branded the movie misleading and slanderous. She states her attorneys have already contacted VH-1, the network that aired the biopic, demanding a retraction of select scenes in the movie she labels defamatory. For the record, her husband is also an attorney. Here is the full statement:  

 

http://perriareid.com/note/statement.html

Singer Slammed In The TLC Biopic 'CrazySexyCool' Is Outed As Beyonce

TLC

According to a social networking post by an individual connected to the TLC biopic "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" the woman in the film, who approaches group members T-Boz and Chilli, insulting fellow bandmate Left Eye, is singer Beyonce Knowles of rival group Destiny's Child.

Beyonce

For years TLC and Destiny's Child have traded catty comments over their record sales and styles. Destiny's Child began falsely asserting they are the biggest selling female group of all time, over TLC, when in actuality, it is the Spice Girls. In the film T-Boz and Chilli are seen rebuffing Beyonce, who is not called by named, but as stated above, was outed as the person in question.

TLC’s T-Boz Files For Bankruptcy Again

New Financial Woes

T-Boz

T-Boz, real name Tionne Watkins, of the best selling girl band in music history, TLC, has filed for bankruptcy again. The first time Watkins filed for bankruptcy, utilizing Chapter 11, was in 1995 with her fellow band members in TLC. This time she is filing for herself.

T-Boz

After TLC’s alleged $20,000,000 settlement with their label LaFace Records in 1996, the band split the money three ways, paid taxes on it and regrouped, leading people to believe the group’s finances were in order. However, Watkins took on significant debt at a time the group was still doing well, before one of its members, Lisa Lopes died and the trio disbanded.

T-Boz

As the Judiciary Report reported months ago, one of Watkins’ Atlanta homes was in foreclosure. A second home, a well decorated property she lives in, which is located in the Sugarloaf Country Club, is for sale as well, due to financial troubles.

TLC's Chilli and T-Boz

However, the house has not sold after being on the market for over a year. Then again, most homes in America are not selling, due to the foreclosure crisis, but that’s another story. This has saddled Watkins with a large mortgage, which based on what she states she currently owes on the property, her monthly payment is between $7,000 to $10,000, in addition to real estate taxes, country club dues and upkeep fees.

TLC

Watkins, who was married to rapper Mack-10, previously stated, he took out mortgages in her name and one was for the property that slipped into foreclosure. It is also being reported, he owes her $250,000 in child support. He has not been doing much work in the entertainment industry, to repay said figure. Watkins left the marriage due to domestic violence.

TLC

Watkins also has another problem. Due to sickle cell anemia and a brain tumor that was removed by a top surgeon, she has paid a lot of money in medical bills. I did wonder how she could get medical insurance in the current system, with all of the preexisting, significant health problems she has battled over the years. It can’t be easy. She must have paid many of the bills herself or a very high insurance premium.

TLC Held Clive Davis At Gunpoint

TLC

Further proof that TLC's late member, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, was not of sound mind, arrived this week, courtesy of bandmate, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins stating they unadvisedly held their label boss, Clive Davis of Arista Records, at gunpoint, due to the low royalties they received.

She stated Arista made $75 million dollars off their "Crazy, Sexy Cool" album, but only paid the three band members $50,000 each.

I agree that Arista, who had a subsidiary deal with LaFace Records and a production contract with Pebbitone, could have given them more.

Tionne Watkins

Arista made more than enough money that they could have spread the wealth, buy major labels are usually greedy and crooked, refusing to do so.

Clive Davis

TLC was later given a multi-million dollar settlement by LaFace Records. Pebbitone should have bypassed Laface and done a direct subsidiary deal with a major label, having done the work in putting TLC together in the first place. But you live and learn.

T-Boz on Monique Show: TLC's Crazy, Sexy Cool made $75 million, Arista records gave us $50,000 each

October 22, 2:11 PM - T-Boz -- real name Tionne Tenese Watkins -- one of the well-known members of the group TLC on The Mo'Nique Show, saying that when their highly successfully Crazy, Sexy, Cool album generated $75 million for Arista Records, Arista only gave the girls $50,000 a piece.

So, the late member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes decided the group should hold Arista hostage with loaded guns till they got their money.

T-Boz said they interrupted a meeting that Sean "P Diddy" or "Puff Daddy" Combs was having at the time, because LA Reid told them that Clive Davis was the one who had their money.

Alas, T-Boz tells Mo'Nique that Arista did return some funds to them, but then recouped it somehow -- and that the whole incident became a learning lesson for the young trio.

"I wouldn't say do what we did...thank God we didn't go to jail," T-Boz advised young women today getting into the music industry. "Educate yourself. Learn about the business you're getting into."

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The Real Foreclosed Housewives Of Atlanta Pt 2

The Foreclosure Edition

Lisa Wu-Hartwell

Lisa Wu Hartwell of the Real Housewives of Atlanta stated she and her family were not "booted" from their foreclosed $3,000,000 mansion, as some reported. Since TMZ didn't use said wording when they reported the story and sites like this one did, I'll assume that was lobbed in this direction.

I wasn't trying to hurt her feelings, but I was stating it in legal terms, as when a home is repossessed via foreclosure and auctioned by the bank, that second step means the family has been "booted" from the property. It is a legal formality.

Otherwise, after vacating the premises, weeks or months down the road, the family could decide to move back in again.

The legal language of foreclosures with regard to the property actually being auctioned, mandates that it is clearly stipulated, the borrower in default has been put out, to facilitate the sale of said house to satisfy the debt. Therefore, anyone saying otherwise is pure semantics.

However, I will state, it is great the Hartwells were able to move into another property they "own" after "downsizing" as many Americans did not get that opportunity in the current, ongoing mortgage crisis.

The only property repossessions this Column would toast is that of ponzi schemers and other thieves, defrauding innocent victims.

Side Bar: Atlanta female stars gets testy when you write about their finances.

Lisa Wu Hartwell Rebuffs Reports Her Family Was Booted From Their Home

POSTED: AUGUST 11, 2009 - The economy is affecting everyone, even some of our favorite reality starlets. Recently, reports surfaced that "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Lisa Wu Hartwell and her footballer hubby Ed Hartwell were allegedly booted from their multimillion dollar Duluth, Georgia, mansion, after the bank allegedly foreclosed on the crib and sold it.

However, Lisa Wu Hartwell says that's the furthest thing from the truth. "People read and believe what they want," Hartwell, 38, told ESSENCE.com exclusively after landing in Atlanta from Baltimore where she had a speaking engagement. "Ed and I are doing fine and our children are fine."

Still, the petite beauty wants to make it clear that the Hartwells are no different from anyone else who had to make smart, cost-efficient lifestyle change like many Americans who have been affected by the recession. "We are not ignorant about the state of the economy, but we chose to move, we were not evicted. We've been settled in our home for two months now and we've owned it for five years, as well as other properties. We planned to build on that 10 acres of land and sell the property, but decided against it when the market went bad and I'm glad we didn't. It's just quite silly that there are reports that we were put out as if it weren't our decision to relocate. Our decision to downsize is what I call being [financially] responsible."

"RHOA" costars Nene Leakes and Sheree Whitfield have also moved after dealing with foreclosed properties.—KNB

The Real Foreclosed Housewives Of Atlanta

The Foreclosure Edition

Another star of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives Of Atlanta” has lost her home. Previously, NeNe Leakes was evicted from her rented home in the Sugarloaf Country Club in Duluth, Georgia, also home to Michael Vick and previously T-Boz of the girl group TLC.

Sheree Whitfield, was the next housewife from the show, forced out of her property, due to a foreclosure on her marital home, valued at the $3,000,000, because her husband stopped making the mortgage payments. The property was auctioned by the bank for $900,000.

Now, Lisa Wu Hartwell has lost her $3,000,000 home she shared with husband, football player, Edgerton Hartwell. The couple tried to have the mortgage modified with no success. They have since moved to a new property, after the bank evicted them for non-payment.

There is a lesson to be learned from all of this. The show advertises hedonism, avarice and excessive consumption as the way to live, when it's not. On the show, they worship money, which is destructive.

There is nothing wrong with working hard to support one’s family, but the love of money is the root of all evil, as the Bible says. There is a difference.

When backbiting and fighting over money and appearances of wealth, destroys families and friendships, how can that be a good thing.

Disclaimer: I know quite a few people in Atlanta and none of them behave like the people on the show.

'Real Housewife' Loses House, Still a Wife

Posted Aug 11th 2009 1:45AM by TMZ Staff - Lisa Wu-Hartwell needs a "Big Poppa" of her own ... the real housewife of Atlanta just lost her real big house in Atlanta.

TMZ has learned Hartwell and her husband, former Oakland Raiders linebacker Edgerton Hartwell, were booted from their multi-million dollar Georgia mansion last week -- after the bank foreclosed on the place and sold it shortly after.

Hartwell's rep tells us the couple was in talks with the lender to restructure the loan because the home had lost value -- but that failed. They originally bought the place for $2.9 mil back in 2007 -- but the bank only got $1.9 mil when they resold it this month.

The rep says "Ed and Lisa are fine. They have settled in their [new] home, that sits on 10 acres and they OWN it!"

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