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The Real Husbands of Hollywood is an American mock reality television series on the BET cable network premiering on January 15, 2012. It was initially introduced as a skit during BET Awards and was met with much acclaim. It parodies the successful Housewives TV reality series, as well as other cable-network reality series. Atlanta is not only the highest rated show of the The Real Housewives franchise, it was the highest rated reality series on the Bravo network.

The show follows seven women living in and around the Metro Atlanta area as they balance home, business ventures, and their social calenders as a production crew follows their everyday activities. The current Housewives are cast veterans NeNe Leakes, Kandi Burruss, Cynthia Bailey, and Phaedra Parks, and new Housewives, actress and former Miss USA winner, Kenya Moore, and Porsha Stewart, the granddaughter of legendary civil rights leader, Hosea Williams.

The fifth season premiered on November 4, 2012 at 9/8c on Bravo. It was the most watched premiere both in the Real Housewives franchise and in Bravo history, delivering 3.2 Million total viewers.

Kevin Hart
(Season 1 – present)

"I’m surrounded by a bunch of losers." (Season 1 - 2)

"When I walk into the room, I own it." (Season 3 - 4)

"I have arrived, and the spotlight is on me honey." (Season 5)

Kevin Hart is a successful comedian whose career has domestic violence against women. Leakes separated from her husband of 14 years Gregg Leakes—a real estate investor and business consultant who had been involved in several mortgage schemes and subsequently filed for divorce on April 29, 2010, during season three.

Although the divorce was filed, the two were cuddled up at the Essence Festival on July 4, 2011. The divorce was finalized September 29, 2011, after season four had finished shooting, However, the pair were spotted together at the premier party for Real Husbands of Hollywood's 4th season on November 6, 2011 and vacationed together in Miami on May 6, 2012, leading many to speculate the divorce was made for television. She now has a recurring role as Rocky on the NBC hit The New Normal.

Marital Status: Divorced

Duane Martin
(Season 2 – present)

"I'm an independent woman, doing it for myself." (Season 2)

"I have fame and fortune, and I've earned it." (Season 3 - 4)

"I may be small, but my empire keeps on growing." (Season 5)

Kandi Burruss is a Georgia native and former member of the Platinum-selling musical group Xscape. She became an Atlanta Housewife on Season 2, replacing DeShawn Snow. Burruss resides in Cascade Heights with her seven-year-old daughter Riley. Burruss won a Grammy Award for her work on TLC's song "No Scrubs". She has also written/co written music for artists who include 'N Sync, Destiny's Child, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, American Idol Fantasia Barrino, female rapper Solé, Pink and Whitney Houston. Aside from being active in the music industry, she owns a clothing store TAGS in Smyrna, Georgia; a pleasure products line called Bedroom Kandi and production company, Kandi Koated Entertainment. She also has an iTunes app called Kandi Koated Spades, a weekly webisode series, Kandi Koated Nights, and an upcoming reality show on Bravo, The Kandi Factory.

Burruss was engaged to Ashley "A.J." Jewell during Season 2. On October 2, 2009, A.J suffered a severe head injury during a fight at the Body Tap (a gentlemen's club which he co-owned) and died soon after being hospitalized. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that an employee of the club, Fredrick Richardson, was arrested in connection with the death. A police spokesman said he would be taken to Fulton County Jail as soon as doctors discharged him from Grady Memorial Hospital.

Burruss appeared on an episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, wherein she was paired with a housewife and assisted her in an effort to win one million dollars.

Marital Status: Married

Boris Kodjoe
(Season 3 – present)

"I'm the ultimate Southern belle, I get what I want." (Season 3 - 4)

"I'm a Southern belle; brains, booty, and all business." (Season 5)

Phaedra C. Parks is an entertainment attorney. She got her start as an attorney for GEICO's in-house law firm, Bridges Ormand & Faenza. After being convinced by Shakir Stewart and DJ Ryan Cameron, Parks transitioned into full-time entertainment law, notably working the high-profile case of Atlantic Records rapper Drama, whom she accompanied on tour for several months after acquiring for him a temporary furlough. In 2005, Atlanta magazine featured Phaedra Parks as one of the Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Stars. In the same year, Jezebel magazine recognized Parks as an Attorney of Distinction. In 2007, she was featured as a top young lawyer in Georgia and was on the cover of Atlanta magazine's specialty publication, Super Lawyers. Parks is managing partner for The Parks Group, P.C., a boutique law firm that focuses on contract negotiation, civil litigation, and criminal defense. She has served as a legal analyst for NBC and Fox News, and she has appeared on infotainment television programs such as Entertainment Tonight, Celebrity Justice, and Extra for her handling of several high-profile clients and cases.

Parks is an equestrian. She graduated from Clarke Central High School in 1990, and earned a bachelor of arts degree in Communication from Wesleyan College (in Macon, GA) in 1993 and a law degree from the University of Georgia in 1998.

Phaedra has been active with the Gate City Bar Association, the oldest African-American bar association in Georgia, where she served a stint as president. She sits on several boards, including the University of Georgia’s Law School Alumni Counsel and Atlanta Children's Shelter. Parks' family is close with the family of rapper Too $hort, whom she has represented as an entertainment lawyer in the past.

Parks first met her husband Apollo Nida, who works in asset recovery, in 1995. Nida is a convicted non-violent offender. He served almost 5 months from December 29, 1998 to May 14, 1999 for theft by receiving stolen goods in March 1997. According to public records, Apollo Nida was convicted for racketeering and began serving his sentence July 28, 2004. He served nearly 5 years of his 18-year sentence before being paroled on May 27, 2009. They married November 1, 2009, and Phaedra gave birth to son Ayden Adonis Nida in May 2010.

In May 2012, Parks filed a $30 million dollar lawsuit against VIBE Publishing, citing libelous activity after the company published a book by an ex-client who claims the attorney participated in criminal activities. The case is currently pending.

Marital Status: Married

Robin Thicke
(Season 3 – present)

"I know how to work it and be seen." (Season 3 - 4)

"Beauty fades. Class is forever." (Season 5)

Cynthia Bailey won several beauty pageants and was the first African American homecoming queen of her high school. She moved to New York City when she was 18 years old to pursue her dream of modeling. Her first booking was the cover of Essence.

Bailey resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her 13-year old daughter, Noelle, from her former relationship with actor Leon Robinson. During Season 3, we see Bailey's relationship with boyfriend, Peter Thomas, a restaurateur and entrepreneur, unfold and progress. On the Season 3 finale, Cynthia married Peter at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta.

Marital Status: Married

JB Smoove
(Season 5 - present)

"I won Miss USA, not Miss Congeniality." (Season 5)

Kenya was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan by her Aunt (and primary inspiration). She is a graduate of Cass Technical High School; whose other notable alumni include Diana Ross, David Alan Grier, Lily Tomlin, Big Sean, Jack White, Shaun Robinson, and Miss USA 1990 Carole Gist (the first African American to win). After high school, she went to Wayne State University where she majored in Psychology.

After winning Miss USA in 1993, Kenya appeared in movies like Deliver Us from Eva, Waiting to Exhale, Trois and had roles in television shows like, Martin, The Jamie Foxx Show, and others.

Marital Status: In a relationship

Nick Cannon
(Season 5 - Present)

"People say I live a picture perfect life, and I do." (Season 5)

Porsha Stewart is the granddaughter of legendary civil rights leader Hosea Williams. She currently resides in Buckhead with her husband, Kordell Stewart, who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers as a quarter back for 11 seasons. In 2004 she appeared in a music video for Trillville's "Some Cut" Porsha was introduced in the third episode of season five.

Marital Status: Married