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Kandi Burruss announced that she will not return to “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” the Bravo reality show in which she has appeared since 2009. She spoke about her decision with VarietyMarc Malkin on the Grammys red carpet on Sunday.
“I’m not really caught up right now,” he said when asked about the show. “I’m not up to date. I already said it, so I’ll tell you. I decided I won’t be back this year. It’s been 14 seasons and we were allowed to sit for too long, but during that time I started working on a lot of other things and I have some big interesting projects coming up, so I’m very excited. those things.
“But it’s not just that,” he continued. “It’s like, after I had time to think, a friend of mine said to me, ‘Why do you keep doing it?’ And I thought, ‘Well, I guess since I’ve been doing it for so long, does it feel weird to think about not doing it?’ So I thought, ‘You know what? I’m going to take a break, I’m going to take a moment… I’m not coming back this year.’”
After the largely lifeless 15th season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” concluded in September of last year, Bravo let it be known that the cast would be restructured, if not overhauled from top to bottom, as it had succeeded “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” New York City” before its fourteenth season. The network is believed to be close to announcing the new cast of the show “Atlanta,” and it won’t be a complete reboot — some key cast members will return.
However, with this announcement, Burruss clearly won’t be among them.
Burruss, a singer and songwriter, joined “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” during the second season and is the longest-serving cast member. Beyond reality TV, she is a founding member of the R&B group Xscape, as well as a celebrated songwriter, with co-writing credits on hits like TLC’s “No Scrubs” and Destiny’s Child’s “Bills, Bills, Bills.”
Throughout her years on the show, she met and married her husband Todd Tucker, a “RHOA” producer. They have had two children together. She has starred in three “RHOA” spinoffs, including “Kandi’s Wedding,” which revolved around her wedding to Tucker.
Burruss is known for making the most of the Bravo platform, launching several successful restaurants in Atlanta, as well as the sex toy company Bedroom Kandi.
When Burruss was honored during VarietyAt November’s Women in Reality event, she recalled that her toughest moment on the show was when her castmate Phaedra Parks, who currently stars on “The Traitors,” planted a rumor with cast member Porsha Williams that she and Tucker They had taken drugs. and sexually assaulted women.
“I would say one of my worst years on the show was when we were accused of drugging someone,” Burruss said during a panel. “I mean, to be honest with you, I don’t even like to talk about it. It was a crazy situation that just blew up, and a situation I never thought I’d see. myself in, happening in the program. And that was one of the moments where I really felt, ‘I can’t do this anymore.’ But we did it.”
Watch Burruss talk about leaving the show below.