Angela Oakley is an impartial girl!
The brand new member of The Actual Housewives of Atlanta season 16 launched her household within the newest episode of the Bravo sequence. After revealing that she is married to basketball legend, Charles Oakley, Angela famous she nonetheless has her personal — very profitable — profession.
“My husband Charles, he performed within the NBA, primarily with the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls,” she shared. “Charles cooks, he cleans. He’s like a dream come true!”
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Along with the 7-year-old daughter they share, named Arleigh, each Angela and Charles have kids from earlier relationships: her 24-year-old daughter Amari and 11-year-old son Aven, and his son Charlie Jr.
“Charles and I met in Chicago at a celebration,” Angela shared, however their love story didn’t begin there.
“We exchanged numbers, after which I didn’t hear from that man for one more 10 years once we grew to become neighbors in the identical condominium,” she defined. “I really feel like our relationship was destined to occur.”
Angela shared that she owns her personal monetary consulting firm.
“I’m a self-made millionaire,” she mentioned. “There’s not a greenback I don’t need. I purchased 5 properties that I’m at present renovating [and] making an attempt to promote. I cannot let go till it’s completed. As a result of I really feel like if I let go, I quit on all the pieces I’ve been working for the previous three years.”
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As for her dynamic with Charles, the businesswoman joked that they’ve discovered to like one another’s typically annoying quirks.
“Why do you retain slamming dishes?” she requested as he ready dinner whereas she was recounting a battle between castmates Porsha Williams and Drew Sidora from the evening earlier than.
“That’s what I do once I’m within the kitchen!” Charles quipped, “I do not wanna hear this story.”
He added: “Allow them to speak about you, do not speak about them.”
“The key for loving a person like Charles is simply letting him be who he’s,” Angela defined in her confessional. “Charles and I typically can get in our personal head, and he can’t hear me, and I can’t hear him.”
“By means of remedy, I noticed I wished him to vary,” she continued. “Then, I noticed that I’ve flaws too.”
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The Actual Housewives of Atlanta airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.