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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MM
January 14th, 2011
12:28 pm
Could care less about NeNe. More excited about Gary Busey and Lil John. YEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!
Camera Fig Newton
January 14th, 2011
12:32 pm
NOOOOOO!!!!!! BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah right
January 14th, 2011
12:36 pm
i guess this show has gone to the doggs now. she is a no nothing chic
Mr. Ed
January 14th, 2011
12:41 pm
I’ll give Leakes credit, she’s kept her 15 minutes of fame going much longer than anyone ever anticipated.
How? Now that baffles me. It’s not by any noticeable talent that I able to assimilate.
Mike
January 14th, 2011
12:47 pm
Congratulations Ne-Ne….shake off your haters like MM!
Hannah
January 14th, 2011
12:48 pm
Yeah Right, what made this show good in the past? NeNe is the reason I will start watching the show!!
River
January 14th, 2011
12:56 pm
Outstanding!!!!!!!!! Another tv show in which the world can see what kind peaches the city of Atlanta has to offer. I understand that it is all about entertainment but it is still embarrassing to have people think that NeNe represents a actual houseWIFE in Atlanta or the metro area.
larry
January 14th, 2011
12:57 pm
Dat my cousin !
V.
January 14th, 2011
1:05 pm
CONGRATS! KEEP DOING U AND LET THE HATERS HATE UNTIL THEY WAKE UP!
Alexander
January 14th, 2011
1:06 pm
love it!
Lala in GaGa
January 14th, 2011
1:08 pm
Do they have to announce that she is from Atlanta. The world already thinks we are idiots. People like Nene just confirm it in their minds.
DEDICATED NENE FAN
January 14th, 2011
1:13 pm
DO YOUR THING NE-NE AND THE HELL WITH ALL THESE HATERS!!! IF THEY COULD WALK A MILE IN YOUR SUCCESS THEY WOULD BE HAPPY!!!! THEY NEED TO GET A LIFE AND STOP HATING ON YOURS!!!KEEP ON KEEPING ON IT’S YOUR SEASON SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
Insert eye roll here
January 14th, 2011
1:15 pm
This season should be named ‘Celebrity Apprentice: Train Wreck’. Besides, Dionne Warwick already knows who’s gonna win because of her Psychic Friends hook-up…
ViningsShanaenae
January 14th, 2011
1:19 pm
Oh Lawd! How can we just make Ne Ne go away! She is an embarrassment to the ATL and to women in general. People who watch her have to buy a big screen TV just because of her hips. I will never watch the Apprentice again! Just please go away!
Kevin
January 14th, 2011
1:31 pm
Why do black people call anyone that disagrees with them a “hater”?
Do you realize that it makes you look like a complete moron, who lacks the ability to disagree with someone with real, descriptive words?
It’s not that I hate you. It’s that I think you’re a fool. Big difference.
Mini
January 14th, 2011
1:37 pm
I agree, Nene has stretched her 15 min. of fame further than anyone thought. I guess since she is divorcing, the next reality show for her will be For the Love of Nene or The Bachelorette…
Duh Kevin
January 14th, 2011
1:56 pm
Let me clear this up for you Kevin. By definition, a hater is anyone who cannot be happy for another’s success. It is not a term that is specific to Blacks. Other ethnicities use the term “hater” frequently. I am positive that you were not meaning to sound so ignorant. Furthermore, it’s 2011, must everything boil down to race? Perhaps looking at Blacks as a whole try focusing on the individual. Just because you said something stupid doesn’t mean that all people of your race are the same way.
Grant
January 14th, 2011
1:59 pm
Star Jones and NeNe Leakes…there may be MORE cat fights Than when Joan Rivers was on the show!!!
She'Ne'Ne
January 14th, 2011
2:00 pm
Trump must have quite the ego to call this “Celebrity” Apprentice. What a bunch of has beens and never beens. Any REAL celebrity would die laughing if approached by this show.
Chip
January 14th, 2011
2:04 pm
Well she definitely doesn’t know how to play charades. Trump made the announcement on Jimmy Fallon last night and she and Lil John came out & played charades. Neither one of them knew what they were doing. As several people have said, this show has gone to the dogs. Jumped the hark for sure.
robin huud
January 14th, 2011
2:10 pm
Don’t blame Ne Ne for all of this. Blame the stupid, moronic viewers who watch the trash she is on. We all know she is a joke and Bravo is the trash of the tv industry. Each Housewife show is the same, rich, spoiled, immature women who can nothing about the world except themselves. God help us if they cared about some starving people in Africa, the care might muff their hair. But truly the Atlanta group is the laughing stock of all of them. What shallow self effacing people they are and you the viewer just helps them run to the bank by watching that trash.
Bhorsoft
January 14th, 2011
2:15 pm
Celebrity Apprentice jumped the shark long before the first episode aired.
Mr. Ed
January 14th, 2011
2:17 pm
If Leakes becomes legend after this show good for her.
If we truly want to have dislike for someone let’s focus our attention on Star Jones. Who even lied about altering her appearance via gastric bypass surgery. Talk about a superficial camera hound of no substance. That would be Star Jones.
Yuck x 2.
B Real
January 14th, 2011
2:18 pm
Strippers in the Boardroom, what else can the fat dink Trump do to stay relavent?
PelvisMessly
January 14th, 2011
2:32 pm
Another tv show I won’t have to waste a minute on.
Sharon C
January 14th, 2011
2:34 pm
I predict she’ll be the first one out if her team loses. Loud mouth “poser”. All talk and ‘tude, no substance.
RC
January 14th, 2011
2:38 pm
There goes the rating down the crapper
Inevitable Statement
January 14th, 2011
2:41 pm
“Fired? Donald, you are firing me? Please, who gon check me boo?” LOL!
H8TER
January 14th, 2011
2:44 pm
Trump’s gone STRAIGHT G, gettin’ all CRUNK up n here…….must be trying to appeal to a younger audience. Its all about DAT CHEDDA for Trump and the GANG. They gettin’ PAID and that’s all that matters.
Daphane
January 14th, 2011
2:48 pm
Congrats NeNe. You deserve it. You have worked hard over the last two years. God is certainly blessing you. Don’t let him down.
Me
January 14th, 2011
2:49 pm
First, Nene is a joke! I understand she is trying to establish herself but, if she is anything in real life situations as she is on RHOA well, those poor people will be in for a treat. I don’t know her or anything but, she just seems to be a loud mouth that thinks she can get all up in people’s space. I guess she really hasn’t met her match yet or she knows who she can do that to. The apprentice is becoming a joke now! Enjoy watching people.
AreYouSerious
January 14th, 2011
2:56 pm
I’m not a NeNe fan, but I’m sure everyone who has put negative comments on this blog would accept the “call” if it’s from Donald Trump. She’s turned her 15 minutes of fame into 60 minutes….
Kevin
January 14th, 2011
3:09 pm
Dear DuhKevin-
Thank you for succinctly and affirmatively proving my point.
You may my work here easier.
Sandy
January 14th, 2011
3:15 pm
I love you NeNe, you go girl!!!!
Casual Observer
January 14th, 2011
3:26 pm
Kevin – 3:09 “You may my work here easier.”
Should we now assume that everyone in your particular race does not have the ability to correctly use English? So quick to point the finger yet lacking. That to me is irony. hahahha
Question Guy
January 14th, 2011
3:34 pm
Is Nene related to this Wikki person that I have been reading about in the news?
Speedygurl
January 14th, 2011
3:34 pm
You’re FIRED! She’ll be there for entertainment purposes only.
Jai
January 14th, 2011
3:40 pm
Personally…I enjoy the “Celebrity Apprentise”….it’s entertainment drama at best..As far as NeNe
Leaks…she’s making a dam good living. if u don’t enjoy a program…turn off the channel. Folks are
so quick to judge…most would jump at the opportunity to work with Trump…lets live and let live.
These folks are quite smart and are laughing all the way to the bank, not to mention the exposure
for other opportunities. So to all the broke mean spirited folks…get over it…it’s entertainment !
Speedygurl
January 14th, 2011
3:44 pm
But of course she’ll earn an appearance fee. $uit$ her. Go girl!
AlphaDog
January 14th, 2011
3:54 pm
What, they ran out of celebrities?
Alrighty Then
January 14th, 2011
4:00 pm
Apparently, its newsworthy since many of you are blogging about it. Many topics don’t even receive one blogger’s comment. Those against NeNe are hypocrites. If you didn’t watch her, you wouldn’t know so much about her! Do you thang, Ne-Ne, by any means necessary!!!!
Alrighty Then
January 14th, 2011
4:01 pm
Sorry for the typo….”do your thing Ne-Ne, by any means necessary!!!”
J
January 14th, 2011
4:04 pm
Damn…when Nene get white all of sudden? She used to be a tall, chocolate sister, but now she looking like MJ. Good example of how the media influences the masses!
ANOTHER CONCERNED PARENT
January 14th, 2011
4:19 pm
You Go Girl I love her !!!
bevvie
January 14th, 2011
4:30 pm
NeNe Leakes? Really? Seriously?
Diego
January 14th, 2011
4:36 pm
Great pick by Trump; I can’t imagine Nene working well with the D list celebrities on the show. I don’t watch Apprentice, but Nene is bound to cause some fireworks.
JRP
January 14th, 2011
4:53 pm
John Rich will kick butt..
Stockdog
January 14th, 2011
5:34 pm
I will watch. I will laugh my butt off. This will be more fun than watching a tire fire in July. I didn’t know that Lil’ Jon was that desperate. Anyway, Nene has milked this crap for all it’s worth. I can’t be mad at her. Low class loser gettin’ paid.
utellum
January 14th, 2011
5:40 pm
Co-Sign @ Duh Kevin & Casual Observer…
JoyE
January 14th, 2011
6:00 pm
Really? I wonder if she will be as loud and obnoxious as she portrays herself on Housewives of Atlanta? It will be interesting to see for sure..ha!
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…..