Well, it was bound to happen, an Atlanta housewife writing a book on how to garner dignity and respect. I mean clearly nothing was learned when Luann decided to write an etiquette book and received an unprecidented number of one-star reviews. Now we have Phaedra Parks writing a book, Secrets of the Southern Belle. Before Kenya decided to declare her love for Gone With the Wind, we had Phaedra who seems oblivious to the meaning of the term ‘southern belle’ which refers to a young, white woman of plantation days who epitomized Southern hospitality, a cultivation of beauty, and a flirtatious yet chaste demeanor. But a complete lack of comprehension of the terms class and elegance didn’t deter Luann de Lesseps from forging on into the etiquette genre and it seems Phaedra will be equally undeterred.
In a recent interview with Complex PopCulture Phaedra shares with us that her book will provide unfortunate Yankees with the cultural upbringing their parents failed to provide.
You have a book coming out called Secrets of the Southern Belle, what kind of secrets can we expect to be revealed in the book? The book is really about getting what you want and maintaining your dignity and respect while doing it. The secrets are things that most women should probably know but not every woman had the pleasure of growing up in the south so they might not have gotten that training or insight from their parents, guardians, colleagues, or friends.
It gives advice on how to say something the right way without offending anyone—maybe it’s a little nice/nasty but you convey it in a manner that you can still be friends at the end of the day. It’s a book of stories and things that I’ve learned that have definitely enhanced my life over the years. And I thought following this season this is something woman should know because obviously on our show not everyone has been brought up to know what not to say and do in certain situations.
I fear that Kenya’s book “How to Be Gone With The Wind Fabulous” looms on the horizon. Bless their hearts.
I notice many black women in the South call themselves “southern belles”, I actually hear more black women call themselves southern belles than white women now-a-days…
It doesn’t really bother me.
I’m a Northerner, (as a sports fan, I would never refer to myself as a yankee) and while I’m sure that there are benefits to living in the South, There are also great attributes for those that live in colder weather. js, it’s irritating when someone thinks their way is the only/best way.
I am proud I was not brought up to be manipulative. Ms. Parks has already insulted me by implying I was not raised as well as her.She has just found another way to make money off of people that will spend it on two bit donkey assed psuedo celebrity. I used to like Phaedra best. Recently we see more true colors. Maybe the slanderous book was not all lies.
How well raised could this thang be, representing a guy that can give himself “had”, her words not mine….finding her soul mate after he’s been a inmate, having sex out of wedlock and lying about it. Talks bookoo shttt about everybody to their face than smile like a midget on steroids when around them, dresses like a hooker, looks like a blow fish and talks like sailor…..The only southern thing about her is her whack weave glue.
I love it soccermom! Too funny!
The slanderous book is all lies. That’s one of the reasons it has been pulled from store shelves. Phaedrea and her mother both are GOING AHEAD with the lawsuit. Stay tuned to a courtroom ( Gwinnett County,Ga) . This lawsuit trail is going to be VERY GOOD. Probaly better than Kandi and Kim. And Vibe and the author will be PAYING
I agree with Dawn. Sometimes the southern “way” of being rude or mean is really annoying. Saying have a nice day can be code for fuck you……
Id rather hear f- you , being honest and direct.
And…….like Luann, these housewives (all of them) are all an example of what not to do, what not to say and what not to be.
Besides, anyone who would let D-wight near them, let alone plan a party……LOL
No one I know who is AfAm call themselves a Southern Belle….that’s ridiculous. I live in the South … but I’m from the North …. I’m AfAm and I don’t call myself a southern belle OR a yankee. I call myself a New Yorker.
Nothing says dignity and class and gains respect like sticking your face in a stripper’s cooter and critiquing her ‘scaping, or open mouth tongue lapping with your man in public on camera. Or even taking naked photos with your baby while it shits on you.
I wish Phaedra could see this.
Exactly!
ok maybe its my thinking, but anyone who thinks bringing a male stripper to a bparty
and the highlight of his show is were he does oral sex on hisself….. is the wrong person to be writing that kind of book. BIG JOKE
Ya gotta love these hustling diva’s….One, ie Kenya can’t buy a man even on her best day, let alone keep one. Have no friends to speak of, is about the saddest thing on reality tv, next to Porsha is now writing a book? The other, ie Padra, bought her man fresh out of prison, has the whackest body on tv, lied to the public about her due date so’s not to tick mom off…and this is a woman pushing 40….she too is now wanting to write a book? When all she does is talk crap behind people’s backs….both of these hustlers need to get a real damn job.
Yes showing your Bare ass on tv was very dignified.
Sadly I use to like Phaedra – but this entire season she has shown what a loser she really is. Her and Kandi are so money hungry, I am sick to death of hearing about it and having them sling their goods to viewers for $$$. Like I see on every blog – these HW shows have run their course with fake, mean, cheap, silly storylines.
I love Kandi!!!
Phaedra is not as demure and dignified as she’d like to think. Lying to everyone about her due date because, as a late 30’s woman, she still couldn’t admit to her mother that she had sex out of wedlock with her excon lovah.
And I also recall her insulting Apollo’s family and upbringing because he ate canned food’s as a child. Saying something about it being because they were white.
Let’s not forget her law client who paid her in an envelope of cash in the courthouse parking lot. Shady much?
She acts a fool a lot of the time and most certainly doesn’t say things without offending! She is ignorant and has been caught in lie after lie after lie after lie.
I used to like her, but she thinks she’s better than everyone and has zero self-awareness.
dont forget that there is a book out there about Phaedra being a part of Apollo’s crimes too!
She’s writing a book? Geez she hardly ever writes a blog after her show. Not classy Ms Parks. No Northern girl would buy a book with that title. Not smart Ms. Parks. That’s where most of the population lives.
Her true colors really shined this season. She needs to take her gangsta boyfriend and her unflaterring body and disappear. Two-timing liar.
I just find it strange that the lawyer who can barely speak in public would even dare to try to write a book. She need to be focused on keeping her skeletons in her cemetery.
I would like to know why Phaedra has not written for the Bravo blog in about 3-4 weeks. What’s up with that? It looks like she’s got her blogger friend Michelle doing all her dirty work. I would like to see Phaedra write this book; she needs a healthy dose of a reality check.LOL
So which chapter will have the title “How to Slob a Knob with a Pickle and Marry a Convict and Lie about Pregnancy While Showing Chest Meat for Belles”
she is a hot azz mess and needs to stick to one or two jobs and leave it alone…just because you sell it doesn’t mean we will buy it..i.e. No Donkey Booty DVD for me…