Phaedra Parks made her red carpet debut with new beau Chris ‘CT’ Tamburello one day after confirming that they are dating.
Parks, 54, was practically sparkling in a black open-back gown with silver trim as she entered the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, September 5, for the first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. The veteran Challenge contestant, 46, looked dashing in a traditional black-and-white tuxedo as he joined Parks on the red carpet.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star revealed during an appearance on Jeff Lewis Live on Friday, September 4, that she had “been out” with Tamburello. Chatting with host Jeff Lewis, Parks declined to reveal how many dates she’d had with Tamburello or whether they’d had any “sleepovers” recently.
“I can’t give this [information] to you,” she told Lewis, 56. “I’ve got to save it for the world!”
Parks did hint at plans to take Tamburello as her date to this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys.
The two met while they were filming The Traitors season 2 — where viewers and costars noticed potential for a romantic pairing. At the time, their costar Peter Weber told Us that he was fully supportive of the two dating.
“I ship it,” Weber, 35, said. “I think they’re really cute together. They had some good chemistry. Who knows what the future holds with them?”
However, Tamburello later shut down speculation that he may have hooked up with Parks during filming of the Peacock reality competition show.
“Nothing real happened, I’ll be honest with you,” CT told Entertainment Weekly in March 2024. “It was fun. I loved her because she’s a cornball. She was great. I would say there was a sense of sincerity, for sure. But it was also playing a game, you know?”
He went on to say, “Honestly I have too much respect for her to try to turn it into something it’s not, just to try to be a flash in the pan. I don’t think that would be fair, I don’t think that’s the right thing to do. I mean, what would I do, move to Atlanta? I can’t do that.”
Now that it appears the Traitors costars really are dating, Tamburello’s estranged wife, Catalina White, weighed in on the new romance. On Saturday, the model responded to a news report about the couple by replying, “Sign the papers 👏👏👏”
White, 40, was seemingly urging Tamburello to sign their divorce papers as they’ve been hashing out a settlement for months. The model filed for divorce in Florida in January, stressing in court documents obtained by Us that her marriage was “irretrievably broken.”
The couple were supposed to file a financial affidavit for a potential divorce settlement by March 13, 2026, but their lawyers jointly asked a judge to delay the deadline because Tamburello was away filming a TV show.
In August, White told Where Is the Buzz that she “genuinely wish[es] Chris nothing but the best” following their split.
Tamburello was married to White for two years and was previously with first wife Lilianet Solares from 2018 to 2023. (Solares, 34, and Tamburello share 10-year-old son CJ.)
Parks and ex-husband Apollo Nida were together from 2009 to 2017. They share sons Ayden, 16, and Dylan, 13.
