Mona Scott-Young Shuts Down Rumor That Kenya Moore is Joining ‘Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta’

Earlier this month, there was a report that said the reality star Kenya Moore was making the move from Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta” to VH1’s “Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta.”

But that’s something “Love & Hip-Hop” creator Mona Scott-Young quickly shut down during an interview with Wendy Williams.

In the report, it stated that Moore was offered $3 million dollars to join the VH1 cast, which a producer of the show supposedly confirmed. “We love Kenya, and we think she’d fit in perfectly with Rasheeda, MiMi and Karli,” was the quote that was used.

Some might say the story was believable because there was also talk that Moore was leaving “The Real Housewives” for her own show after having a fall out with Bravo.

However, Moore never said anything about joining “Love & Hip-Hop,” which also seemed to fuel the rumor. But at this point, the chatter should completely stop, thanks to what Scott-Young revealed.

“We’ve never had that conversation,” she told Wendy. “Maybe she had it with someone else. Maybe there’s another person.”

Then Wendy asked the media mogul if any of the “Love & Hip-Hop” stars get $3 million.

“It all depends,” said Scott-Young. “If you think about it, 20 episodes over the course of … I have no idea what Kenya is talking about.

Moore hasn’t responded to Scott-Young yet, nor has there been any real confirmation that she and Bravo are on the outs with each other.

You can listen to the “Love & Hip-Hop” creator talk about Moore below.

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