Bravo prescribed you one other dose of Married to Drugs. The hit actuality collection returns for Season 11 with its traditional combine of huge personalities and excessive drama. Dr. Jackie Walters, Dr. Simone Whitmore, Dr. Heavenly Kimes, Toya Bush-Harris, Phaedra Parks, Esq., Quad Webb, and Lateasha “Candy Tea” Lunceford as soon as once more give audiences a glimpse into their skilled and private lives in Atlanta.
They’ll be joined by a well-known buddy Dr. Contessa Metcalfe, who stepped away from the present throughout Season 9, and newcomer Dr. Mimi Sanders, an achieved psychiatrist who focuses on girls’s psychological well being. Given the latest teaser, issues are shaping as much as be a powderkeg ready to blow up.
For Walters, it’s one thing she has come to count on and climate being there because the present began. The revered board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist (OB-GYN) has usually discovered herself between a rock and a tough place in relation to managing dynamics throughout the woman group. This yr appears no completely different as Webb appears to fix fences after final yr’s banishment from a {couples}’ journey and Metcalfe on the heart of battle.
Right here Walters previews what’s to return together with her at all times eventful Med Gala.
Pictured: (l-r) Phaedra Parks, Dr. Contessa Metcalfe, Dr. Heavenly Kimes, Lateasha Lunceford, Dr. Simone Whitmore, Dr. Jacqueline Walters — (Picture by: Derek White/Bravo)
I do know we begin issues off with Simone and Cecil [Whitmore] internet hosting a Freaknik-themed social gathering within the premiere. How would you describe the dynamic of the group coming off final season into that occasion?
Dr. Jackie Walters: I’ll inform you the season began the best way the reunion ended. It ended explosive and began explosive. We’re navigating by our friendship teams to see who aligns with who this yr. You’re going to be shocked in methods you’ve by no means seen earlier than. It’s an incredible season. It’s one of the best we’ve ever had.
It appears like Quad is within the combine just a little bit extra in comparison with final season. Now “Candy Tea” has had a yr underneath her belt. You’ve had just a little dust-up along with her. The place would you say issues stand with these two?
The final time you noticed me and “Candy Tea” I used to be being fub. F-U-B, you realize what meaning? I used to be being fub. Quad has at all times been a enjoyable woman to have round. We have been each capable of have some possession of what occurred with our friendship. We’re attempting to get that again going. I can’t say the identical for “Candy Tea” and Quad as a result of you will note one thing this season you’ve by no means seen earlier than on actuality TV. The exes are again collectively once more.
How laborious has it been so that you can be pulled in two instructions and basically play Switzerland?
I name us the Golden Ladies. We all know do it. We all know make as much as break up. When the white coats are on, we all know be skilled. When the white coats are off, we act like frenemies. This yr although I feel we get to grasp one another and settle for one another for who we’re in methods we’ve by no means performed earlier than. This might be an fascinating yr for the Golden Ladies. It’s going to be an incredible yr for the Golden Ladies. Let me put it that approach. We’re growing older. We’re menopausal!
So which Golden Lady are you?
I’m most likely Dorothy. Or possibly I’m Blanche. Who is aware of? Perhaps just a little little bit of each.
What was it like having Dr. Contessa again within the combine? How is it having Dr. Mimi coming in?
Contessa is again. her and Heavenly resulted in a whirlwind. Nicely, it began similar to that. Nothing has modified there. You’ll see the peaks and valleys between Dr. Heavenly and Dr. Contessa. Contessa appears wonderful. She has gone and performed the bodybuilding and looking out good. She has quite a lot of vitality and is into quite a lot of issues. Dr. Mimi is a psychiatrist. We want a psychiatrist by the top of the season. She goes to make use of each psychiatric instrument she has ever discovered.
Final season, we noticed you caring for Da Brat as she acquired able to have her child. Are we going to see some well-known faces this yr?
Who do you assume you’re speaking to? Completely you might be, Scott. Sure! I serve a sure clientele together with different individuals. You’re going to see sure individuals.
Anybody you possibly can tease?
Let me simply say it like this. “You all in search of me. Right here I’m going.”
Final season, you had this nice dialog with Vice President Kamala Harris. It actually introduced maternal well being to the forefront. How was it so that you can present that to Bravo’s viewers?
I want I may neglect what occurred [with the election], however I’ll transfer ahead. That was a brilliant necessary dialog. In the event you maintain watching Season 11, the dialog doesn’t cease.
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You’ve been on the present because the begin. What have you ever taken from all that have?
I feel the great thing about Married to Drugs is we’re all mates. We don’t have to select up the place the season left off and attempt to catch up. We’re all mates. I’ve at all times been like this, and it has been a case of utilizing my life as a educating instrument. Some issues you might study to not do from me, but in addition you might study to do. I’ve been capable of impression girls internationally. I used to say the USA, however now we get messages from throughout the water the place individuals say, “I didn’t know this,” or, “I’m affected by that.” I’ve been in a position to make use of this platform to assist different girls. That’s what I consider daily to do and what I’ve been doing.
What did you consider Phaedra on Dancing With the Stars?
Phaedra did actually good on Dancing with the Stars. I want she had gained, however Phaedra introduced some fascinating moments to the present and fascinating eyes. We wish to say thanks, Phaedra.
What are you able to inform us about her involvement this season?
Oh, child. Wait until we get to the [Florida] Keys. Honey, this might be an fascinating {couples} journey, let me say that.
Yeah, it looks as if issues get explosive with the husbands, too.
In methods you’ve by no means seen.
Would you wish to do Dancing With the Stars?
I can’t dance. I acquired within the flawed line after they have been giving out dancing expertise. So let me simply help from behind the scenes.
A spotlight every season is the Med Gala. What are you able to inform us about this one?
This yr I acquired to be chair of the Med Gala. It’s a tackle the Met Gala. We had a good looking theme. We’re going to give again in a approach that most likely has not been performed on many exhibits. We use our expertise to provide again this yr. We simply wished to depart an impression. We raised some huge cash.
The theme this yr is Enchanted Gardens. You get a bunch of girls with a theme of a backyard, you’re going to see quite a lot of flowers and bushes and poison ivy. There’s a complete lot of stuff. It is going to be fascinating, but it surely was stunning. Any time you come collectively as a collective group of physicians and provides again to one thing that’s so significant to that group, it’s at all times impactful.
How would you describe the season?
I’d say a thriller. A suspense thriller. You can be on the sting of your seat your entire season.
The place do you wish to see from the present that hasn’t been performed earlier than?
I wish to see us get exterior the U.S. just a little bit extra and do some mission work exterior.
Much like a Actual Housewives Final Ladies Journey however in a extra significant approach?
Completely. We wish to go over and depart our mark in different nations as methods to provide again, particularly to girls. I’m an OB-GYN, so I’m at all times considering of the way we will make an impression on the lives of girls. We will take it throughout the waters as effectively as a result of we want it. I used to be capable of go to Nigeria with considered one of my foster sons final yr. That might be an incredible place to go to assist girls.
Married to Drugs Season 11 premiere, November 24, 9/8c, Bravo (Subsequent Day on Peacock)