![]() “As the Black Lives Matter movement swept our nation, Mrs. The suit says Leakes’ negotiations for the season came as the Black Lives Matter movement was gaining major momentum, with Leakes a vocal supporter.Įxecutives sought to sideline Leakes from talking about the cause, keeping her off early episodes in which the housewives would address BLM, the suit alleges. The lawsuit alleges that her complaints of racism led in part to Leakes being forced off the show in 2020 before its 13th season. Joe Habachy, another Leakes’ attorney, said via email that “not a day goes by that NeNe doesn’t wake up with an onslaught of overwhelming emotions as a direct result of these unfortunate and avoidable occurrences.” “From the day the series began filming, NeNe was the target of systemic racism from co-star Kim Zolciak-Biermann, which was tolerated by Bravo executive producer Andy Cohen and other executives,” Leakes‘ lawyer David deRubertis said in a statement. The suit says after Leakes complaints to the executives overseeing the show, they “did not terminate their relationship with Zolciak-Biermann, nor take any other meaningful action to put an end to her racially-offensive behavior,” and if anything rewarded her by giving her her own spinoff show. ![]() It also alleges Zolciak-Biermann falsely implied that Leakes used drugs and called her home a “roach nest.” That same year, the suit says, Zolciak-Biermann used the N-word to refer to Leakes and other of the housewives after a dispute with them, the suit alleges. Each season i was given less & less.The suit says in 2012 during the fifth season, Zolciak-Biermann made “racially offensive and stereotypical” comments about the new home of housewife Kandi Burruss, calling her neighborhood a “ghetto” and perpetuating a racial stereotype in an offensive comment about whether Burruss needed a swimming pool. My white counter parts were elevated and given full season episodes EVERY season. "They using me for ratings like they have always done." Leakes continued, "I was the ONLY BLACK OG. Don't forget." While Cohen never responded to these claims, Leakes wasn't quite finished. "The racist is the master manipulator!" she wrote in a follow-up tweet, before also going after other Bravo execs. ![]() Naturally, Leakes was offended and took Twitter to launch a tirade of fury toward both parties - calling Williams a "cocaine head" and accusing Cohen of being an "ole racist." She added, "No one knew you until YOU knew me. Never one to take a beating while lying down, Cohen urged The Biggest Loser alum to " stay in her own lane" regarding his franchise, and threw a jab of his own on a 2019 episode of WWHL, after Michaels vocalized her belief to Women's Health that the keto diet was a "bad plan for a million reasons." Cohen's response? "Don't feel bad, keto diet, a lot of people think Jillian Michaels is a bad idea." Yikes.Ĭohen later took to Instagram and sang the reality TV star's praises, calling Leakes "an icon of the genre." However, things took a turn when pal Wendy Williams appeared on an episode of WWHL and had some pretty nasty things to say about Leakes, claiming that her departure was meant to incite "dramatic attention" and that she'd be back on RHOA because a spinoff would be "boring." Oof. ![]() I thought when we met that we were gonna be, like, gay homies." I did his show once and it was a really awful experience," she added. condescending and unprofessional" to Us Weekly. He's an a**hole." The following year, Michaels characterized Cohen's demeanor as "extremely rude. Meanwhile, the appearance left such a bad taste in Michaels' mouth that she went on to say some scathing comments about Cohen and The Real Housewives franchise in 2018. "It's like was created by someone that hates women," she claimed to Life & Style. ![]()
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