Why NeNe Leakes Turned Down Traitors for Son Brentt’s Restoration
NeNe Leakes is explaining why she turned down the chance to affix The Traitors season 4.
The Actual Housewives of Atlanta alum addressed the explanation for her resolution on the Monday, July 7 episode of the “Humble Brag” podcast.
“So I used to be requested to do Traitors — I used to be actually enthusiastic about doing it, by the way in which,” NeNe, 57, informed cohost Cynthia Bailey.
Nevertheless, “I couldn’t do Traitors ‘trigger my son’s within the hospital. And he’s nonetheless within the hospital.”
NeNe’s youthful son, Brentt Leakes, was beforehand hospitalized in October 2022 after struggling congestive coronary heart failure and a stroke. Brentt, whom NeNe shared with late husband Gregg Leakes, acquired a coronary heart transplant in July 2024. He revealed that October by way of Instagram that he was recovering after present process “a 14-hour” surgical procedure, and “needed to relearn how you can stroll and talk.”
One yr later, NeNe defined to Bailey, 58, that Brentt’s “coronary heart began rejecting” the implant and he was again within the hospital for remedy to “cease the rejection.” He’s taking “a short time longer” to get well.
NeNe, in the meantime, has no regrets about turning down the fourth version of The Traitors, which counts her former RHOA costar Porsha Williams among the many solid.
“I’m so glad I mentioned no,” she revealed, including, “I stored considering perhaps Brentt could be significantly better [by June]. My worry was committing after which having to return to them and say, ‘I can’t do it.’ In order that was by no means going to work. Brentt was very sick. It was no manner I may have dedicated to it. And I consider it’s a must to go in another country [to film the series].”
NeNe had regarded ahead to stirring up intrigue on the hit Peacock actuality competitors, which is hosted by Alan Cumming and movies within the Scottish Highlands. Apart from Williams, 44, different new solid members embody Actual Housewives Caroline Stanbury and Dorinda Medley, in addition to Donna Kelce and Olympic determine skater Tara Lipinski.
NeNe had wished to “do all these nice issues [on the show] and are available again actually robust.”
“A blogger had mentioned, ‘Nene didn’t take Traitors as a result of the verify wasn’t sufficiently big,’” she recalled. “I used to be like, ‘No, no, no. I received the verify.’ I couldn’t do it.”
She mentioned that had Brentt “been within the place that he’s in right this moment,” she would’ve gone to Scotland. “We will FaceTime. He’s speaking. He wasn’t strolling on the time. Now he’s strolling, he’s speaking.”