‘Nene Gone Be Mad’: Cynthia Bailey Caught Rubbing Elbows With Wendy Williams At Talk Show Host’s Walk of Fame After Party

Cynthia Bailey has been enjoying time with boyfriend Mike Hill in California and recently caught up with one of former pal Nene Leakes’ besties, much to the surprise of fans.

Bailey and Hill were among the famous faces celebrating with Wendy Williams over the weekend. The talk show host’s pal Jason Lee hosted a dinner to mark Williams getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier in the week. Lee, who stars on “Love and Hip Hop: Hollywood,” gathered celebs like Teyana Taylor, Iman Shumpert, Tiffany “New York” Pollard and others for the Saturday meal at seafood eatery Catch LA.

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Wendy Williams (left) and Cynthia Bailey (right). (Photo: @cynthiabailey10/Instagram)

“congrats @wendyshow on your ⭐️. thanks @theonlyjasonlee 4 the lovely dinner. we had a great time! @itsmikehill,” Bailey, who stars on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” captioned the photo set.

But it was Bailey’s apparent closeness to Williams that alarmed some of her followers, since Williams and Leakes, who was not in attendance, have been thick as thieves as of late.

“@neneleakes gone be mad at this”

“Why Wendy Wiliams didn’t invite her BESTIE NeNe to her walk of fame parties 🎉… oh I forgot Nene was too busy trying to make Cynthia jealous at Peter Thomas failings Establishment”

“Where’s Nene?”

Leakes and Williams have recently been grabbing dinner whenever Leakes visits New York, where “The Wendy Williams Show” is taped.

“When you get the call that says…Sis, let’s get off the bullshit and get on some real s–t. OVERCOMING (I’m just saying it how it was said),” Leakes captioned a photo of her sitting alongside Williams for a meal back in August. “This nite right here, was a movie! No No you don’t understand, A REAL MOVIE @wendyshow LISTEN, every week i get a call from someone advocating for this to happen. IT HAPPENED! @erndukes you did dat❤️👉🏾”

The two had fallen out in 2013 after Leakes didn’t take kindly to Williams remarking on her re-marriage to Gregg Leakes. But with Williams turning over a new leaf after filing to divorce her own husband, Kevin Hunter, she and Leakes have gotten back on good terms.

Yet the same cannot be said about Leakes’ friendship with Bailey. While the O.G. “RHOA” star has been repairing her relationships with many of her co-stars, Bailey is not included among them. The two fell out last season when Leakes took issue with the model not informing her that Kenya Moore would be attending her Seagram’s Escapes launch party.

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