Kandi Burruss Says NeNe Leakes Probably Won’t Be Talking To Her After Their ‘RHOA’ Reunion Face-Off
Kandi Burruss insists her cordial relationship with The Real Housewives of Atlanta co-star NeNe Leakes may have ended after their taping of the show’s virtual reunion.
The two Bravo stars are set to come face-to-face during the reunion, which ended taping last week. Burruss previously stated the annual reunion will be jam-packed with drama, despite the cast not being able to physically be together to film this year’s special. She recently explained to Hollywood Life her role in the anticipated reunion. Throughout the season, Burruss and Leakes have experienced run-ins with one another, which then elevated to beef on social media. Their disagreements will come to a head at the reunion, and Burruss hinted the argument will become explosive. Things will get so bad that Burruss said she — and several other cast members — might not hear from Leakes following the blowups.
“Girl, she’s probably not going to talk to me for a minute!” the reality star predicted during her Instagram live interview with the outlet. “She’s probably not going to be talking to me or anybody else for a while.”
Since becoming a housewife in the series’ first season in 2008, Leakes has been known for getting into squabbles with several of her cast mates. Season 12 hasn’t been much different, as she stopped speaking to cast members Kenya Moore, Eva Marcille, and Cynthia Bailey, in addition to Burruss. However, the relationship between Leakes and Burruss has been unstable since the latter joined the cast in Season 2. Although she said she tried to be on good terms with Leakes after she gave birth to her son — Ace, 3 — the two women have yet to resolve their issues with one another.
“If you are a real fan of our show, you would know that pretty much from the time I came on the show in Season 2 all the way up until when I was pregnant with Ace, NeNe and I pretty much argued or had some type of tension every year up until that point,” she said. “When I was pregnant with Ace, she and I made a little vow to be more respectful to each other and not be so negative toward each other.”
Burruss then confirmed that vow is currently out of the window. Following their altercation at the reunion, the Bravo star said she will match any “energy” Leakes gives her during filming, whether it is positive or negative. She also admitted she doesn’t know where she stands with Leakes days after the reunion took place.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion was the first Housewives franchise to tape virtually. The special will reunite cast members Leakes, Burruss, Bailey, Marcille, Moore, Porsha Williams, Marlo Hampton, and Tanya Sam. While the cast and its executive producer, Andy Cohen, stated they would have preferred to tape their reunion in person, they altered their plans to respect Georgia’s stay-at-home order, which was put in place to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
