Phaedra Parks Says RHOA Lost the ‘Fun' and She's Bringing It Back
Phaedra isn't planning on turning in her peach anytime soon. This mortician, lawyer, and mom is planning to stay involved in the show for the 'long haul.' And she is making the most of the experience. 'I'm introducing what I think the series lost: fun, fabulousness, and just authentically enjoying yourself in life. I have several jobs, and I continue to expand my little empire,' Phaedra told OK!. 'So, my fortress is growing.'
And seeing Phaedra and Porsha reunited once again as 'frick and frack' has been a hoot. 'Frick and frack is back. It's Phaedra 2.0,' she explained. 'I'm not with a crazy husband, and I got a new, young, and sparky boyfriend who's just cute.' She added of her sons Ayden and Dylan, 'My kids are at an age where they speak their minds, which I don't know if I enjoy that.'
Phaedra teased that RHOA viewers will see her pre-teen son, Dylan, launch his own business. 'They're little entrepreneurs,' Phaedra stated. 'So, this season, you'll not only see me continuing to work my many jobs, but you'll see my youngest son launch his clothing line.'
Meanwhile, shade assassin Kenya Moore shaded Phaedra amid reports that Episode 12's ratings hit a series low. Of course, Kenya quit the show during filming after she was suspended for allegedly showing photos of RHOA co-star Brit Eady performing a sexual act.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta airs on Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo and on Hayu in the UK and Ireland.
TELL US – IS PHAEDRA MAKING RHOA 'FUN?' ARE YOU ENJOYING SEASON 16?
The post Phaedra Parks Says RHOA Lost the 'Fun' and She's Bringing It Back appeared first on Reality Tea.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Yahoo
The Internet Is Completely Losing It Over This Podcast Host Telling White People Who Voted For Trump To Go Back To "Cracker Barrel"
Former Bravo star and current I've Had It podcast host Jennifer Welch is going absolutely viral for delivering what people are calling "a read that will live on in infamy." During a recent episode of Jennifer's podcast, she starts her monologue, "I've had it with white people that triple Trump-ed that have the nerve and the audacity to walk into a Mexican restaurant, a Chinese restaurant, an Indian restaurant. Go to, perhaps, their gay hairdresser." YouTube: I've Had It Podcast / Related: "I don't think you should be able to enjoy anything but Cracker Barrel," she continued. "And if you want to triple Trump, and you want to browbeat DEI, and you want to browbeat gay people, and you want to browbeat Black people as you've been doing for 400 years. And you want to browbeat this generation of immigrants that come over here and open up businesses earnestly, pay their taxes. You want to demonize them and call them rapists and felons and all this shit." "The felon is the teeny, weeny, mushroom cock piece of shit, cankles McTacoTits at the top of the ticket," she pressed on. "I have fucking had it from top to bottom." YouTube: I've Had It Podcast / "White people that triple Trump should be banned, boycotted from enjoying the best thing that America has to offer, which is multiculturalism." YouTube: I've Had It Podcast / Related: A clip of Jennifer's passionate take made its way to X, formerly known as Twitter, where it's been viewed over a whopping 16.3 million times. "This is the most savage takedown of anyone I've ever heard in my life," one commenter reacted. Related: "Well, if there was ever a person who had the right to free speech and chose to use it freely," another agreed. Someone said Jennifer gave, "A read for the ages." Overall, she's being largely applauded by non-MAGA voices. One person said, "She's right... If you genuinely hate immigrants & minorities that much, you're not allowed to partake in any part of the culture they've brought with them." Related: You can watch the video of Jen's monologue here: What are your thoughts on the podcast segment? Let us know in the comments. Also in In the News: Also in In the News: Also in In the News: Solve the daily Crossword
Cosmopolitan
10 hours ago
- Cosmopolitan
‘Love Island USA' Reunion to Show Extended Heart Rate Challenge
The Love Island USA season 7 reunion may not be hitting Peacock on August 25, but Islanders, we've got an early treat for you. Olandria Carthen, Nic Vansteenberghe, Amaya Espinal, and Bryan Arenales—aka this season's top two couples—were on the August 13 episode of Bravo's Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, where they spilled tea about their time in the Villa and the upcoming special. Andy, who moderated the reunion alongside Ariana Madix, revealed that an extended version of the infamous heart rate challenge was shown to the islanders during the taping, which took place the night before WWHL. Oh, and according to Andy, the clip was 'revelatory to the group.' The reason? I'm guessing it had something to do with that moment between Huda Mustafa and Ace since—before the reunion—neither Olandria nor Chelley Bissainthe had seen Huda since they left the Villa. Fans of the show know that the challenge entails the islanders teasing each other in sexy costumes to get their heart rates up and win the game. This season, things took a turn when Huda got on top of Chelley's partner, Ace, during the challenge. Tension was high, and things escalated to the point that—during another challenge—Chelley, Olandria, and Cierra Ortega called Huda out for 'not being a girl's girl.' Once she and Ace were dumped from the Villa, Chelley told Variety that she 'needed space' from Huda after her moment with Ace. 'We all stand on being a 'girl's girl' and having each other's backs. At that moment, I didn't feel like that's what happened,' she told the publication, confirming that things are good between her and Huda in the aftermath. She went on to add, 'We're friends. I just needed my space from her, but now everything is good. We understand each other. Boundaries were set.' However, Amaya seemed to come to Huda's defense when she was asked if she 'took it too far' during the heart rate challenge during a July 16 appearance on Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast. 'Whenever we do challenges, we really just go all in. We don't have a TV, we don't have our phones. This is our entertainment, like, okay, we're in an amusement park! Let's just go for a ride,' the season 7 winner explained. She continued, hyping up Huda in the process. 'Listen, one thing about my girl is she's a great dancer. When she shakes that booty, it's an earthquake falling through. So, you know, I believe that she really just had fun,' Amaya said. We'll have to wait for the extended cut of the challenge during Love Island USA's season 7 reunion to see how it all pans out between the girlies.
Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Yahoo
Tom Sandoval feared America's Got Talent appearance was ‘setting myself up to get trolled'
Tom Sandoval knew what was coming. After the 43-year-old reality star appeared on America's Got Talent in June, many viewers were vocally critical not just of his performance but of his apparent attempts to 'rehab' his tainted image. In 2024, he had been dubbed the 'most hated man in America' after it emerged during season 10 of Vanderpump Rules that he cheated on longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix with her then-best friend, Rachel Leviss. Both the cast and fans of the hit Bravo show rallied around Madix amid the infidelity scandal, dubbed 'Scandoval,' while Sandoval was pilloried. When he was first approached about auditioning for AGT, Sandoval suspected he'd be in for more of the same. 'It was something that my buddy Jason had brought to my attention,' Sandoval tells The Independent. 'I immediately did not want to do it. I felt like it would create a lot of negative backlash, setting myself up to get trolled.' Speaking while visiting family in St. Louis, Missouri, Sandoval reveals he was also worried about the sheer terror of being on the AGT stage in front of judges like Simon Cowell and Howie Mandel. Ultimately, though, he says he decided to do it for the sake of his band. 'They were with me through one of the hardest times in my life,' he says. 'And to go to them and say, 'Hey, I don't want to do it 'cause I'm worried about backlash' — It would have broken my heart to do that. So I was like, you know what? These guys have been there for me, and I want to do this for them and for us.' Sandoval and his band, The Most Extras, performed A-ha's 'Take on Me' during the first round of auditions and ended up receiving four 'yes' votes from the judges. The audience danced along, many with mouths agape, trying to reconcile that in front of them was the same man they watched for over a decade on Vanderpump Rules. While Bravo is an undeniable part of his history, Sandoval says he's keen to move on from it. On August 19, the second round of AGT auditions begins on NBC, and he's brimming with excitement about taking the stage once more. The Traitors star traces his musical journey back to his childhood, when he began playing trumpet in the fourth grade. He joined a marching band before quitting sports to appear in a production of the cult favorite musical Little Shop of Horrors. More recently, he taught himself to play guitar and is now taking voice lessons as he fronts a band for the first time. He's been in bands before, but they never worked out. 'It was always original music,' he says. 'I would put so much time, so much passion and money and effort into getting this band to the next level, and then it would fall apart. It was just so heartbreaking that I didn't play music for quite a while.' Eventually, he found his way to The Most Extras, a nine-person covers band, but he isn't ruling out a return to creating original music again. Vanderpump Rules fans might remember 'Touch in Public', the 2015 single from Charles McMansion, a duo Sandoval formed with the late actor Isaac Kappy. For now, though, he is leaning into the joys of appealing to a broad audience with songs everyone can sing along to. He says he has 'learned some hard lessons' during his time touring with his new bandmates, recalling their van getting stuck in the mud during their first tour and needing to be hauled out by a stranger, lugging equipment up multiple flights of stairs to get to a rehearsal room in New York, and the ceiling falling during another small gig. After their AGT debut, Simon Cowell told them, 'Not everyone comes on this show to get a record deal. Sometimes it's about being true to who you are.' Sandoval echoes that sentiment during our conversation. 'I feel like this is something that really is true to me,' he explains. 'It's something I love. Music has always been in my life. My dad was a DJ, and I grew up listening to great music. It just really inspired me.' When we spoke, Sandoval had not yet decided which song his band would perform during the second round of auditions. He did say that he'd been attending vocal lessons and was eager to come 'full circle in another talent show; a much, much bigger one in fact, the biggest stage we've ever been on.' Regardless of the outcome on AGT, Sandoval is looking ahead to the band's fall tour. 'I'm so grateful to be able to do something like this, to be out there, to have my band be able to be on a big stage like that,' he says. 'I'm just excited for what's to come.'
