Phaedra Parks Says “RHOA” Firing 'Was Not My Best Moment' as She Returns to Franchise After 8 Years and Shades New Costars

There’s nary spot for illustration home!

Phaedra Parks made her return to The Real Housewives of Atlanta on Sunday, May 25, to return complete Kenya Moore’s peach pursuing her mid-season departure. None different than Porsha Williams stepped successful to invited Phaedra into nan group aft an eight-year break from nan franchise.

“I heard you were looking for me. Here y’all go,” Phaedra, 51, declared. “I'm backmost wherever I belong. Baby, I americium home.”

The attorney, who appeared connected RHOA for 7 seasons prior, was fired successful 2017 erstwhile she admitted to spreading rumors that erstwhile Housewife Kandi Burruss and her hubby Todd Tucker, who person consistently and vehemently denied nan claims, allegedly planned to supplier Porsha and Shamea Morton to take advantage of them sexually.

“Unfortunately, nan past clip you saw maine wasn't my champion moment,” Phaedra acknowledged successful her confessional, though she went connected to hint that she was not wholly to blame. “Now, we cognize I regret really I near nan group, but he who is without responsibility formed nan first stone.”

Since her exit, Phaedra and Porsha, 43, person made amends. In fact, Porsha said that erstwhile she went done her “healing process,” she hasn’t moreover thought astir their fallout 

“My narration pinch Porsha is awesome,” Phaedra revealed. “We person had our ups and downs, but we've ever maintained that friendship. When location is simply a existent friendship, nary matter what you spell through, it tin ne'er beryllium broken, and it's conscionable for illustration riding a bicycle. When we get together, we are rolling.”

“Wonder Twins, activate,” she added, referring to their aged nickname.

As Porsha began to break down nan move of nan group, Phaedra didn’t discarded immoderate clip earlier throwing shade. After comparing Kelli Ferrell to a “garden gnome” for being “so tiny,” Phaedra took a jab astatine Brit Eady.

“Brit’s been a woman astir town,” she said. “She’s a female astir nan city. And countries, too. You know, she’s sewage much bodies than Willie, they say.”

Porsha, shocked astatine Phaedra’s comparison of Brit to Georgia mortician Willie Watkins, couldn’t incorporate her laughter. “Brit Eady, she’s been known to person a fewer suitors, but now she's a joined woman,” Phaedra elaborated. “Hey, personification wifed her up. So that chickenhearted cookware pastry must beryllium bully and creamy.”

With thing but bully things to opportunity astir Shamea, nan ladies moved connected to discussing Drew Sidora, who has been successful basking h2o aft being accused of trying to slumber pinch Porsha’s ex-husband, Dennis McKinley. 

“You cognize she’s moving pinch my child's father?” Porsha asked Phaedra, who questioned, “They’re trading basking dogs?”

Porsha, however, clarified that it wasn’t Dennis’ nutrient business nan 2 were allegedly collaborating on. “Apparently they said she was sitting connected nan basking dog,” Porsha joked, insinuating they were having sex. 

Phaedra past suggested that she thought Drew was romantically willing successful women, but quipped, “On nan streets, nan group successful Atlanta are very curious.”

As for Angela Oakley, Phaedra claimed she didn’t moreover cognize her hubby of 10 years, Charles Oakley, was married. “This is nan ki-ki I needed!” Porsha laughed earlier calling Kelli, who invited Phaedra connected their upcoming girls’ travel to Granada, Spain. 

At nan extremity of nan episode, Phaedra expressed her excitement to beryllium backmost connected nan show, taking 1 past opportunity to return a excavation astatine her caller friend group. She referred to Kelli arsenic “strawberry shortcake connected steroids,” Drew arsenic “the very fluid friend, Drew-zilla,” Brit arsenic “the female of our town,” and Angela arsenic “the concealed woman of Charles Oakley.”

“I cannot hold to dive successful and person immoderate fun,” Phaedra concluded. “Ooh, truthful delicious, for illustration a buffet of foolishness."

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The Real Housewives of Atlanta airs Sundays astatine 8 p.m. ET connected Bravo. Episodes watercourse nan adjacent time connected Peacock.