With Bravo’s biggest star NeNe Leakes leaving “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” the network is left with some pretty big shoes to fill when it comes to replacing Leakes on the cast. And with speculation growing about who will pick up a peach, rumors are now circulating that Fantasia might be tapped to join the cast.
According to Lalate.com, sources allege that only Kandi Burruss and Kenya Moore have signed contracts to come back to the show and that producers are still in the middle of searching for and testing out new housewives before they offer them contracts.
One of the people the producers are allegedly scouting is Fantasia, who could bring the show major star power and ratings thanks to her successful music career. As fans already know, Leakes was the highest paid housewife of the entire franchise with an estimated yearly salary of anywhere between $1-1.5 million from “RHOA” alone.
Now that Leakes is gone, sources say producers could pay Fantasia around $700,000 to join the cast, which is a figure that would put her pay rate at the same level as veteran cast members.
And who would Fantasia befriend if she did join the cast? Well, the singer is already friends with Burruss and Phaedra Parks and her introductory storyline could be about the old debunked rumor that she was once photographed with a man once believed to be the infamous Mr. Chocolate, whom Parks was accused of having an affair with.
We’re not sure how true this rumor is and we’d be shocked if Fantasia does join the cast, but she’s not the only one that producers are allegedly talking to about joining the cast. See who else after the cut.
