In a candid new episode of her Pillow Talk series on YouTube this week, the Real Housewives of Atlanta alum broke down in tears while reflecting on how she contemplated trying out an open marriage after the death of her husband Gregg Leakes. She expressed:

“Maybe I should just marry whether I’m 100% happy with the person or not. Maybe I should marry just so that I have a partner — a partner for life.”

She was so serious about getting hitched she thought this could be a solid option even if the person wasn’t perfect for her because “at least there’s someone.” Aw! That’s so sad!

Related: Kyle Richards’ Estranged Hubby Mauricio Umansky Dating An Actress?

The 55-year-old especially liked the idea if there was “an agreement that this person would be there for me and I would be there for them [during] hard times or medical times.” However, it could still be an open relationship where they could date other people! She mused:

“He will see whoever he wants to see. I will see whoever I want to see. […] But doing that, you have to know that person will probably be talking to other people and loving other people and they’re just with you through the hard times.”

She gave it some thought… then determined this wasn’t the right route for her:

“I considered it but I know that it’s not who I am as a person. I really would want to be with somebody that really loves me and really… wanted to be there for me.”

The sad topic came up while she was recalling how she “got really emotional in [a doctor’s] office” when she had to put down an emergency contact and could no longer list her late hubby. But we find it particularly inneresting since she kiiiinda was involved in an open marriage of sorts! After Gregg passed at age 66 in September 2021, the reality star started dating a man named Nyonisela Sioh, who wasn’t officially divorced from his wife yet!

NeNe seemingly thought he was fair game, but the wife didn’t — and ended up suing the star, claiming she essentially stole her husband! Damn. We bet this opened NeNe’s eyes to the complexities of open relationships because the drama proved too much for her and she announced she was “taking a break” from that romance in July.

Hear her discuss all of this (below):

We hope she finds someone to treat her right in this second phase of her love life! Thoughts? Let us know (below)!

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On Tuesday’s episode of the Just B podcast, the two former Real Housewives stars went into detail about their relationship with the Bravo boss! They’d been known to be the late night TV host’s favorites, regularly seen by his side or on Watch What Happens Live — but according to both ladies, things apparently weren’t what they seemed…

NeNe was first to speak up about how their bond with Andy was never really true friendship:

“I don’t feel like we were good friends. My good friends, I go to their house or I visit their home at some point, so I never visited his home. … [We were] probably a little more than [colleagues] because I could call him on his cell. I have gone out with him, out on the town, and I’ve gone drinking with him and I’ve partied with him. … [But] I did not know where it stood. I thought we had a good relationship.”

Not friendship, but good. That “good relationship” wasn’t even as good as she thought, though. The 55-year-old went on to refer to Andy as “a big game” every Housewife in the franchise has to work with:

“He’s at the top and he is moving everybody around on the board.”

Bethenny wasted no time agreeing there’s a game playing aspect to it:

“There’s always questions, ‘Who texts you the most? Who do you text the most?’ And the thing is, we’re all in the game.”

The 52-year-old went on to recall how she wanted to gain Andy’s approval back during the time while she was close with him:

“I remember one year, I was off the Housewives and I went to his house for his Christmas party and there were all these famous people there and I felt special. And then, you know, I’m sitting next to him at this reunion and now I feel special. And it reminds me of you with your parents … we all want his approval, we all want to be the favorite. We want to be able to say, ‘I’ve been on that show the most.’ It’s like a calling card.”

She went on to suggest there’s an ongoing “power play” between the TV host and the Housewives:

“There’s a psychology that goes on with this group and this show. He used to be an executive and he’s a producer so there’s this power play. … It’s tricky.”

Damn!!

It does make a lot of sense. He’s the executive producer and he hosts WWHL — there’s no doubt he’s got a lot of power when it comes to decision-making and, as NeNe said, “moving everyone around the board.” It’s SUPER important to be on his good side as a Housewife! No wonder they want in his good graces!

Related: Kim Zolciak Missed The Latest Kroy Biermann Divorce Court Hearing

But Bethenny really did think they were friends! And now she feels like her relationship with Andy wasn’t at all what she thought:

“I thought this whole time that Andy and I were kind of really friends ’cause we text back and forth, but we don’t really — I’ve been to his house once for a Christmas party 10 years ago. Every time we’re together, we’re only talking about the Housewives. Am I coming on, am I going off? Is that person getting fired, is that person coming on? We’re not really — you know what your real friends are like.”

She added that she felt like he held a “resentment” toward her because she was “supposed to be beneath him”:

“So now I’m in this hybrid world where I think, ‘We kind of really don’t like each other, but we’re both playing this game.’ And yet, when things are happening for me, he’s not really congratulating me. And I feel like he has this sort of resentment because I’m supposed to be beneath him, because we sort of came up at the same time. … So I’m thinking, ‘I don’t think he likes me at all. I think we were both playing this game for some time.’ And one day I just decided not to be afraid and open my f**king mouth because the only person I was protecting in that whole realm was him, and he hasn’t been protecting me.”

NeNe was quick to completely agree:

“Hello! I kind of feel the same you do. I don’t think he ever liked me.”

The podcast host’s latest appearance on WWHL was the one that really opened her eyes, though, as she said the toxic environment of pitting the Housewives against each other isn’t foreign to them:

“We’re so used to that environment [of being asked gross and problematic questions] … [But Andy is] always protected from [these kinds of questions], and we’re always f**king skinned alive with Tabasco sauce all over us, naked. … We’re out there and we get thrown like pieces of meat to just get ripped apart by that vehicle that we kiss the ass to get on. … And we all play the god damn f**king game, because we’re using him like he’s using us, because we want to promote our s**t. But it all just seems so gross.”

Wow…

The I Dream Of NeNe star also took the opportunity to discuss her issues regarding the lawsuit she filed, alleging Andy, NBC, network executives, and other entities related to RHOA were violating anti-discrimination laws. She said she’s been “severely retaliated against” since speaking out — and has “not been able to work at all in any area of entertainment”:

“Listen, I’m a talent, and I am talented. I am not just a reality star, I’m an entertainer. I sing, dance, act, and do reality, OK? As a Black woman, I have to be able to do everything. At the end of the day, I do cartwheels and flips. They shut my work down. I do everything. So you mean to tell me as talented person, there was nothing for me to host, there was nothing for me to act in, sing in, dance in, jump in clap in — nothing?”

She went on to place the blame on Andy and his power in the industry:

“The doors were closed. [Andy] said the door is closed, and apparently when he says when the door is closed, the door is closed across the industry … My feelings are they pretty much said, ‘F that Black bitch!’ They never respected me, no one, to even give me one call … I want fair treatment.”

So, so awful.

NeNe went on to say she HAS tried to contact the 55-year-old radio host — but he hasn’t hit her back:

“I did call him. He has not taken my phone call. I’ve tried to find a way for he and I to sit down and talk but he’s never wanted to do that. … This is just to clear the air, not for anything else — not to be a Housewife, not for anything. Just to understand him and for him to understand me, pretty much. I actually feel sad for a person who doesn’t have a forgiving heart. I can be mad at you, but I’m not going to be forever mad at you. I can’t carry that grudge and that hatred in my heart forever. He’s he’s never wanted to [move on]. And it’s OK. I’m not pushing it. Everybody moves when they’re ready in their time. He’s not ready and that’s okay.”

Bethenny added she does “consider” the talk show host’s perspective, however:

“I feel badly for how I envision his mind is perceiving it. He’s perceiving it that he represents an institution that has given us opportunities that have been amazing for us, and we do not negate that. But we’ve all worked for that… I feel badly for the way he must think I have f**ked him over when it’s not about him.”

Oof. They really put it all out in the open! What do U think, Perezcious readers? Let us know (below).

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Of course, the Real Housewives of Atlanta alum filed a lawsuit against Andy and the Bravo crew back in April of last year. In that filing, she alleged executive producers at the network created a “hostile” and “racist” work environment on the ever-popular RHOA.

Leakes ended up dropping that lawsuit just four months later, in August of last year. But now, in a new interview with Carlos King, she says things are still very much in motion. And she’s open to hashing it out with Andy and his crew, judging by her new commentary here!

Related: NeNe Leakes’ Eldest Son Busted For Fentanyl!

Of course, this is part two of NeNe’s sit-down with King on the Reality With The King podcast. As we covered last week, on part one of that show, the Glee alum opened up a great deal about the struggles her adult son Bryson Bryant has had with drugs. She also talked frankly about her reality TV career, the spotlight-level focus on her family, and more.

Well now in part two, Leakes is back for another round. The one-hour follow-up podcast dropped on Tuesday morning, and with it, Leakes took aim at her fractured relationship with Cohen. Straight from the very top of the podcast, NeNe — who was an original cast member on RHOA way back in 2008 before leaving the show in 2020 — said:

“I had a love and respect for them [Bravo] that I don’t think they ever had for me. To this day, I still respect them for what they do. They do it great! You cannot take that away from them.”

Whoa!

She’s not wrong about that last part. And it’s interesting to hear her wonder whether the network ever really loved her, too. After all, she was a HUGE draw for them over the years — and especially early on!

Related: NeNe Reconnected With Sworn Enemy Kim Zolciak Amid Kroy Biermann Divorce Dramz!

The ex-Bravolebrity then lamented how big the network has gotten since her 2008 arrival on the scene.

She told Carlos:

“When I started on Bravo, they were big, but they weren’t big like they are now. I talked directly to the president of the network and directly to Andy. Today they have grown so big that people aren’t talking to them directly. You’re talking to someone else to get to them.”

Next, she took aim at how things played out near the end of her tenure on the show.

While she refused to name specific names, the 55-year-old star strongly implied that things “weren’t fair at all” with how she was portrayed on air. And when King asked her to be specific about who refused to stand up for her when things got rough, NeNe said the entire cast fell short — in her view.

Oof…

She noted:

“All I ever wanted on this show was to be treated fairly. A lot of girls and people who worked on the show know that there were things that just weren’t fair at all. It pains me and hurts me deeply how I fought for some of the girls that are on that show and how they did not fight for me to stay on the show. It’s very painful.”

More intriguingly, then, was Leakes’ clear displeasure for working in the corporate environment that Bravo became.

The longtime reality TV star said:

“Unfortunately, I was not experienced enough to know that in a lot of these corporate places, they don’t love you. You’re here to work, and they could throw you out the door anytime you feel like it. I love them, and I had personal relationships with them.”

Ouch. No question that has to hurt. Especially since she spent well over a decade cultivating relationships and trying (and mostly succeeding!) to build a successful show.

She tried to conclude things on a high note, though. And to hear this next statement she made on Tuesday’s podcast leaves us wondering: perhaps NeNe could yet return to the Bravo airwaves? She summed things up thusly:

“From day one, I have been very open to sitting down and having a conversation to work anything out, how to move forward, anything we could do just to move forward. I can’t say that the other side has been that way, but I have always been open.”

Well, well, well! Wouldn’t that be interesting… No word on whether Andy is game, of course. But we can hope!

You can watch the full interview for yourself (below), including all the interesting Bravo talk that pops up right off the jump:

Definitely interesting for an hour, that’s for sure!

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As we reported on Monday, the 55-year-old TV veteran sat down with producer and podcast host Carlos King for a massive two-part interview about her life and career.

In our Monday evening report, we covered quite a bit of the unfortunate saga involving NeNe’s 33-year-old son Bryson Bryant, who has struggled for years with drug addiction and legal problems. And now, as this week’s full installment of the Reality With The King podcast has been released, we’ve got a look at everything else.

Related: NeNe Speaks Out Amid Ugly Fan Trolling Over Son Brentt’s Sexuality

In Tuesday’s podcast episode — the first of two parts, with the second to be released next Tuesday — the Bravo vet got real with her RHOA producer pal about how the so-called reality TV sausage was made.

Here are the highlights from their nearly 90-minute-long chat (below)…

Low Salaries For A LONG Time!

Amazingly, even though RHOA was a hit from the start of its run way back in 2008, NeNe and the rest of the cast didn’t get paid for YEARS.

She told King in Tuesday’s interview that she only made “a total of $10,000” to film the first season of the show. Then, when Bravo realized they had a hit on their hands, they offered NeNe “an extra $5,000” to film the reunion. That’s all?! After a filming schedule that lasted three months! Oof!

NeNe didn’t remember the Season 2 salary numbers off the top of her head, but when King queried about it, she estimated she made “around $50,000” to film that follow-up.

By seasons three and four, the RHOA ladies started to get smart. NeNe recalled how she, Shereé Whitfield, Kim Zolciak-Biermann, and other OG stars “got the same attorney” to play hardball with Bravo. It ended up working — sort of — and the women made low six figures in the third season. Then finally by the fourth season, NeNe and the rest got big-time paydays.

Still, it took a long time (and a LOT of work) before they came to that point! Jeez!!

How Real Was RHOA?

The biggest question on most viewers’ minds is always how real RHOA really is.

For NeNe, she says things were real… at first. She says things began to change during the fifth season. That year, Kenya Moore joined the cast, and along with her addition, Leakes began noticing there were more made-up storylines and phony relationships inserted into the series. She wanted to be very clear about one thing, tho: all the OG Housewives started the run with their “real husbands” and “real boyfriends.”

NeNe explained:

“Our stories were real. Everything we talked about and did was real. When we had disagreements, they were real. We didn’t pretend like we had a boyfriend when we didn’t have one. Then I think once Kenya came on the show — I’m not saying that Kenya started it or did it — but at that moment, it started to be ‘let’s create our story line.’ Well, we didn’t create a story line [before that]. We just showed up to work and was just filming and being who we are.”

Inneresting…

Family Fractures

As we noted up top, a big portion of NeNe’s discussion with King centered on addiction issues of her son Bryson. But that wasn’t the only family problem Leakes wanted to clarify with this podcast push.

During Tuesday’s show, she expressed regret over bringing her sons — Bryson, whom she shares with ex Calvin Bryant, along with 24-year-old Brentt Leakes, whom she shared with late husband Gregg Leakes — onto the show at all.

Remembering one pivotal early-season moment in which she disciplined Brentt on camera when he was just a kid, NeNe said:

“I disciplined my son once on camera that everybody goes back and, and say, over and over, ‘you lost your damn mind.’ You know? I felt like that really hurt my son’s feelings. I don’t wanna hurt my children in the process of doing something that I wanna do. So I wished I could take that moment back.”

The Trouble With Gregg

Of course, NeNe and Gregg were married for pretty much the entire time she filmed RHOA. They wed in 1997, had Brentt in 1999, and then eventually called it quits in 2010 before reconciling three years later. From there, the Bravo-lebrity remained by Gregg’s side until he tragically died from cancer in 2021.

NeNe recalled how her marriage to Gregg had been happy… up until the time she began to out-earn him as the show took off:

“Gregg loved me for me, and he knew me for who I was. And also my husband was the breadwinner in my case. I wasn’t working and he made the money. And once I started to make more money than him, he started looking at me, like, sideways … Because I no longer had to ask him for money. I no longer had to ask him for anything. … And so I think that I pulled some of his strength or his power or something.”

Then, regarding their divorce in 2010, NeNe recalled how she was “devastated” over the split. Still, she knew she needed to move forward with it to “teach him a lesson.”

She explained:

“The only lesson that Gregg was gonna get was for me to divorce him. And I was gonna have to carry it all the way through. And when I carried it all the way through, I will never forget. Gregg called me on the phone. He said, ‘you bitch, you divorced me.'”

At least he got the message, and they ended up together? Tough love indeed…

Change Comes For All

Now that the show has been a success for so many years, and NeNe was at the center of that success, she has become a reality TV superstar. But along with that comes an ego — or at least what others perceive to be an ego.

Explaining how she hates being criticized for having “changed” over the years, NeNe said:

“People like to say ‘you’ve changed over the years.’ Well, the thing is, you’re supposed to grow. Every year you get older, you know, it’s not like I’m getting younger. And you learn from your mistakes and you become more and more mature.”

And she continued:

“I think people try to say ‘ego’ when the cameras are watching you and all these people are pulling you apart every single day.”

Not wrong about that!

You can watch the full first part of her interview on Reality With The King (below):

Damn. Definitely a wide-ranging interview.

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The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum has been dealing with some major adversity involving her 33-year-old son Bryson Rashard Bryant. Bryson, who the reality TV vet shares with ex Calvin Bryant, has been running afoul of the law in his adult life, including a notable arrest earlier this month that has netted multiple charges against him.

Related: NeNe Speaks Out After Fans Question Son Brentt’s Sexuality!

As we learned late last week, Bryson was arrested earlier this month in Lawrenceville, Georgia. As of Monday, per People, he still remains behind bars on a $6,100 bond after he was first taken into custody by police in that city on July 3 (for which he is pictured in his mugshot, above).

The charges against him include possession of a schedule two controlled substance (which cops believed to be fentanyl immediately after running field tests on it), prowling, loitering, giving a false name, and multiple probation violations from earlier cases.

Now, in a sneak-peek preview of a forthcoming podcast interview between NeNe and her longtime producer pal Carlos King, the 55-year-old mother of two is being shockingly honest about Bryson’s issues. In Monday’s teaser for this week’s upcoming episode of Reality With The King, Leakes explained how Bryson is in need of “a lot of counseling” and rehabilitation for drug addiction and other things.

She lamented:

“He needs rehabilitation. He needs a lot of counseling. Like many families out there, I have family members that are struggling with drugs and certain addictions. He has an addiction. He’s been struggling with it for years. He’s been in rehab for a couple of times and he still has come back out and relapsed.”

Ugh.

She also frankly spoke about how Bryson’s problems are beyond her reach at this point, considering the fact that he’s now well into his 30s and with a family of his own. The longtime Bravo vet explained:

“He is [33] years old, he’s an adult. He has three children — three beautiful children — who I adore. He has a wife. As a mother, I would never wash my hands of my child, right? But I’m kind of numb to it because it’s been happening for so many years. I’m just really kind of numb to the situation.”

That may sound harsh, but as NeNe was quick to note, that arms-length affair is part of the reality of dealing with longstanding addictions. She added:

“As a mom just to watch it, my hands are tied. [There’s] not much I can do. For people who have had children or family members that have been on drugs, they know that they have to be ready. They have to simply be ready.”

The Atlanta native also explained how she’s already put up quite a bit of money and time in trying to help Bryson get past his drug addiction issues and legal problems.

But from the sound of it, judging by this podcast preview, NeNe’s beloved son does not appear ready to make that change for himself:

“I’ve spent so much money on trying to get Bryson where he needs to be, but every time I’ve sent him off is because I said, ‘you are getting your ass up and we are sending you off.’ But I learned through counseling myself that he has to say, ‘I’m ready to go,’ not me making him go. So until Bryson is ready to make a change, [there’s] nothing I [can] do.”

Interestingly, when King asked whether NeNe being on RHOA for a decade could have affected Bryson as he grew up, the reality TV superstar admitted:

“I don’t think it helped.”

She then went on to clarify that remark with deeper thoughts:

“I wouldn’t say that the sole cause of it, [but] it certainly didn’t help because we started on television when Bryson was like in the 11th or 12th grade and Brentt was in third grade. And, so there, they’re having to be in a light shine, a light shine on them that they did not ask for. People are picking them apart because of the job that I chose to do. And so I feel for them in that way. But there’s just issues that he has.”

In a poignant move at the end of the preview, NeNe did acknowledge that her College Hill co-star Lamar Odom has reached out to offer his support.

The former NBA star, who nearly died of an overdose at a Nevada brothel way back in 2015, has opened multiple Odom Wellness Treatment Centers in Southern California. According to NeNe, he has already offered a spot in one of those rehab facilities to Bryson when the time comes:

“Lamar Odom also called me and said he would grab Bryson right away and send him to his place.”

In the preview clip, NeNe did not explain whether her family will choose to take up Odom on that very generous offer. Still, that’s a serious assist Lamar is offering up there. We can hope that (or something like it) is put to good use.

You can watch the full preview clip (below):

Wow.

That’s some seriously heavy stuff to be dealing with. And for pretty much all of Bryson’s adult life, no less. We send our love to NeNe and the rest of her family during this challenging time.

FYI, the first part of her sit-down with King with drop on all major podcast platforms on Tuesday. Then, part two of their wide-ranging chat is set to debut next Tuesday.

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According to court docs obtained by RadarOnline on Tuesday, Bryson Bryant was taken into custody earlier this month for felony possession of a schedule II-controlled substance — and that substance was the deadly drug fentanyl. Additionally, prosecutors slapped him with additional charges of misdemeanor “loitering/prowling,” probation violation, and “giving a false name, address or birthdate to a law enforcement officer.” Whoa…

Prosecutors claimed the arrest went down at around 1 a.m. on July 3 at a residence in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Per a criminal arrest warrant, police came to the home after Bryson was “evading police and claiming he knew the people that lived at the residence which was false.” There, they allegedly discovered drugs on him. But that was only the start of his legal drama…

Related: NeNe Reconnected With Sworn Enemy Kim Zolciak Amid Kroy Biermann Drama!

To make matters worse? When law enforcement asked for a name during questioning, The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum’s son lied and said he was his younger brother, Brentt Leakes! Consequently, some of the booking sheets listed him under Brentt’s name! Talk about throwing someone under the bus! That’s so cruel to do to someone, especially your own brother!

Jail records showed that Bryson was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail at around 2:36 a.m. earlier this month, with his bond being set at $5,900. He then was released hours later at 12:20 p.m. But during the booking process, he provided police with an address to a property NeNe sold years ago That’s when prosecutors added the charge of giving a false name, address, or birthdate. The filing has since been updated to list the defendant as Bryson Rashard Bryant, per RadarOnline.

Following the run-in with the law, Bryson was also accused of violating probation in another case. Jail records revealed that he is back behind bars. He’s also supposed to appear in court later this month.

Oof…

NeNe must be furious about this situation! At this time, she hasn’t addressed her oldest son’s latest legal issues. But Brentt? He took to Instagram Stories on Tuesday to seemingly react to the news of his brother giving his name for a crime he didn’t commit. He first shared a picture of NeNe with her hands on her head, appearing stunned. Ch-ch-check it out (below):

Brentt then dropped a throwback clip from an RHOA reunion that featured his mother saying:

“Now why am I in it? Now see how I get thrown in stuff.”

Clearly, he did not appreciate Bryson dragging him into his legal mess! Reactions, Perezcious readers? Let us know in the comments below.

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TMZ stopped the 55-year-old in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, and she dropped a BOMBSHELL! NeNe was asked what she thought about her former Real Housewives of Atlanta costar’s messy divorce from Kroy Biermann. Surprisingly, she revealed she’d recently reached out to her sworn enemy — and they actually talked for a while! AWESOME news! We love that they were able to squash their beef!

But on the sadder side of things, the Bravo star said she couldn’t actually tell how the mom of six was doing amid the split:

“I don’t know how she’s doing overall. I just reached out to her because she reached out to me during the time when I was really going through something. I would have to think she’s taking it hard. It’s divorce. It’s not easy.”

So Kim reached out to NeNe when she lost her husband Gregg??

Related: Kim Zolciak SUED By Target!

As we previously reported, the fashion designer’s husband Gregg sadly lost his battle with colon cancer in late 2021 at only 66. In a birthday tribute last year, NeNe expressed how much she missed her hubby on Instagram, writing in a heartbreaking post:

“I feel like you went somewhere and you’ll be back.”

So, so sad. She clearly needed all the support she could get — we’re just floored to learn Kim was one of those shoulders to cry on!

It seems like even though these two have such a rough history, they know when to step back and take things seriously! It’s shocking to hear that they’re each other’s support system, for sure, but it’s wonderful they’re able to have that relationship, all things considered.

RHOA fans know how bad things got between the two when NeNe filed a lawsuit against the production last year because they allegedly “tolerated — if not, encouraged” Kim’s “racially-insensitive and inappropriate behavior.” The suit claimed she used racial slurs against NeNe as well as some of her other Black co-stars. The legal docs (which were dropped just four months after they were filed) even claimed Kim called NeNe’s house a “roach nest” and suggested she was a drug user. Yikes…

But it sounds like these ladies have always kept their hearts open to one another.

Good thing for Kim, as she needs all the help she can get right now! We’ve been keeping you up to date with all things Kim and Kroy, and it’s been a wild ride. From the insane money woes, to the cops being called multiple times (on both of them!), to a custody battle for their younger kiddos — it’s been one hell of a messy split! Who knew Kim could turn to NeNe for support?

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The longtime reality TV star and Real Housewives of Atlanta veteran popped up on The Breakfast Club on Monday to address social media rumors that bubbled up over the weekend about her son Brentt.

Related: NeNe Leakes’ New Boyfriend’s Divorce Doc Deets Contradict His Wife’s Claims!

The rumors came about after Brentt posted an eye-catching video to his TikTok account on Saturday. In it, the 23-year-old man showed a clip of himself standing in a bathroom. He wadded up a ball of paper in his hand and moved to make a basketball shot towards a trash can sitting by the camera. The caption of his clip is what first drew attention:

“If I miss, I’m gay”

Then, after Brentt missed the shot — badly — he snapped his fingers, popped his hip, and gave a sassy look directly at the camera before walking away.

Ch-ch-check out the video for yourself (below):

@kingbrentt

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Hmmm…

Down in the comments, fans alternated between being shocked about Brentt’s supposed coming out and claiming that he was, in fact, joking with the funny and sassy clip:

“Brent plzzzzzz where ya mama”

“We been knew boo”

“Yes Friend pop on out.”

“Did he just come out”

“Not sure if this was intentional or just a joke. Either way I’m ok with it”

“Was this his coming out”

“Was this his coming out”

“clearly a joke”

Well… OK… so what’s the real answer, then?!

Fortunately, the Real Housewives of Atlanta alum was right on cue Monday to discuss it!

Related: Brentt Suffered A Scary Heart Attack And Stroke In The Fall Of 2022!

In that aforementioned Breakfast Club interview, the 55-year-old Bravo vet explained that Brentt is “not” gay, and appears to have just been playing around in the TikTok clip.

NeNe said:

“Brentt is not gay. Not to my knowledge.”

NeNe admitted she received phone calls from friends who were “concerned” about the video he posted, though. (Why concerned? Gay is great! You know, if you are!) After she fielded a few of those calls, she talked to Brentt herself to ascertain what was going on.

The RHOA alum explained how that conversation went down over the weekend:

“He called me up and was like, ‘Mom, everybody is asking if I’m gay because I did this TikTok thing.’ And I said, ‘it’s OK if you are gay. It’s fine with me.’ And he was like, ‘OK, Mom, I’m not gay.'”

So that’s that, then! Amazed at the TikTok reaction to Brentt’s video, NeNe told host Charlamagne that God that her son’s happiness is “the most important thing” in any situation. And she added:

“I don’t need to ask him, ‘Are you gay?’ What I like to say to people is, ‘whatever makes you happy.’ If my son today says he’s gay, I’m 100 percent OK with it.”

Amen to that!!

You can see the A-list reality TV vet speak out about it (below):

FWIW, Brentt re-shared a clip of his mom’s Breakfast Club interview on his Instagram Stories later on Monday along with a few cry-laughing emojis. So, uhh, he was just kidding with the TikTok video then? We guess?

What do y’all think, Perezcious readers?? Share your take down in the comments (below)!

[Image via Breakfast Club/YouTube/Brentt Leakes/Instagram]

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If you’ve been keeping up, you’ll know NeNe found herself the target of a lawsuit after Sioh’s wife, Malomine Tehmeh-Sioh, whom the fashion designer shares one child with, alleged the Real Housewives Of Atlanta star basically stole her husband.

Malomine explained in her May court filings that prior to his side relationship with the 54-year-old, the married couple “enjoyed a genuine happy marital relationship,” including an “active sexual relationship.” She further claimed she’s had to face “embarrassment, humiliation and disgrace” following NeNe’s intimate social media post with Sioh last December, which you can see on slides 5 and 9 (below):

The reality star vehemently denied the allegations, explaining in June:

“Ain’t nobody out here stealing husbands.”

Not exactly a good legal argument, but she seems to think the couple were separated before they ever started. Hmm.

Related: NeNe’s 23-year-Old Son Suffers Heart Attack & Stroke

Now, Sioh has officially filed for divorce from his estranged wife, further disputing her claims of adultery. In court documents acquired by Page Six, he listed his official date of separation from Malomine as September 19, 2021 — three months before NeNe posted the social media pics with him. Hmm, retroactively changing the date of separation to make yourself not look like a cheater… where have we heard that before? (The answer is from a couple different celebs recently! Which one did YOU think of? LOLz!)

The documents also claim the two hadn’t cohabited OR had marital relations since that time, completely brushing off Malomine’s claims… Sounding a bit like a case of he-said, she-said for now — unless she can prove it was cheating. Either way, it’s pretty messy for NeNe.

Guess we’ll just have to wait and see how it all gets sorted out. Who do YOU believe, Perezcious readers? Let us know in the comments (below)!

[Images via Nene Leakes/Nyonisela Sioh/Instagram]

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NeNe Leakes‘ son Brentt Leakes is lucky to be alive today! According to sources with direct knowledge of the situation who spoke with TMZ on Monday, the 23-year-old was in Atlanta earlier this month when he suffered a heart attack and a stroke! OMG!

Luckily, he was quickly transported to a local hospital where he received medical attention. He was reportedly hospitalized for several days but is now out and rehabbing. Those close to him are hopeful he will make a full recovery. Whoa. We’re so glad he’s okay!

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NeNe took to her Instagram Story on Monday morning as news broke to address the reports. As is understandable, the mother was distraught her son’s medical history had been disclosed by a source, saying:

“I’ve gotten tons of text messages, tons of emails. Everybody’s asking and concerned about Brentt, and we thank you guys so much. This is not the way I wanted it to come out. We wanted to be able to talk about it ourself when Brentt was in a better place. So, here I am because I would rather the correct thing be out there than something that’s not correct.”

With that said, she detailed exactly what happened to her son, saying:

“Two weeks ago today Brentt had congested heart failure and a stroke. He’s only 23 so he’s really young for something like that to happen to him. The first thing a lot of doctors think of when someone of that age comes in with that kind of condition is maybe they have done drugs or maybe they have some serious infection, maybe HIV, or some sort of infection is what I’m being told by the doctors.”

The 54-year-old insisted “Brentt doesn’t drink or do drugs.” To be sure, doctors made sure to test him for everything, including HIV. Nothing came back positive. Another theory was maybe he caught COVID and he didn’t know it; apparently, doctors have noticed something similar with people who had the Delta variant. Doctors also think maybe Brentt was “born with some sort of disease” which may have led to this. There are far more questions than answers at this point, she explained:

“They have run a number of tests on him to see what could have possibly made this happen to him. We are still trying to figure out [what happened]. If we knew the cause, obviously, they could treat the cause. It was very scary. I don’t even want to go into details about what happened and how I found out, what condition he was in. Obviously, a stroke is a very serious thing and so he’s struggling with, you know, speaking.”

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NeNe asked fans to keep them in their prayers as The Linnethia Lounge owner continues to recuperate. She left things on a positive note by sharing “he has shown some improvement,” adding:

“Brentt FaceTimed me this morning. He’s in good spirits. We’re just shocked.”

We simply cannot imagine how terrifying and emotional this health scare must have been for this family! Especially considering the Real Housewives of Atlanta star lost her husband Gregg Leakes to cancer last year. Addressing this in her post, NeNe noted Brentt was “really stressed out” about the loss in September, which marked the one year anniversary of his father’s death. So sad!! Doctors do no think this affected his physical health nor do they believe his weight did either.

We are sending well wishes to Brentt as he recovers and lots of love to this whole family, including NeNe’s older son Bryson, 32. What a difficult time for them!

[Image via NeNe Leakes/Brentt Leakes/Instagram]

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