RHOBH’s Garcelle Beauvais begs Nene Leakes to join the franchise after longtime RHOA star quits the show
REAL Housewives of Beverly Hills Garcelle Beauvais recently begged Nene Leakes to join the franchise.
This follows the longtime RHOA alum announcing yesterday she was .
, who was the first black housewife of , tweeted: “@NeNeLeakes come help a sista out #RHOBH.”
announced she will of the
She shared a video entitled “Listen Closely, I got something to tell you” to her .
The former Bravolebrity admitted she after a series of “emotional negotiations.”
She choked up: “I have made a hard, difficult decision to not be part of season 13.”
Nene reiterated: “It wasn’t an easy decision for me. It was hard.”
Nene skipped season nine and rejoined as a main housewife for seasons 10-12.
In June, The Sun revealed Nene was pushing for her own show at E! after shutting down claims she was fired from RHOA.
The source said after the star’s tumultuous season:”NeNe is pursuing her own show at E! because she’s felt like her time at Bravo has been up for awhile.”
They went on: “Bravo isn’t budging on the contracts so unless she accepts that, it looks like she won’t be coming back [to RHOA].”
NeNe’s departure from the long-running reality series comes as also departed the series and
In July it was announced Drew Sidora, 35, and YouTuber Latoya Ali, 33, were in the running to.
Last week left after just two seasons, following a season centered on claiming she’d had a one-night-stand with Denise.
later reported the 49-year-old asked for an “excessive” amount of money to return to the show.
An insider told the outlet: “People think that she didn’t want to come back and that it’s because she got ‘mean-girled’ [by other cast members].
“The truth is she did want to come back. But [Bravo] didn’t want to pay her what she asked for. It was way out of her pay grade.”
Recently also announced she was leaving after several seasons.
Garcelle was also recently named the new co-host of The Real after Tamera Mowry-Housley quit.
She said: “I am thrilled to be joining the dynamic, bold and diverse women on the award-winning talk show The Real.”
My love for pop culture and news, blended with my natural gift of gab, has always made me gravitate towards a talk show environment.
“It’s also exciting that it’s happening right after my amazing time joining The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
She joins Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Houghton on the show which returns to TV on September 21.