Phaedra Parks did not enjoy her time on Married 2 Med.
The latest episode of “Married to Medicine” gave fans some insight into why Phaedra Parks departed the show before the season ended. Dr. Heavenly Kimes was in charge of planning the couples’ trip. While she did tell Phaedra she invited Apollo Nida, she did not tell Phaedra that his wife Sherien Copes was coming with him. This is because Apollo originally told Heavenly that Sherien wouldn’t be able to attend.
Phaedra doesn’t care for Sherien because she alleges that Sherien was Apollo’s mistress while she was pregnant.
Not only did things go left when Apollo and Sherien arrived, but they also tried to confront Phaedra for bringing Apollo’s supposed friend Cheick on the trip as a date. Phaedra met Cheick at Lateasha “Sweet Tea” Lunceford‘s speed dating event. Cheick told Phaedra he knew Apollo while they were getting to know one another on their speed date.
Sweet Tea and Phaedra Parks departed the couples’ trip early.
Another messy moment of the couples’ trip was Quad Webb and her new man clashing with Dr. Gregory Lunceford and Sweet Tea. At the end of the recent episode, Cheick and the husbands tried to keep King from assaulting Gregory. Gregory then went on to press charges.
On the upcoming episode of “Married to Medicine,” Phaedra tells Dr. Jackie Walters that she is leaving the trip. This catches Jackie by surprise.
“I mean why though? Why can’t you stay and just make everybody aware of the lack of support and how to move forward,” Jackie asks.
Phaedra answers, “Well, you know, some people can be played with. But I’m not one of them.”
She also believes the ladies mean girls, “I don’t play with these types of mean girls. So yep, so I’m gone.”
In a green screen interview, Phaedra tells producers that the OGs have a bad history with newbies.
“This group does not allow anyone new to survive. Everyone new that comes in, they treat them poorly.”
Phaedra adds, “I think that these ladies are stuck in their little four-ring circus.”
Dr. Jackie Walters disagrees with the “mean girls” label.
Jackie later tells producers she doesn’t think she and the others are mean girls.
“I knew Phaedra would be upset but I didn’t think she would leave. I thought that she would come back and come back stronger. I do not think that we are a group of mean girls. I think we are a group of honest girls and strong debaters. Phaedra’s just got it wrong. She missed it. They didn’t have that question on the bar. You have to be strong enough to hang out with this group,” Jackie says.
Phaedra is last seen getting on a private jet.
The interesting thing is even after Phaedra and Sweet Tea depart the trip, Heavenly and the others’ takeaway in another preview is that what they did wrong was convince Sweet Tea and Dr. G to be on the show. No one said the treatment of Phaedra and Sweet Tea was out of order. Last season they iced Quad out of the group. This season they are remorseful.
Ratings are…interesting.
Some fans are not entertained by the drama playing out thus far. The latest episode saw a drop in ratings despite “Real Housewives of Potomac” surging and amassing over 600,000 viewers for part 1 of the reunion. While RHOP brought in 618,000 viewers, “Married to Medicine” amassed 459,000. The previous episode amassed 512,000. Surprisingly, the altercation between Gregory and King did not boost the ratings. Fewer viewers tuned in.
TV Deets is reporting that last Sunday’s episode was a series low in demo.
Ratings: #Married2Med S11E11 — 0.09 demo (P18-49) / 459,000 viewers. *series low in demo* pic.twitter.com/Qpxoieqzts
— TV Deets (@tvdeets) February 20, 2025
The only reason Fake was because she knew with Kandi gone, that she would go to Atlanta Housewives.If Kandi had not left, she would have stayed on show
I’m team Phaedra and Quad! I feel they both can do better than Married to Medicine. What was the point of bringing Greg and his new wife on, can DEFINITELY do without them two, and also Contessa, ughhhhhh… Never cared for Jackie nor Simone and there isn’t anything heavenly about Heavenly! No comment on Eugene and his wife… Great show, just bad casting…
Phaedra nailed it. Those women are old and mean! They ruined the show when they schemed to push Mariah out. I can’t stand any of them now.
Phea told nothing but the truth. I love marry to medicine but I hate how Heavenly talk and treat other black females. She is disrespectful to herself and her husband. She doesn’t have self-love and that is why she probably talk the way she does.
See how Jackie sat there and tried to gaslight Phaedra…they are mean girls. They enable Heavenly because they are just as foul as her. Jackie would act a fool if someone invited Curtis side chick on the trip. But Phaedra wasn’t strong enough to stay? Be quiet Jackie.