‘Lawd, Jesus Itsa Fiiiire’: Phaedra Parks Sizzles in Snakeskin

Phaedra Parks has done it again on the fashion front.

The former star of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” posed in a head-to-toe snakeskin print ensemble and had no qualms about bringing attention to the asset she apparently wanted fans to focus on.

“When your #exit is as grand as your #entrance 💃🏽🚪 ….. …… ……. …..Styled by my sis @mzshyneka who always brings me the best gifts 😍I love you 😘,” she said in the comment of the Oct. 5 photo.

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Phaedra Parks. (Photo: @phaedraparks/Instagram)

Parks was out at the Atlanta Comedy Theater in the Atlanta suburb of Norcross, Georgia, Saturday night. Comedian Michael Colyar from Comicview was performing a set at the venue.

But the details about why Parks was all dressed up was no matter to her fans. They simply ate up her fashion-forward look.

“Go head Donkologist!!!”

“‘Lawd Jesus itsa fiiiire!’ lol #love&respect

“All that wagon you dragging friend 😝❤️”

“Serving #DonkeyBooty Realness! 🤣🙌🏾”

“Those buns Are HOT🔥🔥🔥👌👀💯📷”

“Keep them feet in their necks Ms. Parks. 😍😍😍😍@phaedraparks we see u coming all the mf way thru. 👏👏👏”

Parks has always maintained a balance between being a self-proclaimed Southen belle while proudly showing off her figure. Back when she held a peach, the star even launched a series of fitness DVDs entitled “Phine Body” to share how she maintains her “donkey booty.”

The DVD, which Parks released with then-husband Apollo Nida, was in direct competition with Kenya Moore’s own booty-focused workout DVD, which Moore embarked on making after a deal to join Parks’ video fell through.

“The business deal went awry when Kenya refused to present us with paperwork or speak to our attorney regarding her verbalized proposal,” Parks said on her Bravo blog in 2013.

Fans saw the ladies trade barbs and attempt to one-up each other throughout season 5 of “RHOA.” Parks even repeatedly mentioned that unlike her own butt, Moore’s rear end was not real.

“If you’re gonna sell a video talking about bottoms, you need to have one that’s homegrown,” the Atlanta-based attorney told In Touch Weekly. “My butt is really my butt. [Kenya’s] is full of silicone!”

But Moore maintained in her own Bravo blog that her butt is definitely the real deal and that its size simply fluctuates with her weight.

“My bum goes up and down with my weight, and no silicone in the world does that,” Moore wrote at the time. “This is a prime example of what I mean when I say Phaedra is dirty. She goes for the jugular.”

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