On July 25, NeNe Leakes shared an update regarding her son Bryson Bryant’s addiction battle during an appearance on Carlos King’s podcast “Reality with The King.”
On July 3, Bryant was arrested on multiple charges, including violation of probation, loitering, and giving a false name.
Leakes gave fans an update on her son’s well-being.
“I spoke to him on the phone. I think he’s doing OK. He needs rehabilitation and a lot of counseling. Like many families out there, I have family members that are struggling with drugs and certain addictions. He has an addiction and he’s been dealing with it for years. He’s been in rehab a couple of times and he still has come back out and relapsed. As a mom watching it, my hands are tied. He’s 31 years old, he’s an adult, he has three beautiful children that I adore, he has a wife, and there’s not much I can do,” Leakes said.
Leakes shared how she feels watching her son struggle with addiction.
“People who have had children or family members that are on drugs know that they have to be ready. I’ve spent so much money on trying to get Bryson where he needs to be but every time I’ve sent him off is because I said, ‘You are getting your a– up and we are sending you off.’ I’ve learned through counseling that he has to say that he’s ready to go, not me making him go. Until Bryson is ready to make a change, there is nothing I can do. As a mother, I would never wash my hands of it, but I’m kind of numb to it because it’s been happening for so many years,” Leakes added.
The former reality star was asked if being famous had led to her son’s drug usage.
“I would have to say I don’t think it helped, but I wouldn’t say that it was the sole cause of it. It certainly didn’t help because we started on television when Bryson was in the 12th grade and Brentt was in the third grade, so they had a light shown on them that they didn’t ask for. People are picking them apart because of the job that I chose to do,” Leakes said.
Leakes also shared that Lamar Odom has offered to send Bryant to his own rehabilitation center.
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Keep your head up Nene .Continue to pray for your son Bryson. God will lay a hand on him and get his attention. You and his wife and kids stay with him . Bryson will pull through and out of this
Pray ad a mother that’s what we do he has a strong mom he will come through
Nene, just keep praying for change. What God, can’t do, just can’t be done. Man, has no power.
Prayers and love that he will come through the other side. I had a daughter with an addiction in her 20’s everything is bringing tears and memories But after many long years of trying to make her stay in rehab I finally found out as a mother of an adult I could do little but pray every night. Every time the phone rang after 10:30 I would get sick to my stomach thinking this time she was dead 🙏before I answered she was alive but in trouble thankfully praying to God. Finally years later it happened and I can’t say how or why but she finally got through it and best of all she claims her addiction to everyone she meets. It’s her way of staying sober Hi I’m Courtney and I’m a recovering alcoholic and it’s been X number of years since my last drink or drug. She had become so proud of her time sober that it became the most important accomplishment in her life. 3 years later and it’s still her proudest accomplishment. I would wager to guess that Lamer feels the same way in addition to helping other. My point for this very long and detailed story is just keep talking to God and keep loving your babies. They can’t do it until they’ve decided to. For everyone who is dealing with this in any capacity it does work out even if you’re not a celebrity or rich. The problems are the same and God is the only way to get through it.
🙏❤️🙏❤️To anyone that is struggling there is an end Prayers yours comes soon and with the outcome you’ve been praying for