NeNe Leakes CLOWNS Bravo After RHOA’s Season 13 Ratings Continue To Plummet!

ByAvigail Landreneau
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Real Housewives of Atlanta ratings are on a downward spiral as thousands of viewers tune out after the surprise exit of NeNe Leakes. Kenya Moore, Cynthia Bailey, Porsha Williams, and Kandi Burruss returned for season 13, but their storylines are not grabbing the attention of viewers. Drew Sidora made her Bravo debut on Sunday’s episode, but the new peach on the block did little to boost the lackluster second episode ratings. 

Sunday’s Real Housewives of Atlanta ratings took a dive, with nearly 250k fewer viewers tuning in than during the December 6 premiere episode. 

S13 E1 – 1.41M viewers

S13 E2 – 1.18M viewers

“Housewives” franchises typically see numbers jump between the first and second week, as season storylines begin to take shape. 

NeNe‘s absence appears to be a ratings game changer—and the reality vet took to Twitter on Tuesday to throw some cryptic shade at Bravo. Some fans believed that NeNe was referring to Jamal Bryant’s phone number, a subject discussed on the Real Housewives of Potomac reunion, but others acknowledged the ratings bust.  

“is that the number,” NeNe tweeted.

NeNe’s loyal followers sounded off in the comment section—making their voices heard.

One fan noted that the Real Housewives of Atlanta was ‘built on [NeNe’s] back.”

Another fan labeled the ratings crash a result of the “NeNe effect.” 

https://twitter.com/melissadawn0710/status/1338919850014633987

As reported—in September, NeNe shocked fans when she announced that she would not be returning to the show following a lengthy contract negotiation.

“Thank you to all of you guys that have been showing me a lot of love and support as of late. I feel you, I hear you. I have been on an extremely, extremely long, exhausting, tiring, emotional negotiation. There has been a lot of emotion flying on both sides,” she said in the video announcement.

“It has been hard, and I have made the very hard and difficult decision to not be a part of Real Housewives of Atlanta season 13,” she continued. “It wasn’t an easy decision for me. It was hard. I started on The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2008.”

Nene Leakes

“We took off like a rocket. I mean, we took off. You could have never told me that I would start on this little show and it still be going strong 13, 14 years later. And it is,” the RHOA veteran said. “I’m just so happy that I can say that I was a part of a genre that opened up doors for Black ensemble reality shows to step up and be a part of what we all now love so much reality TV.”

NeNe later revealed that she had only been offered six episodes for Season 13. 

The Real Housewives of Atlanta airs on Sundays at 8 pm, ET, on Bravo. 

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