NeNe Leakes is no longer making apologies for the more aggressive, confrontational side of her personality. But this season (premiering Sunday at 9/8c on Bravo), Leakes isn't making excuses — and even promises things will be plenty explosive.
In January, you said you didn't want to do another season of Atlanta. Why did you decide to come back? NeNe Leakes: Every season, when we film this show and it ends, we are exhausted and beat up. By the time the season ends, I just feel like I'm over it. Then we get a two or three month break, and I feel like, OK, maybe I feel like I can do another season [laughs].
How does it feel then to hear Sheree say that fame has gone to your head? Leakes: Sheree don't know what the hell she's talking about because I'm not that girl. I think she knows that. I prefer money over fame. I'm very private. She wouldn't know if fame had gone to my head or to my ass. I'm never around her. I only see her when we shoot. I know she's gotta say what she's gotta say because nobody's talking about her. You make sure that everyone knows that
Sheree is boring. Nobody talks about her. Bo-ring. You recently tweeted that you deposited a "hater check" — what is a hater check? Leakes: People call me and say, "Oh my gosh NeNe, we love you on the show, would you come over here and do an appearance?" I call that the money that comes from that a hater check, because they could've called the other girls but they called me because they hated on me so hard. These girls are haters!
At this point, are you close to any of your co-stars? Leakes: Yes, I am very close to Cynthia and Peter. We're very, very close. I'm cordial with Phaedra and Kandi.
I don't necessarily care that much for Sheree or Kim. Judging by the trailers for what's to come, it looks like we will see you dating though? Leakes: There is someone who really likes me. He is very successful and I just, I'm not sure if it's something I want to do yet. Certainly not publicly. He's on the show a lot. But he's my business partner, so...
What else are we going to see you do this season? Leakes: Well, you know, I love being an entrepreneur and when I did Celebrity Apprentice with Mr. Trump, he taught us a lot about starting businesses. You'll see a lot of me doing my business ventures this season. I'm coming out with a wine... I'm actually a restaurateur. I have Famous Famiglia pizzeria that has opened up in the Sacramento airport. I'm also working with my business partner on opening up the Linnethia Lounge.
There are unconfirmed reports that Kim is getting her own spin-off. Do you want your own show? Is that something you'd be interested in? Leakes: I definitely some day want to do a show. I don't know if I want to do it by myself, and I don't know if I want to continue to do reality. I love talk shows and hosting. I would want to do something like that. I'm not sure I would want to be a reality star continuously.
Why not? Leakes: It's so much pressure. People look at reality stars like they know you, like they really know you... People see me out in the store, and they'll be like, "Heeeey, NeNe, girl!" And I'm like, "Really?" It's unreal to me. I've had people knock on my window. People feel like they know you. You're their friend in their head...You have to let people in your life and I don't know if I want to continue to let people into my life like that. It's a difficult thing to do to put yourself out there to be judged.
Sheree: Why I'm Feuding With NeNe! 
The Real Housewives of Atlanta's fourth season premiere isn't until Sunday, but as cast member Sheree Whitfield tells Us Weekly,
the drama has been raging on behind the scenes for quite a while. Sheree opens up about
her massive fight with NeNe Leakes teased in the season preview trailer and set to air on Sunday's premiere. Whitfield tells Us that she stopped speaking to Leakes after the spat, which was brought on after Whitfield tried to share a promotional opportunity with her cast member, only to have the one-time Celebrity Apprentice star go ahead and
"do some crooked stuff." "I had an appearance and I was asked to bring some of the other girls along," she explains. Adding that she believes fame went to Leakes' head after her stint on The Celebrity Apprentice.
"NeNe tried to go over my head and pull money from me. I thought that was crazy, but that's just something NeNe does, which is why we're not friends to this day.
She's not loyal and not a good person!" Teresa Continues To Slam Co-Stars! Claims They Have "Porn Pasts, Previous Arrests, & Unstable History" 
Following last week's excoriating Bravo blog,
Teresa is claiming the network edited out a portion of her sentiments and she has released the "pieces" that were cut. The reality star posted the complete, unedited version on her personal webpage for your shock and amusement. Teresa starts things off by insisting she is innocent of having a relationship with the tabloids!
"I can't believe Jacqueline thinks I put out a magazine story that says bad things about ME on the cover. How does that even make sense? I'm not even going to try and follow her logic anymore." "I can't believe Caroline told the media her 'children didn't sign up for this.' They are grown adults and they actually did literally sign up for it. They have contracts and got paid. What do you call that? And Caroline keeps telling Jacqueline to let Ashley grow up?…"
"I don't lay in bed at night worrying that my porn past or previous arrests or unstable history is going to come out because I don't have any of those things," she wrote. No names on who has a porn past or an arrest history!
"I would hope Melissa and Kathy wouldn't have sold their own sisters down the river for a shot at 15 minutes of fame, but I'm not their sister, and I think they don't think they care about the hurt it causes me and my parents because we're not their immediate family."
"Reality TV doesn't define me," Teresa concludes, neither do
"big fat bullies who puff hot air because no one will listen to them don't phase me, rumors don't keep me up at night. I have my family, we all have our health, we live a very normal, happy life of Sunday school and dance lessons and birthdays and trips to Costco.
I am moving on and up to amazing new things." Kim Is Drinking Heavily Again; Refusing Rehab 
In light of Kim's recent odd behavior on the Bravo hit show, sources say she is back to drinking heavily as the STAR magazine reveals those close to her even staged a mini intervention on Oct. 24. Kim actually checked herself into rehab last year.
Fast forward to today and unfortunately for Kim, her drinking issues have reportedly taken a turn for the worse. "Kim drinks daily and doesn't recognize she has a serious problem," a source reveals.
"Kim fell down in her kitchen on Oct. 22, holding a glass of wine in her hand when she went down." Kim assured her friends all was well and that she was simply suffering from a little dehydration.
"We were all concerned," the insider adds. Even worse, some of
Kim's friends suspect she is doing a little more than just boozing. "I suspect Kim is on prescription meds," the source reveals.
"She's always popping white pills of some sort, so who knows what she's on." During the staged intervention on Oct. 24,
Kim was reportedly reluctant to listen to her friends' concerns. "When I questioned her about her alcohol use, she told me,
'I'm not an alcoholic. I'm just a serious social drinker,'". As for her behavior on the show, which included frequent bathroom visits during the infamous 'game night from hell,' Kim stated it was result of new meds given to her for her anxiety issues.
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