{"id":234916,"date":"2026-01-15T16:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/234916\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:59:07","slug":"is-nene-leakes-returning-to-bravo-andy-cohen-reacts-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/234916\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Nene Leakes Returning to Bravo? Andy Cohen Reacts &#038; Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She&#8217;s back! It has been confirmed that <a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/nene-leakes\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-title=\"Nene Leakes\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"0f73bfd0-ddf3-4bf9-8d87-d6584925f9d0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/nene-leakes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"Nene Leakes\">Nene Leakes<\/a> is readying her return to Bravo. Now, Nene and<a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/andy-cohen\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-title=\"Andy Cohen\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"ea18a2ca-d356-444c-98a8-93abdaccc4ce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/andy-cohen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"Andy Cohen\"> Andy Cohen<\/a> are sharing their excited reactions to the news.<\/p>\n<p>Nene took to <a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTgXh94kXyo\/\" data-entity-title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTgXh94kXyo\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTgXh94kXyo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> on Wednesday, Jan. 14, to open up about her upcoming return. \u201cThis has been a really long, long journey, and gosh, I\u2019m happy, overjoyed to say that I will be returning to Bravo,\u201d <a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-title=\"The Real Housewives of Atlanta\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"f7917a77-8587-490c-94b4-38b7d917b21e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"The Real Housewives of Atlanta\">The Real Housewives of Atlanta <\/a>alum said in the Instagram video. \u201cI almost can\u2019t believe the words that are coming out of my mouth. I\u2019m so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nene continued in her emotional video message, &#8220;I&#8217;m excited to see all of you girls&#8230; It&#8217;s going to be a time. Yes! Bitches, I am back. Now pick your faces off the floor. OK!? See you on Bravo. Love you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On his<a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DTgCL5YEcy8\/\" data-entity-title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DTgCL5YEcy8\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DTgCL5YEcy8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Sirius XM show<\/a>, Andy opened up about Nene&#8217;s future appearance on <a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/the-real-housewives-ultimate-road-trip-coming-to-bravo-details\" data-entity-title=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/the-real-housewives-ultimate-road-trip-coming-to-bravo-details\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/the-real-housewives-ultimate-road-trip-coming-to-bravo-details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th (WT)<\/a> on the same day the core cast for the series was confirmed.\u00a0&#8220;She\u2019s gonna be making an appearance,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;People are very happy about it. Listen, we are going to be celebrating 20 years of Housewives, and it would be hard not to without her, and so I\u2019m happy about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Porsha Williams reacts to Nene Leakes&#8217; Bravo return<\/p>\n<p>In her video message, Nene went on to thank several people, including Andy and several Real Housewives, like &#8220;little sister&#8221; <a data-entity-href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/porsha-williams\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-title=\"Porsha Williams\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"84856fb8-14ce-4bed-8a76-1fc0ef2f25b6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/people\/porsha-williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"Porsha Williams\">Porsha Williams<\/a>, who will appear on\u00a0RHUGT: Roaring 20th (WT) as a core cast member (more on that below). For his part, Andy commented back on the post, &#8220;Couldn\u2019t celebrate 20 years without you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Porsha also commented back, &#8220;I can\u2019t wait!! The [door] is open. 20 years of Housewives is now complete!! Let\u2019s celebrate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Who is the core cast for The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th (WT)?<\/p>\n<p>In addition, according to the RHUGT: Roaring 20th (WT)\u00a0announcement,\u00a0there will be &#8220;appearances by dozens of\u00a0additional\u00a0Housewives\u00a0with stops in Orange County, Beverly Hills, Atlanta, Miami and New York City,\u00a0from across the cities and eras, joining familiar faces in both emotional and unexpected ways as new relationships and dynamics unfold along the journey.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Andy spilled a few additional details about the series on his radio show, adding, &#8220;They\u2019re going from town to town. A group of about seven or eight gals is gonna be going from town to town. More will be revealed, and then there will be, in total, I think you may wind up by the end of the series seeing 60 of your Housewives friends. Something like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What is the premiere date for\u00a0The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A specific premiere date has yet to be announced.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/profiles?return=%2Fwatch%2Fasset%2Ftv%2Fthe-real-housewives-ultimate-girls-trip%2F7959978440999457112%3Fcid%3D2110originalsrhugtnbenownedi4169%26utm_campaign%3D2110originalsrhugt%26utm_source%3Dbrv_brv_st-sv%26utm_medium%3Down_edi_awa_artl%26utm_term%3Drealityfans%26utm_content%3Dultimategirlstrip%26orig_ref%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bravotv.com%252F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip<\/a>: Roaring 20th\u00a0will premiere on Bravo later this year, with episodes available to stream next day on Peacock.\u00a0Stay tuned for more details on when to watch it debut.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there&#8217;s plenty to watch on the Bravo schedule. 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