Former model Cynthia Bailey is back on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”
And with a recent video alleging that her husband of five years, Peter Thomas, is cheating, Bailey is now front-and-center on the veteran Bravo series.
“When I saw the video I was very upset and I let Peter know about it. Peter is very accessible and with that accessibility you have to be very careful,” Bailey says.
On the video Thomas is talking to a woman he claims “is just a friend.” He grasps his “friend’s” neck and lightly touches her breast.
“I do not think he is cheating, but I do think that his behavior was very inappropriate,” Bailey says. “And if the shoe was on the other foot, Peter would feel the same.”
Bailey, 47, says she has no regrets about coming back to expose her life on the Bravo franchise. “Peter and I have always been transparent on the show so we try to show our reality,” she says. “It’s a blessing and a curse. Some people love us for it and sometimes we are a bit too honest about our relationship and our finances.
“But for the people that want the real, that’s what we are giving them.”
And now that her frenemy Nene Leakes is no longer a part of the show, Bailey is making new friendships with returning cast mates Sheree Whitfield and the oh-so-fashionable Marlo Hampton.
“It’s always great to bring new people in the mix. When I came on the show, Nene and I became quick friends when Nene and Sheree were falling out. So I ended up not being friends with Sheree by default,” Bailey says. “I was already friends with Nene, so it was a conflict of interest at that time. But now I am getting to know Sheree for the first time this season and I am excited about it.”
Leakes does, however, return to make a guest appearance on the show. So are Leakes and Bailey back on speaking terms?
“The last time you saw me and Nene it was on the reunion. I left in a space of ‘I still love you and still care about you,’ ” Bailey says. “All friendships find their way back. It takes time. That’s all I have to say about that.”
However this show is not all about making new friends but creating new enemies — and there are reports that Bailey allegedly kicked Porsha Williams in the stomach when tempers flared.
“She called me out … and at that time it was in a very disrespectful tone and I was offended,” Bailey says. “So we argued, things escalated and it went too far.
“You just have to watch the show to see what happens.”
“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” airs at 8 p.m. Sunday on Bravo.