For any fan of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” it’s been obvious that NeNe Leakes hasn’t been happy with her cast mates this season nor has she spent as much time filming with them. So when it came time to discuss contract renewals, rumors began flying that Leakes was ready to leave the show for good. But now reports are claiming that Leakes just secured a new deal after demanding a pay raise from Bravo.
According to RadarOnline.com, Leakes was absolutely unhappy with this season of “RHOA” and she only agreed to come back after Bravo decided to give her a deal she couldn’t refuse.
“NeNe absolutely hated ‘Housewives’ this season. She hated almost all of the other women and wanted off the show entirely,” a source said.
“But she is the most valuable person in the entire franchise and Bravo was going to do whatever she wanted to keep her. So they offered her the spin-off, which she gladly took,” said the source about Leakes newly announced spin-off with Kim Zolciak called “NeNe & Kim: The Road To Riches.”
The source claims that Leakes was already being paid $1.5 million for this season, but after demanding a pay raise, Bravo decided to offer her even more money in order to keep their biggest star on the show.
“They want NeNe and so they offered her a huge raise. She already makes the most and now they’re giving her even more money per episode and her bonuses will be bigger too,” the source claimed.
“NeNe is a really smart business woman,” the source added. “She even got Bravo to pay her more than they’re paying Kim on the new show. NeNe knows she is the one people want to see and so she’s going to make Bravo pay up to keep her around.”
Well, we don’t expect Leakes to like the next season of “RHOA” either considering it seems that she’s only friends with one other main cast member now. However, we’ve no doubt that she’s going to be laughing all the way to the bank over her gargantuan salary.
