Her tenure was completed in The Real Housewives of Atlanta, NeNe LeakesThe company filed a lawsuit against its production companies citing a hostile and racist work environment.
Us Weekly Leakes sued Bravo, NBCUniversal, Bravo Productions, True Entertainment, Truly Original and executive producers in April 2022. Andy Cohenconcern about working conditions. The case was filed in Atlanta.
Per the court docs, the Linnethia Lounge owner alleged that NBC and its Bravo network “maintain a corporate culture that is insensitive to Black talent and fosters racially offensive behavior that goes unpunished.”
Leakes went on to assert that the company’s lack of diversity in its corporate structure has contributed to insensitivities toward people of color, further alleging that the Real Housewives franchise is “racially segregated” and called out their treatment of diverse show stars. (Use Bravo and Cohen did not respond to my request for comment.
“For years, NBC, Bravo and True have fostered a corporate and workplace culture that has permitted and tolerated – if not, encouraged – racially offensive and insensitive conduct, statements and actions by their employees,” the court documents claim. “This is seen in the repeated instances of such behavior occurring by their employees and cast members without any meaningful consequence, corrective action, or remediation. In fact, it is as if NBC, Bravo, and/or True have simply ignored and turned a blind eye to the fact that the talent who works on their shows are also working at their workplaces.”
Leakes was the first to join RHOA In 2008, she announced her departure in season 7. She returned to the show for seasons 10, 11, and 12, before she left for good in September 2020.
“I have made the hard and very difficult decision to not be a part of Real Housewives of Atlanta season 13,” the Glee An alum shared her thoughts via her YouTube channel at that time. “It wasn’t an easy decision for me. … There has been a lot of emotion flying on both sides. I’m just so happy that I can say that I was a part of a genre that opened doors for Black ensemble reality shows.”
The TV network, for its part, wished Leakes “all the best in her future endeavors” per a statement to Us At the time. They added, “She’s been instrumental since the start and will truly be missed, and maybe one day she’ll hold the peach again.”
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