“Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Drew Sidora is setting the record straight on her headline-making social media spat with castmate Kelli Ferrell.
During an exclusive chat with Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea,” Sidora addresses the drama that ignited after she attempted to visit Ferrell’s now-closed Nana’s Chicken-N-Waffles location — only to find it locked up.
“I tried to [visit],” Sidora tells us. “There was a lockbox on the door.”
The “Badder” singer initially documented the moment on her Instagram Story while trying to treat her kids to a meal at the restaurant.
“I am so confused because I did not get the memo. My kids wanted chicken and waffles, so I came to support my girl,” she said in the video. “So, I get here and it is a lockbox on the door. No one is here, no one is answering the phones. There is no one inside. Did anyone know about this? Because I didn’t.”
Sidora explained that her visit wasn’t shady — it was convenient. She and her children had just been shopping at a nearby Target in the same shopping center.
“One thing I’ve always done is eaten the chicken and waffles. OK, let’s just put that out there,” she said with a laugh.
“What I’m gonna do is eat, and my kids, they love the chicken and waffles. So it’s like, I’m gonna do it for the kids. We were at the Target, which is in the same [shopping center] — well, it was, I don’t even know anymore because it ain’t there anymore. But I was like, ‘We’re here.’ And I was just like, ‘Wow.’”
The moment quickly escalated into a social media back-and-forth, with Ferrell taking aim at Sidora online in a succession of heated Instagram Story posts. But the longtime “Housewife” insists she’s been nothing but supportive of Ferrell, who joined the franchise in last year’s Season 16.
“And I think this is the thing, is as much as she’s come for me and given me all this smoke, I don’t know what Kelli’s issue is with me really, truly,” Sidora says. “But I’ve always tried to be supportive.”
She adds bluntly, “But I feel like that’s what you get girl. I mean, I didn’t do it. I don’t know why she’s mad at me. I didn’t close the restaurant down.”
According to Sidora, the tension didn’t begin with the restaurant visit. She believes Ferrell entered the Bravo series eager to secure her spot — and chose her as a target.
“I feel like she came in really trying to find her place. She came in having to look up a lot and she was just trying to figure out, like, ‘Where do I fit in?’ And she decided to come for me,” Sidora explains. “I am always an open book, I am always willing to try.”
As for Ferrell’s online jabs?
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“She’s bothered. It was almost, like, obsessed a little bit. I’m like, ‘Girl, are you OK?’ It was like spicy Chihuahua,” Sidora quips. “I’m always surrounded by dogs and puppies for some reason. Am I a veterinarian at this point? Y’all know I have dog bones and doggie treats, what’s up?”
Despite the drama, Sidora is channeling her energy into something more constructive. Alongside relationship expert Chanel Nicole Scott — host of CheMinistry — she spoke with “Virtual Reali-Tea” while promoting their upcoming “Kicks & Conversations” event on Feb. 21.
Powered by CheMinistry, the immersive experience is designed for singles and couples seeking more than surface-level advice. Blending honest dialogue, expert insight and lived experience, the event will explore intimacy, trust, boundaries and connection in a modern world that often rewards visibility over vulnerability.
If Sidora has her way, the real tea — and the real growth — is just getting started.
