Spice and Erica Mena got into a heated exchange during a lunch outing on a recent episode of “Love & Hip Hop ATL.” While discussing Erica’s marriage to Safaree Samuels, tension turned to insults and attempts at physical violence. After Spice targeted Erica’s relationship with her eldest son, King, Mena flipped a table.
Though the show crew prevented the women from beating on each other, they both threw objects and hurled insults from across the restaurant. At one point, Mena proclaimed the Jamaican singer should’ve died during her health scare last year. Erica also labeled her castmate a “blue monkey,” which caught fire online for its historically racist undertones. While leaving the venue, she also directed monkey sounds at the singer.
On Wednesday, Spice took to Instagram to respond to Erica’s insults. She compared Erica’s reaction to her with her responses to Lil Scrappy and Stevie J in separate, similar incidents.
“Kids are off limits right????? But I guess it’s only when I ask cause where’s the same energy when Scrappy and Stevie J talked about it, but now I’m a monkey and should have died on the table? Ok Erica,” Spice wrote.
As previously reported, in November 2022, Spice shut down rumors of suffering a coma or heart attack. However, the dancehall artist revealed her body underwent severe sepsis after a damaged hernia.
She celebrated her “second rebirth” in March with a fake pregnancy photoshoot that sent social media into a tailspin. She also gave additional details of her medical scare, including that she “literally died.”
Erica has yet to respond — at least publicly — to Spice’s call out. But the singer isn’t the only one tussling with Erica’s “monkey” insult and death wish.
During the same episode, castmate Shekinah Anderson acknowledged how Erica Mena’s comment landed. Shekinah was also present for the almost-brawl.
“Erica I cannot believe you, you just called this girl a monkey and then said she should’ve died. What type of sh*t is this? You have Jamaican children. Would you like if someone called your children monkeys? You shouldn’t have did that Erica. That was out of line.”
As of Wednesday afternoon, Erica Mena was top-trending on X (formerly Twitter).
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Erica’s silence on social media about the incident might be attributed to other looming legal troubles. Atlanta police arrested Mena, Bambi, and ZellSwag inside the Lucca Lounge last Friday (Aug. 25).
Lounge employees reportedly asked the group, including Saucy Santana, before he left the scene to leave, and their alleged refusal turned into a tussle with security.
Mena was hit with four charges, including two counts of simple battery, one count of battery against an officer, and one count of willful obstruction of justice.
After the arrests, Saucy claimed Erica was “very belligerent” amid the chaos.
Meanwhile, Bambi spoke exclusively with The Shade Room’s Justin Carter about what led to their arrests.
