Meanwhile, sources reveal that the mother-of-two wants an entirely new spinoff outside of the Bravo sphere.
“NeNe is pursuing her own show at E! because she's felt like her time at Bravo has been up for awhile,” the insider told the publication.
The insider added that whenever she does leave RHOA she wants to “go out on her own terms.”
NeNe has been “pushing for [the spinoff] behind Bravo's back so when they do let her go, she looks like she came out on top with something else already in the works.
“Bravo isn’t budging on the contracts so unless she accepts that, it looks like she won’t be coming back [to RHOA],” the insider revealed.
The source also claimed that E! “has shown no interest in green-lighting the series” so far.
A spokesperson for Bravo has denied NeNe's departure, and told The Sun that “NeNe was not fired and conversations for the next season are still ongoing.”
The news comes after celebrity blogger Love B. Scott reported the following: “Pickup letters went out last Friday via emails to each of the ladies’ representatives and NeNe did not get one. Eva Marcille already announced she isn’t returning.”
However, NeNe’s manager Steven Grossman denied the report that his client has been fired from RHOA. “It is absolutely not true that NeNe has been fired from RHOA. Furthermore, it was made abundantly clear prior that she will always be welcome on the series as long as she wants to be,” he told HollywoodLife in a statement. “We are having on-going bigger picture conversations with NBC Universal and have not made any decisions regarding next season specifically. Any speculation or sources trying to create controversy by stating otherwise are incredibly inaccurate.” Steven added “Bloop” at the end of the statement, referencing NeNe’s infamous catchphrase.
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