In a latest Tweet, former Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes referred to as for followers to boycott Bravoas she claims that the community discriminated towards her and others.
“Y’all prepared to begin this boycott but?” Leakes wrote on December 21. “What has occurred behind the scenes is WRONG! While others had been being promoted, BLACK WOMEN who created reveals, created genres, constructed franchises and constructed networks had been being DEMOTED…TURN OFF YOUR TV’S.”
Y’all prepared to begin this boycott but? What has occurred behind the scenes is WRONG! While others had been being promoted, BLACK WOMEN who created reveals, created genres, constructed franchise and constructed networks had been being DEMOTED…TURN OFF YOUR TV’S
— NeNe Leakes (@NeNeLeakes) December 21, 2020
Then, on December 22, Leakes tweeted out a hyperlink to a Change.org petition calling to boycott Bravo and NBC Universal. The description of the petition read, “This petition is placing Bravo TV on discover that followers of the reveals Real Housewives of Atlanta and Married to Medicine maintain them accountable for his or her soiled deeds, notably because it relates to the unfair and biased remedy they’ve displayed in the direction of their African American expertise, extra particularly NeNe Leakes and Mariah Huq.”
In September, Leakes revealedon her YouTube channel that she wouldn’t be returning to The Real Housewives of Atlanta.Leakes has been on the show since Season One.
NeNe Leakes Revealed That She Has Hired an Attorney
Leakes additionally revealed that she has employed an legal professional to assist her cope with the alleged discrimination from Bravo. On December 21, Leakes additionally posted on Instagram that she can be internet hosting a dwell later that evening on her web page together with her legal professional, who’s a person named Ben Crump.
According to Vulture, in the course of the Instagram Live, Leakes spoke extra about her name for a boycott of the community. “I believe it is a manner for us to sit on the desk and have a dialog with Bravo,” Leakes stated. “What I need from Bravo is for them to sit down with me and my representatives and have a dialog.”
In the caption of the Instagram picture, Leakes inspired different ladies who’ve skilled racial discrimination to contact her and her lawyer. “This has been a very long time coming,” Leakes wrote on Instagram. “If there are some other ladies on the market who’ve skilled racial discrimination or mistreatment of any type please contact us. You can electronic mail me or contact any of my representatives. I’m represented by Bryan Freedman, Ben Crump and supported by the nice Al Sharpton.”
NeNe Leakes Implied That Bravo Wanted Her off the Show
In a video posted to her YouTube channel in September, Leakes defined that she would not be coming again to The Real Housewives of Atlanta for Season 13 as a result of she could not attain a cope with the community. “There’s been numerous feelings on each side,” Leakes stated within the video. “It’s been exhausting and I’ve made a tough, tough determination to not be a part of Real Housewives of Atlanta season 13.” In the video, Leakes additionally added, “It wasn’t a straightforward determination for me. It was exhausting.”
However, throughout an October interview with Extra TV, Leakes later claimed that she was being “pushed out” of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. “I left as a result of I used to be being pushed out,” Leakes admitted to Extra TV. “There are actual emotions concerned right here. I might by no means simply come out simply saying something simply because I need consideration.”
Leakes continued to insinuate to followers that she was “pushed out” on Twitter. After Leakes made her announcement on YouTube, a fan wrote to her on Twitter, “It appears like they compelled you out! Is that the story you need on the market. ‘They did not need u to work in any capability?’ In response, Leakes wrote again, “They positively did.”
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