Apollo Nida Prison 2015: Phaedra Parks Says It's 'Heartbreaking Seeing Your Kids Go Through This' [VIDEO]
Phaedra Parks of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta has updated fans and viewers on how her young children, Ayden and Dylan, are coping as their father and her husband Apollo Nida is serving time in federal prison.
She spoke with Bravo TV and said, “My kids are everything to me, and as I have said many times before, everything I do is with them in mind. It has been a difficult time for all of us, and there’s been a lot of pain that people have not seen.
"As a parent, seeing your kids go through something like this is heartbreaking and just thinking about it can make me emotional.”
Parks has come under fire for not taking Ayden, 5, and Dylan, 19 months to see Nida while he is in federal prison in Lexington, Ky. He pleaded guilty to several counts of fraud including identity theft. Nida was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Parks added, “It is overwhelming to be publicly judged and second guessed for the choices I make for my children by people who have not displayed any genuine concern for me or the well-being of my children. But we are survivors and I am doing everything possible to ensure my sons' well-being.”
She also confirmed that she and Nida are still married. During the reunion of The Real Housewives of Atlanta she said contrary to reports she hasn’t filed for divorce.
“My marital status has not changed,” she said.
They have been married for more than six years.
