She’s acquired her peach again.
Phaedra Parks spilled all the main points about her upcoming return to “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” which debuts Sunday at 9 p.m. ET, in an unique interview with The Publish.
“We’ve been talking about it for some time, but it needed to be the right moment for me and for my family,” the mother of two stated of coming again to the Bravo present after a six-season hiatus.
“Porsha [Williams] basically called me as well, like, ‘Hey, would you consider it?’ And I love Porsha. Frick and Frack is always fun, always about friendship,” Parks defined. “That really made me really think about it seriously.”
“So it’s been a wonderful return because it was like going home, like riding a bike,” she added, whereas selling her collaboration with Cheez-It Snap’d to introduce the limited-edition Cheez-It Snap’d Again Bag. “I just got back on and got right in the swing of things. And I just think it’s gonna be a very amazing season.”
Parks, who makes her official return to the present on Sunday’s episode, informed The Publish she wasn’t nervous about becoming a member of the remainder of the women so late into the season.
“You know what, I’m pretty courageous,” she stated. “Living people ain’t gonna scare me if the dead didn’t scare me.”
The mortician went on, “It felt so good to be back where I started. It feels good to hopefully be a part of the resurgence of the ‘Housewives’ because, you know, they took a dip. So hopefully we can bring them back to stellar status. Obviously it’s very nostalgic for people who have watched me have both of my sons on television to now see them as tweens.”
The truth star stated that the combination of veteran Housewives and newbies within the Season 16 forged makes for “the best formula” for the present.
“I think you have to revamp it just to refresh the brand. But at the same time, ‘Housewives’ has always been about nostalgia,” Parks famous. “People tuning in to see people they grew up with and the Housewives that they love.”
“So yeah, I think when you are going to revamp it, you’ve got to mix the old with the new,” she added. “You’re coming back to see people that you are very familiar with, but you’re getting a little splash of fresh people and ideas.”
Whereas the Season 16 reunion hasn’t filmed but, Parks predicts the get-together might be “explosive.”
“I think a lot of people are gonna be in the hot seat — including myself,” she stated.
“People love to try to put my feet to the fire. So, you know I’m ready. I stay ready so I don’t have to get ready,” Parks said. “So yeah, let’s do it.”
Now that she’s again on “RHOA,” Parks informed The Publish that she’s “definitely there for the long haul.”
“I am loyal to who’s loyal to me. I love NBCUniversal, Peacock, and they’ve been great to me,” she stated. “And so I will definitely be great to them.”
“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
