Not surprisingly then that the Internet exploded when reports surfaced that the drama-brewing diva’s allegedly exorbitant contract demands, coupled with her volcanic disposition, would force Bravo TV execs to drop her from the third season.
It was also widely reported that Leakes’ frequent combatant, Kim Zolciak, would also have her wig retired from the show — as well as the rest of her. Bravo TV has since come out and told the public to pump the brakes on the unsubstantiated rumors.
“No decisions have been made,” the cable station said in a tweet. It is true, however, that Bravo is considering mixing it up for next season. How that will materialize is still being decided and negotiated.
In an interview Leakes granted to Sister2Sister magazine, shed put the rumors to rest — for now. “This is all I can tell you,” she said. “Every housewife has been invited back.”
She also squashed talk that R&B superstar Usher’s wife, Tameka Raymond, would be either added to the quarrelsome cast or replace one of the troublesome housewives.
As Leakes explains it, she has a multitude of opportunities readily available to her, but she is prohibited from pursuing them lest she is fired from the “RHOA.” As eager as Leakes is to sample the menu of options and expand her horizons, she would have to wait until her contract expires if she just up and quits the show.
“They try to lock you in for a number of years. We all signed up for a third season when we signed on from day one,” Leakes says. “If anybody has been fired, nobody knows anything about it. We know nothing about it. I don’t know where the rumor came from.”
Guess we’ll have to wait another year to find out what those other opportunities are for Leakes.
–terry shropshire
