NeNe Leakes got emotional Friday on the Tamron Hall show while discussing her exit from The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
During an interview with host Tamron Hall , Leakes cried and hinted at alleged mistreatment behind the scenes of the hit Bravo series.
“I can’t tell you everything that I want from them but I can tell you that I want fair treatment,” Leakes said after Hall asked her what happened. “I deserve fair treatment. I haven’t done anything that no one else has done there, or haven’t done even worse, so I don’t deserve this treatment. I’m as confused as you are.”
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Asked if she wanted to return to the show, Leakes responded, “No, I do not.” Still, she said she would like to see the culture at the Housewives franchise change.
Last month Leakes posted a video on her YouTube channel announcing she would not be returning to RHOA for the upcoming 13th season. She said “it wasn’t an easy decision.”
Later, she responded to a fan on Twitter and confirmed that she was “forced” off the show.
Hall noted that her producers contacted Bravo for a response to Leakes’ allegations, but the network declined comment.
On Friday, Leakes addressed reports that she had been fired. She told Hall she wasn’t fired, but had been offered a dramatically reduced role on the series, and chose not to accept it.
“They offered six episodes,” Leakes said, adding that previously she had done “18 to 23” episodes in a season.
“Over the past four years, I have felt very forced out. I have felt my role was being diminished. Every year, they would give me less and less and less episodes,” Leakes said.
Hall said she stopped watching RHOA because of the fights between the women on the series, and added that a lot of Housewives fans view Leakes as a “bully.”
Leakes insisted that’s not the case. “They don’t know who I am. They only know me from reality television and those shows are built on drama,” she said.
Watch more of the NeNe Leakes interview below.
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