Kandi Burruss Dishes on Peter Thomas’ ‘Messy’ Ways on RHOA, Reads Fans Who Dislike Husbands Speaking Up

Peter Thomas is no longer a part of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” since his divorce from Cynthia Bailey was finalized and she moved on with Mike Hill. But when he was on the show, he was known to get into women’s business.

During Kandi Burruss’ appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” Sunday, the star addressed a fan’s question about whether or not Thomas was “messy” as a husband on the show.

“I feel like Peter was just very opinionated,” Burruss says. “But a lot of the fans don’t like it when the husbands have an opinion for whatever reason. It’s like, you say you don’t like it but then you talk about the show more, you talk about us more.”

Fans have steadily referenced Thomas’ opinionated ways in the year since he’s been absent from RHOA. In November, viewers of the Bravo show inundated the Instagram comments of a fan page when one user said, they “forgot he was a housewife.”

Many others echoed those sentiments.

“Can he finally get his peach now?”

“I thought his peach was taken away?”

“@mikell_je well he’s more interesting than Cynthia. Give that man his peach.”

“Nah y’all can give him his 🍑”

Thomas’ opinion on the show certainly was not always welcome for the ‘wives, either. During a season 6 episode, which saw the ladies and their husbands get together for a sleepover, Nene Leakes confronted Thomas. She took aim at the Bar One owner over him speaking up about a clash at a masquerade ball. Leakes had enough of Thomas’ ways and commanded him to “stay out of women business” and “stop trying to be a damn b—-.”

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