NeNe Leakes revealed she “reached out” to Kim Zolciak amid her contentious divorce with Kroy Biermann, and she believes her former co-star is “taking it hard.” The news is surprising to many fans who watched the ex-besties feud for many years.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum also shaded the current season’s ratings, addressed if she and Kim should return to the show, and shared her thoughts on being edited out of an intro clip from a recent episode.
Speaking to TMZ, NeNe revealed she “reached out” to Kim.
“I just reached out to her because she reached out to me during the time when I was really going through something,” said NeNe, in a clip shared by @byewighellodrama on Instagram.
The star went on to say, “I would have to think that she’s taking it hard … It’s a divorce, it’s not easy.”
When asked if she and Kim should return to the show, NeNe answered, “I would just say, check the ratings … That should give you an answer.”
NeNe said she’d be willing to return “for the fans” because “the fans are the ones that love me. They’re the ones that love to see me in that position.”
“I would do anything for them,” explained the star, who then addressed being edited out of the recent clip.
“I thought that was funny and I thought that was kind of a crazy to do. But I also think that people sometimes use reverse psychology,” she said. “So maybe they were thinking that we edit her out [and] maybe they’ll make more people tune in the next week … but I think it was a bad move.”
NeNe challenged the idea that production was simply throwing shade at her.
“I don’t even think it was production because production only do what the orders are that they get from the top,” she said. “So somebody from the top ordered that to be done, and they did what they were told to do.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 15 airs Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo.