Nene Leakes is making her long-awaited return to Bravo.

​According to TMZ, Leaks is ready to make her comeback in “The Real Housewives: Ultimate Road Trip.” A spin-off of The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip, Andy Cohen revealed at BravoCon 2025. No different forged members have been confirmed.

​In September 2020, Leakes departed from The Real Housewives of Atlanta(RHOA) after twelve seasons.

​Leakes stated after a “long, exhausting, and emotional” contract negotiation, she felt her position was being diminished.

“I left because I was being pushed out,’ Leakes told “Extra” about her choice.

“If you’re working at McDonald’s, working 40 hours per week, they drop you down to twenty hours, they drop you down to fifteen, they drop you right down to 10, it’s apparent that they need you to give up.

“Something may be very mistaken with going from 18 or 23 episodes down to 6… In the final 4 to 5 years, it has been much less and fewer… Things simply didn’t really feel truthful,’ she added.

She additionally instructed ET Online: ‘I left the show. I had an offer on the table. I did not think the offer was a fair offer.’

​Bravo confirmed Leakes’ departure in a press release to Variety.

​The assertion learn, “We wish Nene all the best in her future endeavors. And thank her for sharing her journey for over a decade with the fans of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”

“She’s been instrumental since the start and will truly be missed, and maybe one day she’ll hold the peach again.”

​Leakes filed a federal lawsuit in 2022, alleging a racist and hostile work atmosphere. The go well with claimed “she was retaliated against for complaining about years of racially insensitive behavior.” While the lawsuit was dismissed  “without prejudice” later that yr, Leakes has stored her distance from the community.