NeNe Leakes joins “Celebrity Apprentice” cast
Oh that multi-tasking NeNe Leakes.
“Real Housewives of Atlanta” cast member. Author. On-air celebrity interviewer for WXIA.
Now the outspoken NeNe adds another line to her resume.
She’ll join the “Celebrity Apprentice” reality show. She’ll be seeking Donald Trump’s approval, along with Gary Busey, Meat Loaf, La Toya Jackson, Mark McGrath, David Cassidy, Richard Hatch, Marlee Matlin, Dionne Warwick, Jose Canseco, Star Jones, Lisa Rinna, Niki Taylor, Lil Jon, John Rich and Hope Dworaczyk.
Leakes announced the news via Twitter in her trademark sassy style: “That’s right yo girl will be on the upcoming season of Celebrity Apprentice! Trumppppppppp!”
Jennifer Brett, The Buzz, jbrett@ajc.com
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88 comments Add your comment
Kimy
January 14th, 2011
6:26 pm
I think NeNe is always ready for a challenge.
Sharquitta
January 14th, 2011
6:39 pm
Miss Nene bless. U alls needs to stop hatin on her. Why you jelus ofr her talent???? You needs to pray.
sha
January 14th, 2011
6:47 pm
NeNe let your Haters be your Motivators!!!!!! you go girl!!!!! Bam
:) you did that!!!!
BR
January 14th, 2011
7:20 pm
Dang…Gary Busey looks good in the pic above!
Jackson
January 14th, 2011
7:36 pm
I usually watch The Apprentice. I won’t be watching this season — 30 seconds of NeNe is 29 seconds too much for me. See ya’ next season, Donald.
WELL
January 14th, 2011
8:42 pm
It doesn’t matter too much, I’m suprised to see the show going into another season, Trump announced that last season was the last season, but I guess he’s really trying to come back, and you can do that with “ghettoosity….I guess it’ll work. @ JanE how could you expect anything else from a loud mouth ghetto hoodraat. A leopard don’t change it’s colors. I am of color so race does not play a factor in my comment. This is what I see and I will call a spade a spade. She/he is as GHETTO as they get/ She/He is the ULTIMATE HOODRAAT. She should be as quiet as she can to keep attention away from her and her broken English speakin self.
(No Hate)
Nonblacks are hilarious
January 14th, 2011
10:32 pm
Humans are funny. I always find it amusing when nonwhites try to use “ebonics” and poor grammar when they pretend to be a black poster.
Or they use a name that they assume is “black.” You know, something stereotypical.
Funny humans!
Judge not, that ye be not judged
January 14th, 2011
10:39 pm
@WELL … how can you talk about NeNe speaking broken English when you lack the capacity to use third grade-level subject/ verb agreement and possessive pronouns correctly?!!?!? Someone could just as easily judge that
YOU SPEAK BROKEN ENGLISH!
This is what you typed: “A leopard don’t change it’s colors. I am of color so race does not play a factor in my comment.”
It should be: A leopard “DOESN’T” change “ITS” colors.
See, now you make all people of color look bad!!
DEDICATED NENE FAN
January 14th, 2011
11:05 pm
@KEVIN, PLEASE FIND OUT THE DEFINITION TO THE WORD “HATERS” WHEN IT IS BEING USED AS I USED IT IN SPEAKING ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU. HOW CAN YOU SAY THESE WORDS ARE BLACK PEOPLE WORDS WHEN I AM A ASIAN WOMAN USING THEM. GET YOUR DEFINITIONS CORRECT BEFORE YOU BLOG.
DEDICATED NENE FAN
January 14th, 2011
11:08 pm
I CAN SEE THE RATINGS FOR TRUMP GO SKY HIGH!!! HE’S A VERY SMART MAN.
Jamey
January 14th, 2011
11:09 pm
It’s just a matter of time before Tyler Perry writes a sitcom or movie for her. She’s definitely been able to extend her 15 minutes just about as long as anyone else I’ve ever seen who has no talent. I think only Kate Gosselin has been able to surpass her.
Msrbking
January 14th, 2011
11:21 pm
Congratulations, NE NE!!! You go H.A.M. on CELEBRITY APPRENTICE and represent yourself well!! Donald Trump made a good selection when he picked you. I am still a fan of yours, girl!!!
caramelapple
January 14th, 2011
11:51 pm
It will be funny to see who she clashes with. Nene is a live wire and tells it like she sees it. She may hold back some to avoid getting fired but never know, she may win. Like her tenacity!
mamaj
January 15th, 2011
12:55 am
Believe me, the Atlanta Housewives are no different than any of the other housewives–Beverly Hills, D.C., New York or Orange County. It seems that just because these are Black women, they just have to be the worst. Try looking at the Beverly Hills housewives. All that makes those annoying b*$%#@s different is the fact that they have a little more money. They argue and get pissed off with each other about about little or nothing, and the highlight of their lives is giving parties to outdo the previous friends party. So give me a break and lay off of the Atlanta Housewives. They’re over the top entertainment, and that’s what they were created to be. And leave race out of it, because it just makes you seem like an uneducated bigot!
RE@BadGalsRadio.com
January 15th, 2011
3:00 am
I can’t wait until she and Latoya are side by side.
no doubt she will see kim and the wig snatchin will begin.
whoooooo hoooooooooo ! good one D. Trump.
I’ll be watching this season for sure.
osceola74
January 15th, 2011
6:11 am
That show is still on?
CLVN
January 15th, 2011
7:44 am
So whats is this going to be washday for the washed up? I do need some humor in my life so I guess I will let go of those Marxx brothers bootlegged DVDS and stay semi-tuned. Anything for a hearty laugh
Spontaneous
January 15th, 2011
8:06 am
Interesting line up
bmg
January 15th, 2011
9:16 am
this is america. NeNe make ur money while you can.
VANESSA
January 15th, 2011
10:41 am
FINALLY I’LL WATCH THE SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE NENE AND SHE’LL MAKE IT INTERESTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why_not
January 15th, 2011
10:55 am
NeNe,
I encourage you to read ALL the comments left by all readers/haters and gain from it. Right now you have control over your career and you know what’s best for you..Others only wish they had it OR they would have done it first…..I like your personality a lot…Take your career to the next level.. Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.. Can’t tell the difference between the 2 you will wait and see!! … Think BIG.. Next stop …. The Big screen … Do a Movie.. change up the game… You MAKE the Housewives of Atlanta and always will…..I would like to see you with long hair…..the Kim Kardashian look slightly curled.. for the TRUMPPPP show … Prove to the HATERS you can change the game up for any season/show.. You GO Girlllll
why_not
January 15th, 2011
11:40 am
Trust in GOD
Right now
U
Made it
Put the past behind you……..Your’e HIRED
And “Get Money “
N
E
N
E….oh… I may add from The TV series “The GAME”… From Tasha Mack….they called me loud, ghetto they forgot “BALLING”
TheRealDiva
January 15th, 2011
1:33 pm
Oh this should be funny when all of those egos clash NeNe, La Toya and Star Jones.
Alabama Southern Belle
January 15th, 2011
1:54 pm
The reason a lot of men like NeNe is that they secretly desire her. Yet, they are ashamed that they are attracted to her type. It is the reason some men have the so-called perfect wife but go to the seedy part of town to get sex.
Women like her because they secretly wish they could get away with the same behavior without consequences to their comfortable life.
DiamondSweeter
January 15th, 2011
3:09 pm
I am going to need for people and their degrading comments to leave Ne Ne alone. She is what makes the show: I am very sad that Lisa is gone, they should bring her back.
Confused
January 15th, 2011
10:08 pm
Does NeNe know she will have to work?
Zoe
January 16th, 2011
10:14 am
Wow! Only in America can a loud mouthed, crass, unattractive and overweight woman like NeNe have a “career” like this. Good example of what our country has to offer. And D. Trump? Really, how low can you go?
All Georgians Are The Same
January 16th, 2011
4:42 pm
I’m a size 0 and I don’t think Ne Ne is overweight. And she’s definitely not unattractive. What do you look like Zoe?
beth
January 17th, 2011
1:43 am
nene just wants to be kim ,i want gary to make acome back,
RP
January 17th, 2011
7:01 am
Nene has worked her way to the top. Haters sat down somewhere. Make all the moey you can Nene.
Axsion Jaxson
January 17th, 2011
10:38 am
Now, the only question on this next edition of “CELEBRITY APPRENTICE” is:
Which one of these participants will be fired first for incompetence and/or drug use?
A.) NeNe Leakes
B.) LaToya Jackson
C.) Dionne Warwick
D.) Star Jones
FYI, Ladies, Mr. Trump is known to fire employees on the spot for drug use, so this may wind up being a four-way tie.
TuKute
January 17th, 2011
11:08 am
LOOK OUT!! NeeNee may be a force to recon with on that show. She is proving it in her own life. Television personality, Author, Talk Show Host. Trust me, she cares about ya’ll hatin’ her all the way to the bank.
Cheech Jones
January 17th, 2011
4:14 pm
Kevin, you are independently (no reflection on your race or nationally) ignorant and stupid, based on the statement you put forth in this set of comments. I am an Atlanta housewife, and NeNe in no way portrays me, and it is quite sickening to think that the rest of the world possibly thinks that SHE is the norm.
anne weiss
January 17th, 2011
4:25 pm
I love Nene, never heard of the show celebrity app. but, me and all 100 of my fab girls will now be watching a new show apparently. Thanks Nene! blooop! We want a nene show! you are so much more amazing and funny live on WWHL and in interviews. Your talent of being such a born tv personality is muted and stiffled by the other women!
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derrick
January 17th, 2011
9:30 pm
SOME of these comments are PLAN STUPID, THIS is big for her Career. For Donald Trump to even condsider Nene is an honor and OMG so many people have such negative comments for her CLEARLY IF NENE WASN’T ON THE HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA the show wouldn’t have last thus far. ANY WHEN NENE BOOKS SHE BOOKS THEM ALL including the stupid comments you make on her blogs. Nene keep doing what you do the skies are the limit babygirl.
My two cents
January 18th, 2011
11:24 pm
In order to “hate” you have to be jealous…NENE is NOTHING to be jealous of. She is a “seed planter,” and tends to start a garden of “mess” wherever she goes. Once her 15 mins is up, she’ll have to lay in that garden, WHICH she cultivated with all the people she’s wronged. Then she’ll be forced to smell the roses of resenment and realize that she cannot always blame others for her actions. Her attitude and “showmanship” are unacceptable and are truly an embarassment to her family. Good luck Nene, smelling the roses, hope the thorns aren’t too painful!
Andrew
January 19th, 2011
4:03 pm
OK, I wish all those bravo people would disappear, and take that idiot Cohen with them. I wonder who the first person will be that she gets violent with and displays her usual array of vile charms…..