Spice and Erica Mena received right into a heated alternate throughout a lunch outing on a current episode of “Love & Hip Hop ATL.” Whereas discussing Erica’s marriage to Safaree Samuels, rigidity turned to insults and makes an attempt at bodily violence. After Spice focused Erica’s relationship together with her eldest son, King, Mena flipped a desk.
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Although the present crew prevented the ladies from beating on one another, they each threw objects and hurled insults from throughout the restaurant. At one level, Mena proclaimed the Jamaican singer ought to’ve died throughout her well being scare final yr. Erica additionally labeled her castmate a “blue monkey,” which caught fireplace on-line for its traditionally racist undertones. Whereas leaving the venue, she additionally directed monkey sounds on the singer.
On Wednesday, Spice took to Instagram to reply to Erica’s insults. She in contrast Erica’s response to her together with her responses to Lil Scrappy and Stevie J in separate, comparable incidents.
“Youngsters are off limits proper????? However I assume it’s solely after I ask trigger the place’s the identical vitality when Scrappy and Stevie J talked about it, however now I’m a monkey and will have died on the desk? Okay Erica,” Spice wrote.
As beforehand reported, in November 2022, Spice shut down rumors of struggling a coma or coronary heart assault. Nonetheless, the dancehall artist revealed her physique underwent extreme sepsis after a broken hernia.
She celebrated her “second rebirth” in March with a faux being pregnant photoshoot that despatched social media right into a tailspin. She additionally gave further particulars of her medical scare, together with that she “actually died.”
LHHATL’s Shekinah & Social Media Customers React To Erica Mena’s “Monkey” Insult In direction of Spice
Erica has but to reply — at the very least publicly — to Spice’s name out. However the singer isn’t the one one tussling with Erica’s “monkey” insult and dying want.
Throughout the identical episode, castmate Shekinah Anderson acknowledged how Erica Mena’s remark landed. Shekinah was additionally current for the almost-brawl.
“Erica I can’t imagine you, you simply known as this lady a monkey after which stated she ought to’ve died. What kind of sh*t is that this? You’ve gotten Jamaican kids. Would you want if somebody known as your kids monkeys? You shouldn’t have did that Erica. That was out of line.”
As of Wednesday afternoon, Erica Mena was top-trending on X (previously Twitter).
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This Isn’t Colorism. This Is Racism
Erica Mena isn’t Black. Colorism is exercised inside the identical ethnic group/race. Calling Spice a “monkey” is pure, lower & dry textbook RACISM
I implore the confused to get off of social media and open a ebook/dictionary pic.twitter.com/EEKl91m351
— sa: (@notshawnallen) August 30, 2023
“Spice wasn’t speaking dangerous about her son.”
Right! However, criticizing her parenting, saying her son hates her, is a set off; she flipped a desk on her! Spice deliberately lower deep & Erica Mena responded to chop deeper..
You possibly can’t inform an individual how to reply to being attacked.
— Jerome Trammel (she/her he/him) (@MrJeromeTrammel) August 30, 2023
Erica Mena is a white latino racist cosplaying as black girl. To name THEE Spice BLACK & MONKEY then a BLUE to say she ought to’ve died?
YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING THAT COMES TO YOU!! EVERY SINGLE THING!! #LHHATL pic.twitter.com/lpIjDVIAna
— 🥀 (@rabbigracias) August 30, 2023
Spice: “My son LOVES me & you may’t relate!”
Erica Mena:pic.twitter.com/oPNvERLRYT
— Rachel. (@_loveRachel_) August 30, 2023
Y’all have to pack Erica Mena up like y’all packed Evelyn Lozada up! As a result of sufficient is sufficient! She is DISGUSTING! 🤮🤢 BASURA!! IDC! I’m positive she calls Safaree a dancing monkey too! 🥴 #LHHATL pic.twitter.com/3KndSWYjFZ
— Bravo’s Jail Pipeline (@livelovesimone) August 30, 2023
Evelyn Lozada, Laura and Gloria Gloven, Erica Mena, all the identical. They’ve this unprovoked nasty anti black hate for black girls however this unwavering obsession for black man- it was uncanny to look at trigger they by no means even attempt to disguise it.
— Tittygate 2023 (@jiggyjayy2) August 30, 2023
Erica Mena fucked a black man, marry him and have children by a black man simply to show round and name a black girl monkey? Nah that racist dried up bitch gots to go! pic.twitter.com/VpqrsDEo4q
— OkSach (@CashMom__) August 30, 2023
Bambi nonetheless being pals with and preventing for Erica Mena who calls a black girl a MONKEY??? #LHHATL pic.twitter.com/UshsXPcJge
— Bravo’s Jail Pipeline (@livelovesimone) August 30, 2023
Erica’s silence on social media in regards to the incident could be attributed to different looming authorized troubles. Atlanta police arrested Mena, Bambi, and ZellSwag contained in the Lucca Lounge final Friday (Aug. 25).
Lounge workers reportedly requested the group, together with Saucy Santana, earlier than he left the scene to go away, and their alleged refusal changed into a tussle with safety.
Mena was hit with 4 prices, together with two counts of easy battery, one depend of battery towards an officer, and one depend of willful obstruction of justice.
After the arrests, Saucy claimed Erica was “very belligerent” amid the chaos.
In the meantime, Bambi spoke solely with The Shade Room’s Justin Carter about what led to their arrests.