The door is open.
“Real Housewives of Atlanta” alum NeNe Leakes is negotiating a return to Bravo, Page Six can confirm.
We’re told Leakes, 58, is “in talks” with the network about appearing in “The Real Housewives: Ultimate Road Trip,” which is set to film in January 2026.
Andy Cohen announced the new installment of the “Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip” series last month during BravoCon 2025, and earlier this week, “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Vicki Gunvalson claimed she’ll be a part of the cast.
Cameras will follow beloved “Housewives” from various cities and years as they make their way across the country, stopping at some of the most memorable locations in Bravo history.
We’re told Leakes may be among its stars.
Notably, Cohen, 57, also revealed at the fan convention that he and Leakes actually “texted a few months ago.”
Her return to the network would be significant.
As fans remember, Leakes quit “RHOA” — despite her OG status — in September 2020.
“I have been on an extremely, extremely long, exhausting, tiring, emotional negotiation,” she announced at the time, explaining that “there’s been a lot of emotion flying from both sides.”
She ultimately made the “very hard and very difficult decision” to exit the show ahead of Season 13.
In April 2022, she filed a bombshell lawsuit against Bravo, NBCUniversal, production companies True Entertainment and Truly Original, executives from the companies and Cohen.
She accused them of “foster[ing] a corporate and workplace culture in which racially insensitive and inappropriate behavior is tolerated — if not, encouraged.”
Leakes alleged that her complaints of racism led in part to her being “forced” out of the “house she built.”
After four months of “negotiating” between the parties, Leakes filed to dismiss the case “without prejudice,” giving her the ability to reopen it at a later time.
Reps for Leakes and Bravo did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
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