Yahoo Lifestyle Is NeNe Leakes Coming Back to 'RHOA'? She Just Gave an Update
It's been over four years since NeNe Leakes announced her departure from The Real Housewives of Atlanta following season 12—but it seems like the fan fave may be ready for a return. During a January 14 appearance on the Tamron Hall show, NeNe was asked whether she would ever consider returning to Bravo, and her answer was...surprising, to say the least.
"If they called, I would answer," NeNe said of the network, per People. "I would need to hear what they have to say."
She went on to add, "We have put a lot of things behind us that some people know, some people don’t know," likely referring to her 2022 discrimination lawsuit against Bravo, NBC Universal, True Entertainment, and Andy Cohen that was later dropped. "We’ve ended all of those things, we’ve moved forward."
Just a day earlier, NeNe expressed a similar sentiment on The Breakfast Club, noting that she'd "never say never" to a RHOA return—especially if the price is right. "If they got a check that’s got zero, zero, zero, zero, zero on the end? You know, I might be back," she joked.
She continued, "I do miss the trips, I do miss the check. I don’t miss the arguments."
You're probably also wondering: Where does NeNe stand with Andy? After calling him out on Twitter (and telling fans to boycott RHOA) back in 2020, it seems like NeNe and Bravo host are...cordial, at least.
"I haven’t spoken to him, but I’m not against speaking to him," she said of Andy, adding, "We’re not in meetings. We did settle our dispute with each other. We did settle everything."
Oh, and if that wasn't enough, NeNe also teased a return to TMZ, saying she would go back to RHOA on two conditions: "If the opportunity was right and the check was on point, why not?”
Fans don't have a TON of info about RHOA season 16 at this point, especially since the series recently underwent a major reboot. (As NeNe said on The Breakfast Club, "I felt like if I was there, they would have to put certain girls around me. All of those girls who are there now, I don’t know who they are.")
However, we do know that season 16 will feature NeNe's former costars Porsha Williams and Phaedra Parks as full-time cast members, with her Cynthia Bailey and Kenya Moore making guest appearances.
Other cast members this season will include Shamea Morton Mwangi, Drew Sidora, Brittany Eady, Kelli Ferrell, and Angela Oakley. And while Bravo has not yet set a date for the season 16 premiere, we are SO ready for it (even if it doesn't include NeNe just yet).
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