The Gossip Game: S01E06 Recap

There was absolutely no narrative in episode 6 of The Gossip Game. This is most likely horrible editing, since you can make a story out of anything… but it can’t be helped by the fact that the women on the show have their own lives and barely ever talk to each other. It’s no “Basketball Wives.” Here, the women actually have jobs, so even if they’re forced to hang out together, it happens rarely.

Vivian tells Kim Osorio that Steph Lova said that Kim walked in on her husband, Kino, with another woman. (This is the definition of gossip. What a game it is.) Kim informs Kino of this piece of gossip, which is completely unfounded, and he advises her to “check the bitch.” However, Kim is 10-15 years out of a good fight, and she doesn’t like “check[ing] bitches because you get in a fight and your boobs are all like aah ahh.” Kino and Kim eventually confront Steph, and basically nothing happens.

Sharon is dating her ex, Garland. (Is it just me, or is Garland a really gay name?) Sharon and Angela go on a double date, and Angela decides to grill Garland on why he broke up with Sharon before, etc. Nothing interesting happens as a result.

Ms. Drama meets with Star, and he says he will do an interview with her if he gets some “intimate time” in return. What a gross, gross man. This is on TV. She ignores him and says she would be good at interviewing this a-hole because “I am Ms. Drama, and I will read a bitch.” (I think Ms. Drama loves her some Rupaul’s Drag Race.) Ms. Drama then interviews Star, and the interview is boring.

Viv wants to get a tattoo of four hearts with one of her kids’ names at the center of each one. She wants to put Kadeshia instead of Kayden to represent her trans son, because that is the name she chose. Kayden is pissed. Viv meets with Kim Osorio to talk about it, and Kim is confused, “but when you talk about your daughter, you talk about her as a girl.” Viv cries. To Viv, Kayden will always be Kadeshia, but she doesn’t want to disrespect her child. Sounds like she needs a book. Something along the lines of Different Daughters (see: Portlandia), but for trans kids and not from the 1980s. A tattoo for a fully grown woman is the most real part of this episode.