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Courtney Rhodes is one of the stars debuting on RHOA Season 15. Bravo certainly got it right with the blend of casts that have starred in its hit reality series Real Housewives of Atlanta over the years. The show has enjoyed 14 successful seasons, and the 15th installment premiered on Sunday, May 7. During that time, the show introduced fans to several stars.
RHOA Season 15 Cast
Still, one of the standout performers was Kandi Burruss. Kandi is the longest-running housewife in the series, making her 14th consecutive appearance. She will be joined by several other returning cast members, including Kenya Moore, Drew Sidora, Marlo Hampton, Sheree Whitfield, Sanya Richars-Ross, and Monyetta Shaw. The show’s trailer, released in March and teased a lot of drama and fights between the housewives, also hints at cameo appearances for some former cast members. Cynthia Bailey will lead this line-up of RHOA alums and feature Lisa Wu, Kim Zolciak-Biermann, and DeShawn Snow.
More importantly, fans met a new star, Courtney Rhodes, when the series premiered. She will join the show as a friend. However, her storyline puts her in the thick of the action. Also, her ties with not just one but two of the housewives certainly makes her one to watch. Read on to find out more about her.
Courtney Rhodes’ Career and Family Life
Courtney Rhodes might be an RHOA newbie, but she is no stranger when it comes to being the main attraction, as she has previously enjoyed a very successful career in the corporate world. According to her LinkedIn, Courtney is a graduate of Mass Communications from Morgan State University.
Following her University education, she started her career in 2003 as an account manager at iHeartMedia. Two promotions and six years later, she left the company to resume as an account executive at Meredith Corporation. In 2015, she returned for a second stint at iHeart as a Senior Brand Consultant. Two years later, Courtney left again. But this time, she started her own Business Consulting and Management Company, C&D | The Agency.
Aside from her years in the corporate world, Courtney is also a very successful jewelry designer. She doubles as the founder and creative director of her jewelry brand Courtney Raquel. On the company’s website, Courtney gives a deeper description of herself. She wrote,
“My life is a continual journey of seeking and searching for a moving target: a deeper, more intimate, and fulfilling relationship with my inner self, potential, and freedom.”
Away from all her businesses and corporate success, Courtney is also a proud mom to her daughter Jala. She welcomed Jala with her former boyfriend, record producer Bryce Wilson. There is no doubt that Courtney sees Jala as her greatest accomplishment, and she regularly dotes on her daughter on her Instagram. In 2018, the proud mom took to her Instagram page to gush over her daughter’s academic accomplishments at Syracuse University.
More recently, Courtney ran out of speculation as she posted a special birthday tribute in honor of her daughter, Jala, on her 25th birthday. In the April 2023 birthday tribute, Courtney described her daughter as “life’s greatest present” and claimed she felt blessed to have her as a daughter.
Courtney Will Bring Drama To RHOA Season 15
Although Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta has introduced fans to many new faces over the years, it has continually produced the same outcome — loads of drama and entertainment. The series has remained one of the most watched within the franchise through the years. However, this all comes down to the caliber of housewives featured on the show.
In season 15 of Real Housewives of Atlanta, fans will learn more about Courtney, a longtime friend of RHOA star Sheree Whitfield. However, Sheree is not the only Housewife that she has ties with. Courtney’s plot gets more intriguing when she discovers that Drew Sidora’s estranged husband, Ralph Pittman, is her long-lost cousin. With Drew and Ralph currently at odds, seeing how Courtney shares her loyalties would be interesting.
The trailer for season 15 also showed Courtney getting into the thick of the action with some of the housewives. In one of the scenes, things get heated between the mother of one and longtime cast member Kandi Burruss. It is unclear what started the drama, but the clip showed Courtney telling Kandi to “calm the f*** down.” The latter then fires back, saying, “I’m about to headbutt this b***h!”
Courtney may have a calm demeanor, but taking on one of the most prominent personalities in RHOA shows she has no problem taking a swing at anyone who comes at her. Her ties to multiple housewives also make her plot a bit thicker, and fans are eager to watch the fresh storyline that Courtney would bring to RHOA.