On Monday night, Leakes hosted an Instagram live discussion with an attorney explaining why she tweeted in support of a fan-created petition to boycott Bravo. In the tweet, Leakes mentions that she and her representatives are supported by Al Sharpton. What exactly does support from Al Sharpton entail? Unclear, but she’s got it and she wants everyone to be aware that she’s got it. In the Instagram live event, Leakes clarified that her stance on the issue of racial discrimination is not limited to Bravo, but a call out to the entertainment industry as a whole.
But make no mistake, Leakes’s first priority is to right the wrongs she feels Bravo has done to her. Vulture reports that during the livestream, Leakes named the network directly and made her demands clear, “What I want from Bravo is for them to sit down with me and my representatives and have a conversation.” Leakes goes on to allege that white castmates of the Housewives cinematic universe are given more room to behave badly than Black castmates. Perhaps she has not watched this season of Potomac where Monique Samuels was given free rein to “drag” Candiace across a table held up by wine barrels with almost no consequences. Or perhaps she did catch Potomac and is befuddled as to how Michael Darby is still allowed to appear on the show despite allegations from several people, including a Bravo camera operator, of inappropriate touching. The possibilities are limitless.
Either way, Leakes has an ax to grind and if it means burning down the house that gave her a career then so be it because, as NeNe Leakes has said a number of times to a number of people, she will not stab you in the back—she’ll stab you in the chest.
