Parade caught up with 'Married to Medicine' stars Toya Bush-Harris and Dr. Simone Whitmore to discuss how they're keeping things fresh 11 seasons in. They spill about drama with Quad, filming alongside Phaedra and whether Toya's ice skating-inspired outfit is a dig at Anila.
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00:00I mean, Phaedra's delusional, but I really like her.
00:04♪♪
00:10Baby, the energy is good, okay?
00:12When I tell you G-O-O-D-T, I'm so excited
00:15because when we say 11 seasons,
00:17people turn around and be like,
00:1811? How did you do that?
00:20They're like, were you an original cast?
00:22I'm like, yes, absolutely.
00:23I'm the original.
00:25No, it's energy and stuff.
00:27How do you manage to keep it interesting
00:29for that many seasons?
00:30How do you manage to keep the drama going
00:31in a way that feels...
00:32Tell the truth. Tell the truth, okay?
00:34Give the people what they want.
00:36Nobody wants lies.
00:37Nobody wants rehearsed anything.
00:39They want to see that you are bringing
00:41a real, true-life story, and that's what we do.
00:44Stop trying to control everybody, please.
00:45It's not about what somebody asks you.
00:47Sometimes you got to make an executive decision
00:49and be as smart as you say you are.
00:52I told my kids, hey, you shade me, I shade you.
00:57You're serving up like Ice Princess.
00:59Let's go ice skating.
01:00You know, I did call Anila a ice skater,
01:04so she might have been my inspiration.
01:06I was showing her how to do it well.
01:09Hey, friend, I did it well.
01:12This is what we do.
01:13Okay, this is giving not ice skater
01:15but just a hint of the snow bunny.
01:18Oh, it's cute, too.
01:19And the blue is your color.
01:20Like, this blue eyeliner is like your...
01:23I actually...
01:24I used to lie to my mother and say I didn't wear makeup,
01:27and I would come home with, like, run...
01:29It would literally be running, the blue eyeliner,
01:31and she would be like, liar!
01:33And I'm like, I didn't do it, I didn't do it.
01:35And it's blue eyeliner, but I always loved it.
01:37So, like, I loved her.
01:38Today, I was like, just a touch of blue.
01:40My car is blue.
01:41Oh.
01:42It is. It's frozen blue.
01:43Nice.
01:44Wait, did you used to, like, put your makeup on,
01:45like, on the bus on the way to school?
01:47No, I didn't get a bus.
01:48What do you mean?
01:49When you were less than a mile,
01:50you had to walk.
01:51What are you talking about?
01:52Right, it's a new age.
01:53I don't know.
01:54Everybody gets a bus now.
01:55And I was in Detroit in the snow.
01:57Uphill both ways, as my mother would say.
01:59I was born to be hard, you know.
02:02But yeah, you'd, like, before you, like, snuck out,
02:04you'd just, like, put on a little mascara, whatever.
02:05As soon as she gets to school,
02:06you'd say, I gotta go to the bathroom.
02:07It's sign time on the bus.
02:09And you just go in there,
02:10and you just put your makeup on.
02:11Okay, last question.
02:12Phaedra's being shady.
02:14She is.
02:15She's being shady.
02:16Already?
02:17I mean, no.
02:18We've been a little shady.
02:19Yeah, but she said that she brought the numbers.
02:21Phaedra brought some numbers.
02:23I'm not gonna lie.
02:25She did.
02:26People were expecting Phaedra to give.
02:27And then when they found out she didn't,
02:29all we did was give.
02:30Are you being messy?
02:32I'm not being messy.
02:33I know y'all think I'm being messy.
02:34And it was like, hey, they stayed with us,
02:36so I'm okay with it.
02:37Okay, it's all right.
02:38How do you think you and your fellow cast members
02:40are gonna move forward with Quad?
02:42I think she has put a good foot forward.
02:45We just have to see if it's gonna last.
02:48Is that foot gonna stay forward, or is she gonna?
02:51She's not known for making it last.
02:54No.
02:55And further drama, you know, Phaedra's been out here.
02:58She's been saying she brought numbers to Married to Medicine.
03:01It's kind of shady.
03:02How do you feel about that?
03:03I mean, Phaedra's delusional, but I really like her.
03:08Yes!
03:09Yes!
03:10Did she bring the numbers, or did Gregory's new wife?
03:15But we know that your husband has cheated on you.
03:17Alongside Quad, bring the numbers.
03:21I don't know.
03:22You tell me.
03:23I don't know.
03:24I don't know.
03:25I don't know.