--- title: "NeNe Leakes Sues NBCUniversal, True Entertainment, Andy Cohen for racism on Real Housewives" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2022/04/21/nene-leakes-sues-nbcuniversal-true-entertainment-andy-cohen-for-racism-on-real-housewives/ type: post date: 2022-04-21 modified: 2022-04-21 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2022/04/21/nene-leakes-sues-nbcuniversal-true-entertainment-andy-cohen-for-racism-on-real-housewives.md author: "Lara Sophia" --- # NeNe Leakes Sues NBCUniversal, True Entertainment, Andy Cohen for racism on Real Housewives NeNe Leakes is suing Bravo's parent-company NBCUniversal, True Entertainment, and Andy Cohen for alleged racism on the *Real Housewives of Atlanta*. *"NBC, Bravo, and True foster a corporate and workplace culture in which racially-insensitive and inappropriate behavior is tolerated — if not encouraged,"* the filing alleges, per the [Associated Press](https://pagesix.com/2022/04/20/nene-leakes-sues-saying-racism-accepted-on-real-housewives-of-atlanta/). In the lawsuit, NeNe claims that, during season one of RHOA in 2008, the cast planned a barbeque, and co-star Kim Zolciak-Biermann said *“words to the effect of: ‘I don’t want to sit around with NeNe and eat chicken.’”* The statement* “perpetuated an offensive stereotype about African-Americans,”* per the lawsuit. The lawsuit details another incident involving Kim in 2012, during season 5, when the *Don't Be Tardy* star made  *“racially offensive and stereotypical”* comments about Kandi Burruss's new home. Kim called Kandi's neighborhood a *“ghetto”* and perpetuated racial stereotypes about Kandi not needing her swimming pool to be outside due to her skin color. In addition to that, the lawsuit says Kim used the N-word to refer to NeNe and other cast members. NeNe also claims Kim implied she used drugs and that her home was a* "roach nest."* Despite NeNe's complaints to executives, they *“did not terminate their relationship with Zolciak-Biermann, nor take any other meaningful action to put an end to her racially-offensive behavior.”* Instead, NeNe claims the network rewarded Kim by giving her and her family a spinoff show. *“From 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,”* NeNe's lawyer David deRubertis said in a statement. The Bravoleb's other attorney Joe Habachy said via email that *“not a day goes by that NeNe doesn’t wake up with an onslaught of overwhelming emotions as a direct result of these unfortunate and avoidable occurrences.”* The lawsuit also alleges that NeNe's complaints of racism led to her being forced off the show in 2020. *“As the Black Lives Matter movement swept our nation, Mrs. Leakes — Bravo’s historically most successful Black female talent — should have been embraced by NBC, Bravo, and True,”* the suit says. *“Instead, NBC, Bravo, and True forced her out of the ‘house she built,’ denying her a regular role.”* Season 14 of *The Real Housewives of Atlanta *premieres on May 1 at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo. ## Thoughts on this all? Sound off below! **[Follow](https://www.instagram.com/allabouttrh) **AllAboutTRH On **[Instagram.](https://www.instagram.com/AllAboutTRH)** **[Follow](https://www.twitter.com/allabouttrh) **AllAboutTRH On **[Twitter.](https://www.twitter.com/allabouttrh)****[Like](https://www.facebook.com/allabouttrh)** AllAboutTRH On **[Facebook.](https://www.facebook.com/allabouttrh)**