Dr. Contessa Talks ‘Married To Medicine’ Season 11 [Exclusive]

Dr. Contessa Metcalfe is back on Married to Medicine and making waves with her return! The multi-faceted doctor-turned-reality star recently sat down with BOSSIP to dish on her comeback on Bravo’s hit series, the Key West drama, and the emotional rollercoaster of camaraderie, confrontations, and fractured friendships (like the one she has with Dr. Heavenly).

Dr. Contessa told BOSSIP that after stepping away from the show to focus on her family and business ventures, she decided it was time to return to the messiness that is Married to Medicine.

“Last year was just a really interesting year for my family,” she told Managing Editor Dani Canada. “Scott and I bought a building and sat on it for a year trying to figure out what we wanted to do with it. And on top of that, we needed to figure out what we were doing. Were we staying together? Were we not? We had to make those decisions without any outside noise.”

Now that the dust has settled, Dr. Contessa is back and navigating the group that now includes her friend, Sweet Tea, despite her lingering tension with Contessa’s other friend, Miss Quad.

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“I love Tea. I’ve loved Tea since I met her,” said the physician. “I think she’s amazing. If you’ve ever had a friend that one friend didn’t really like or get along with, you always feel like you’re cheating on the other friend.

Even now, she sometimes feels uncomfortable, and she’s happy to reassure both women that her friendships with them are genuine and separate from any drama.

“I’m friends with this one. I’m friends with that one. But I’m not talking about you behind your back. I mean, our conversations have nothing to do with you. And I’m loyal to both of you. I love you both,” she added.

Still, she admitted that being caught in the middle can be tough, especially when conflicts arise.

“You got to choose a side or who was right, who was wrong. And sometimes it’s just emotions. Emotions. People blow up, people make mistakes, and then you move forward. We’re all emotional creatures.”

Speaking of emotions, Married To Medicine viewers saw them reach a fever pitch during a “pool party” (with no actual swimming) in Key West. A couples game of “Vibe Check” started by Dr. Heavenly went left when Miss Quad, her ex-husband, Dr. G, and his new wife, Sweet Tea, exchanged words. Quad joked that she would plan a baby shower for the couple and voiced her approval of their marriage, leading to tense moments.

“You noticed I tried to take Quad away?” asked Contessa. “I did my best. But on the same token, I felt like it needed to happen. I thought it was going to happen a long time ago, but it never did. And there’s been all these kind of tense moments where it’s kind of been building up because it is uncomfortable and it’s unnatural for you to really be in a place with anybody, kind of like with all of us when we’ve blown up with our friends because we’ve had unresolved issues. When you have unresolved issues and you’re in the room with that person, anything they say is going to bristle you, you’re going to be like, ‘Whatever, the sky’s not blue. You’re so stupid!’”

She continued,

“So that’s what I felt like. There has been moments where they’ve kind of both been uncomfortable and not been honest with the fact that this is uncomfortable and even figured out how they’re going to navigate it. What are going to be the ground rules? How are we going to do this? How are we going to have these new people in the room?”

On Sunday, we’ll see the continuation of the drama between Quad and Dr. G, this time when Quad’s boyfriend, King, confronts her ex.

According to Dr. Contessa, the blowup was “crazy town.”

“And I think I was expecting it to just be over and just like I said, I think it was just a bad night,” Contessa told BOSSIP. “It was too much emotion, it was just a bad night. But it just became a bad day too,” she added. “It’s about to be a bad year, like what the hell? Lord, I thought y’all was divorced. It just becomes this element of what is the right way to navigate divorce? What is the right way to do it? And I don’t know if anybody knows that.”

Hit the flip for more from Dr. Contessa including her unfiltered thoughts on her former friend Dr. Heavenly!

Elsewhere in the convo,  Dr. Contessa told BOSSIP about that “square up, hoe” moment this season with Dr. Heavenly.

After the dentist doubled down on alleging that Dr. Contessa’s husband, Dr. Scott, was abusive and shaded the doctor’s late mom, things nearly got physical.

Dr. Jackie Walters said in a confessional that she thinks the two former friends miss each other, but Contessa isn’t so sure because Dr. Heavenly fights dirty.

“Sometimes, yeah, [I do] but then there are toxic moments. And I can’t do toxic,” she told BOSSIP. “You make it hard to love you. And that’s what I need to stop. As long as you don’t run your mouth, you want somebody to punch you in it, then I’m cool,” she added.

“Let’s just keep it respectful. Let’s not call my husband names because I’m not doing it to yours. Let’s just keep it above board. Let’s not talk about my mom. Let’s not do that. Keep it restricted to me. If you keep it restricted to me, then we’re fine. There are rules.”

Still, she told BOSSIP that she believes her former friend still has love for her, and a reconciliation is possible since she doesn’t hold grudges.

“But I do believe honestly that there’s feeling like this crush happening. I feel like there’s this love letter that she just needs to write me and just be like, ‘I miss you and you deserted me, girl. I miss you friend, it was supposed to be me and you forever and ever always,’” said Dr. Contessa. “I can’t live in a place of toxicity, not in the friendship group. I can’t. And so I just try to remove myself and stay away.

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She continued,

“I love hard. I’m a good loyal friend. Whatever you told me, whatever I know, you got to cut me with a rusty knife in order to get it out of me. I swear. But that’s just how I roll and I expect that level of loyalty and friendship as well. I just have let things go and that’s how I feel. I have zero anger towards Heavenly.”

The Kansas City native may have moved past the situation with Heavenly, but she told BOSSIP there’s one thing she’s ready to fight for—Super Bowl bragging rights. A devoted Chiefs fan, she shared that she’ll be watching Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs take on Jalen Hurts and the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX. And despite her rock-solid physique, she’s ready to indulge in some super fatty Super Bowl snacks.

“It’s a 90/10 rule. 90% of the time you eat clean, 10%, eat whatever, eat the stuff,” said Dr. Contessa. “I hate that sugar free cake. Just do the cake. If you going to eat it, eat it. I use a little bit less sugar in it and little less butter in a peach cobbler, but just eat the peach cobbler, eat the fried chicken, let it be that day. Let it be Super Bowl. But Monday, go right back to your routine.”

She continued,

“I do not believe in cutting corners. I’ll have a little healthy option, but for the most part, I think you should live your life. Don’t be that weirdo who brings that gluten-free, sugar-free cake.”

Watch our exclusive with Dr. Contessa!