Phaedra Parks Says Mortician Business Is ‘Booming’ Due To COVID-19
Reality TV star Phaedra Parks haS a lot oF hidden talents, and one is being a licensed mortician, and according to The star her business has been “booming” since the pandemic.
Parks exclusively spoke to the Page Six podcast about her venture,
“Oh my gosh, it’s going great, didn’t you hear about that pandemic, girl? We are booming. Unfortunately. We have been jam-packed since the pandemic started.”
Parks also opened up about the severity of the virus and the heavy load of cases she has been receiving as a result.
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“I’m not physician, however, I do have a mortuary and I’ll tell you this: Normally in the summer months, we’re waiting for a boating accident or a motorcycle crash, because otherwise, we’re pretty empty,” she added. “We are jam-packed. We are working like it’s our heaviest season, so… I tell people when they say, ‘It’s a joke, it’s not that big of a deal,’ well, let me put it to you in real terms, I’m getting 17 calls a day for pickups and that’s at one location. Last week, all of the people were under 59.”
She also revealed that a lot of the fatalities seem to be people in their 20’s.
“It makes it extremely frightening… I’ve seen several mothers come in burying their children, she said, “the pandemic really wreaks havoc on families, so we’ve buried three or four people in one immediate family. It’s really sad. It definitely takes a toll on you emotionally seeing a mother, a father, a son, an aunt… this pandemic is really serious and people should realize that, because it’s not a joke.”