Roxanne 
Drama hit an all-time high on The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16, Episode 16, as Angela Oakley found herself blindsided by a man claiming her husband, retired NBA legend Charles Oakley, had been unfaithful — and the confrontation unfolded in the middle of a public cooking competition.
While Charles was caught up in a lighthearted kitchen showdown with chef Kelli Ferrell, a mystery man named Marcus approached Angela with ominous intentions. He asked to speak to her privately, saying it was something “important” that she “might not know” — an alleged bombshell involving Charles and his restaurant.
Though Angela managed to keep her composure, the encounter clearly shook her. In her confessional, she admitted:
“I am most definitely trying to hold it together and not make a scene because I don’t want to get my husband involved. I’m afraid to bring s–t like this to him because he’s a pit bull and he will tear his ass up. Since Madison Square Garden, he’s been extremely calm. But, baby, he does not play when it comes to disrespect.”
The situation escalated quickly when Marcus stood up and delivered a jaw-dropping toast:
“Cheers if your name is Angela and your husband’s cheating on you.”
Kelli Ferrell’s security team promptly removed the man, while cast members scrambled to make sense of what just happened. Phaedra Parks, who witnessed it all, said Angela was “visibly shaken” and later added in a confessional:
“I don’t know what Charles is doin’. I have no idea. It’s against my religion to be in people’s business, honey.”
Kelli herself was shocked by the man’s actions and insisted she had nothing to do with it.
“I don’t know where this guy came from, but he was no friend to me,” she said in a producer interview. “Me and Angela might not be the best of the best, but I do not do disrespect.”
She also pointed out: “I knew Charles didn’t hear him because if Charles did hear him, I think [there] would’ve been a frying pan across his head.”
Angela later revealed on The Real Housewives of Atlanta After Show that Phaedra was the one who kept her grounded during the ordeal.
“She was consoling me,” Angela recalled. “Encouraging me not to react.”
Phaedra confirmed this, saying: “I said, ‘Never give anybody attention like that.’”
At a later event hosted by Phaedra, Angela gave an update on her investigation into Marcus’ identity — and what she found was even more unsettling.
“I did my own research to find out who he was,” she explained. “And because I have people who do not play about me or my husband, they decided to pay him a visit. And what I found out is he was paid to be there.”
Angela said Marcus even provided “a description of the gentleman who told him to be there,” and she’s now actively trying to identify who orchestrated the stunt.
“We’re not the people to play with,” she warned.
Angela now says on Bravo’s After Show that she did confront Charles,
“I was like, ‘This whole event was about you and you missed it,’” Angela said. “He was just so aloof. He was like, ‘Well you know it was set up.’ He was immediately dismissive.”
Despite the drama, Angela says she ultimately stood by her husband.
“I did believe Charles,” she concluded. “I did know it was some bulls–t.”
