Longtime Real Housewives of Atlanta viewers have seen the dynamic between Bob and Shereé Whitfield evolve over time. Shereé started the show aiming for a seven-figure divorce settlement while still raising her two younger children, and — by season 9 — she was in tears as Bob casually commented about being physically abusive with her.
On the latest installment of RHOA, viewers got to see the newest development in the divorced grandparents’ dynamic: Bob informing Shereé about his secret daughter after 26 years.
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Bob Whitfield Casually Brought His Secret Daughter To Shereé’s Event: “I Thought It Was Apropos”
The reveal came on the episode of RHOA that aired on Sunday (Aug. 20), which largely centered around Shereé hosting a “sip and see” in honor of her first grandchild, Mecca.
Bob Whitfield was invited to the event, and he brought a guest named Candice, whom no one on the cast appeared to know.
Eventually, Kandi Burruss Tucker — who says she’s known Bob since she was 19 — hit the nail on the head by guessing, “Does he have another daughter we don’t know about?”
After Shereé prompted Bob to introduce her to Candice, he shared the truth, and the peach-holders proceeded to GRILL him!
After the women inquired about why Shereé was left in the dark, Bob said they were “on a need-to-know basis” at the time.
As for his decision to share the news at the event, he declared, “I thought it was apropos.”
At the end of the episode, Shereé brushed the matter off by simply declaring, “He’s been a piece of s**t, he’s still a piece of s**t. How ’bout that?”
We should also note that Shereé Whitfield provided a mini-timeline, noting that she finally knows Bob’s true number of children after 26 years.
“Before we got married, Bob said he had two kids. We then had two more kids. So 26 years later, come to find out he has three kids.”
"We were on a need-to-know basis." – Bob on his surprising Shereé with a secret daughter
😳 Was anyone else gagged by how this scene played out?! I know I & the gyrls were!! #RHOA pic.twitter.com/lRESi8iBRU
— Mr. Mention It All 😉📺🇯🇲 🏳️🌈 (@MrMentionItAll) August 21, 2023
Castmates React & Speculate Shereé Whitfield May Have Been “Saving Face” In The Moment
On The Real Housewives of Atlanta After Show, some of the castmates further remarked on the situation.
Kenya Moore humorously acknowledged the “blatant disrespect” of how Bob handled the reveal.
“Talk about the blatant disrespect, chile! Talk about the audacity — talk about the nerve of some people! Like, really, dude? That was your wife!”
Kandi speculated that Shereé’s subdued reaction may have been her way of “saving face” so that she wouldn’t “seem bothered.”
The Xscape artist added that, while she’s “glad” that Bob’s involved in his daughter’s life, he could’ve handled it better.
“I’m glad to know that he has a relationship with his child. I just wish he’d not have thrown that on everybody — or [not] thrown it on Shereé at least, because it seemed like the kids already knew.”
As for Shereé, she suggested that — as she and Bob weren’t married when the child was conceived — the matter wasn’t as scandalous as it could have been.
In addition to the RHOA stars, viewers chimed in on social media. Peep what they had to say about the situation down below.
All of their faces while talking to Bob Whitfield! 😭 #RHOA pic.twitter.com/V8eneLKChb
— Chadwick (@ohchadwick) August 21, 2023
bob was married to sheree and never told sheree about this daughter…did their children together know about her? what the hell is wrong with him? #rhoa pic.twitter.com/34BEB3DNfg
— jada 🧚🏽♀️ (@jadaalert) August 21, 2023
Bob is actually the devil. How do you have this girl shaking Sheree’s hand & Sheree doesn’t even know who she is?
What do you mean you didn’t tell Sheree about Candiace becuz y’all were on a need to know basis?
How is bringing her to the baby reveal apropos? WICKEDNESS🥴 #RHOA pic.twitter.com/L3kWk9f7ZF
— ♉️ alien superstar 👽😈 (@RobynDMarley_) August 21, 2023
Bob represented himself in court against Phaedra and won but has no idea how old his child (secret or otherwise) is boy oh boy Sheree really knows how to pick ‘em #RHOA pic.twitter.com/tIUcmLcfsl
— win a case (@2SweetScorpio) August 21, 2023
Bob represented himself in court against Phaedra and won but has no idea how old his child (secret or otherwise) is boy oh boy Sheree really knows how to pick ‘em #RHOA pic.twitter.com/tIUcmLcfsl
— win a case (@2SweetScorpio) August 21, 2023
So Bob had a secret child that Sheree ain’t known about for 20+ years?! #RHOA pic.twitter.com/tQm6Krglnt
— Dwayne Paul (@dwaynepaul06) August 21, 2023
