We watch the drama unfold each week on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, but newbie Cynthia Bailey and her boo Peter Thomas have actually been hitched since last Summer.
[READ: Real Housewife Cynthia Bailey Ties the Knot Amidst Standard RHOA Drama!]
The two have managed to keep their wedding photos under wraps, revealing only the one above so far to Essence Magazine. The photo appears in the current issue of the mag but more of the couple’s wedding photos will be on featured on the Essence site February 2nd.
Cynthia & Peter’s wedding drama is getting them mad press. In addition to Essence spread, Cynthia dons the cover of Uptown Weddings & Travel. She also spoke with Black Voices about all the drama surrounding the nuptials.
Check out Cynthia Bailey’s Uptown cover shot + Cynthia’s open & honest interview below:
BV: Let’s keep it real. You have the only real strong-willed husband on the show. Phaedra’s husband, Apollo, follows suit with what she says, too.
CB: I think Phaedra has a lot of control in that relationship. It comes across like that on the show. I’m not trying to be negative with my castmates, but the dynamics of those three marriages are very different. I think with mine and Peter’s, he is the man in the relationship. I give him that respect. I think he is a complete jackass sometimes, but he wants to handle things well and to be able to pay for things and not stress me out about anything, but that just wasn’t our situation. I wish we could’ve been balling out the whole season, but it didn’t happen that way.
CB: I support Peter’s vision and who he is. I supported his decision. I didn’t say I was going to partner with him. I said, ‘Oh you need this? I am going to give you that.’ It was a business transaction. That was his thing, and I was doing my thing. I thought no matter how much I was in love, I need to get my money back and they didn’t have anything to do with each other. I may be 60 and say, ‘Are you going to give me that money back from Uptown from 30 years ago?’ When you say I need to borrow it, it’s a loan. A loan is a loan. Nothing changed we just got married. I still want it back.
BV: Wait. You still asked him whether he was going to give you the money back?
CB: Yes! I just asked him yesterday. I don’t know when I am getting that money back, but he’s going to have to give me something.
BV: Are you still modeling and do you think you would open up another business with Peter?
CB: Yes and yes. I am still modeling. I’m supposed to shoot a Macy’s commercial in New York and my modeling career is going great. I gave it a backseat while I was shooting because my schedule was more demanding than I thought it was going to be, but as soon as we wrapped, I was back in New York and that’s going strong. Peter is opening up a smaller bar/lounge. It’s tiny and not far from the house. He’s been doing this his whole life, and it’s very different from Uptown. He’s hoping to have it open by March.
BV: A lot of people think you should work out your financial challenges before tying the knot. Many people believe a relationship can’t last with something so major causing disagreements before a wedding.
CB: When we started the process, our wedding wasn’t so expensive that we couldn’t do it. The more involved in the planning I was the more I wanted it. Who wants to go through tastings and menus and then go to the courthouse? I’ve never been married before. I just wanted it. It’s mine to want. We just had problems in the end.
Read more of Cynthia’s interview over at BlackVoices…