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The Real Housewives of Atlanta producers wasted no time in grilling Drew Sidora about her dating life during the Season 17 premiere.
After Drew arrived at Porsha Williams’ Mystic Island couples dinner with her “virtual date,” Blakk Tatted, a producer asked if she was currently seeing anybody amid her ongoing divorce from Ralph Pittman.Â
“I knew you were gonna ask me that,” Drew responded with a laugh in a fourth wall-breaking moment. “I have been on dates, OK? And I have a friend.”
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In a separate confessional, castmate Angela Oakley, meanwhile, joked, “Drew, just tell us the truth. We know what it is, girl. Who you lying to? We’re not buying it.”
Drew Sidora responds to rumors that she’s dating Blakk
Porsha, for her part, directly asked Blakk — who remained on FaceTime throughout her dinner — if he was a “friend” or a “friend-friend” of Drew’s. When he insisted that he was just a “friend,” Porsha countered, “Y’all are definitely more than friends.”
Back in her interview setup, Drew added, “He goes everywhere with me. It’s like my little best friend in my phone.”
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When a producer questioned if that’s also the case “after dark,” Drew played coy, suggestively replying, “Mhm. We do a lot of things on the phone.”Â
Who is Drew Sidora’s “friend” Blakk?
Drew’s “friend” Blakk (aka Cardell Bradley) is the founder and CEO of Blakk Smoke, a tobacco-free and nicotine-free vegan hookah pen brand. He currently boasts more than 1.3 million followers on Instagram.
As RHOA viewers might recall, Porsha first brought up the rumors that Drew was dating Blakk during Season 16.
“That’s a friend,” Drew told Porsha last year. “Listen, I’m not dating anybody. I don’t have a boyfriend. So, for the record, we’re gonna clear that.”
As for Porsha’s source for the dating rumors, she accidentally spilled in a confessional that she’d received the intel from her ex Dennis McKinley, who is also Drew’s music producer.
On The Real Housewives of Atlanta After Show for Season 16, however, Drew doubled down on her claim that Blakk was just a friend. “We talk on the phone, we laugh, he gives me business advice, and that’s really it,” she maintained.
However, Drew admitted to flirting with Blakk, sharing that they were “just getting to know each other.” She pointed out that “he lives in a different state,” which could account for his absence at Porsha’s dinner in the Season 17 premiere.
“It’s just somebody that I consider to be a friend, and that’s really all that it is,” Drew added. “He’s single and dating.”
Drew Sidora shares an update on her divorce from Ralph Pittman
To kick off RHOA Season 17, Drew also updated viewers that her estranged husband, Ralph, was still living in the basement of their shared family home as their divorce battle continued.
“Did I ever imagine it would be two years, and I still have, you know, a man underneath the stairs?” she remarked in the April 5 premiere episode.
During BravoCon 2025 in November, Drew further revealed in an exclusive interview with The Daily Dish that she and Ralph were still legally married, though she was expecting their divorce to be finalized early this year.
“Things are still going. It’s been, like, almost three years,” she noted, before referencing her three children. “But I can report the kids are great. They’re doing great in school, extracurriculars. And we’re just going through a process, you know? Three years later, and here we are. It’s not final, but hopefully very soon I will be able to announce that [the divorce] is a thing of the past. But not right now, not today.”
In the meantime, get a sneak preview of everything to expect from Drew and her castmates on RHOA Season 17.
