Fans of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta were surprised recently to learn that Benzino and his love, Althea Eaton, were handed their walking papers from VH1's hit show. The firing came after a reunion show taping that turned violent when the always iffy Joseline Hernandez went nuclear on Zino and punched Eaton before taking extra shots at a few other cast members as well. Eventually, Hernandez and her man Stevie J were escorted from the building and the rest of the cast continued on, mainly discussing what addicts the two are. At the time it looked likely that they would be fired, as everyone was in complete agreement about how crazy violent Hernandez had become. Instead, Benzino and Eaton were canned and it is reportedly his fault.
According to a new report by TMZ, Stevie J went to the producers and claimed that Zino had started a smear campaign that ultimately turned into flat-out death threats against himself and Hernandez. Stevie J is insisting that it was those threats that actually got Zino and Eaton fired because they were far worse than Hernandez's messiness and violent tendencies. Zino has yet to clap back and comment, but it is coming because he does like to take his gripes with anything related to Love & Hip Hop Atlanta straight to Twitter.
Do you believe Zino was making death threats against his former best friend Stevie J? Even if that is true, do you think Hernandez should still have her job on the reality show? On the one hand, she obviously makes for great television because she is such a wild card, but isn't the network kind of encouraging her violent ways by keeping her on? At what point does crazy reality TV turn into the promotion of violence? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below.
