The ‘RHOA’ star spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about her experience on the show at the season 33 premiere on Sept. 17
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Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the season 33 premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 17, star, 50, said she didn’t seek tips from any of her fellow Housewives who have competed on the show as she is aiming to take home the .
“I didn’t ask them. Because I want to go in the situation sort of fresh,” Parks tells PEOPLE. “We had a chat and so they gave me their thoughts about it, but I didn’t really want their tips because I need to win. They haven’t won yet.”
While Parks said that her training with dance partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy has been “intense,” she shared that her experience so far on the show has been “a lot of fun.”
“I had heard that it is extremely fun, but it’s a lot of hard work,” she says. “But I’m a super-focused person, so I’m not afraid of hard work, but it’s definitely no less than four hours a day.”
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Parks adds that she hopes to “win” the show and “continue to improve, do better every time.”
Her comments come after former RHOA stars and both competed on the show. While Moore, 53, finished in 10th place on season 30 in 2021, Zolciak, 46, scored 11th place on season 21 in 2015. was the first of the Atlanta housewives to compete on the show on season 18 back in 2014, coming in at seventh place.
Other housewives who have appeared on DWTS include ’ and alum , ‘s and formerstar . RHOBH alum also appeared in season 2 of the show.
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For the opening episode of the new season on Tuesday, Parks wowed the audience as she performed a Cha Cha to “I’m Every Woman” by Whitney Houston.
Speaking on her reason for joining the show, the mom of two added that she aims to set an empowering example to her two sons Ayden, 13, and Dylan, 10.
“They miss me a lot because I’m a very active mom, but I want to prove to them that I can actually dance and be super cool,” Parks tells PEOPLE. “So I’m just giving my all, but they’ll be out here in a couple of weeks to watch.”
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