Queen Latifah and Nicci Gilbert teamed up and produced a new centric show titled, “From the Bottom Up.” The docu-series followed five women, Christine Beatty, Kimberly Smedley, Stacii Jae Johnson, Chrystale Wilson and Sara Stokes, who made it to the top, but now find themselves at the bottom due to this thing we call “LIFE.”

I don’t watch a lot of reality shows, but I am a fan of Queen Latifah and I support her and her production company Flavor Unit Entertainment.

Queen Latifah teamed up with Nicci Gilbert to produce the new Centric show. I didn’t watch every episode, but I was able to catch the last episode and the reunion. I’m here to talk about the reunion episode.

These ladies were brought together to support one another. Encourage one another. Uplift one another. A POSITIVE BLACK WOMEN’S reality show. How many times do we see that on television? I would rather see BLACK WOMEN uplifting one another than tearing one another down.

I would have to say, all the ladies on the show have had to deal with their own issues, fall backs and come backs. I enjoyed each one of them. No, I do not have a favorite nor do I have one that I like the least.

I do have to say, the favorite part of the reunion episode I enjoyed was when Christine Beatty walked off the stage because shade was being thrown and she wanted no part of that. I applaud her as a woman and as a black woman for not wanting to be seen in the negative as media would have us. She stood for positiveness. I don’t think she cared about ratings. Her self-worth, self-pride and self-respect was far more important than ratings and that’s a GOOD thing.

I would love for this docu-series to come back for a second season. I think the women on this show have a lot to offer and the viewers want to see where it goes.

NO NEGATIVE DRAMA…NO JUDGEMENT…NO SHADE