Dr Catherine Masitsa, better known as Dr C, is not holding back ahead of the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Africa Reunion.
The star of the Nairobi Housewives franchise and entrepreneur said she is walking into the reunion confidently, composed and ready – prepared for battle, some might say.
“I don’t demand respect; I command it just by walking into the room. I don’t give people the power to undermine me,” she told Sunday World.
Following a rollercoaster season of high emotions and tense moments, the Reunion is set to be explosive. After all, the Girls’ Trip in Rio de Janeiro brought together a select group of cast members from across the Africa Housewives’ franchises, and according to Dr C, no one came to fade into the background.
“You don’t sign up for an Ultimate Girls Trip if you’re a wallflower. Everyone arrived acting like the main character because, in their own worlds, they are.”
Never one to shy away from conflict, Dr C insisted that she took part in the Ultimate Girls Trip to forge connections. “If you go in looking for a test, you’ll find one. I went in looking for a good time.”
The Kenyan reality television star reserved some of her sharpest criticism for Real Housewives of Johannesburg alumnus Madam Evodia Mogase, whom she claimed came on the show “expecting to be the undisputed authority, the ‘peace matriarch’ of the group”. “She came in expecting to be the undisputed authority, but reality has a way of stripping masks off.”
According to Dr C, she does not use the word “snake” lightly. “But when you see someone consistently deteriorating into name-calling instead of having a real conversation, what else do you call it?”
If Mogase was the “queen of shadows”, Dr C said Mogase’s fellow Johannesburg Housewives castmate Christall Kay mastered a different tactic, that of victim.
She claimed that Kay would instigate drama and then retreat when reactions escalated.
“She would stir the pot, light the fuse, and when things exploded, she’d suddenly become the victim. The cameras often catch the reaction, but not the person who lit the match.”
Despite the free-flowing champagne and caipirinhas, Dr C insists no one was drunk. She alleges that Kay’s behaviour carried xenophobic undertones.
“What viewers don’t fully understand is the weight of that behaviour. It wasn’t just mean-girl antics. It felt deeply personal and prejudiced.”
She also claims there is context viewers may not fully grasp. “The audience sees moments. We experienced a climate.”
With the reunion looming, tensions are expected to resurface, receipts in hand. Dr C smiled when asked who should be nervous. “You’ll have to wait and watch the reunion.”
Would she travel with the same group again?
“I’d take them all back,” she says without hesitation. “Now that we know who the snakes are and who plays the victim card, nobody can hide. I’m ready to audit the sequel.”
The very first Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Africa Reunion will air in two parts. It will premiere on Showmax on February 20 and 27 and on Mzansi Magic on February 21 and 28.
Since the spin-off launched in 2021, this marks the first time an Ultimate Girls Trip cast has reunited, a milestone that firmly places Africa at the centre of the franchise’s evolution.
