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Empire's Cookie vs. Dynasty's Alexis: Who's the Badder TV Bitch?
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Empire's Cookie vs. Dynasty's Alexis: Who's the Badder TV Bitch?
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First Appearance Cookie: Steps out of prison after 17 years wearing the fur and leopard dress she walked in with. (January 2015)vs.Alexis: Sends courtroom into pandemonium when she walks in wearing black and white Nolan Miller suit, hat and huge sunglasses as surprise witness against Blake Carrington, her ex. (April 1981)
All-Time Biggest Statement Outfit
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Cookie: Purple fur shrug.Alexis: Leopard XXL pillbox over a champagne hood.
Religious Look
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Cookie: Wearing hijab over leopard print sweater to pay a visit to Nation of Islam matron.vs.Alexis: Disguised as nun to evade Moldavian revolutionaries.
Dressed-Down Look
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Cookie: Leopard sweatsuit for around the house.vs.Alexis: Bubble bath and champagne while being shot at.
Bad Bitch One-Liner
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(Anika: “Do you even know what a debutante is?”)Cookie: “A bougie ho with a lot of money.”vs.Alexis: “The truth? That word is as foreign to you, Sammy Jo, as Mandarin Chinese is to a Colorado cowboy.”
Don’t Mess With This Bitch Moment
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Cookie: Beats her mouthy son with a broom.vs.Alexis: Fires a skeet-shooting gun to get Krystle thrown off her horse so she miscarries.
Idea of a Good Time
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Cookie: Disrupting boardroom meetings with fierce fashion.vs.Alexis: Disrupting boardroom meetings with fierce fashion.
Moments of Maternal Warmth
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Cookie: Stands by her gay son–to make money off his talent.vs.Alexis: Stands by her gay son.
All-Time Bitch-Fest Smack-Down
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Cookie: Exposes bougie ho Anika as a traitor to Empire. Bye, Felicia!vs.Alexis: Conducts catfights with Krystle in a mudslide.
Gets Back With Her Powerful Ex-Husband
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Cookie: TBDvs.Alexis: Never.
As portrayed by the unstoppable Taraji P. Henson, Cookie Lyon on the new Fox superhit “Empire” is probably the baddest bitch on prime time since Joan Collins’ Alexis Carrington on “Dynasty” in the 1980s. Both have a knack for just walking into people’s homes in animal prints, giant furs and statement jewelry and upending their lives with bon mots dipped in acid. Who’s the badder bitch? Let’s break it down, bad-bitch style…
BAD-BITCH SUBGENRE
Alexis: Jetsetting hostile-takeover bad bitch
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Cookie: Ghetto fabulous A&R-boss bad bitch
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