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Making massive modifications! NeNe Leakes‘ son Brentt Leakes is prioritizing his well being after struggling a stroke and coronary heart assault at age 23.
“Concentrate on you till The main target is you. #100poundsdown,” Brentt captioned an Instagram slideshow on Monday, January 16, placing his slim determine on show.
Within the carousel of pics, the Atlanta resident posed in a purple tracksuit and white T-shirt. He wore a white sweatband and accessorized with a black crossbody bag.
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“Auntie nephew trying 🔥🔥🔥🔥,” Actual Housewives of Atlanta‘s Marlo Hampton wrote within the feedback.
Brentt’s transformation comes lower than six months after he was hospitalized in October 2022. His mom, 55, confirmed the “scary” medical emergencies by way of her Instagram Story on the time.
“Two weeks in the past right this moment, Brentt had congestive coronary heart failure and a stroke,” the Glee alum defined in a video. “He’s solely 23. He’s actually younger for one thing like that to occur to him.”
The previous Bravo star famous that her son, whom she shared with late husband Gregg Leakes, “doesn’t drink or do medicine.” Whereas recovering on the hospital, docs puzzled whether or not COVID-19 might have been a think about Brentt’s well being scare, however he didn’t recall contracting the sickness.
“They’ve run various exams on him. We’re nonetheless making an attempt to determine [the cause]. It was very scary,” NeNe continued. “I don’t even wish to go into particulars of what occurred. Clearly, a stroke is a really critical factor.”
Regardless of the scary state of affairs, NeNe instructed followers that her son was “in good spirits.” He left the hospital in November 2022.
“Yay! You’re strolling out,” the Superstar Apprentice alum gushed in a clip uploaded by way of her Instagram Story as Brentt ready to move dwelling. “I’m so completely happy for you!”
NeNe added: “Two months later, Brentt is strolling out. Hallelujah! Residence simply in time for the vacations.”
Practically one 12 months earlier than her son’s hospitalization, the season 18 Dancing With the Stars contestant‘s husband died at age 66. Gregg misplaced his prolonged battle with stage III colon most cancers in September 2021.
“At the moment the Leakes household is in deep ache with a damaged coronary heart. After a protracted battle with most cancers, Gregg Leakes has handed away peacefully in his dwelling surrounded by all of his kids, very shut family members and spouse Nene Leakes,” NeNe’s publicist stated in an announcement to Us Weekly on the time. “We ask that you just pray for peace and power over their household & permit them to mourn in non-public throughout this very very troublesome time.”
Together with Brentt, the Linnethia Lounge proprietor is the mom of son Bryson Rashard Bryant from a earlier relationship. As she coped together with her household’s loss, NeNe sparked a romance with designer Nyonisela Sioh in late 2021.
