Real Housewives of Atlanta legend Nene Leakes could make her highly anticipated return to the Bravo universe in 2026.
Pop Tingz reports that chatter is heating up of Leakes’ return to her former stomping grounds following her departure from the show in 2020. It suggest she could make an appearance on an upcoming Bravo series, Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip, bringing her signature humor and energy back to fans who have missed her presence on screen.
The Neighborhood Talk further reported that Leakes is currently in negotiations with the network.
This buzz ties directly back to her statement during an appearance on Tamron Hall back in January.
“If they called, I would answer,” she said. “I would need to hear what they have to say. We have to put a lot of things behind us that some people know, some people don’t know.”
Leakes, 57, echoed the same sentiment during an appearance on The Breakfast Club earlier this year.
“I’ll never say never,” she said. But if they got a check that’s got zero, zero, zero, zero, zero on the end? You know, I might be back. I don’t know, I don’t know!”
Leakes filed a discrimination lawsuit against Bravo, NBC Universal and Andy Cohen back in 2022 following her departure from Housewives. The case was mutually dismissed later that year.