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- Abducted off the street is
about a 22-year-old nurse's

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assistant by the name of Caria Gaither.

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This is a true life story.

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She was abducted off the street

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of Philadelphia coming
home from a family event,

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and she, we

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left clues along the
way within 72 hours so

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that she could be found.

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Well, I have been having conversations

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with Lifetime about the type
of projects that I wanted

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to do, considering that
yes, I'm on a TV show,

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I'm on a reality TV show,

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but I started off as an
actress for like 30 years.

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I acted and I wanted to
really dive into a project

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that really spoke to me.

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So one of the first scripts
that they presented me

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with was this part of a series
called Missing Black Girls,

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and the script was the
Cartia Gaither story.

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And I was familiar with it
from, I think the news broke

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of this abduction in 2014.

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So I remembered the story, and
so it was a compelling story

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and the fact that so
many of our black women

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and girls go missing

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and are never found the
fact that we represent 7%

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of the population, but only about what,

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what we make up about 20% of the missing

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women in this country, which is, is,

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is very telling on that,
speaks to the fact that

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no one is trying to find us.

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And I really was drawn to this project

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because I thought that if I was a part

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that it was bigger than me, that the,

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the moral of the story
should be helping us find our

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missing black girls.

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Yes, Kandy Burris just announced

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that she wasn't returning this season

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to Real Housewives of Atlanta.

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Of course, I'm sad. I
mean, she was my, one

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of my best buddies on screen, off screen.

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She is a real friend
to me, a great person.

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Kandy is gonna be okay.
She just needs a break.

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And I can understand it.

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I took one season off years ago,

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and I just think sometimes,
you know, the, the weight

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of the show can really affect you.

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But I think Kandy is doing so many things

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and has her hands in so
many pots that she's going

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to always be successful.

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That is just part of her DNA.

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So I think that no matter
where she ends up in life,

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she is always going, going to be winning.

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Well, my favorite housewife,

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I've always had a favorite
housewife franchise other than

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Atlanta, that would be Beverly Hills.

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I know most of the cast,
I love Beverly Hills

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and I think I just love them

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because I know the girls. But I also know

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- Potomac and Miami.

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I think those are the, the, the top two

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or three that I'm closest to.

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So I'm always rooting
for them, you know, I,

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I always like text them during the shows

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and say little things or give
them advice or ask questions.

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So it's fun to have a favorite,
to be a fan of another of,

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of another housewife show.