Say it ain’t so!
After seven seasons, fan favorite Nene Leakes is calling it quits and is leaving Real Housewives of Atlanta.
“This was definitely a hard decision for me,” Leakes told People magazine, which first broke the news. “Me and my husband [Gregg Leakes] have been going back and forth on it for weeks now. But my contract is up and I just think this is the right time. This is my opportunity to spread my wings and do different things.”
She also tweeted about the news later on Monday.
This is so hard for me to type! I cry as I do so! After seven seasons I have decided not to return to #RHOA… https://t.co/BDqiPwmNM2
— NeNe Leakes (@NeNeLeakes) June 30, 2015
Leakes, the only original cast member and one of the most memorable stars from the ‘Real Housewives’ franchise also teased an upcoming project, saying she’s doing a primetime television show with a ‘big legend’.
“All of my fans will get to see me be really happy, witty and funny and tell all of those one liners that I always have said on ‘Housewives,’” Leakes said.
Leakes has been known for getting into a few verbal spats with castmates including Kim Zolciak-Biermann, Phaedra Parks, Kenya Moore, Cynthia Bailey and Kandi Burrus.
“I feel a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders,” Leakes said of leaving the drama behind.
Even so, Leakes left the door open for cameos, saying she’ll “probably pop up and play with those girls every now and then.”
“We wish NeNe well after seven memorable seasons of the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta,’” a Bravo spokesperson said in a statement. “We will miss her bloop bloop’s and her great one liners. We look forward to the eighth season of the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ in the fall.”
So congrats to Linnethia and in to pay homage, here’s some of our favorite shady and qoute-filled moments from Mrs. Nene Leakes:
During the season six finale when Kenya kept coming for her and she blew her off effortlessly… and with such shade:
When she had to clarify what it means when she judges people during the confessional:
Her classic ‘BOOP’ :
When she had to let em’ know:
When she practically jumped on Kim on that tour bus after Kim called her a b**ch:
When she had to get the naysayers in check about her bank account:
When she let it be known that she was done talking:
And just because:
