Phaedra Parks is negotiating a return to “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” Page Six can confirm.
The attorney — who starred on the Bravo reality show from Season 3 in 2010 to Season 9 in 2017 — is in talks with the network about filming for Season 16, which is currently in production.
According to Love B. Scott, who was first to report the news, Parks’ current contract with Bravo’s “Married to Medicine” is the “biggest hangup” with regard to a “RHOA” comeback.
We can confirm that “M2M” Season 11 is also in production.
The outlet also reported that Parks’ well-received on-screen dynamic with returning “RHOA” star Porsha Williams during the recent “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” 15th anniversary special has only “add[ed] to the desire for Phaedra’s return.”
Parks’ potential return comes on the heels of Kenya Moore’s sudden exit from “RHOA” in the middle of filming for Season 16.
Page Six broke the news early last month that Moore had been suspended indefinitely after she shocked party attendees at her salon grand opening with posters of series newcomer Brittany Eady allegedly performing oral sex.
We were told cameras were rolling at the cast event and that an investigation was subsequently launched.
Parks, for her part, was fired from “RHOA” over her own sex scandal; she admitted during the Season 9 reunion that she had spread a rumor that then-co-star Kandi Burruss wanted to drug and rape Williams.
When Page Six caught up with Parks, 50, at the Critics’ Choice Real TV Awards last month, she claimed she had “no reaction whatsoever” to Moore’s situation.
When asked whether she had any advice for Moore, Parks told us, “You probably wouldn’t wanna hear my advice.”
As for what fans can expect from the forthcoming season of “M2M,” she teased, “It’s gonna be an incredible season. Quad [Webb] is back, so that’s gonna be interesting.
“[Lateasha] ‘Sweet Tea’ [Lunceford] is married to [Webb’s ex-husband] Dr. Gregory [Lunceford], so of course, you see the dynamics with Quad and Sweet Tea. It’s gonna be good. Some very wild engagements.”
Reps for Parks and Bravo did not immediately respond to our requests for comment.
