(CNN) -- "Real Housewives of Atlanta" husband Apollo Nida has reported to prison to start an eight-year federal sentence for a fraud conviction, despite a side trip to have a final word with his wife. Nida was still in Atlanta at the home he shared with his wife, "Real Housewives" co-star Phaedra Parks, on Wednesday after the noon deadline that U.S. marshals gave him to turn himself in to the minimum-security federal prison in Lexington, Kentucky. Park's publicist, Steve Honig, who was at the home when Nida arrived Wednesday afternoon, told CNN "there was an incident" around 4 p.m., although he declined to give details on the record.
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NEW: Apollo Nida posted a video just before walking into prison early Thursday
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There was "an incident" with Nida at his Atlanta home, his wife's publicist says
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Nida was ordered to report to a federal prison in Kentucky on Wednesday
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His fraud scheme stole millions from at least 50 people over four years, a prosecutor says
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