Restaurateur Peter Thomas and his wife Cynthia Bailey of The Real Housewives of Atlanta have been in the news a lot lately since news of their marital dissension hit the blawgs.

Since Bailey officially announced that she and her husband are living separate lives (click HERE if you missed that), both parties seem to be keeping a peaceful outlook on the situation. With that said, many fans assumed that a recent post from Thomas was a shady subliminal jab at his estranged wife.

[READ: Open Post: Who Was Peter Thomas Speaking of in His Now Deleted Instagram Post?]

Peter is now speaking up about his post and he denies accusations that he was throwing shade at his estranged wife.

Details + video of Thomas’ statement below…

VIDEO: Peter Thomas Speaks Out Regarding Deleted IG Post

Thomas later posted the video message above online, explaining that he would NEVER disrespect his wife on social media nor share anymore of their private drama than what?s already been shown on the show.

Peter states:

Yesterday, I put out a positive quote.? It might be negative to a lot of people who think negative but people waver back and forth, they can?t make up their minds and immediately you bloggers (you know who you are) you wanna put one and one together ok, and make it about me and my wife.

That?s not how we do our business!

You watched us for six years, we have never done our business like that! We?re grown people that respect and love each other. So you?ll never see that kind of negative sh*t play out about our life on social media. It will NEVER happen. Okay? So dead that!

AlrigIf I have anything to say to my wife, it?s private and y?all don?t have nothing to do with it.

He ends with:

I was gonna give you the finger, but she’ll get mad at me for doing that..

Welp… I guess that explains that. Peter still didn’t say why he chose to delete his ‘positive post’ but ok. *shrug*

What do you think about Peter’s denial video?

Are you buying his explanation?