Cynthia Bailey has time for the haters. Three months after marrying Mike Hill, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star took a second to defend the couple’s resolution to maneuver ahead with their marriage ceremony amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We did every little thing on our finish to make sure everybody’s security, from masks to shields [to] temperature checks,” Bailey, 53, mentioned on Watch What Occurs Dwell With Andy Cohen on Sunday, January 10, noting that she and the sportscaster, 50, even “had a COVID-19 specialist come and spray the place” the place they tied the knot.
Andy Cohen informed the mannequin that the security of her marriage ceremony “was the No. 1 query” his viewers had after watching Sunday’s episode of RHOA, which documented the lead-up to her huge day in October 2020.
“The one time individuals have been allowed to take their masks off was to eat or drink. It’s a marriage, in order that occurred,” Bailey assured followers of the protocols she and Hill put in place. “After which lots of people really needed to take photos with their masks off. As a result of, you understand, once you’re taking photos, like, ‘Oh, can I take the masks off?’ So I wasn’t even considering. ‘In fact.’ Oh, now all the images are gonna have the masks off.’”
When Cohen, 52, requested the Alabama native whether or not any of her visitors obtained sick after attending her nuptials, she insisted that “nobody examined constructive [for COVID-19] on account of being” there.
Bailey and Hill met in April 2018 and made their relationship Instagram official that August. They got engaged in July 2019 on the opening of her Atlanta-based enterprise, The Bailey Wine Cellar.
The Bravo persona completely informed Us Weekly in April 2020 that her marriage to the Fox Sports activities correspondent has “been tested” in quarantine amid the pandemic.
“I’m an area particular person. He’s an area particular person,” she defined. “We type of know one another’s vitality, and I can inform when he wants a minute. He can inform after I want a minute.”
That mentioned, being locked down at dwelling finally helped convey the couple “nearer collectively,” Bailey informed Us.

The fact star was previously married to Peter Thomas from July 2010 to March 2017. She shares 21-year-old daughter Noelle with ex-boyfriend Leon Robinson. Hill, for his half, has two daughters, 21-year-old Ashleé and 19-year-old Kayla, from previous marriages.
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