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The internet is still recovering from the nasty exchange between Kandi and NeNe that was the highlight of the RHOA reunion last week. These two had it out and we are reminded that Kandi is really one of the only people willing to talk to NeNe like she’s not scared.
The blow up on Sunday seemed like it started from something that wasn’t a big deal. It just seems like they have a lot of pent up animosity between each other that needs to be addressed.
Where did all this stem from? Well, no worry, we decided to dig through the archives for every bit of shade. Every fight. Every altercation. Every sideways look. The entire shebang.
Here’s where NeNe and Kandi’s fights began and here’s how we got to now.
Wayyyyy back in the first season, these two had a blow up on the radio. NeNe called Kandi a “weak a$$ woman” and Kandi called NeNe “one of the fakest of the bunch.” Good thing they were on the phone because these sounded like fighting words.
This was their first big face to face blow up. They had an argument about backstabbing and whispering behind each other’s back. This was Kandi not backing down and NeNe getting all up in her grill.
The season 5 fight. There were rumors of a major season five fight between the two that was said to be ugly but it never surfaced:
“THE REAL HOUSEWIVES of Atlanta” are getting physical. A show source tells us NeNe Leakes and Kandi Burruss “get into a fight with production” during the filming of season five, which is currently taking place, and the scuffle will not be cut out during editing and appear when the season airs, reportedly sometime in the fall. “It’s really bad,” says the insider, who says all of the ladies “have been real divas this season.” A spokeswoman for Bravo told us: “We have not announced anything regarding season five yet.”
Though we never saw that fight that may or may not have happened, the Season 5 reunion was a big face-off between the two. They had an argument about throwing shade and got all up in each other with reads for days.
They got into another argument over Mama Joyce during the season 5 reunion. NeNe was throwing all kinds of shade at Joyce and Kandi and it was going to get bad. Kandi was again not afraid to give NeNe the business.
Was there jealousy involved in their further rift? It became clear a couple of seasons later that NeNe was getting replaced by Kandi as the face of the show. NeNe hassle shy comments as a result.
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Back in 2018, NeNe was responsible for leaking Kandi’s shady comments about Dennis to Porsha. Then she took credit for it eventually: “Well, obviously I did! [tell Porsha] Listen, I consider Porsha to be like a little sister. I always try to give all these girls, Porsha included, great advice. I’m always an ear or shoulder to lean on anytime! I had not met Dennis at the time when Kandi was speaking about him at the lunch.”
Earlier this year, NeNe shaded Kandi by calling her boring and saying her shows wouldn’t be popular. That led to Kandi BLASTING NeNe in the now-famous reunion clip.
