‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star Gizelle Bryant says ‘Jamal and I are fine’ after Monique Samuels called their relationship a sham

• Ahead of Sunday night’s part two of “The Real Housewives of Potomac” reunion, Gizelle Bryant told Insider that she and her ex-husband turned boyfriend, Jamal Bryant, “are fine.”
• It comes after her costar Monique Samuels’ attempt to claim Jamal, who’s an Atlanta-area pastor, was cheating on her with a fellow pastor from New York.
• During the first part of the reunion, Samuels brought a binder that detailed the alleged relationship, even reading alleged text messages between Jamal and his “current girlfriend.”
• When pressed by host Andy Cohen, Gizelle acknowledged that the number Samuels read from the text messages was indeed Jamal’s cell phone number.
• “I didn’t care at all,” Gizelle said when speaking to Insider, calling Samuel’s binder “a scrapbook full of lies.”
• Since then, Gizelle has been spending more time in the kitchen. The reality star shared her holiday plans and revealed which of her cast members will be receiving her homemade Bailey’s chocolate fig pie. 
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“The Real Housewives of Potomac” star Gizelle Bryant is gearing up for a socially distanced holiday, telling Insider that despite what viewers might’ve seen during part one of her Bravo show’s reunion that she’ll be spending the holidays with her ex-husband turned boyfriend, Jamal Bryant.

Of course, their three daughters, Grace, Angel, and Adore will be joining them for a safe holiday celebration that won’t involve any traveling due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“The numbers are like out of control and I’ve been really trying to pay attention to it. So I’m going to be home,” the reality star explained. “I’m going to be right here with the kids and, of course, Jamal will come in and spend the holidays with us.”

Gizelle and Jamal, who were married from 2002 to 2009 before reuniting during this season of “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” were dealt several blows to the strength of their relationship during the reunion.

Costar Monique Samuels arrived at the fifth season reunion with a binder containing “receipts” that she claimed could prove that their courtship was arranged. At one point, Samuels even recited Jamal’s telephone number, which seemingly claimed that the text messages were valid, and called the pastor a “holy whore.”

Gizelle casually dismissed Samuels' claims during the reunion and doubled-down on that dismissal during her chat with Insider, held just days after the reunion aired on Bravo.

"I can only worry about me and my kids and we over here living on fine street," she said. "Jamal and I are fine."

"I have been dealing with haters my entire life and this was just another day in the life of, you know, people wanting to just be mean and nasty unnecessarily," Gizelle added.

"Somebody has a lot of time to be scrapbooking," she continued about her costar. "I didn't care at all. I just felt like it was very thirsty and extremely pressed."

Although Jamal wasn't at the reunion, in the days after it aired, he made his own binder, sharing in a 21-minute video that the text messages were indeed real, but didn't necessarily show the full picture of his relationship with the other woman. 

"If we're gonna show text messages, let's show all the text messages," Jamal said in the video posted Wednesday before reiterating that he's not married and is currently dating.

He added, "I'm not sleeping with anyone in my church. I have no babies in my church. I have no inappropriate relationship with anyone in my church."

Jamal added that he would no longer appear on "The Real Housewives of Potomac" for any reason.

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While others have been questioning her relationship, Gizelle has been busy in the kitchen, spending time to perfect her quarantine baking. 

"I am a baker. I love dessert," the reality star, who is part of Baileys Holiday Baking Club, which pairs celebrities with a professional bakers, gushed.

Gizelle is serving up a special treat to her loved ones to help them feel "warm and fuzzy" from afar this holiday season.

"I'm going to be sending them a Bailey's chocolate fig pie, and they're going to love it," she said, adding that one of those special people to receive her dessert is her costar and offscreen best friend Robyn Dixon. "I am loyal to people that are loyal to me."