NeNe Leakes Denies She’s Throwing a ‘Temper Tantrum’ With Bravo Lawsuit: ‘I’ve Been Blacklisted’

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Demanding respect. Nene Leakes insists she isn’t throwing a “temper tantrum’” over her lawsuit with Bravo — she’s simply fighting back.“I’ve been blacklisted,” the former Real Housewives of Atlanta star, 54, claimed in a statement to TMZ on Monday, May 2. “If you haven’t worked in more than three years when all of a sudden you’re working and sought after, then suddenly you’re not working, it’s being blacklisted.

I haven’t caused any problems on any sets. Everybody I’ve ever worked with, I’ve had a good work relationship with except for this group of people.”Leakes initially joined the cast of Real Housewives in 2008 before announcing her departure in season 7.

She returned to the franchise for seasons 10, 11 and 12 before permanently leaving the reality show in September 2020. “I have made the hard and very difficult decision to not be ap art of Real Housewives of Atlanta season 13,” the fashion designer said via her YouTube channel at the time. “It wasn’t an easy decision for me. … There has been a lot of emotion flying on both sides.

I’m just so happy that I can that I was a part of a genre that opened doors for Black ensemble reality shows.”The TV network, in a statement to Us Weekly at the time, wished Leakes “all the best in her future endeavors.” They added, “She’s been instrumental since the start and will truly be missed, and maybe one day she’ll hold the peach again.”When asked if she was looking for compensation from the lawsuit, The New Normal alum told TMZ said she “couldn’t speak on that,” but the claims she was aiming for a new.