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Phaedra Parks is back on the Real Housewives of Atlanta.
On Monday (July 29), Parks announced that she was returning to the show as a full-time cast member for its upcoming 16th season.
"You called, I answered," the RHOA star captioned an Instagram photo of herself holding the iconic peach.
News of Parks' return comes after longtime cast member Kenya Moore reportedly exited the series. According to reports, Moore was fired from RHOA after allegedly unveiling explicit pictures of newcomer Brittany Eady amid the filming of season 16.
Bravo reportedly launched an investigation into the incident which resulted in Moore's firing.
“You are the best fans anyone could ever ask for, and I love you all so very much,” Moore wrote on Instagram last month amid reports of her departure. “Always and forever.”
Parks first joined RHOA for its third season. The reality TV star departed the show in season 9 after a controversy with Kandi Burruss during which she admitted to falsely claiming that the Xscape singer was planning to drug fellow cast member Porsha Williams and then-friend of the show Shamea Morton Mwangi and make sexual advances against them.
Parks will be reuniting with Williams, who is also making her RHOA return, and Morton Mwangi, who has been upgraded to a full-time Housewife for season 16. New Housewives Eady, Kelli Ferrell, and Angela Oakley will also appear on season 16 along with returner Cynthia Bailey, who's been cast as a friend of the show.
Housewives Shereé Whitfield, Marlo Hampton, and Sanya Richards-Ross will be absent from season 16 of RHOA following news of their firing. Burruss also exited the show after 14 seasons.
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