Love & Hip Hop: ATL's season five, episode three aired last night (Monday, Apr. 11) on VH1 and it was filled with lingering tension, broken relationships, and new beginnings. This recap highlights all the craziness that went down including Bambi reuniting with her estranged ex-boyfriend Lil Scrappy to help end the beef with Tammy Rivera and Betty Idol, and so much more!
Episode three kicks off in the middle Tammy and Betty's altercation, after some slick comments were said about Waka Flocka and Tammy's claim to fame. Tammy throws a drink and starts swinging. The fight is quickly broken up by security before it could escalate any further. While being escorted to her car, Betty has a fit after realizing Tammy pulled out some of her hair during the fight.
Jessica Dime reaches out to Tiarra to discuss the past events that transpired at Mimi Faust's surprise birthday party for Chris. Jessica felt bad for knowing that Tommie and Karlie Redd were setting her up. Tiarra questions whether their first meeting at her job was planned as well, but Jessica admits she knew nothing about it. They go on to discuss their dislike for Tommie. Tiarra gives Jessica a background story of how she met Scrapp Deleon and why she doesn't get along with his mother, Karen "KK" King. Jessica wonders why Tiarra continues to deal with him and his family and she admits that she loves him and promised to fix the situation. Jessica doesn't think the meeting between the three of them is going to end well, but Tiarra is very hopeful about it.
Scrapp has a lot on his plate right now and is looking to vent to someone. He's dealing with a pending drug possession charge, not being able to see his son, as well as, both of his girlfriends feuding. He decides to sit down with one of the few people that can relate to his situation: his "uncle" Stevie J. Scrapp opens up about his women problems and Tiarra threatening to keep their son away from him. He's desperate to make things work and to gain his support system back, before the court system decides his fate. Stevie thinks Scrapp is ultimately going to have to choose between the two women like he did with Joseline Hernandez and Mimi, but Scrapp doesn't think he'll be able to do that. He admits to loving them both.
Waka Flocka heard about the drama his wife got sucked into, so they decide to spend some quality time together. Tammy explains to him how the fight started, citing Betty's comments about her husband's career and morals really set her off. So when Betty started throwing shade at her too, she couldn't help but let her fists do the talking. Waka doesn't like seeing his wife stressed out, so he tries to get her mind off of it by teasing her in bed. Looking to talk about more exciting things, Tammy gushes about landing the cover of Black Men magazine and hopes her hubby will be there to celebrate with her at the launch party.
Betty and Scrappy hit the studio together to listen to a few tracks and discuss potentially working together in the near future. The chemistry between them is obvious, which made the flirting an inevitable occurrence. Betty opens up about her run-in with Tammy, because Tammy also happens to be Bambi's best friend. Scrappy gets concerned, because he still cares about Bambi and knows Tammy is a good person. Betty continues to talk about her hair getting pulled out. Thinking they might eventually mix business with pleasure, Betty tells Scrappy they probably won't be able to work together until his feelings for Bambi are nonexistent.
It's finally time for Tammy to reveal her sexy cover shoot for Black Men magazine. She invited family and friends to the event, including Mimi, Chris, Ariane, Jessica, Waka's mom Debra Antney, Bambi, and even D. Smith. Jessica uses the event as an opportunity to apologize to Chris and Mimi for being associated with the fight that went down at their party. Tammy talks about her fight with Betty, which instantly sets off an alarm in Bambi's head. She tells her about the time Scrappy posted a video with Betty to his social media account and how she immediately made him take it down. The fact that Scrappy is still hanging out with this woman rubs Bambi the wrong way. As the party comes to an end, Tammy realizes D. Smith isn't going to show up, which means she won't have a chance to prove that Waka doesn't have any negative feelings toward the LGBTQ community.
Mimi invites Stevie over to show off her new home and dish about her new love life. Stevie is a little shocked to find out she's dating a woman, but ultimately relieved she's not dealing with Nikko Smith anymore. Stevie reveals his plans to move back to Atlanta to be closer to his family and focus on business. Mimi thinks it would be a good idea. Stevie couldn't help but ask about the sex and jokes that maybe Mimi just hasn't had the right beef cake to really get her going, but Mimi reveals their love life is great! Stevie might even be able to take some pointers from Chris, according to Mimi.
Bambi stops by Scrappy's bachelor pad unannounced to discuss his dealings with Betty. She's greeted at the door by Scrappy's assistant Taylor and she's neither of the women are impressed. Although already walking in with an attitude, Bambi gets even more frustrated when she finds out Scrappy is running a modeling company filled with half-naked women, but didn't really help her further her career. He admits the job is strictly business, just like his music connection with Betty. Scrappy still plans on working with Betty despite Bambi's pleas for him not to. Bambi ultimately decides to give Scrappy back his promise ring, take their dog, and threaten to cut ties with Scrappy completely if he continues to work with someone who has beef with her homegirl.
Tammy sets up a meeting with D. Smith to inquire about why she didn't show up to her magazine cover event and discuss the beef with Betty. The conversation turns sour when D. Smith assumes Tammy was trying to do her a favor by letting her model for her clothing line, when she's not even known in the fashion industry. Tammy simply wanted to form a partnership, but she soon realized by D. Smith's response that wasn't going to happen. She now realized why D. Smith and Betty are friends. Tammy walks away from the table and jokingly offers to have her stylist fix D. Smith's crooked wig, while D. Smith returns the shade by asking Tammy to show her real hair.
After thinking about what everything Bambi had to say, Scrappy decides to meet up with Betty to discuss some things. He tells her about Bambi stopping by his place and the conversation they had. Since Bambi is still a part of his life and considers Tammy a friend in his circle, Scrappy thinks the best thing to do would be for Betty to apologize to Tammy. Betty isn't with the plan, stating if she can pull Tammy's track out like she pulled her hair out, then they can call it even. She finds it ridiculous that he event wants her to apologize. Scrappy decides to keep the peace and just not work with Betty at all if she doesn't apologize. As he walks away from the table, she continues to yell out extremities.
Scrapp finally sets up a meeting with the two women in his life. He tells Tiarra and Tommie about his pending charge and that he can't pick between the two of them, because he needs both of their support if he gets locked up. Neither of them are thrilled by his confession. Tiarra doesn't plan on holding him down again if he goes away and Tommie feels stupid for being loyal to a man who refuses to be loyal to her. The conversation quickly escalates, causing Tiarra to get up from the table and stand in a position like she was ready to pounce on Tommie at any second. Tommie attempts to get up from the table to react, but both women get restrained from security. The episode ends before any ratchet activity can ensue.
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta airs on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on VH1. Tune in next week for another recap of the drama.
