Ever since actress and Grammy award-winning musician Kandi Buruss joined the cast of Real Housewives of Atlanta in season 2, Bravo fans have been captivated by her cataclysmic and drama-fueled relationship with her mom Joyce Joyce, A.K.A.Mama Joyce. Fans have seen Mama Joyce interfere with Kandi’s life on several occasions, especially when it comes to her relationships with men, and the one who has gotten the worst of it has been Burruss’s husband Todd Tucker.

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Kandi Buruss has been married to Todd Tucker ever since 2014, or season 7 of RHOA, and according to multiple sources and a few episodes of the show, Tucker and Mama Joyce do not get along. The strained relationship has kept Kandi in the middle of the drama for years and fans speculate that their relationship is strained. Although Kandi Burruss tries to compromise and find a balance between her love life and her family, her relationship with Mama Joyce has never been an easy one.

6 Kandi Buruss And Mama Joyce Were Not On Speaking Terms For A While

When Kandi Burruss joined the show in season 2 she was dating Ashley “A.J.” Jewel, and allegedly he was not a fan of Mama Joyce’s constant interference with their relationship. The couple became engaged in January 2009, but tragically Jewel died in October 2009 after sustaining multiple head injuries in a fight. Allegedly, Mama Joyce was Kandi’s emotional support system during this time.

Unfortunately, this love and support would be strained in 2014, after Kandi married Todd Tucker, a former line producer for RHOA. While the specific reason for the fallout is undisclosed, it did happen around the same time that Tucker and Burruss were married.

5 Todd Tucker And Mama Joyce Fight All The Time

While Mama Joyce and Kandi Burruss resumed contact in 2016, particularly due to the birth of Tucker and Burruss’s first child, Tucker and Mama Joyce still, quite famously, do not get along. Mama Joyce seems to believe that Tucker is a bit of a gold digger as Kandi came into their marriage quite wealthy while Tucker was firmly middle class (line producers are paid well, but they are rarely millionaires). Ever since their marriage in 2014, Tucker has pursued his business interests to prove Mama Joyce wrong. While the two seem to have a strong marriage, they have had their ups and downs and Mama Joyce has been around for most of them.

4 Mama Joyce Says She's Leaving Kandi Burruss Out Of The Will

In one episode, in many of the fights between Tucker and Mama Joyce, Joyce revealed that Riley Burruss, Kandi’s eldest daughter who she had with record producer Block Spencer, will be the primary beneficiary of Mama Joyce’s estate. Mama Joyce claims that this is because she wants to make sure that her grandchildren are taken care of, but Tucker took this as slight against his ability to provide security for Riley and his family. What is funny about this drama is Mama Joyce is only worth $200,000 according to most sources, whereas Kandi Buruss has a net worth of $30 million. It would seem that Mama Joyce’s grandchildren will be perfectly fine either way.

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3 Some Fans Think Mama Joyce Favors Riley Over Anyone Else

With the news that Riley will be her primary beneficiary in her will, fans of RHOA have since speculated that Mama Joyce plays favorites in her family and that Riley is her favorite. However, it is more likely that Mama Joyce’s fondness comes from the fact that Riley was her first grandchild and the two had more time to develop a relationship. Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker had two children together, Ace and Blaze Tucker, and the eldest was born in 2016. The episode where Mama Joyce met Ace was one of RHOA’s most viral moments because it was considered the official end of their back and forth silent treatment.

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2 Why Does Kandi Burruss Put Up With Her Mother?

With the amount of drama that she seems to apparently cause one might wonder why Kandi puts up with her mom. But it is important to remember that their relationship has gone through its fair shares of ups and downs, remember they were not on speaking terms for a while after Tucker and Burruss were married. It is also important to remember how Kandi Burruss lost a previous lover and that Mama Joyce was her only emotional support. One does not simply turn their back on the person who helped them grieve the death of a fiancé.

1 Will Todd Tucker And Mama Joyce Ever Get Along?

It would seem that the answer is an emphatic no! Mama Joyce’s track record of support for Kandi’s partners is not a good one and Todd Tucker seems to take everything Mama Joyce does as a slight against him as a husband and parent. Unfortunately for Kandi Burruss, who has been the mediator of their conflict ever since she started dating Tucker, it would seem that she will always have to figure out a balance between her mother, her greatest emotional supporter, and her husband, the love of her life.

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