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Keri Hilson and Ciara Appear to Bury the Hatchet, Spotted In New Photo

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Fans took notice of a recent photo of Keri Hilson, NeNe Leakes, Marlo Hampton and Ciara attending the BMI Awards.

Normally such a photo probably wouldn’t get a lot of attention, but since Hilson and Ciara have been on the outs with each other, it raised some eyebrows.

Keri Hilson and Ciara Spotted in New Photo

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Through the years, there have been several rumors about how the beef between the singers began and while neither has given any details, Hilson touched on it in a past interview.

“It was unfortunate, because we used to be really good friends,” she explained. “We let the media get in the way and speak for us, and we weren’t speaking to each other.”

In the photo, you can see all four ladies smiling with their arms around each other. Leakes has on an eye-catching black outfit, Hampton a long white dress, while Hilson and Ciara keep things a bit more casual.

“Keri and Ciara look like sisters right here,” someone commented.

“She’s your sister, Ciara,” another person wrote about Hilson.

“When everyone is winning and shining at the same damn time,” wrote someone else.

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Despite people talking about Hilson and Ciara making amends, they actually patched things up years ago.

“We’re good now,” Hilson said about Ciara. “Nobody wants to fight with an old friend. It’s not cute, and it doesn’t reflect our character. Don’t get me wrong, I am feisty, but I’m not catty.”

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