Now, an actress, Leakes gets emotional as she talks about The Real Housewives
Love it or hate it The Real Housewives has been entertaining America since its premiere on March 21, 2006. Ever since the show has continued to grow into a big franchise with several spin-offs show based in different cities such as New York City, Atlanta, New Jersey, D.C., Beverly Hills, Miami, Potomac, Dallas and Salt Lake City.
The immense popularity of the show has even landed them version broadcasted in different cities of different countries such as Athens (Greece), Vancouver (Canada), Paris (France), Melbourne (Austalia), Cheshire (UK), Auckland (New Zealand), Sydney (Australia), Toronto (Canada), Budapest (Hungary), Johannesburg (South Africa), Naples (Italy), Bangkok (Thailand) and Jersey (UK).
NeNe Leakes’ exit from The Real Housewives of Atlanta:
NeNe Leakes was cast as one of the original members when she first appeared on The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2008. She continued to be a part of the show for the first seven seasons and did not appear until season 10. She did briefly appear in season 8 as a supporting cast member.
However, On September 17, 2020, Leakes announced that she won’t return for Season 13 and is leaving The Real Housewives of Atlanta for good. The Glee actress shared the news on her youtube channel and thanked the fans for their love and support. She didn’t extensively cite the reason for her exit but did reveal that “a lot of emotion (has been) flying on both sides “.
The reason behind Leakes’ exit:
On September 27, 2020, during a Twitter fan exchange, Leakes’ went on to reveal the inside politics and claimed that the show “forced” her out. She even called Andy Cohen, a “racist master manipulator” and Wendy Williams an attention seeker and “cocaine head” when they discussed her exit on Watch What Happens Live, earlier in the week,
The racist is the master manipulator! They using me for ratings like they have always done
— NeNe Leakes (@NeNeLeakes) September 28, 2020
I will ALWAYS eat and eat good! Believe that. I have ALWAYS believed in multiple streams of income so the leakes are good you ole cocaine head and you ole racist. No one knew you until YOU knew me. Remember I’m ICON. Don’t forget
— NeNe Leakes (@NeNeLeakes) September 28, 2020
She on cocaine so they should stop using her to talk! They both need my help with their poor ratings
— NeNe Leakes (@NeNeLeakes) September 28, 2020
Earlier in August, Leakes’ also hinted at the network, Bravo for trying to make her feel “insignificant for the last few years”.
In a recent clip from Tamron Hall’s interview, Leakes’ addressed her exit and the reason behind leaving. Hall brought forward the allegations NeNe made of discrimination and being bullied at during her time with The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
A teary-eyed NeNe who had been crying since the commercial break, as also noted by Hall, replied that although she can’t reveal everything she wishes from the network, Bravo, one thing she strongly wants is a “fair treatment”.
If i have to stand alone I WILL
— NeNe Leakes (@NeNeLeakes) July 31, 2020
She further revealed that there is nothing that she hasn’t done that others haven’t but is still subjected to unfair treatment.
When Hall asked if she would ever return to the show, Leakes simply stated that she wouldn’t.
For fans who wanted to see more of her in the show, unfortunately, there won’t be any more of that. However, Leakes’ has expressed her interest in wanting to work things out with the network and have her own show.
RT @_DramaKing_: I am interested in a @NeNeLeakes spin off 🤷🏾♂️ And so is the rest of the world. The only people intimidated is the 2 sitting on their boring shows calling my name daily
— NeNe Leakes (@NeNeLeakes) September 29, 2020
Until further details, check out the Tamron Hall interview clip below:
