‘Who Dis Woman?!’: Nene Leakes’ Fans Raise Their Collective Eyebrows Over ‘RHOA’ Star’s Apparently Shape-Shifting Face

Nene Leakes‘ “morning vibes” hit the wrong vibes with fans once they zeroed in on her face in a new photo.

“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star uploaded a smiley picture to Instagram Thursday, and several of her followers felt she may have manipulated her nose with the help of a plastic surgeon.

“Morning Vibes,” the longtime star of the Bravo reality show captioned the May 30 image.

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Nene Leakes. (Photo: @neneleakes/Instagram)

In no time, fans let Leakes know what they speculated about her apparently going under the knife or using a little too much photo editing.

“You look fake.”

“Dam did she get another nose job. Gurl you said your rich..go to Dr Nasif in LA and get a nose appropriate for your face..”

“Who dis woman?!?!”

“What’s wrong with the top of her lip and nose 🙄🙄 and don’t say it’s contour for the idiots…I do makeup😑😑!”

“She used an app to adjust that nose. Probably thinking of another surgery. She wants to be Cynthia so bad.”

Leakes has been accused of getting work done numerous times. Last summer, she became fed up when one follower told her not to have any more surgeries and the actress hit back quickly.

“You crazy b—-!,” she said in a July 2018 Instagram comment. “I work daily. When do I have time for surgery? I’m the type of b-tch that will tell you what I have done and when! So stop with the s—s! The same b—-es pages you go to telling them they’re pretty are the ones getting EVERYTHING done.”

While Leakes may not have carved out time for a rhinoplasty then, she made the time to do so at least twice before.

Explaining on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” in 2016, Leakes said she first got her nose job because “my cartilage was growing in my nose, and my tip was touching the top of my lip.

“But I didn’t get a full rhinoplasty the first time,” she added after affirming she did go back for an adjustment. “No, when I did the first time, I only had my nostrils taken in on the side the very first time, and then this time, I had more cartilage moved around in my nose.”

Leakes, who said she got her nose done because she wanted to “make it more beautiful for myself,” also said she’ll always be transparent about her facial changes.

“I always keep it very, very real. So you can always ask me anything,” she said. “I would never just do my nose just for the purpose of doing my nose.”

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