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After years away from The Actual Housewives of Atlanta, Phaedra Parks made her grand return in Season 16, Episode 12—and he or she wasted no time stirring the peach-infused pot. In true Phaedra style, she introduced the attraction, the shade, and some stunning revelations, together with a shock reference to none apart from Ralph Pittman, the estranged husband of fellow Housewife Drew Sidora.
Sure, the enduring duo “Frick and Frack” is formally reunited. Phaedra and Porsha Williams linked up and instantly slipped again into their previous rhythm. “It’s like using a motorbike,” Phaedra mused within the After Present. “We will learn one another’s minds now.” Their chemistry? “Unmatched,” as Phaedra put it—and Porsha agrees. “Despite the fact that I take pleasure in the brand new women who’re within the group, it’s like house,” she mentioned. “She has at all times fully celebrated me.”
However the actual shocker? Phaedra casually revealed she is aware of Ralph Pittman—nicely. When Porsha requested how that friendship got here to be, Phaedra defined, “We’re in plenty of the identical pal circles,” and added that Ralph’s supervisor used to handle her, too. She even referred to as Drew “Drusilla” and admitted, “I don’t know her rather well… however I do know Ralph.”
Cue the raised eyebrows.
That wasn’t the one tea she spilled. Whereas catching up on the present forged, Phaedra revealed she had a number of surprising connections. She “knew a bit of bit about” Brit Eady by a mutual finest pal—information that even stunned Porsha. Brit confirmed, “That’s truly how I met Phaedra.”
As for Kelli Ferrell? Phaedra joked about her petite measurement, saying she’s “giving backyard gnome” and playfully dubbed her “Smurfette.” On the shadier aspect, she commented that she didn’t know Angela Oakley in any respect—an attention-grabbing omission, contemplating Angela’s earlier remarks about Phaedra within the After Present trailer.
Nonetheless, it’s not all sass and snubs. Phaedra had sort phrases for Shamea Morton, recalling that they’d filmed a present collectively lately. “It was too enjoyable,” she mentioned, calling Shamea “good individuals.”
However maybe probably the most heartfelt second got here when Porsha shared what actually solidified their sisterhood. “I’ll always remember that point… she mentioned, ‘I had my time being your age and being that younger and being that unhealthy bitch. I’m now my age, as my very own unhealthy bitch.’” Porsha added, “It was an institution of we’re gonna assist one another… a mutual appreciation of one other girl who has leveled up and your frequency freakin’ matches.”
Phaedra summed it up finest: “I can’t wait to dive in and have some enjoyable. Ooh, so scrumptious. Like a buffet of foolishness.”
