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NeNe Leakes Blasts Deceitful Housewives Over Marlo Hampton

By | Published on February 1, 2012 | Updated on August 6, 2018 1:26 PM EDT
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NeNe Leakes stayed in true trenchant form during her Sunday night Twitter rant against fellow cast mates Sheree Whitfield and Phaedra Parks.

The latest episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta aired Sunday night gaining the franchise its highest rating, (oddly) NeNe was displayed as the peacemaker, but that didn’t avert the reality show villain from inciting ruckus via Twitter.

“The Smalls loved Marlo Hampton when they thought they could turn her against me! Now that were friends, they don’t like her 4 no real reason,” NeNe tweeted.

The ‘Smalls’ is a reference to the shorter girls of the show—Phaedra Parks, Sheree Whitfield, and Kandi Burruss while the “Talls” are the remaining women—NeNe Leakes , Cynthia Bailey, and Marlo Hampton. Marlo is NFL player Charles Grant’s ex, who also allegedly dated NeNe while she was separated from her estranged husband. While we thought Marlo was making a guest appearance to spruce up some tension for NeNe, seems she’s a mainstay.

“Phaedra & Sheree wanted Marlo on the show! They pushed production 4 her. Once we met & started talkin, they turned on her. They wanted Marlo on the show because they thought we would get n2 it about Charles but I never dated him,” NeNe tweeted.

The women are in South Africa in what was a squandered attempt to bond and move beyond catty issues, hence Marlo and Sheree’s brouhaha.

The next day (Monday), NeNe still had more to tweet regarding the ladies reneging on their cast choice, ““Maja was suppose 2 b the new housewife but Sheree & Phaedra didn’t want her on the show. They wanted Marlo 4 obvious reasons! Back fired.”

NeNe also dropped a few hints about leaving the show but for now she basking in the drama.

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