The former The Real Housewives of Atlanta star shared the “difficult” news of Gregg Leakes’ health journey during an Instagram Live with The Jasmine Brand and said he recently underwent surgery.
“He’s in the hospital. He’s been in the hospital, tomorrow it’ll be a week,” NeNe shared when asked about her husband’s health, according to Page Six. “I’m sure he’ll be home in about a week or so. He had to have a surgery, [because] his cancer did return.”
“He’s had this surgery before and he was in the hospital for about 15 days,” the former Bravolebrity explained of her husband’s treatment, adding that she expected him to remain there for the same amount of time.
NeNe said the cancer returning has been hard on Gregg and that the disease has made him “super small.”
“If you’ve ever been around somebody who’s had cancer before, he’s different,” she shared. “He’s different.”
“I’d love for everybody to pray for Gregg, that would be beautiful. Pray for his strength,” NeNe said, adding, “And pray for me too.”
The former Bravo reality star then took to Instagram to
She captioned the post, “Hey guys....I was really caught off guard in that interview when asked about Gregg! He’s a private person so i hadn’t said anything publicly (his wishes) (Only our circle really know details) and really sometimes it’s best that way because people just read into it whatever they want too and family....whew Chileeeeee i just can’t 😩 Gregg told me this morning he had 80 text messages and wanted to know what was wrong wit his phone 🤣 Thank you for your many prayers🙏🏾 text messages and calls Gregg says to me...keep smiling 😊 #fuckcancer @americancancersociety”
Gregg was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer in 2018, but it went into remission after treatment. In May 2019, both NeNe and Gregg took to Instagram to celebrate his cancer entering remission.
“Look at God! We are over joyed to say, we saw the doctors for the results of Gregg’s Pet Scan he took last week! Test show, wait for It…..WE ARE CANCER FREE!!! Yes God!” she captioned a photo of Gregg at that time.
Photo Credit: Courtesy via NeNe Leakes/Instagram
