Kim Zolciak & NeNe Leakes fired from ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’
December 13th, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt ( 75 comments )
Atlanta, Dec 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kim Zolciak and NeNe Leakes have reportedly been fired from ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’. And the producers of the show are on the lookout for more stars to replace the feuding stars.
“Things with NeNe and Kim have been intense but Bravo feels the show is about the franchise as a whole and won’t let one person stop it,” says an insider.
And they have been fired because Kim Zolciak and NeNe Leakes were demanding more money than the producer wanted to comply. Plus the producers are also fed up with their starry tantrums. So they were making plans to replace them for quite some time. Also according to one insider, the producers are already in talks with ‘some notable and wealthy Atlanta women’ who might join the show and replace the feuding Kim Zolciak and NeNe Leakes.
Plus in the third season, there is going to be major upheaval in the show too, with some new additions and omissions. The producers were in talks with Usher’s ex-wife Tameka Foster Raymond for the show, but apparently the other cast members weren’t convinced so she is not being invited to join the show.
“Tameka isn’t very popular in Atlanta,” says the source, who reveals that the 39-year-old was initially in the running. “The producers asked each one of the women how they would feel if she were cast, and they all said that they’d walk. That’s the one thing they’ve been united about.”
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Tags: atlanta women, cast members, franchise, insider, lookout, money, nene, new additions, one thing, producers, real housewives, tantrums, third season, upheaval, usher
December 13th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
let them walk there not the only game in town it would be nice to mix things up.
December 13th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
I won’t watch Atlanta Housewives without NeNe or Kim…sorry! They make the show!
December 13th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Good….They needed to go…
December 13th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Like they say, you can take the person out of the jungle but you can never get the jungle out of the person
December 13th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I’m glad NeNe is leaving, cause she is such a 2-face and she always kept trouble started and she acted like the show couldn’t go on without her, but I guess now her face is CRACKED-LOL So who’s tardy/leaving the party NOW!!! But I did like Kim, she was alright, sometime!!!
December 13th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
That’s really bad they could not work it out.
–M
December 13th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
There is nothing”real” or housewifish about these women. They are the most self absorbed, phony, foul mouthed group of women I have ever wastd half and hour watching. Kim is 40 if she is a day! NeNe is an embarrassment to all of the classy black women in Atlanta, because of her weight and tasteless clothing. And, Sheree(?) should put that clothing line out on the clothes line!!!
December 13th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
well, I guess I’ll stop watching, because NeNe is the reason I watched, so long for that!
December 13th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
It is time for Bravo to get some true Atlanta Housewives..not golddiggers like Kim, she was never a darn housewife. Atlanta is full of weathly housewives, Tameka Foster is another bad choice by the producers she is on her way to being a EX Housewife. Why don’t they change the name of the show to Atlanta, Ex-Housewives or wanna be Housewives. Stop misrepresenting the city with these tacky chicks.
December 13th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
We won’t watch the show without NeNe or Kim.
They make the show!!
December 13th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Althought NeNe’s ego overshadows her good, she along with Kim are the most interesting charcters on the show. I don’t forsee the other ladies, excluding Kandy, to have the interest for people to follow.
December 13th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Asking for more money???who r they anyway…Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston…
December 13th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
The show is awful, who cares about these vain women!
December 13th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
surely there are other “housewives” that are available in the trailer parks and strip joints that can be cast two replace those to yahoos.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Both are flaming idiots. I quit watching the show last season because of those two.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Good riddance, both are nothing but trash with cash.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Not sure why anyone watches these reality shows. You should just write a check and send it to them directly. Quit watching them and they will eventually go away. Just another scam for people to rich.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Whatever. All of them are freakin pigs. Obnoxious, UGLY as sin, and disgusting. Watched it once. The only one worse is the New Jersey hogs. Jeezz. The LA and Scottsdale girls were ok….. but really, these Atlanta ones, man. Ive been to Atlanta. They coulda done far better. Freakin Hog show.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
I’don’t understand, franchise (BRAVO)is in the business to make money with views, Bravo rating is very high when the Atlanta Housewives is on. If Bravo looks for wealther Atlanta ladies,to replace NeNe and Kim,(these ladies have been friends for a number of years and will be friends for a number of years - show or no show) Bravo will pay a larger fee, you get what you pay for!! I don’t know that I will set my recorder to watch the new shows.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Good call, they should reset the entire Atlanta cast, they are all worthless.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Kim should have never been on the show in the first place. She tries to glamourize her affair with a married man. She tries to justify her affair. IT IS NEVER OK! She is diguesting. To think she has children. Yikes; horrible role model for her girls. I guess they will turn out just like her. Money grubbing, whore and BRAVO promotes it.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
MIGHT NOT BE THE SMARTEST DECISION BY THE PRODUCERS, I WAS HOT AND COLD ABOUT NENE AND KIM FRM TIME TO TIME… BUT PPL LIKE TO WATCH OTHER PPL’S DRAMA AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, KIM AND NENE BROUGHT THAT TO THE TABLE FOR THE RHWOA. SO IT MAY CUT DWN ON THE RATINGS… EITHER WAY, I WILL STILL BE WATCHING!!!
December 13th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
These women make Cheetah Woods Perkins waitress look good. They’ll probably go from this show to his new book. How to get the best bang for your buck at cities across America. Atlanta-chapter 13
December 13th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
I’m glad they are gone , I quit watching ,due to them ,I can not stand NENE. She was such a trouble maker always wanted everything to be about her.
Good Riddens
December 13th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
I wont be watching either, they are fun. The other women on the other shows are not as good, bravo, you have lost me and I know a lot of others.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
This is a hard to swallow because I like both ladies but Atlanta does have many celebrity housewives with status and money of their own and that would like to shine and be seen without the haggle of more money, more money. So, I hope the show remains but if names change that is fine too.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
good can not stand the show , I know the gals from the orange county show , they are bad , but this show and the way the 2 of them act , its like high school girls , it sicking , hope the door hit’s them in the ass on the way out…and Kim you can not sing.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
If these women are so rich why are they asking for more money? I really enjoyed the show but last season got a bit ugly. Nene was full of herself and caused hate and discontent and Sheree? OMG…that female is so psycho she actually thinks she is pretty and classy. Kim cracks me up. She knows how she looks and works it to her advantage. Maybe Big Poppa likes cheap and superficial. I won’t pass judgement on the new season until I see a few shows. Neenee and Kim? I hope you girls learned a lesson.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
I will not watch the show without NeNe. NeNe is one of the only two REAL Housewives. You can let Kim and Big Papa go — The tagline is housewives, NOT Homebreaker or Mistress!!!
December 13th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
This is my least favorite of all the Housewives. And please, don’t show Kim singing anymore.
Thanks.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Nene and Kim’s wars were the only thing that made that show even mildly entertaining. My wife watches the show, records episodes, and got me watching. I don’t think I’ll be watching anymore.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Viewers can say what they want, but the show is absolutely nothing without Ne-Ne and Kim. No offense to the other ladies but their story line is weak. Honestly who cares about Sheree’s clothing line, Lisa trying to get pregnant and so is every other woman in the World. Kandi’s drama was about her former fiance’ who is mo longer with us (May he rest in Peace), and her Mom, which is now a rap. Who cares about her music career, she’s very talented its obvious she will always be apart of the music industry. Bottom line Ne-Ne and Kim make the show and without these 2 ladies the producers may as well plan a whole NEW line up and they know it too! Please bring those Ladies back.
December 13th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
I read somewhere that Bravo is paying the lease on NeNe and Sheree’s houses. I don’t now if this is true or not, but if it is how could NeNe ask for more money? Its not like she is a star. In fact, her insecurites came out this past season when Kandi Alexander joined the group. She was very jealous of Kandi and her talent. Kim is getting a big ego with the success of her song that Kandi produced. It goes to show that with the right equipment anyone can become a singer and we know that that chile cannot sing a lick.
December 14th, 2009 at 12:02 am
I say good riddance to bad rubbish!! NeNe and Kim gave Atlanta a bad name!!! They are NOT the what Atlanta is all about. I’ll start watching the show again now that they’re gone,
December 14th, 2009 at 12:13 am
orange county is the only one worth watching all the rest should be canceled!
December 14th, 2009 at 12:13 am
This show is funny. It’s sad that these are the woman chosen to represent Atlanta. But hey it’s a uguly job somebody has to do it. There is no show without NENE….. take kim and put her out with the rest of the trash
December 14th, 2009 at 12:14 am
All of the housewives shows are stupid and silly. These are all women who want to be seen. I’ve tried to watch each show but, it got so silly with all the arguments and each one wanted to be the stand out. I just turned OFF.
December 14th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Both NeNe and Kim were just plain silly. Too much drama and not enough real housewives.
December 14th, 2009 at 12:17 am
Good Riddens to those two dirty Bitches. For someone who has money, you would never know it by watching the two of them. I feel sorry for all the real ladies in Atlanta that have to be represented by these two. Hopefully all of America doesn’t think this is how women from Atlanta are. Both of them really cheapen the show and the City of Atlanta. Especially NeNe! That ugly horse needs to be put down. And on a final note. WILL SOMEONE PLEEEASE SLAP SHEREE AND BRING THAT HEFFA BACK DOWN TO REALITY~
December 14th, 2009 at 12:24 am
wow. i can’t think of anything that i care less about in the world. get a life.
December 14th, 2009 at 12:28 am
NeNe and Kim made the show. I am not sure about Kim. I just don’t understand how she has money to begin with. NeNe I would love to party with her. I don’t think I will have much interest in watching the show anymore and the housewives are BORING!
December 14th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Very disappointed a mutually agreeable contract could not be produced. I may not have Kim as a friend but I love watching her drama. I love that she thinks she’s so gorgeous even when most don’t. Her ego makes for great tv. Nene is strong but she has feelings too. I loved that at the reunion she didnt try to go back towards her negative actions and comments. I dont know anyone that makes a huge plan with a friend, is kicked to the curb and can try to still mend things. Kandi seems fake gushing all over Kim and wanting to boost her music career. Why would a talented musician want to “give” Kim a hit single??? Where is the controversial diamond ring AJ “gave” Kandi anyway? Did she give it back to him or did she keep it cuz she bought it?
December 14th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Please get some REAL Georgia women…..With southern breeding and genteel manners, stop embarassing the south..There is no charm or beauty more defined than southern. Why do you guys pick from the bottom of the barrel??
December 14th, 2009 at 12:53 am
AJ passed away. How would she give a ring back to a dead man….
December 14th, 2009 at 12:57 am
I will definitely not be watching if they cut nene from the show I don’t really like Kim too much, my favorite characters are Nene and Dwight…both of them make the show very interesting, I really think Kim is just white trash and I just can’t stand that she thinks she is all that when all she is is plastic and fake, fake boo’s fake hair, she looks like she has cottage cheese and cellulite….I won’t be watching without Nene
December 14th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Please get some REAL Housewives that are actually married. Don’t put whores like Kim (those poor kids) on the show anymore. It’s not interesting, it’s disgustiing. As for her stupid song, just goes to show anyone can have a #1 hit on iTUNES and still be a whore. NeNe is full of herself, but I bet she’s a lot of fun to hang with. Kandi is way hot and way cool and SHEREE looks like a bad dragqueen.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:05 am
I am sooo GLAD Kim is gone her nasty wigs and lack of talent singing were the most annyoing things on TV! NeNe is drama but I will miss her.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:07 am
How stupid of NeNe and Kim to think that they are SOOOOO larger than life (fame wise) that they can make money demands. The show was not created FOR them specifically. I am NOT surprised. Plus, i think Bravo should put Tameka Raymond on the show and let her and Sheree bump heads???? Child, that would be a show for real!!!!
December 14th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Kim and NeNe’s antics were getting old… so they can be replaced with two new drama queens. Regarding the cast’s comments about walking if Usher’s exwife, Tameka Foster is invited to the show…The fact that Tameka allegedly isn’t popular in Atlanta doesn’t mean she wouldn’t be popular with viewers outside of Atlanta. I tell you…wannabe diva’s kill me. Before RHOA, no one knew who any of you were (with the exception of Kandi). I say invite her on the show. It would be interesting to say the least.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:09 am
WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE REAL AHOLES FROM ATLANTA
December 14th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Good reddens to bad rubbish
December 14th, 2009 at 1:15 am
I enjoy watching Org. County and started watching Atlanta during 2nd season. I cannot stand NeNe’s getto attitude. It’s shocking that she imply’s Kandi is from the Getto. Even if she was, Kudo’s to her for working hard to improve her life. NeNe, well she’s either from the Getto or want’s to appear that she is. Her actions and loud mouth!!, confrontational attitude is disgraceful and shameful. And Kim, OMG!, she is so classless and has no morals. And she brags about it too! Please, I’m a northerner and I would like to see the true life of Southern women with class. How about them volunteering in the schools, mentoring children and how they teach their children to grow with grace which Southern Women are known for. I’m sure there will still be some conflict with these women too that could carry the show. I hate these two women who play non-supportive rolls to other women. They are so negative, jelious and hateful! GET RID OF THEM QUICK! I agree, they should be married women as well. How about showing National Cotillion Classes.
One thing I like about these shows, is that realize I have my act together. Women should be shown supporting other women to succede.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:15 am
Good! I’m glad to see them go! Can they take Sheree with them?
December 14th, 2009 at 1:21 am
It would be a mistake to let these 2 go especially Nene, she is the reason me and my girls watch, the rest are boring.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:21 am
The whole show should be dumped! To say any of these people are stars is ridiculous. If they want more money then they should get real jobs. More and more the media try to make something out of nothing or somebody out of nobody because they can’t find the real stories and can’t get ratings they want.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:22 am
More money?? To do what?? It’s not like they’re working… they are being followed by cameras to record what they do daily. Who the hell - in the REAL world- gets paid to get their nails done, throw parties for themselves, and swear at each other like foul-mouthed truckers??? These two women are stupid. BRAVO Bravo for letting these women walk.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:24 am
I am so glad that Kim’s skanky tail is gone. Nene was my favorite but last season she turned into a big egotistical maniac. Her big butt was always in someone’s face trying to make ‘everything about her”. Well I hope she is happy now. She can go back to stripping and kissing her hubbys tail. Kim can keep running around with other women’s husbands with those raggedy wigs that look as cheap as she does. I am so glad they are gone. Now the show will have a class at classy women. Now Sheree needs to take a hike now…..
December 14th, 2009 at 1:24 am
yeah there gone!
December 14th, 2009 at 1:45 am
Why shouldn’t they ask for more money, they weren’t paid enough in the first place. The kids on the MTV show The Hills get paid at least four times more than the housewives. Bravo has made tons of money from the Atlanta housewives now they want to cheap, please. Well one less show to watch.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:46 am
Housewives, where ever it is, is a time wasting concept. I know a lot of sheep, er people, watch it. It makes $$$$ for Bravo. I like Tabatha & Queer Eye. It’s entertaining & you learn something. How about some role models, people one can respect? Enough housewives trash!
December 14th, 2009 at 1:53 am
without nene this show is over she is the complete drama queen perfect for reality ratings as far as more money i think they deserve it their the reason why i watch can’t say i’ll keep watching without them
December 14th, 2009 at 1:57 am
How about the entire Housewives series be cancelled. There is nothing more pathetic than grown women with husbands and children performing like assanine teenagers. Grow up Ladies, and I use that term loosely. Class up Bravo.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:59 am
I hope that they will reconsider Kim, I strongly beleive Kim will be just fine if they get rid of NENE she is the problem here not Kim, Kandi was verbally attacked by NeNE who does that. NE NE is ghetto, and is not refined like she should be for the public. And I understand why her son is having so many problems at Clark University.
The public should have seen this coming.
NENE, go back and take a hard look at all of the episode’s and you will see what your employers see. YOU ARE TROUBLE and I feel sorry for your Husband and your son because you have set a really bad example. More money for what to stir up more trouble between the cast.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED, set an example and read the book of Proverbs so you will know how you are to conduct yourself as a woman.
My prayers are with all of you.
December 14th, 2009 at 2:28 am
I love Lisa and I enjoy NeNe and Kandi is great but she is not a housewife. Bravo do us a favor leave NeNe, get rid of Kim replace with T-Boz of TLC. You want drama that is a line up to please, betcha!!!!
December 14th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Nene and Kim makes the show and if you get rid of those two you will have no show. It will be just like the rest of the sorry housewife shows.
You need to pay these women more money and keep it movin. Why would you break up a good thing? All the fighting and drama is just like real life and that’s what makes us keep watching. They keep it real, maybe Bravos trying to turn this into a sitcom instead of a reality show, and if so they really need to be paid more!!!
December 14th, 2009 at 2:45 am
Both need to go. NeNe is truly an embarrassment to all women, especially black women. Kim is just a joke. Has anyone even considered how these shows effect the children? I truly feel sorry for them. Any mother who truly puts the welfare of her children first would never consider presenting herself for all the world to see as these women have. This is especially true of the Atlanta housewives. They come off as tramps, with the exception of Lisa and Kandi. I stoppped watching a long time ago.
December 14th, 2009 at 2:57 am
I WILL NEVER WATCH THIS SHOW AGAIN…NENE WAS MY FAVORITE…SHE MADE THE SHOW!!!
December 14th, 2009 at 3:21 am
Good! What is the big deal about these two? They are not famous for anything. Or maybe just in the plastic world.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:53 am
How can there be a show without Nene and Kim? If Nene isn’t there, there would be “no” drama and Kim is just kind of cute.
December 14th, 2009 at 6:48 am
NeNe was FAKE. She did not have any money and that is why she whats more. She was in Athens yesterday at a basketball game. No wonder! See GOD do not bless no mess she from the GHETTO and always will be. NeNe stay your GHETTO a** in Atlanta because Athens do not need the Drama!! NeNe is Fake and a BIGGGGGGG lie she is not real about nothing not even her childhood. I’am her classmate!
December 15th, 2009 at 7:20 am
@enjjones: Their engagement didnt end when he died…it ended in early summer. Ladies, stop buying your own engagement rings!
December 15th, 2009 at 7:31 am
OBVIOUSLY BASED ON DA COMMENTS, MOST OF YOU WATCHED AND WATCHED AND COULDN’T GET ENOUGH OF IT. NOW U UP HERE SAYING THE SHOW WAS NOT TO YOUR STANDARD. THEN STOP WATCHING! REAL PEOPLE DO REAL THINGS…
December 18th, 2009 at 12:49 am
I love the show, but I agree that Nene & Kim are the reason that I watch…..I probably wouldn’t record it to watch later..if the new people don’t have the flair that Nene & Kim have.
December 18th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Again, I agree with all of the comments. However, it’s only entertainment people. Nene pulled in the ratings..period. Kim came along later and then the rest had their take. Guarantee you if the Real Housewives of OC or NJ were bringing in these ratings, they would have been paid..no questions asked! Strictly business Bravo…I suggest you not start something you can’t finish. It was all “good” when you were getting what you wanted…Neilsen Ratings..things that make you go…hmmmmmmmmmmm……
December 23rd, 2009 at 9:20 am
Well, charlotte from the V.I. I never watched this show, but unfortunately everywhere you turned clips from the show were being played, in particularly the fights between Ne ne and Kim. Also, what makes you think that this show portrays “real people” doing “real things”. If you think for one second that these women really live like this then I can see why trash like this keeps getting put on. People too bored with their own lives living vacariously through these fake, shallow, camera whore women willing to make idiots of themselves. If that is real to people its no wonder why our children rank one of the lowest in the world in math and science, we have the highest rate of obesity, we have the highest rates of teen pregnancy and STDs in the western world and have the lowest voter turn out rates in our elections than even third world countries. They tell you its harmless entertainment and you beleive it because its easier to watch people making fools of themselves than to face our own lives. This is not real people, its not real, it is not real. Turn off the televisions, turn off channel 0.