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Real Housewives Of Atlanta Phaedra Parks Divorce Update: The southern bell and star of The Real Housewives Of Atlanta, Phaedra Parks, must be really pissed at her husband Apollo for getting thrown in the slammer AGAIN. So much so that Phaedra is ready to divorce her husband and the father of her children. WHen Phaedra was a no show to her husband's trial, rumors starting flying that Parks wants out. His attorney wife was too busy to make the biggest trial of his life, sending out the message that she's ready for a divorce. And this is the perfect time for Phaedra to divorce Apollo. He currently owes $2 million from stealing peoples' identities and committing multiple acts of fraud. A divorce would let Phaedra off the hook form those debts. Nida was sentenced to 8 years behind bars, and if being thrown in prison isn't bad enough for Apollo, Phaedra didn't even attend her husband Nida's court case and his marriage is completely broken. What devoted wife skips their spouse's trial? As Phaedra misses such a scary day for her husband, we all have to speculate that Parks and Nida are no longer a couple. Most likely, Phaedra will not be waiting for husband Apollo to get out of prison. Nida was asked during a radio interview if he thinks his marriage with Phaedra could make it through the storm. Apollo answered honestly, "I doubt it." Apollo added that he is still 'salty' that Phaedra didn't appear at his trial. But how angry can Apollo possibly be with Parks? Now the Real Housewives starlet will have to raise two small children by herself, without her husband or their father. But the problems between Apollo and Phaedra are not new adn started two seasons ago on Real HOusewives of Atlanta. He should have known divorcfe was in his future when Phaedra ignored him for days for texting frenemie Kenya Moore. And it was obvious the couple were splittling when they barely spoke in Mexico and Nida was still checking out Moore, not even caring how Phaedra felt abou it. Phaedra is too smart for that loser!  But Phaedra is also at fault for choosing the convicted criminal in the first place. My prediction is that the southern bell will toughen up and move up rather hastily. If Phaedra is as smart as she seems she'll forget all about Apollo rotting in jail, divorce his sorry butt, and ask Bravo to start a Real Housewives of Atlanta spin-off, documenting her family dealing with life without Nida.

Phaedra is no fool and knows how to make money out of anything! Successful Phaedra must be sctratching her head wondering why she picked Apollo to be her husband and the father of her two little boys as he goes to jail for a thrid time. Back In May Apollo was candid about his relationship with Phaedra admitting, "I would like to say I would want her to stay around and do what a wife should do. But tomorrow's not promised."Sounda like Nida is well aware that Parks committment is fleeting (as it should be). The 8 year outcome is sad, but well deserved and even a little light considering Nida was facing 30 years in jail for Nida stealing the identities of more than 50 people and laundered more than $2.3 million. Prosecutors say that Apollo, along with a few other criminals, also took out phony auto loans and created fake documents and websites to secure them. I think Phaedra knew Apollo was up to something shady, but Parks wanted to believe her criminal husband could change his ways. But she was very wrong. Apollo's partner, who was also charged with fraud alongside Apollo, has just received 5 years in jail. Apollo is no stranger to prison.Now Apollo Nida will soon begin his third stint behind bars as he further misses freedom in life and underutilizes the rare platform that wife Phaedra has successfully made for her family. Very very sad. Apollo Nida was previously convicted and sentenced to jail for racketeering and began serving his sentence July 28, 2004. He served nearly 5 years of his 18-year sentence before being paroled in May 2009. Apollo ALSO served close to 5 months from December 29, 1998 to May 14, 1999 for theft by receiving stolen goods.  Apollo has admitted that he had a difficult childhood which included watching a family member die from a heroine overdose when he was a kid. It's a sad story and we wouldn't wish that on any child.

But is a bad childhood an excuse for Nida to continuously break the law, violating elders' social security benefits, and hiring another to go along with Apollo and his schemes? Nida knew he was on RHOA!  What is with these Housewives stars? Are they trying to financially keep up with each other? Don't reality stars realize everything they do will be put under a microscope? If you're going to break the law, you shouldn't be on television for the world to stare at you, right? Didn't think that ever needed to be said, but Real Housewives Of New Jersey Teresa and Joe Giudice did the same thing and have gotten caught as well. Certainly being on a hit show like RHOA gave Nida the platform to make money in legal ways! What about Apollo and Phaedra Parks doing thier workout video?! Was RHOA and the projects that fell from the show not lucrative enough for Nida. Kenya Moore, whose had problems with Nida and wife Phaedra for years on RHOA tweeted a rather sweet response to his sentencing. "You can't kick someone while they are down even if they fell trying to trip you. Offer them a hand instead" Kenya tweeted about Apollo and Phaedra. Apollo Nida's legal team said in a statement about the trial, "Mr. Nida's lengthy but early small-time criminal history is simply not in the same league as the 'violent offenders, drug kingpins and perpetrators of far more serious offenses' that Criminal History Category V was designed to address." Maybe RHOA wife Phaedra Parks would have been a better attorney for her husband than the team her hired! But Phaedra didn't even attend the trial so we doubt Phaedra would ever defend her husband ever again. I smell divorce for Phaedra and Apollo very soon.

DO you think Pahedra should leave Apollo?