Real Housewives

Two construction workers claim Lisa Vanderpump's husband Ken Todd attacked them ... then accused them of blackmail ... all because of a construction beef last year at Todd's West Hollywood restaurant.

The workers -- brothers Kevin and David Cazaref -- claim they were demolishing a sidewalk with a concrete chipper ... when Todd approached them "in a rude and aggressive manner" to complain about their work.

According to the lawsuit, Todd got even angrier when Kevin asked Todd to show him the right way to do it -- and eventually shoved Kevin. David then flagged down a Sheriff's deputy to report the incident.

According to docs, the deputy talked to Todd, who apologized ... and offered Kevin "a sum of money as a gesture of good faith" -- but when the brothers rejected his offer (while standing at an ATM) ... Todd got mad and started yelling he was being blackmailed.

The Cazarefs are now suing for assault, battery and slander.

Porsha Williams claims a songwriter is so desperate for attention ... he's accusing her of stealing his music... but Porsha says she can prove the guy was totally into his tune being used on the show.

On Sunday night's episode of "Real Housewives of Atlanta," Porsha sang a song called, "Perfectly Worthless" ... and that's exactly how it sounded, according to the guy who wrote it.

Pierre Medor -- who's worked with Usher, Diddy and Nelly -- says he only gave the song to Porsha to test her voice ... and had no idea the song would end up on the air.

In fact, he claims he made a deal for someone else to record it.

But Porsha tells TMZ ... Medor signed a waiver with Bravo for his appearance on "RHOA" -- and even sent a text message saying he LIKED hearing his song on the show.

The text to Porsha's rep said, "It's cool. It was a good look! Now we need to get a record done."

Kandi Burruss was NOT offended by Fantasia's foulmouthed wedding speech. Contrary to reports she was horrified at Fantasia's f-bomb barrage ... Kandi LOVED it.

The "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star tied the knot with fiance Todd Tucker on April 4 -- and was reportedly mortified when Fantasia took the mic at the reception, calling Kandi "the realest bitch" and "my motherf****n’ friend." She also went on about Kandi's big ass.

But Kandi's rep says she was NOT horrified in the least, telling us, Kandi laughed her big ass off at Fantasia's speech ... and the two had a blast at the wedding.

Joe and Teresa Giudice will get a clean slate from the bankruptcy judge -- they paid $7,500 to creditors and in the process they'll erase more than $13 MILLION in debts!!!

The docs -- obtained by TMZ -- are shocking. Joe and Teresa lived their lives through smoke and mirrors, having almost no equity in any of their lavish trappings of wealth.

They have a $1.7 million house with only $140K in equity. There are 2 other properties where they have NO equity.

They have a Maserati, an Escalade, a Ford 350 and have NO equity in them. They also have toys -- a Sea-Doo boat, a Kawasaki quad, 2 go carts and other stuff -- no equity.

As for their creditors who will walk away with nothing ... they include 5 banks, all of which loaned the couple more than a million bucks. Wachovia Bank got shafted to the tune of $5.3 MIL.

As we previously reported ... the Giudices are about to get prison time for bank fraud.

Kenya Moore insists she DID NOT fake her dog's death for ratings and is disgusted at reports that claim otherwise.

On Sunday's episode of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," Kenya revealed her pooch of seven years -- a Yorkie named Velvet -- had died after being viciously attacked by a neighbor's dog.

But the day after the episode aired, reports came out claiming the dog was alive and well and living with her friend Brandon DeShazer ... and that Moore had FAKED the death to drive up ratings.

DeShazer -- who posted a series of old photos of Velvet when the show aired that sparked the rumor -- calls the reports "vile" and "irresponsible," telling TMZ, "Anybody who has pets knows the kind of love you develop for them. To report that something like that would be staged … it’s disgusting."

We're told Moore is still heartbroken over Velvet's passing and calls the reports "evil."

The entire cast of "Real Housewives of Atlanta" -- minus one -- is threatening to walk off the show if Porsha Williams is fired over her fight with Kenya Moore.

The one holdout -- Kenya Moore.

Sources close to the show tell us the women hatched their plan this weekend at Kandi Burruss' wedding ... telling the show's producers how much they despise Moore because of all the drama she stirs up.

As we reported ... Williams attacked Moore during taping of the reunion special ... and producers may use the bitch fight as justification for giving Porsha the axe.

We're told since the brawl, ALL housewives' contracts for next season have been put on hold -- until show honchos figure out what to do with Porsha.

NeNe Leakes isn't afraid of a fight -- even when it's not hers -- and she took a huge dig at Kenya Moore in the wake of the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" reunion show brawl.

As we told you Porsha Williams attacked Kenya during last week's taping -- Kenya even made a ridiculous 911 call -- but last night at Mr. Chow NeNe backed Porsha, telling us ... "Kenya stupid. She need to fix her fake booty."

A clear shot at Kenya's "Booty Camp" workout (which seems like the ONE thing for which she shouldn't be attacked).

"Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kenya Moore is completely fed up with Porsha Williams' violent BS -- at least that's how she sounded on the 911 call she placed ... moments after Porsha allegedly attacked her.

You can practically feel Kenya rolling her eyes as she grudgingly answers the emergency dispatcher's questions on the phone, deadpanning, "I've just been assaulted." She also goes into more detail about the attack on the call.

As we reported, Porsha and Kenya exploded on each other last Thursday during the taping of the "RHOA" reunion special.

It looks like Porsha Williams has sealed her fate on "Real Housewives of Atlanta" ... because we're told after her violent assault against Kenya Moore -- her next gig will be the unemployment line.

Porsha was already on the chopping block because she's supremely uninteresting, but sources connected with the show tell us ... producers are now clear -- she's more trouble than she's worth.

It sounds a little strange, because a lot of these shows live off of physical conflict. But after the blowout fight between Apollo Nida and Brandon DeShazer, Bravo execs instituted a zero-tolerance policy against violence. Put simply, they drew a line in the sand, and Porsha crossed it.

"Real Housewives of Atlanta" stars Porsha Williams and Kenya Moore exploded on each other Thursday ... and it was a quick but full-on bitch fight.

Eyewitnesses tell TMZ ... the brawl went down during the reunion show. We're told Porsha just snapped -- it looked like a nervous breakdown. She charged Kenya and it was on. There was clawing and hair-pulling before they were pulled apart.

It was bad enough that someone called 911 and the cops raced to the scene. No one was arrested.

As for why they fought -- it's unclear. The people who were there tell us the tension between them had been mounting, but there was nothing obvious that triggered the fight. Here's what's obvious to us ... Porsha's on the chopping block, so this may be her way of staying on the show.

"Shahs of Sunset" star Golnesa "GG" Gharachedaghi went out to Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills last night with "Real Housewives of Miami" star Joanna Krupa where they presumably discussed ...

The "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" did a cameo in Lady Gaga's new music video -- but two prominent cast members are missing ... and it was NOT Gaga's decision to keep them out ... the women opted out themselves.

Brandi Glanville and Joyce Giraud are conspicuously absent from the video, "G.U.Y." ... and rumors swirled they had been banned by Mother Monster herself.

But sources close to the shoot tell TMZ the rumors aren't true -- Gaga wanted the ENTIRE cast for the shoot ... but Joyce and Brandi took a pass because they had previous commitments.

Gaga's rep confirms to us she extended the invite to the entire cast.

The music video is bizarre ... with images of Michael Jackson, Jesus, Gandhi and Lady G as a feathery bird-woman. But when the Housewives show up -- pretending to play musical instruments -- it's classic over-the-top Gaga.

"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" is desperately trying to find a new cast member ... and TMZ has learned they've extended their reach to Hazzard County.

Elly Schneider -- wife of John Schneider (aka Bo Duke) -- tells TMZ John's agent was contacted by honchos at RHOBH to see if she was interested in submitting an audition tape.

As we previously reported -- two of the RHBH stars are on the chopping block -- and producers are looking for fresh meat to throw to the wolves.

The General Lee would look awesome pulling up to Mr. Chow.

So, watch the tape and then tell us ...

A rep for Bravo just got back to us and said they weren't the ones who reached out to Elly.

Atlanta Falcons lineman Kroy Biermann might not be ready to retire yet ... but his balls are -- 'cause the defensive end tells TMZ Sports his baby makin' days are officially over.

Kroy and his reality superstar wife Kim Zolciak were leaving LaGuardia Airport in NY this weekend without their 4-month old twins ... the 5th and 6th kids in the Biermann family.

Of course, we had to ask if the couple was planning on poppin' out a lucky #7 ... but Kroy made it crystal clear six is plenty enough.

'Real Housewife' Porsha Williams has a new dude who's icing her up BIGTIME with shoes, jewelry, clothes, and a Rolls-Royce. Only problem -- the guy's father is a horrible dictator accused of atrocities like letting little kids starve.

Hmm ... what's a girl to do, right?

Joanna Krupa says the only reason the Dalai Lama didn't change her life is because -- despite anything you've seen her do and say -- she's "All about Jesus."

JK was leaving Sur restaurant last night when she tried to explain why she dissed Dalai last month ... by professing her love for JC, but made a major slip up in the process.

Joanna attempts to say she can't wait to see the new movie, "Son of God" -- but you gotta hear how it comes out of her mouth.