{"id":2138859,"date":"2026-09-11T00:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T21:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2138859"},"modified":"2026-09-11T00:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T21:30:53","slug":"johnny-bananas-says-ct-tamburello-and-phaedra-parks-relationship-is-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2138859","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Bananas Says CT Tamburello and Phaedra Parks&#8217; Relationship Is Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/83\/16by9\/2026\/09\/10\/8336a23d94cd45a5aa14176b922907d8_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Johnny Bananas Says CT Tamburello and Phaedra Parks&#8217; Relationship Is Real<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Johnny Bananas<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">CT &amp; Phaedra Are The Real Deal!!!<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-10T17:30:53-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              September 10, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:30 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-511045c23b03d374dcdb4b75d308d727\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-c34163f5-aaa4-48ac-a37c-03019ae0f1b0-608127026-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c4\/16by9\/2026\/09\/10\/c45d1bee4ee848539d24ef84a4b46038_md.png\" alt=\"johnny bannanas kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-c34163f5-aaa4-48ac-a37c-03019ae0f1b0-608127026-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">I Ship It!<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/johnny-bananas-talks-presenting-at-the-emmys-091026\/\">Video: Johnny Bananas Says CT Tamburello &amp; Phaedra Parks\u2019 Romance Is the Real Deal<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-44dbeee5409851d4fb12b628989f12cc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/johnny-bananas\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Johnny Bananas<\/strong><\/a> is throwing his full support behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ct-tamburello\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>CT Tamburello<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/phaedra-parks\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Phaedra Parks<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; romance &#8230; and he should know, since he competed alongside them on &#8220;The Traitors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7a78014872c0eb272de3b1b44839409d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We got Johnny in Hollywood on Wednesday &#8230; and the reality star, who calls CT a brother, told our photog CT and Phaedra weren&#8217;t in a position to explore their relationship while filming the Peacock show &#8230; but believes they&#8217;ve both since leveled up.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b009ac5d82cb0446378857e411b81c3e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260904_20e427de85ec4d17b3eb28e744730307\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a352f01f-872f-4410-ba91-8f5f74981dbf\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/20\/4by3\/2026\/09\/04\/20e427de85ec4d17b3eb28e744730307_md.jpg\" alt=\"Phaedra &amp; CT in \" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1bfe1f61708142bfdb7de661fbb950a9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As for whether their romance is real &#8230; Johnny says he&#8217;s buying it and fully supports the couple. In fact, he joked he&#8217;ll be &#8220;jumping out of the cake&#8221; at their wedding &#8230; while acknowledging he may be getting ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-afa8ed4e88b70f59e5c274595fc735e3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Johnny joked Phaedra went from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/apollo-nida\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Apollo Nida<\/strong><\/a> to Zeus &#8230; while CT went from dating OnlyFans creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/catalina-white\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Catalina White<\/strong><\/a> to dating an attorney.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0630f3235174ef7c80a92dabe378eec8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-b9fe879e-3a0d-49fe-a524-c758d6b9ba1d-1574261736-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e2\/16by9\/2026\/09\/04\/e295a2f1c60f478d843fb5de4710e156_md.png\" alt=\"phaedra-parks-ct-audio-art-desktop-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-b9fe879e-3a0d-49fe-a524-c758d6b9ba1d-1574261736-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">IT&#8217;S GETTING SERIOUS<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/phaedra-parks-confirms-shes-dating-ct-tamburello-09-04-2026\/\">Video: &#8216;RHOA&#8217; Star Phaedra Parks Confirms She&#8217;s Dating &#8216;The Challenge&#8217; Star CT Tamburello<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Jeff Lewis Live<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-05ecc126a7f9fb2b1b97442b540082f2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Johnny also weighed in on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dee-valladares\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Dee Valladares<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; performance on the current season of &#8220;Big Brother&#8221; &#8230; and says she&#8217;s executing her signature strategy flawlessly.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-efe9927ffa47b649b41e3fbc2456eae4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;The girl does not know when to turn game off,&#8221; he told us &#8230; accusing Dee of getting rid of the strongest women and manipulating the men to make it to the end.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-00ad90ff1b2e3b385e1ba28060020703\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block canvas-instagram-media-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-00ad90ff1b2e3b385e1ba28060020703-2115542490-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/10\/johnny-bananas-supports-ct-phaedra-relationship\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/83\/16by9\/2026\/09\/10\/8336a23d94cd45a5aa14176b922907d8_xl.png&#8221;] Johnny Bananas Says CT Tamburello and Phaedra Parks&#8217; Relationship Is Real Johnny BananasCT &amp; Phaedra Are The Real Deal!!! 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