Speaking with Essence TV, NeNe Leakes talked about her cast mates on both The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Celebrity Apprentice.

But first, NeNe touched what’s going on between her and her husband, Greg Leakes.

On the status of her marriage:

“I can’t tell you that I’m a 100% through with Greg. Greg does not want a divorce. He wants to work out whatever issues that he has. He just wants to try. I can’t say that I 100% want to try.”

As for on again, off again friend Kim Zolciak:

“There’s no way in hell that I’m going to have a friendship with Kim. That won’t ever happen. I’m actually rooting for her third child by the third man. I’m hoping that she will get it right.”

On Phaedra Parks:

“I still haven’t gotten to know Phaedra and I don’t need to. I’m really good right here.”

On what interactions we can expect to see between her and Star Jones on Celebrity Apprentice:

“She and I are cool coming out the door, but then we get into a place where Star’s not so cool. I’m not really feeling Star. Like I think Star is everything people have said about her. Seriously, I’m for real. “

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I was originally going to pull quotes from various reality TV shows that aired this year but when I thought about it,  the women of the Real Housewives of Atlanta have amassed the most ridiculous, insane and sometimes surprisingly on point quotables of the year (even one-upping the “basketball wives”).  Here’s a list of the top things that have slipped out of the world’s most delusional adults’ mouths this year. Phaedra takes the lead, of course.

“I cant deal with all them baby mamas. I prayed for a man with no baggage.” – Phaedra was hating on Cynthia’s man Peter. Yep. This is the same woman with an ex-con husband and who fibbed about her due date so it wouldn’t look like she got knocked up before marriage (allegedly…wink).

“Some crazy slut from the Cheetah Club, really? You wanna go head to head we can go, you liked to get your wig pulled off.” – Phaedra, like the classy Southern Belle she is, had some choice words for Kim, who questioned her child’s due date.

“Ms. Kim seems to be backing down because she knew I was a crazy Black woman.” – At least Phaedra knows her status.

“My friend Mel is the mother of three beautiful kids and I’m depending on her to prepare me for this child birth mess.” Phaedra on the unfabulosity of having a baby.

“He got a little ole wee wee. Boy, you better get to growing!” – There is no such thing as being too creepy or extra when it comes to Phaedra quotables.

“I was scared that I gave all my pretty away.” – NeNe on her plastic surgery, which didn’t seem to make many changes anyway.

“Phaedra claims to be this big time entertainment attorney here in Atlanta and all I keep hearing is that she represented Bobby Brown. But excuuuse me, hmm, Bobby Brown was 10 years ago.”

“You done lost your damn mind, when you get your damn mind you call me.” -She tore her son a new one for being lazy, unmotivated and getting in trouble with the law.

“Yeah, I guess he’s cheated on paper,” Kim replied to Kandi’s radio panel when they asked her about being a homewrecker (an offense she denies).

“How’s a lawyer hook up with a criminal? That’s crazy.” -Kim Zolciak on Phaedra’s husband.

“Kim has one single and she’s acting like she’s Lady Gaga already.” – Kandi

“I’ve been engaged a couple of times… At least three times. I love to feel like a man wants to marry me, but for some reason when we get to the part where they actually want to get married I freak out a little bit.” -Cynthia Bailey is now a reformed heartbreaker (at least for now) who recently wed her boyfriend.

There are so many more quotes that we could add to this list but then it would become more like a book. What were some of your favorite or most outlandish things heard from the “RHOA” gals this year?

By now we’re used to the back and forth that goes on when it comes to rumors about reality stars, especially when their shows are either on air or about to return. In this case, People is reporting that Kim Zolciak is not engaged (as per Zolciak’s rep). However, she is really pregnant.

Reports surfaced last week that Zolciak was expecting a child with boyfriend Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann, followed by rumors that he had popped the question.

“She is definitely not engaged at this time,” her rep told People.

Yet that doesn’t mean the expectant mom isn’t thinking about marriage. Sources close to Zolciak say the Bravo reality star, 32, hopes to marry Biermann, 25, but that she’s not in any rush to walk down the aisle. That makes perfect sense, baby first then wedding. Riiiiight.

I’m guessing this will all play out next season.

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Nene Leakes can be obnoxious at times but it’s sad to watch her deal with turmoil in her marriage. We don’t know what really happens behind the scenes, but Nene did say that a lot of their issues stem from prior problems that should have been addressed but never were because of lack of communication. She posted a blog on Bravo’s website about some of the things that hurt her the most with regards to the drama in last night’s episode:

Sheree and Lawrence talking about me and Gregg … it just goes to show you that there are really people in the world that want to see you fail. That whole scene with them was just phoney to me! I didn’t buy it!

Gregg and I have held it together for years, but my breaking point has come. I’m one hell of a woman, and I am nobody’s fool. When the person you love and trust betrays you, it has got to be one of the worst feelings. Having that moment with Gregg was so much bigger than you saw. I was really hurting! I felt Gregg was an emotionless wall that was cold with no remorse. The pain in my stomach was unreal, and my heart was heavy! I had been accused of cheating and doing Gregg wrong in the press and on blogs everywhere. I wanted to spit it all out and say some horrible things, but I wanted to handle this situation like a lady as best I could. I was hearing things like Gregg was this good guy that had done all this great stuff for me. Yes, Gregg is a good guy, but that doesn’t mean Gregg is a good husband. All I can say is, I’m tired! Only I know what I’ve been through! My happiness and independence means everything to me, and I want to follow my heart, but I’m scared! I’m taking baby steps, but I hope I’ve been brave enough for all the women that couldn’t! I hope I was able to show my children what a strong woman looks like and stands for! I will only accept loyalty and trust! My happiness is everything to me!

Keep me in your prayers, and thank you for all the love and support during this really trying time for me!

Love,

NeNe

No jokes over here. I wish them the best, as long as it’s not just for shock value to satisfy producers. I guess we’ll have to watch and see how this unfolds.

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Restaurateur Peter Thomas has proven to be an entertaining element on this season of Real Housewives of Atlanta. He’s very outspoken and doesn’t hesitate to put Nene and Phaedra in their place when they talk out of their necks (which is most of the time). Essence magazine caught up with him and got his thoughts on the show. He reveals that his new wife once turned down a marriage proposal from Russell Simmons, says he isn’t fond of how he looks on the show (literally), and calls Phaedra an idiot (which is probably what most people were thinking).

Seeing Himself on The Show

“I can’t stand it. I don’t like the way I sound; I always look crazy. I usually walk into another room when it comes on.”

On His Background

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Did you catch last night’s episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta? It was a good episode. Kandi has decided that she wants to promote an openly gay male artist. And we already know who it is. It’s Lawrence, Sheree’s stylist, and he actually has a really nice voice. Kandi took him to meet some major producers so that they could get a sense of his voice and they were impressed. Kandi says that her vision for him is to make him the “next generation Ru-Paul,” which could work because if you watch the show then you know how flamboyant he is. However, he does have a nice voice and Kandi has skills when it comes to writing and arranging music (anyone who can make Kim sound like a halfway decent singer is truly a miracle worker).

We also got to see Latavia Roberson formerly of Destiny’s Child, for the first time since she left the group over 10 years ago. She went MIA once she and LeToya split and no one really knew what happened but last night she filled us in during a consultation with Phaedra about getting her career back afloat. She said that she was constantly overlooked and disrespected while in Destiny’s Child, adding that someone in the group once told her, “You don’t do enough in this group to even have an opinion.” Ouch. Once she was out of the group she fell into a depression and started drinking heavily. The drinking led to a DWI and jail time. She didn’t mention how much jail time she did but she’s out now and as per Phaedra’s idea, she’s going to do a one-woman show. (Random note: I never even knew what her voice sounded like before last night). We wish her the best.

Two Questions:
Is there room for a new Ru-Paul type of artist in the mainstream?

Can Latavia make a comeback (and would you pay to see her stage show)?

Last week on Real Housewives of Atlanta, Kandi notoriously described Phaedra’s way over-the-top baby shower as “bourghetto,” which means someone who is bourgie but with hood tendencies (like having diamonds on their eyelids). However, despite that jab, she told Essence that she and Phaedra are friends. She also talked about getting paid (or not) for “Tardy For The Party” and touring with Kim Zolciak. Here are some points:

On Calling Phaedra “Bourghetto”:

I said what I thought! I thought it was bourghetto! Don’t get me wrong, I like Phaedra. But when I got to the baby shower, I thought this was a bit much. You got ballerinas running around and she had classy society women in there. She had news anchors, opera singers… so it was very well-to-do women in the room. But we all know when you have the down home crowd and those that are known to be a little uppity, you look at them and think they trying to be bourgie! They got ballerinas in here, they doing the waltz. That was the bourgie part. The ghetto part was the roses in her hair, the rhinestones on her eyelashes… so it was bourghetto. It’s when a person who got a little hood in them and they trying to be all extra.

On Touring With Kim Zolciak:

Yes, we already did it and you’ll see it on the show. It went well, but that’s where part of the drama happened. You see where I have to jump in between NeNe and Kim on our tour bus. That’s when the good drama happens.

On Tardy For “The Party”

Not really. She did pay me a little bit. What happened was, I told Don Vito to have a discussion with her on the business because I didn’t want it to interfere with our friendship. We already did the split-sheet. I got 1/3, Vito got 1/3 and the guy who did the country version, I gave him a third, which he split with Kim’s daughter. That was for the publishing, but Vito already discussed with her that I wasn’t charging an up-front fee… so I said how about we split the royalties three ways and she was cool with it. The first check came in, she split it three ways. Then I saw her a couple days later and she was like, “I was so upset the other day, I didn’t know what to do with myself. I checked with my attorney and he said I shouldn’t have to split the money three ways with y’all.” At the time it came off to me like I tried to take advantage of her with her not knowing the business. That’s the reason why I didn’t charge hella money up front. Anyway, she asked for money back and I gave it back to her.

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NeNe Leakes, 42, got sick of everyone speculating about her possible plastic surgery so she confirmed to People magazine that she has had work done (like we couldn’t see that) and details exactly what she got worked on between seasons of RHOA. It’s also going to be mentioned during this season of Atlanta Housewives but of course the tabloids couldn’t wait to release their story first. Check it out:

She’s had a nose job (which we noticed) a downsize of her DD implants to a D, a breast lift, and liposuction. NeNe admits to being vain (a Housewife, vain? Nah) and says that she also wants botox.

And the elephant in the room has left the building.

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Kandi Burruss began dating Willis McGahee last year, shortly before taping the current season of RHOA. We will get to see Kandi’s new romance with the 28-year-old Baltimore Ravens running back unfold on the show. But why wait to watch it when McGahee is finally opening up about their romance? He did an interview with BVBuzz where he addressed haters, babymamas and what he likes about Kandi.

On Haters
In the interview he admits that people have been criticizing him, saying that he is on the show to lap up as much attention as he can from Kandi’s spotlight. He said he figured that he would get some backlash, however, not as much as he has received so far. Wendy Williams is one of the main people with something to say. She called him an opportunist. Here’s his response:

“I find it real funny just because she said I’m an opportunist. I have my own money! I’m in the NFL so I’m on TV every week! I’ve done commercials and interviews, and I don’t have a problem putting my own self out there. I don’t need another woman to help me with that. People are gonna think what they want to think. They think I’m a bad guy right now. Once they get to know me, they’ll know that I’m not a bad guy. They’re just on the outside looking in,” he said.

Babymama Drama
Rumors were swirling that McGahee had seven children but he says it’s only five. (Kandi sure loves fruitful men). He said that he was wild when he first got drafted but has calmed down since. There was also word on the street that one of his babymamas lived with him but according to McGahee it’s not like that.

“Kandi didn’t come in and wreck any home,” he continued. “I didn’t have a baby mama staying with me when I met her. I’m not married, engaged or anything like that. It’s just a shame that people are accusing her of doing things like that. Now they’re trying to throw me in it, and put my kids into it. I’ve seen on the Internet that they even have my child’s mother on there. That is just uncalled for.”

On Kandi
After addressing all the rumors, he finally got to what he likes about Kandi.

“The attraction to Kandi is just her attitude and her demeanor. I like the way she carries herself, and she’s a real cool person. Once you get to know her, you know that she’s even cooler than she is on TV.”

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In just one more week these wonderfully entertaining people of Atlanta will be back on Bravo.

I can’t wait for all the shade, sass, sarcasm, and straight up lying that will come out of each of the cast members’ mouths.

Oh, and like their hopes, dreams, and small businesses, too.

Anyway, Bravo has thrown out a new clip of the previously noted “fight” between NeNe Leakes and Dwight Eubanks. Kim Zolciak is supposed to be in on this, too, but in this two-minute offering we only get NeNe and her good friend.

According to the clip, it seems Dwight had been going around telling people he was everyone’s personal piggy bank.

And ya’ll know what happens when NeNe gets a little liquor in her system. She becomes even louder and more confrontational. You know, like that aunt you hide the Crown Royal from at Thanksgiving.

Anyway, watch the clip and let’s all count the days until the show premieres, Monday Oct 4.