Now that Phaedra Parks has officially made her The Real Housewives of Atlanta comeback, she has lots of Season 16 tea to catch up on. Leave it to Porsha Williams to immediately offer her a crash course on all the rumors surrounding Drew Sidora and Dennis McKinley‘s relationship.
While reuniting for a long-awaited “healing kiki” in RHOA Season 16, Episode 12, Phaedra admitted that she didn’t know Drew “really well,” prompting the mom to 6-year-old Pilar Jhena “PJ” Mckinley to share that Drew is “working with my child’s father.”
When her “Frick and Frack” counterpart playfully asked if Drew was “selling hot dogs” (referencing Dennis’ The Original Hot Dog Factory business), the Pampered by Porsha founder replied, “Apparently, they said she was sitting on the hot dog.”
Keeping the food-related innuendos rolling in a confessional, Phaedra explained she was confused by the idea of Drew and Dennis together. As she put it, “from what I understand on the streets,” there had previously been different rumors about Drew’s love life floating around.Â
She concluded, “People in Atlanta are very fluid. So hey, we love to try it all.”
Drew Sidora confronts Dennis McKinley about hookup rumors
Elsewhere in RHOA‘s May 25 episode, Drew once again defended her relationship with Dennis as being “absolutely 100 percent professional,” denying Porsha’s accusation that she “tried to sleep with” him “in exchange for free studio time.” This time, however, she took the game of telephone directly to Dennis.
Prior to officially signing her record deal, Drew FaceTimed Dennis to clear up the “nonsense and lies,” in an effort to prevent any “weird energy” as they continue to work together. “I want to give Dennis an opportunity to clear his name before we really get to the celebration and making this official,” she said.
After Drew recapped the rumor on their call, Dennis laughed, responding, “I don’t know why you would listen to that. You know we do real business. We don’t talk about ‘allegedly.’ And we know studio time ain’t free.”
Agreeing with him, the “DeLuLu” singer reiterated, “That’s never been a desire for me. You are like my brother.”Â
In a confessional, Drew added, “The air has been cleared. I trust what Dennis is telling me to be true. So, I feel like this is all fabricated lies, yet again, and now I’m feeling like it’s at the point where Porsha and I most definitely have to have a sitdown and talk.”
What did Dennis McKinley’s text to Porsha Williams say about Drew Sidora?
According to Porsha, Dennis texted her, “I told Drew I wouldn’t ‘f’ her, and run me my money,” which she took to mean that he’d turned down her alleged transactional sex offer.
In Episode 9, however, Dennis told Posha that she was “interpreting that incorrectly,” and denied that Drew had suggested anything inappropriate.
How do Phaedra Parks and Drew Sidora know each other?
In the RHOA After Show trailer, Drew revealed that she had “never met” Phaedra prior to her rejoining the cast for Season 16. “We never ran into each other,” she elaborated.
In a later episode, Drew further shared that Phaedra had “hung out” with her estranged husband, Ralph Pittman, in the past, however.
Phaedra, for her part, confirmed elsewhere on the After Show that she knows Ralph because they are “in a lot of the same friend circles.” What’s more, she added, “My old manager is his manager.”
Get a sneak peek at what else is in store for Phaedra’s RHOA comeback in the spicy midseason trailer.
