{"id":973,"date":"2026-05-06T00:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/nene-leakes-reveals-current-status-of-andy-cohen-friendship-after-bravo-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:40:40","slug":"nene-leakes-reveals-current-status-of-andy-cohen-friendship-after-bravo-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/nene-leakes-reveals-current-status-of-andy-cohen-friendship-after-bravo-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"NeNe Leakes reveals current status of Andy Cohen friendship after Bravo lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127083942.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NeNe Leakes revealed she\u2019s willing to \u201cmove forward\u201d in her relationship with Andy Cohen years after dropping a lawsuit against Bravo.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cReal Housewives of Atlanta\u201d alum \u2014 who <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/04\/20\/nene-leakes-sues-saying-racism-accepted-on-real-housewives-of-atlanta\/\">sued the network in 2022<\/a> for allegedly fostering and tolerating a hostile and racist work environment \u2014 claimed that she and the Bravo head honcho have texted <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/08\/22\/nene-leakes-drops-discrimination-lawsuit-against-bravo-andy-cohen\/\">since the filing was axed<\/a>, during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/nene-leakes-profile-housewives-bravo-rhoa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with Vulture<\/a> published Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>However, the duo has yet to speak in person, and Leakes explained it was up to Cohen to decide whether he wants to get back on speaking terms.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>NeNe Leakes (seen here in 2010) revealed where she stands with Andy Cohen (also pictured above) after she filed a lawsuit against Bravo in 2022. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cReal Housewives of Atlanta\u201d alum (seen here on \u201cWatch What Happens Live\u201d with Cohen) shared that she and Cohen have texted since the filing was dropped during a new interview with Vulture. <span class=\"credit\">Bravo\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI guess the question would be, \u2018What would it take to get him\u00a0back on those terms?\u2019\u201d the Bravolebrity, 58, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am the kind of person that, good or bad, time heals. You don\u2019t have to be besties or anything like that, but I move forward. I\u2019m not into holding negative energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Leakes explained it was up to Cohen (seen here together in 2017) to decide what it would take for them to get back on speaking terms. <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI am the kind of person that, good or bad, time heals,\u201d the Bravo star (seen here with Cohen in 2017) said. <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Leakes\u2019 bombshell lawsuit \u2014 which named Cohen as a defendant \u2014 she accused the network of dismissing her complaints about <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2017\/10\/11\/kim-zolciak-hires-lawyers-to-tackle-nene-racist-claim\/\">alleged racist comments made by her co-star Kim Zolciak-Biermann<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the day the series began filming, NeNe was the target of systemic racism from co-star Kim Zolciak-Biermann, which was tolerated by Bravo executive producer Andy Cohen and other executives,\u201d\u00a0her lawyer wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Leakes, who starred on \u201cRHOA\u201d for 10 seasons between 2008 and 2020, filed to dismiss the case\u00a0four months later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be besties or anything like that, but I move forward. I\u2019m not into holding negative energy,\u201d Leakes (seen here in March) continued. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A rep for Cohen (seen here with Leakes in 2014) wasn\u2019t immediately available to Page Six for comment. <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/andy-cohen-interview-bravo-housewives-reality-tv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent interview with Vulture<\/a>, Cohen shared that he couldn\u2019t \u201cspeak to that lawsuit, but it\u2019s in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Cohen told his radio show listeners in January that <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/15\/entertainment\/rhoa-alum-nene-leakes-confirms-long-awaited-return-to-bravo-as-andy-cohen-reacts\/\">he was \u201chappy\u201d<\/a> Leakes would be a part of the forthcoming installment of \u201cThe Real Housewives Ultimate Girls\u2019 Trip: Roaring 20th.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s gonna be making an appearance,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we go to Atlanta, she\u2019s gonna be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are really happy about it,\u201d he added. \u201cListen, we are going to be celebrating 20 years of \u2018Housewives,\u2019 and it would be hard \u2026 to without her. And so I\u2019m happy about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Leakes (seen above in 2019) sued Bravo for allegedly fostering and tolerating a hostile and racist work environment in 2022. <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The reality star (photographed above in 2019) dropped the lawsuit a few months later. <span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time, Leakes also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/15\/entertainment\/rhoa-alum-nene-leakes-confirms-long-awaited-return-to-bravo-as-andy-cohen-reacts\/\">expressed her excitement<\/a> to return to the network, saying via social media, \u201cThis has been a really long, long journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy, overjoyed, to say that I will be returning to Bravo. I almost can\u2019t even believe the words that are coming out of my mouth. I\u2019m so happy. I\u2019m just so happy,\u201d the TV personality continued.<\/p>\n<p>Leakes concluded her statement by thanking Cohen and other executives for having \u201ccontinued to throw [her] name in the ring over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vicki Gunvalson, Luann de Lesseps, Porsha Williams, Teresa Giudice, Kyle Richards, Gizelle Bryant and Lisa Barlow are among the cast members for \u201cThe Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th,\u201d airing later this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/celebrity-news\/nene-leakes-reveals-current-status-of-andy-cohen-friendship-after-bravo-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NeNe Leakes revealed she\u2019s willing to \u201cmove forward\u201d in her relationship with Andy Cohen years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127083942.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}