HE SAID ‘NOT MY DEBT, HONEY!’ Kelli Potter’s Ex-Husband Mark Ferrell BLASTS Claims That He’s Responsible For Her Massive $217K Restaurant Debt… While Creditors Hunt For Her Bank Accounts!
Honey, pull up a chair and tuck in your napkins, because the financial drama surrounding Real Housewives of Atlantastar Kelli Potter (formerly Kelli Ferrell) is getting noisier than a Sunday morning brunch rush! Media Take Out has the absolute, exclusive scoop on a heated behind-the-scenes war of words after it was revealed that Kelli’s famous restaurant, Nana’s Chicken-N-Waffles, is facing a crushing six-figure judgment!
To recap the messy court receipts, a commercial lender named ARF Financial sued Kelli and her restaurant business back in 2025 over an unpaid loan. After Kelli completely failed to answer the lawsuit, the court slapped her with a staggering $217,301 default judgment that is actively growing with interest every single day!
Now, the creditors are playing zero games—firing off heavy subpoenas to multiple financial institutions to locate and freeze Kelli’s personal and business bank accounts!
The Finger-Pointing: “He Borrowed It With Me, Honey!”
When the news first broke that Kelli’s coins were at risk of being seized, her team immediately scrambled to control the narrative.
A representative for the RHOA star told the media that this entire $217K nightmare actually stems from a joint business loan she and her ex-husband, Mark Ferrell, took out over five years ago while they were still happily married. Her camp insists that the massive debt was a major battleground during their toxic divorce proceedings, where Kelli passionately argued that Mark should be the one legally stuck with the bill!
Mark Ferrell Claps Back: “Check The Docket, Sweetie!”
Let’s look at this legal battlefield directly like a supportive, grounded peer, not a rigid lecturer:Honey, we all know how common it is for exes to try and pass off massive liabilities to each other when a marriage crumbles. But baby, in the eyes of the law, what matters is whose name is actually stamped on the official court judgment. If a creditor sues you—and only you—ignoring the lawsuit and then pointing at your ex is a highly risky defense strategy that judges do not care about!
Mark Ferrell clearly saw Kelli’s team trying to drag his name into her financial woes, and baby, he came prepared to clear his reputation immediately! His representatives just released a scathing, official statement to Media Take Outputting an absolute end to the rumors:
“Recent coverage of Ms. Kelli Potter’s outstanding debt to ARF Financial has implied that her ex-husband, Mr. Mark Ferrell, bears responsibility for the judgment entered against her and Nana’s Chicken-N-Waffles LLC. The record does not support that claim. The ARF Financial judgment is one of several civil matters currently on public record involving Ms. Potter and her business interests, none of which name Mr. Ferrell as a party. We encourage outlets covering this story to consult the applicable county civil dockets before assigning responsibility.”
Ouch! Mark basically told the blogs to check the legal receipts, because his name is completely nowhere to be found on ARF Financial’s paperwork!
The Digital Streets Are Living For The Shade
While Kelli’s team insists they are confident the matter will be “rightfully resolved”—and even claimed she hasn’t been officially served with the collection actions yet—the internet is already having a absolute field day with her restaurant drama!
Fans are already bringing up the hilarious RHOA shade from earlier this season when co-star Phaedra Parks publicly dragged Kelli for letting her new boyfriend buy her a brand-new $70,000 set of teeth while her bills were piling up! “Phaedra told her she should have used Crest Whitestrips and paid her creditors, and now they are coming for her bank accounts! She is about to be homeless, not toothless, honey!” one viral comment section read.
We are keeping our notifications permanently locked to the Georgia civil court dockets to see if ARF Financial manages to completely drain those bank accounts, so stay completely locked into Media Take Out, honey!
Do you think Kelli’s ex should help her pay off the restaurant debt, or is she on her own? Let’s talk about it in the comments below!
