NeNe Leakes is again, child!
The “Actual Housewives of Atlanta” alum might be making her long-awaited return to Bravo following Web page Six’s unique report about her negotiating an appearance in “The Real Housewives: Ultimate Road Trip.”
“This has been a very lengthy, lengthy journey,” an emotional Leakes, 58, began a selfie-style Instagram video Wednesday.
“I’m completely happy, overjoyed, to say that I might be returning to Bravo. I virtually can’t even imagine the phrases which are popping out of my mouth. I’m so completely happy. I’m simply so completely happy.”
She went on to thank all of the showrunners and producers — together with govt Andy Cohen — who’ve “labored to make this occur” and “continued to throw [her] title within the ring over and over.”
That features her former co-stars Porsha Williams, whom she described as her “little sister,” and Phaedra Parks.
“I’m actually grateful for that,” Leakes gushed, occurring to shout, “I’m simply doggone excited to do that! I’m excited to see all of you women. It’s going to be a tiiiiime! YES! Bitches, I’m again. Now choose your faces up off the ground, OK? See you on Bravo. Love you!”
Amongst a sea of celebratory feedback beneath the put up was Cohen’s, which learn, “Couldn’t rejoice 20 years with out you 👏,” because the forthcoming spinoff present aligns with the twentieth anniversary of the “Actual Housewives” franchise.
He went on to tell his radio show listeners, “She’s gonna be making an look. After we go to Atlanta, she’s gonna be there. … Individuals are actually completely happy about it. Pay attention, we’re going to be celebrating 20 years of ‘Housewives,’ and it might be exhausting … to with out her. And so I’m completely happy about it.”
Final month, Web page Six revealed that Leakes was negotiating her return to Bravo for the following installment of “The Actual Housewives: Final Ladies Journey,” anticipated to movie early this yr.
Cohen, 57, introduced the present in November 2025 at BravoCon, throughout which he additionally revealed that he and Leakes had truly “texted just a few months in the past.”
Her community comeback is important.
As followers keep in mind, Leakes quit “RHOA” — regardless of her OG standing — in September 2020.
“I’ve been on an especially, extraordinarily lengthy, exhausting, tiring, emotional negotiation,” she introduced on the time, explaining that “there’s been plenty of emotion flying from each side.”
She finally made the “very exhausting and really troublesome resolution” to exit the sequence forward of Season 13.
In April 2022, the mom of two filed a bombshell lawsuit towards Bravo, Cohen and related corporations, accusing them of “foster[ing] a company and office tradition during which racially insensitive and inappropriate habits is tolerated — if not, inspired.”
Leakes alleged that her complaints of racism led partially to her being “pressured” out of the “home she constructed.”
Nevertheless, after 4 months of “negotiating” between the parties, Leakes filed to dismiss the case “with out prejudice,” giving her the power to reopen it at a later time.
