Yesterday TMZ posted an “exclusive” story about Real Housewives of Atlanta star Phaedra Parks and her multi-million dollar lawsuit against VIBE magazine.

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The normally astute gossip site erroneously reported that Parks and her mother, Regina Belle, had settled their defamation lawsuit with the magazine for what amounted to be the cost of a new purse.

While the story made for great Sunday morning gossip, it wasn’t true. Unfortunately I don’t work on Sundays, but I tried to warn bloggers and the like via Twitter, as soon as y’all started sending me the link:

Guess what? I was right… 🙂

Here’s the TRUTH about the situation… HOT TEA ALERT! Continue Reading…