Can’t you see how horrible it was for that mother to turn her useless daughter into a image, to wield it as a political instrument? When Judith (who later turned Kandi's confidante) to begin with tried to conclusion Kandi's partnership with Alan, Kandi's mother Mandi (Gail O'Grady), who also experienced a temporary fling with Charlie through that time, built certain the pair had been relationship yet again.