The soured friendship between Kandi Burruss and Phaedra Parks continues to be one of the vital talked-about storylines in “Actual Housewives of Atlanta” franchise historical past.
The 2 Georgia peaches have identified one another within the trade for years however shortly turned mates when Parks joined the present for season 3 in 2010. Nonetheless, the bond they shared started to fracture by season 8 in 2015 within the midst of the lawyer divorcing her ex-husband, Apollo Nida.
The fallout continued when Parks accused the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter of not being a supportive buddy all through the method. She claimed that Nida being allowed to retailer a few of his ATVs and Ducati bikes at Burruss and her husband Todd Tucker’s house added insult to harm.
Round that very same time, Nida was convicted for his function in a test fraud and cash laundering scheme. By the top of the next season, the previous besties had turn out to be sworn enemies. That very same yr, 2016, Parks was uncovered because the individual chargeable for spreading a rumor that the Xscape singer and Tucker had a nefarious plan to drug and lure castmate Porsha Williams to their “intercourse dungeon.”
Now, followers of the fact sequence suppose they could have new readability on the second that Parks accepted her function as one of many RHOA’s final villains. A clip from season 9, episode 7, “Mannequin Habits” has been recirculated, with many pointing to it as proof of their friendship being too far gone for redemption.
In it, the women try and hash out their variations, with Parks primarily accusing Burruss of creating mild of the emotional hardships she claimed to be going by throughout her divorce.
“I’m making it mild since you made it mild to me. You was already speaking to different folks earlier than your husband even went to jail. After we would discuss, you was already planning to marry any person else by the brand new yr. So it actually was a stress off your again on the time. That’s the best way you was placing it to me,” stated Burruss.
She would additional clarify that the mortician tried to make use of her as a scapegoat to mates for pity. Throughout their heated chat, followers could recall that Parks additionally informed the singer, “Perhaps I beloved you greater than my husband!” which in the end provoked Burruss to excuse herself from their assembly all collectively.
When Kandi had sufficient of Phaedra in S9 and stored exposing her. 😭 #RHOA pic.twitter.com/2aBvcAihnW https://t.co/GUFHbayn3g
— Nick (@nicksawaboy) February 5, 2024
“I don’t care what anybody says after this scene phae had began plotting. I actually consider that as a result of one factor Phae doesn’t love to do is look loopy,” learn one response to the clip.
Whereas one other X person wrote, “Even now I get scared for Kandi watching this as a result of you may simply see the wheels handing over Phaedra’s evil head on how she’s gonna wreck her for this.”
Regardless of years of followers’ pleas for the ladies to make amends, Burruss has remained adamant that her foe isn’t owed a dialog.
In an episode of her YouTube present, “Communicate On It,” final August, she stated, “I don’t owe her s—t and I’d say that to anyone. Not a motherf—king factor. I don’t owe her s—t; she’s going to by no means get s—t from me.”
Burruss continued, “You’ll be able to’t defend yourselves towards blatant liars, or people who find themselves so spiteful that may make up something to tear you down after which conceal.”
Kandi Burruss shares why she’s going to NEVER have an on-camera (or any) dialog with Phaedra Parks #RHOA
“I don’t owe her shit, she’s going to by no means get shit from me, they [the fans] ain’t by no means gonna get it” 🔗: https://t.co/dDefudB5wy pic.twitter.com/ubAKVfoBJB
— Glock Topickz (@Glock_Topickz) August 14, 2023
Parks has beforehand skirted speaking in regards to the “intercourse dungeon” story, which led to her being fired from “RHOA” in 2017, with feedback alluding to it being outdated information, but claiming her facet was by no means heard.
She has since moved on to different Bravo sequence, similar to season 4 of “Actual Housewives Final Ladies Journey” and “Married to Medication,” which aired its tenth season starting final November. Parks can also be a present solid member on the NBC sequence “Traitors.”
