NeNe Leakesmight not be done withThe Real Housewives of Atlantaafter all!
Leakes, 53,revealed her interestin returning to the Bravo show on Thursday during an appearance onThe Real, noting that she has some “unfinished business” to address.
“Yeah, sure. I’ll return to the show,” Leakes told hosts Loni Love andReal Housewives of Beverly HillsstarGarcelle Beauvais. “I’m okay with returning to the show as long as we can work through a few things. I’d be happy to return to the show.”
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Before she can do so, however, Leakes said she has some things to hash out with executive producerAndy Cohen.
Leakes, who is one of the original cast members fromRHOA’s 2008 premiere, firstannounced her departurefrom the show in September 2020 on her YouTube channel after what she described as “an extremely, extremely long, exhausting, tiring, emotional negotiation.”
“There has been a lot of emotion flying on both sides,” she said in the video, adding that it “wasn’t an easy decision” to make. At the end of her message, she told fans, “I will see you again. Real soon.”
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Bravo wished Leakes “all the best in her future endeavors” in a statement confirming her departure fromRHOAand thanked her “for sharing her journey for over a decade” on the show before leaving the door open for a potential return.
“She’s been instrumental since the start and will truly be missed, and maybe one day she’ll hold the peach again,” the statement said.
In an exchange with fans shortly after her announcement, Leakes suggested that Bravo didn’t think she deserved to work “at all in any [capacity].” When asked ifshe was forced out, Leakes said, “They definitely did.”
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Last October, Leakes toldExtra’s Billy Bush that shecould have returnedto the show if she wanted, and even “had an offer” on the table.
“I am very hopeful that we can work out our relationship out behind-the-scenes without everyone being involved,” Leakes told Bush, 50.
The Realairs weekdays on Fox.
source: people.com
