Angela Oakley is an independent woman!
The new member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 16 introduced her family in the latest episode of the Bravo series. After revealing that she is married to basketball legend, Charles Oakley, Angela noted she still has her own â very successful â career.
âMy husband Charles, he played in the NBA, mainly with the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls,â she shared. âCharles cooks, he cleans. Heâs like a dream come true!âÂ
In addition to the 7-year-old daughter they share, named Arleigh, both Angela and Charles have children from previous relationships: her 24-year-old daughter Amari and 11-year-old son Aven, and his son Charlie Jr.Â
âCharles and I met in Chicago at a party,â Angela shared, but their love story didnât start there.
âWe exchanged numbers, and then I didnât hear from that man for another 10 years when we became neighbors in the same condominium,â she explained. âI feel like our relationship was destined to happen.â
Angela shared that she owns her own financial consulting company.
âI am a self-made millionaire,â she said. âThereâs not a dollar I donât want. I bought five properties that I am currently renovating [and] trying to sell. I will not let go until itâs finished. Because I feel like if I let go, I give up on everything Iâve been working for the past three years.â
As for her dynamic with Charles, the businesswoman joked that theyâve learned to love each otherâs sometimes annoying quirks.
âWhy do you keep slamming dishes?â she asked as he prepared dinner while she was recounting a fight between castmates Porsha Williams and Drew Sidora from the night before.
âThatâs what I do when Iâm in the kitchen!â Charles quipped, âI donât wanna hear this story.â
He added: âLet them talk about you, donât talk about them.â
âThe secret for loving a man like Charles is just letting him be who he is,â Angela explained in her confessional. âCharles and I sometimes can get in our own head, and he canât hear me, and I canât hear him.â
âThrough therapy, I realized I wanted him to change,â she continued. âThen, I realized that I have flaws too.â
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The Real Housewives of Atlanta airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.
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