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NeNe Leakes slammed former Actual Housewives of Atlanta costar Porsha Williams for allegedly refusing to work along with her on the set of Netflix’s The Upshaws.
In a collection of posts shared by way of Instagram Story on Friday, March 15, Leakes, 56, shared that her administration firm had approached her with a proposal from The Upshaws (starring Mike Epps and Wanda Sykes) saying the collection was “excited about casting [her] for a component” in an episode directed by Kim Fields.
“I used to be excited to do it. It’s a comedy, I really like comedy [and] I used to have a comedy present … so comedy is one thing I like to do and was actually blissful to do it,” Leakes mentioned. “They advised me that Porsha Williams Guobadia was additionally enjoying on this explicit collection. She could be side-by-side with me. I used to be excited, I hadn’t seen Porsha. We all the time have a very good snort once we see one another, so I used to be like, ‘Me and Porsha gonna kill this half.’”
The previous RHOA star reportedly landed in Los Angeles and went to the Upshaws set anticipating to see Williams, 42, on the present’s rehearsal, however she was a no-show. “Porsha by no means got here,” Leakes mentioned. “Manufacturing known as me and requested me if I had any points with any Housewives as a result of they had been going to be recasting the opposite place.”
Leakes mentioned she advised manufacturing that she had no points with any Housewives, however Williams’ position finally went to RHOA’s Cynthia Bailey as an alternative.
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“I used to be later advised that Porsha didn’t present up and mentioned that she didn’t need to work with me, that we had had points from the previous and she or he didn’t need to work with me,” Leakes mentioned, including that she was “shocked” and “greater than upset” by the result. She added that she and Williams had “double-dated just a few occasions,” taking journeys collectively to locations like Miami, Dubai and Las Vegas.
“I’m shocked to listen to that Porsha would go to a manufacturing firm and say that she doesn’t need to work with me as a result of we’ve had lots of points previously. What a lot of points did now we have previously?” Leakes requested. “We don’t have any points that we are able to’t work collectively. We’re professionals.”
As soon as a peach, all the time a peach! The Actual Housewives of Atlanta has mentioned goodbye to some solid members since its Bravo debut in 2008 — however there’s all the time an opportunity they might return. As an example, authentic RHOA star NeNe Leakes left the present in season 7 earlier than rejoining the solid in 2018. “It’s been a […]
In 2019, Williams publicly known as out Leakes for “fat-shaming” her simply days after giving delivery to her first little one. Leakes later served Williams with a stop and desist letter after she shared screenshots by way of Instagram of textual content messages Leakes had despatched her on the time, whereby she allegedly known as Williams “a mendacity ass fats hungry bitch,” amongst different issues.
“We’ve had petty issues, we’re on a actuality present,” Leakes mentioned by way of Instagram Story in 2024. “So we clearly are gonna have some kind of points. However we’ve not had something the place we couldn’t work collectively. I’m unhappy and upset that Porsha would go to any firm and say that she’s had points with me and that we can not work collectively. That may be a lie.”
Leakes additionally claimed she had texted Williams earlier than posting to her Instagram Story, who allegedly replied saying she was “going by means of a divorce and [Leakes] didn’t attain out to little sis.” Williams filed for divorce from her husband Simon Guobadia in February after 15 months of marriage.
“The underside line is, Porsha didn’t need to share the highlight. That’s it. And professionals can share the highlight,” Leakes concluded in her video. “Porsha isn’t a star. She is a Bravolebrity. Be clear.”
In December 2018, a supply shared with Us Weekly that Williams was being iced out by Leakes. “There’s no purpose that NeNe and Porsha can’t be mates,” the supply mentioned on the time. “It’s on NeNe’s finish. There’s nothing Porsha can do to keep up a friendship with NeNe if it’s going to be like this.”
