ReWives ReRant: A NeNe NoNo

Published Nov 30, 2023, 5:00 AM

What’s behind NeNe deleting her Instagram pic with Bethenny? And how does Bethenny feel about it? Plus, is NeNe biting the hand that feeds her?

This is my opinion. I don't know anything, so Nini, they call it scrubbed our interview here from her Instagram. I didn't know that, but people thought something of it, and only because people asked me. I asked her just to not be in the dark, and she was like, girl, I just every now and then, I just cleaned up my Instagram. And I get that she's allowed. Maybe she's very specific about her Instagram and what it looks like. Maybe they don't like me. Maybe she doesn't want to be marketing this podcast long after it's even on. We're not marketing it now. It was on and she enjoyed it. I enjoyed it, like Nina doesn't have to be in the Bethany business. And people were saying that maybe that means she's going back to the show and that I guess she followed Bravo or Bravo followed her. She said to me, girl, I haven't spoken to them and don't believe anything. I want what's mine and what's coming to me and what's fair. And I always followed Bravo. I think they just started following me and you saw I mean, Andy, I have I would never share personal texts, but Andy certainly has had a very strong opinion about Nini, and I have thousands of texts to prove that. And at Bravo Con he acted like you know, he was always open to them making amends, but it was really her who wanted him to keep her name out of his mouth. She has been persona non grata at Bravo, and she has definitely been blackbald. That's a fact. I know that because I wanted to do something with her, and it was she was blackbald by Andy, by the production companies. Like, that's a fact that happened. So time heals all wounds. And maybe now because that show isn't doing well, they would like to have her back or are thinking of her because Bravo is the land of you know, Jill Zarin courted Andy on his own show and he was so furious. Then he had her back, I think, in another sit down, and then he had her come back on Ultimate Girl's Trip and do guest appearances like I'm the only one who's probably really scorched the kingdom myself and Carol. Andy will never bring Carol back for certain reasons that aren't totally specific, but I know that, and I believe that I am persona non grata, but it's also newer than the Niini kingdom scorched, so I don't know where that all stands. But the truth is, if Bravo wanted Nini back, and Nini wanted to go back, then she should go back. People who are enjoying their experience on the Housewife, people who are enjoying their experience on the Housewives and being treated fairly, or want to be there. I'm not paying their bills or their rent. Nini said she hasn't worked in years, So if she wants to go back there and they want to follow her because they're courting her and their show's doing terribly, or vice versa, she wants to go back because they're going to give her what she wants and finally settle with her and give her money. Go with God, go for yours. I don't care what anyone does. I've never been pro take anyone's junk food away. I believe in moderation. I have no personal gripe with Bravo or with Andy. I just called something out that was true and no one else really had the courage to say, and it totally landed, and it was right, and many media enterprises are doing shows on it and very interested in the topic. But it doesn't define me. I left Housewives twice. I walked away from Bravo shows that were greenlit and after that, and I just haven't wanted to be there more so because I like this. I like non traditional entertainment. I don't want to have to have a bunch of suits in a room approve of something. I don't want network notes. I want something to go up when I wanted to go up, like my body, my choice. That's it. And deep Nini can do whatever she wants with her Instagram page. She can post whatever she wants. By the way, she didn't. No one told her she had to promote the podcast anyway. A lot of people don't want to promote podcasts and we don't ask anybody to and she was gracious enough to do it. But yeah, she doesn't like she's not on the payroll, so she should do whatever she wants. And Ninia are great, so all good. That's complete drama and complete manufactured drama. And if in the event that Nini is courting Bravo or Vice versa, she's not gonna call me and tell me she doesn't owe me anything, but she has proactively reached out to say that she is not and they are not. So anything can happen in a courtroom, and anything can happen on the Housewives. If Nini Leaks returns to Housewives, it illustrates many things that me speaking up and using my voice and reaching out to her and giving her a platform to use hers and say that she has been blackballed and she wants to be heard, and she's out of work, and now this whole reality reckoning has become a movement that cannot be ignored that Bravo had to make changes and send out letters about changes and scramble to get therapists and change drinking policies and the way that people are treated. If that provoked them to send an olive branch to Niny Leaks, because she's definitely better on their side than against them, I'm sure. And also it shows that the franchise is in disrepair because Andy Cohen vowed to never work with Nini again and never to speak to her again after her claims. So I'd be ultimately very happy for Nini if she gets whatever it is that she wants, And I also would be proud of all of us who spoke up and spoke out about the Reality reckoning because it did scare the powers that be, it did shock the system, and it is effectuating change, Like there's definitely a change happening, and I think that's amazing. So it's funny that Candy Burris says that she would welcome Nini with open arms back to the Housewives. When Candy was against the Reality reckoning, she spoke against it. But it's literally because of the Reality Reckoning that Andy has opened his eyes because before this whole thing, before he used my saying we came up together, which I actually said about Andy a couple of months ago on an Instagram. Before him saying that he and Nini came up together, he sang a very different tune about Nini, as did every production company because she was persona and on grata and I wasn't even allowed to pitch a show to the network that involved Nini. They said, there's no way she is completely she's been blackballed from Bravo and the industry. So very interesting chain of events, interesting domino effect. And I wish Neini the very best, and it was courageous of her to come on and speak her mind. Good for her. That just shows that speaking your mind does work if it lands and if you choose your spots. So this podcast has actually been pretty impactful so far, and I want Nini to be happy and get everything that many once

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