--- title: "RHOA Alum NeNe Leakes Addresses Son Bryson’s Recent Arrest and ‘Addiction’ Issues" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2023/07/26/rhoa-nene-leakes-bryson-arrest/ type: post date: 2023-07-26 modified: 2023-07-26 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2023/07/26/rhoa-nene-leakes-bryson-arrest.md author: "Lara Sophia" --- # RHOA Alum NeNe Leakes Addresses Son Bryson’s Recent Arrest and ‘Addiction’ Issues ## NeNe Leakes breaks her silence on her son Bryson Bryant’s recent arrest and “addiction” to drugs. Find out what the RHOA alum has to say. *[The Real Housewives of Atlanta](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta/) *OG is speaking out for the first time about her oldest son Bryson Bryant’s recent arrest for felony drug possession. During an appearance on [Carlos King](https://allabouttrh.com/2023/05/26/allabouttrh-podcast-carlos-king/)’s podcast, *[Reality With the King](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exclusive-nene-leakes-interview-pt-1/id1614311600?i=1000622278665)*, [NeNe Leakes](https://allabouttrh.com/category/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta/nene-leakes/) reveals that Bryson is ***“doing OK” ***following his most recent arrest earlier this month. ***“He needs rehabilitation,”*** NeNe tells her [former RHOA producer](https://allabouttrh.com/2023/07/18/nene-leakes-kim-zolciak-rhoa/). ***“He needs a lot of counseling.”*** She continues, ***“Like many families out there, I have family members that are struggling with drugs and certain addictions. He has an addiction. He’s been struggling with it for years. He’s been in rehab for a couple of times, and he still has come back out and relapsed.”*** NeNe then admits that her ***“hands are tied”*** when it comes to helping her 33-year-old son. ![NeNe Leakes with her sons Bryson and Brentt on early seasons of RHOA](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_7461-scaled.jpg)NeNe Leakes with her sons Bryson and Brentt ***“There’s not much that I can do,”*** she notes. ***“For people who have had children or family members that have been on drugs, they know that they have to be ready.”*** The Bravoleb explains that she has ***“spent so much money on trying to get Bryson where he needs to be,” ***but now NeNe realizes that nothing will change in Bryson’s life until he is ready and willing to do the work to change his current path. ![NeNe Leakes argues with co-stars at RHOA reunion.](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/nene-house.jpg)NeNe Leakes argues with co-stars at RHOA reunion. ***“Every time I’ve sent him off is because I said, ‘You are getting your ass up, and we are sending you off,'***” she explains. ***“But I learned through counseling myself that he has to say, ‘I’m ready to go,’ not me making him go. So until Bryson is ready to make a change, [there’s] nothing I can do.”*** NeNe admits that Bryson’s issues have been ***“happening for so many years”*** that she is now*** “kinda numb”*** to it all. The 55-year-old adds that growing up on reality TV was not ***“the sole cause of ” ***Bryson’s addiction issues but admits it ***“didn’t help.”*** ***“They’re having a light shined on them that they did not ask for,”*** NeNe says. ***“People are picking them apart because of the job that I chose to do. And so I feel for them in that way. But there’s just issues that he has.”*** As *AllAboutTRH *previously reported, [Bryson was arrested on July 3](https://allabouttrh.com/2023/07/19/nene-leakes-bryson-bryant-arrested/)at a home in Lawrenceville, Ga, for felony possession of Fentanyl. Upon his arrest, Bryson was slapped with several changes, including ***“possession of a scheduled II controlled substance, violation of probation, loitering and giving a false name, address or birthdate.”*** ![Bryson Bryant](https://allabouttrh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-19-at-7.20.58-AM.png)Bryson Bryant's 2023 mug shot During the arrest, Bryson lied to police and gave them his younger brother [Brentt Leakes](https://allabouttrh.com/2022/10/11/nene-leakes-23-year-old-son-brentt-leakes-suffers-stroke-and-congestive-heart-failure-the-rhoa-og-breaks-her-silence/)‘ name. Brentt is the 24-year-old son of NeNe Leakes and her late husband, [Gregg Leake](https://allabouttrh.com/2021/12/20/nene-leakes-has-a-new-man-in-her-life-says-late-husband-gregg-gave-her-his-blessing-to-move-on/)s. He also gave police the address of his mother’s home that she sold a number of years ago. Bryson is currently behind bars at Gwinnett County Jail on a $6,100 bond. *The Real Housewives of Atlanta *airs on Sundays at 8 p.m. on Bravo. ## Thoughts on this all? Sound off below!