Nene Leakes is making her long-awaited return to Bravo.
According to TMZ, Leaks is set to make her comeback in “The Real Housewives: Ultimate Road Trip.” A spin-off of The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip, Andy Cohen revealed at BravoCon 2025. No other cast members have been confirmed.
In September 2020, Leakes departed from The Real Housewives of Atlanta (RHOA) after twelve seasons.
Leakes said after a “long, exhausting, and emotional” contract negotiation, she felt her role was being reduced.
“I left because I was being pushed out,’ Leakes told “Extra” about her decision.
“If you are working at McDonald’s, working 40 hours a week, they drop you down to 20 hours, they drop you down to 15, they drop you down to 10, it’s obvious that they want you to quit.
“Something is very wrong with going from 18 or 23 episodes down to six… In the last four to five years, it has been less and less… Things just didn’t feel fair,’ she added.
She also told ET Online: ‘I left the show. I had an offer on the table. I did not think the offer was a fair offer.’
Bravo confirmed Leakes’ departure in a statement to Variety.
The statement read, “We wish Nene all the best in her future endeavors. And thank her for sharing her journey for over a decade with the fans of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”
“She’s been instrumental since the start and will truly be missed, and maybe one day she’ll hold the peach again.”
Leakes filed a federal lawsuit in 2022, alleging a racist and hostile work environment. The suit claimed “she was retaliated against for complaining about years of racially insensitive behavior.” While the lawsuit was dismissed “without prejudice” later that year, Leakes has kept her distance from the network.