NeNe Leakes Hosts An Entertaining Talk Show. Here's What Would Make It Better.
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The reality star's YouTube show features her famous friends and other celebrities — but a few things need tweaks.
If I have any real complaint about “The NeNe Leakes Show,” it’s that her song, “Come and Get This Hunni,” was not made its official theme.
The track is funny, catchy and, after it recently made an appearance in my TikTok algorithm, I can confirm it still slaps. It also is the perfect reminder that Leakes, the breakout star of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” can make any opportunity work in her favor.
When it comes to lending her talents to talk TV via her YouTube show, however, the chance is coming a decade later than many of her fans had anticipated. A year and a half ago, Leakes addressed the rumor that Wendy Williams was behind her losing out on a talk show gig with TV syndication company Debmar-Mercury in 2014 due to a dispute over a Birkin bag trend. Yes, that is as silly as it sounds, but apparently not silly enough for the company that also produced “The Wendy Williams Show” at the time to back out of the project.
The deal, according to Leakes, “went super left” after her back-and-forth with Williams.
More recently, on an episode of “The NeNe Leakes Show” featuring Tamar Braxton, Leakes shared that when producers were first casting talk show “The Real,” she passed on a spot that ultimately went to comedian Loni Love. Leakes’ ability to maintain composure as Braxton repeatedly referred to her former co-worker Love as “Big Black Cadillac” deserves applause. But the fact that she could still make the episode funny without being offensive is why she’s such a natural for the format and how all of this is long overdue.
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