METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) – Television personality Phaedra Parks, of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” fame, will serve as grand marshal of the 2026 Krewe of Athena parade in Metairie, the Carnival organization announced Monday (Sept. 1).
Parks will lead the 5:30 p.m. parade down Veterans Boulevard on Feb. 15, 2026.
Parks is an attorney, entrepreneur, author and licensed mortician. The Georgia native gained a following on the Atlanta version of Bravo’s “Housewives” franchise, and has also appeared on “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip,” “Married to Medicine,” “The Traitors US” and “Dancing with the Stars.”…