Viewers of 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' have been first introduced to NeNe Leakes when the collection started in 2008. Will she be coming back for Season 14?
Reality tv star NeNe Leakes was once first introduced to audiences when The Real Housewives of Atlanta made its debut on Bravo on Oct. 7, 2008. NeNe seemed at the collection for seven straight seasons. She didn't seem in Season Eight and Season Nine to focus on her many trade adventures. Then NeNe came again and was a cast member for 3 more seasons. But in 2020, she announced that she had no plans of signing up for Season 13 of RHOA.
In a video that she had posted to her YouTube account, she shared with her fans, "I have made the hard and very difficult decision to not be a part of RHOA Season 13. It wasn't an easy decision for me. I'm just so happy that I can say that I was a part of a genre that opened doors for Black ensemble reality shows."
NeNe in late 2020 even participated in and promoted the boycott Bravo movement that, in keeping with Screen Rant, was once due to the "unfair and biased treatment they have displayed towards their African American talent.” It would appear that it's all water under the bridge because now the 53-year-old is saying that she would be open to making a return to the reality franchise that made her a household name. Could she be back for Season 14 of RHOA?
Recently, the former Glee actress appeared on the daytime talk show The Real and had fans hoping that she's coming back to the Real Housewives of Atlanta in the future. During her appearance on the show on Nov. 4, NeNe shared that there could be a possibility of her returning to the show. She stated that she would be "happy" to rejoin the cast, but some conditions first had to be met.
When co-host Loni Love asked NeNe what it would take for her to come back to the show, she stated that she would need to speak with RHOA executive producer Andy Cohen before she decided to do anything.
She went on to say, "I believe Andy and I had been really close for a really, really very long time, and I love Benny Boo, and I helped pay for his baby shower and all the ones issues. I think that Andy and I need to have a sit-down and talk, after which we are off to the races." Nene and Andy definitely have some reconciling to do. During her departure last year, she implied that the Bravo executive was a racist.
She had taken to social media and tweeted, "I will ALWAYS devour and devour just right! Believe that. I have ALWAYS believed in more than one streams of income so the Leakes are just right you ole cocaine head and also you ole racist. No one knew you till YOU knew me. Remember I'm ICON. Don't disregard." Hopefully, the two can patch up their relationship and move forward. Season 14 of RHOA has already started filming, so even if NeNe does work everything out, she may not be on the forthcoming season.
There had been rumors swirling around that NeNe was leaving the series because she had been fired, but the Broadway actress quickly refuted that. Her manager, Steven Grossman, told People, "It is absolutely not true that NeNe has been fired from RHOA." Bravo additionally said that she wasn't fired from the truth series.
NeNe has disclosed that there used to be an offer at the desk for her to return for Season 13, but she declined as a result of she did not really feel it was once the place for her anymore.
Hopefully, we will see NeNe again as a cast member on RHOA.
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