Y0u guys remember Nene Leakes? Come on, I am sure you do. She was that rich bitch on RHOA! You know the one who lived in rentals for every season she was on, rent likely paid by Bravo, with the husband who was ON THE LOCAL NEWS before they started the show as some dude who managed rental properties and did some shit he was not supposed to do?
Well now that Nene has taken out a mortgage on a house she has discovered that not everyone goes to Rent-To Own for furniture. She’s been to High Point, North Carolina where most middle income people go to buy DISCOUNT furniture.
Nene Leakes who finally has to buy her own furniture, has now of course declared herself an expert on the subject.
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Seriously? WTF is up with TMZ lately?
Here is their story..
We’re told the freshly departed star of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” is getting into the lifestyle biz, designing and hawking furniture and home accessories. She came up with the idea when she was furnishing her new home in Georgia and spent a lot of time in High Point, NC, a mecca for furniture design. NeNe’s shopping her idea to several merchandisers and she’s already gotten offers. She hasn’t picked one yet, but it would seem HSN is a front-runner since she’s already got a successful clothing line on the network.
How much is Nene paying for this bullshit story? She has learned from Kris Kardashian to pay TMZ to post bullshit to help her brand. She better be saving money for her mortgage. NENE LEAKES HAS NEVER OWNED A HOME AND NEVER BOUGHT FURNITURE! Her fans are the best customers of Rent to Own or Rooms to Own or whatever it is.
This is fucking hysterical. Speaking of hysterical. Sheree Whitfield is trying to sell her used shoes on Instagram to fund Chateau Sheree. I’m not kidding. How much does it cost for TMZ to say ” She hasn’t picked one yet, but it would seem HSN is a front-runner since she’s already got a successful clothing line on the network.” BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA!
I can’t with this BS story. What happened to her trying to get a government grant in Atlantic City? Or her acting career? Or her pizzeria? Or he talk show. The whole “successful clothing line on HLN” cracks me the fuck up. Wait, wasn’t the last thing she was doing a speaking tour? Or a luncheon for women?
Nene Leakes is the Sonja Morgan of RHOA EXCEPT SHE IS FIRED! #ToasterOven
Lol I grew up in Winston-Salem and High Point is not what I would actually even consider the big furniture town, most of the locals go to Hickory for their furniture. High Point is the hood of the triad it makes sense that’s where Nene would be shopping instead of finding out where the actual good stuff is… I make an effort to never have to go to High Point.
I howled at “mecca.”
Over 25 years ago, my family was in the mountains of NC and we had planned to book a room when we stopped for the day. We saw this beautiful place advertised and pulled in to check for a room. The 1st sign we were at the wrong place was the valet who came out to meet us. We were in our brand new customized van & feeling great. The valet just looked at us and said that he didn’t think we would be happy there. Where were we??? Highpoint, NC. I don’t believe they will be very impressed with NayNay. Just saying. Oh, and Billy Graham lives in that area. Just a side note on the area.
I can’t.
Lol
K. Michelle is now designing furniture as well. I guess it’s the in thing to do now.
Sorry….this is a LONG one. Yes, for “Regular” folks looking to buy direct, you go to Hickory, NC there are tons of furniture places all along highway 321. If you are working with designers, or are able to work with vendors that are strictly “To the Trade” then you go to High Point. Designers (my cousin for example) go to High Point all through out the year on buying trips for clients and the deals after Market Week are great. The High Point Market is the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world, bringing more than 85,000 people to High Point every six months. Serious retail home furnishings buyers can be found in High Point. I used to dread “Market Week” when we lived in Greensboro. Restaurants, etc were PACKED. On the other hand, I have friends that make a small fortune renting their homes to corporate executives during Market Week. While I cannot stand the thought of NeNe becoming a “Lifestyle Brand” I can understand why she would go to High Point to network.
Current Demographics:
180 buildings
10 million square feet of show space
80,000 attendees each market
More than 2000 exhibitors
106 countries represented
Tens of thousands of new product introductions
Approximately 10 percent of attendees are international.
2015 Market Dates
Spring: April 18-23
Fall: October 17-22
Thanks for explaining that, because I still live in the area and Market Week in High Point is huge. And I don’t know about anyone else, but I haven’t seen any cheap furniture in High Point!
FYI, I should post the Nenetard comments from the window lickers. They are losing what tiny little minds they had over this post. I’m jealous of Nene! I hate Nene and only post about her because she brings the views! Why are we still talking about Nene! And some other stuff in broken English. My favorite is the tard who keeps trying to post using a fake Nene address and the username Nene. And then Nene2 and Nene3. It is hysterical to see the tard foaming at the mouth and jumping up and down every time a Nene post goes up. It literally brightens my day. Is that bad?
On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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No TT, you are not bad. Enjoy yourself, laughter is a good thing.
The Tards must like you to keep such a close eye on you.
So funny about the window lickers. I don’t think you are bad at all. Laughter is good. Especially the one that keeps trying to post. Thanks for the description, so funny!
Window lickers? That’s a first, you do a great job TT! This is the only blog that we get the truth from! Keep up the great work!
Just in case the window lickers don’t get it, we would read anything you write 🙂
I can only hope for some Jeff Lewis shade.
Bless her heart.
I’m sure her fans are saving their beer cans so they can get furniture that will go with their clothing.
Just goes to show she’ll do anything to avoid all that “negativity” on RHOA. She’d rather do anything else in the world but be with them bitches again! Hahahaha!! It’s a good thing she has standards.
TTTT over already? Bwwaahhh
I want her to keep her house, be successful at something… I just don’t want to see her or hear from her again.
Ditto
Same here.
Amen
I think she and Sonja should be partners, they have such a knack for business!
As much as I dislike Nene, I see this happening.
There will be a home decor manufacturer, furniture line or a design group that will use Nene to get into HSN.
They will set her up with a accessory and small furniture line to promote as her own. It will be low-to-mid price point, nothing truly design worthy.
Nene will claim it’s all her own design.
Her clothing customers will cross over and buy the crap.
Bedazzled Rich Bitch pillows on every sofa!
Calipatti…so you really think that Nene’ fan based will cross over from Rent A Center and buy from her line? Can and are her fans even buying the 5 pieces of clothes left of her line?
Her fans love her and will spend what they don’t have just to say they have a Nene Leaks shirt. Was just in GA witnessing people with no means bragging about what they bought from her line and what sacrifices they had make it order to get it. Apparently their children’s proper nutrition come last to black leggings and over sized tops
Gee Manic, where in GA were you where there are thongs of Nenetards standing around discussing Nene Leakes and their family budget? I’ve never seen such in my decades of living here.
What an idiotic comment.
On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Simone, I’ve no idea. I can’t stand Nene, never did like her.
Even the early Nene turned me off.
What I think is possible is a low range decor supplier wanting to use her, maybe.
I never thought her ugly cloths would sell.
I’m sorry @Manic Monday, but thank God TT called you out on that ridiculous comment! I mean, come on …really?
Ridiculous or not that was their reality. I personally wouldn’t but people make bad choices every day in Buckhead.
So the poor downtrodden Nenetards who can’t afford to feed their children were out in Buckhead? This story gets stupider and stupider.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Ever since Bethenny and SkinnyGirl, all these housewives do now is try to start a brand and shove it down our throats.. Not to mention pretty much every other reality “star”.. Rob Kardashian and his sock line about threw me over the edge lol!
True. And what they all fail to grasp is that Bethenny was working her skinny ass off on her product line well before becoming a housewife. Her business may not have been alcohol, but it was food/drink related and she learned a lot before hitting it big with SkinnyGirl.
Plus Bethany did graduate from culinary school and worked in the food field.
I have to agree. I am so sick of celebrities branding themselves and shit they want to sell. Branding, branding, branding. At this point, it seems so perfunctory to brand a product or themselves that whatever they’re selling really doesn’t even matter. It’s like selling a selfie. It’s sickening. I’m not buying anything these nobodies are selling.
I wonder who sees Brandi’s wine on the liquor store shelf and says “Mmmm, yes, I really want to try that!”
Well since Bethenny hit pay dirt for her crap….why not try?
Bedazzled Panty Queen Nene Leakes will continue to expand her brand and apply her bedazzling “skills” to couches, armoires, throw pillows, and more, before finally, in an Ambien haze, begin to bedazzle random objects that “fans” bring her: an old bong, a container of Vlasic pickles, MTV’s Dan Cortese…
Xdude,, you are great with the snark.
X:
I’d happily bedazzle Dan Cortese’s pickle…oh yeah…uh, OK, what were we talking about?
Daggnabit NeNe forget all of these ideas listen to me. Wigs by Nene Leakes Halloween is approaching quickly. 🙂
No no no…Wigs is Kim Z’s scam. HW scams should not overlap, unless they are filming and it is orchestrated as a storyline, like dueling ass workout videos.
How are those Berkin aka Twerkin purses going? Nene, chill for a moment before the thirst becomes too real.
NeNe never thinks things thru to a logical conclusion. I’m a pizza restaurant owner, I have a clothing line, and now, a designer of furniture. My response is uhhuu, I’ll just hold my breath until you get rich off of your home decor line. As the old folks use to say, “Don’t that just beat a hog aflying?”
Since weaves and wigs are taken, why don’t these Moguls sell things they are intimately connected to, such as:
– Boob Implants
– Fake Teef
#toasteroven – may be the BEST hashtag when talking about NeNe. I cried with laughter at that! Kudos , TT!
Hi end or cheap… I don’t want any furniture with Nene’s name on it. Her brand cheapens it for me. Just saying. If you’re on a budget, would you pay extra to have her name on stuff? Nope. And if you are wealthy, would you shop her store? It doesn’t make sense to me. At this point, Kim Kardashian makes more sense to me. Ha!
TT’s right with the TMZ agreeing to test market for her by printing the idea to suit her needs. I also think they get some revenue from it.
Exactly, it makes no sense. Why would anybody with money want anything she’s selling and broke people can’t fill anybody’s coffers. Just because somebody’s on TV doesn’t mean that their name is comparable to Versace. I mean I would never buy any of these celebrities’ brands (much less a bravolebrity) if they have not been legitimately involved in some enterprise.
NeNe had better figure something out to pay the bills! With Gregg not working & just managing her he isn’t helping any!
I was just thinking about High Point the other day! I had a girl friend named Julie who was just a normal girl from the suburbs of Detroit who got a job a furniture store and was taken to High Point for a trade show. She met a guy there whose family had a furniture store in Santa Barbara. He invited her to come live with him, she hoped in their vehicle and moved to Santa Barbara. One day, a new friend she had made came over and said that her uncle was at Rajneesh’s ashram in India and she was going, did my friend Julie want to join her? Julie says, “Sure”, and the next thing she knows she is up in the Himalayas having a spiritual awakening. Now she lives in a remote valley on Maui on the road to Hana and has her own horse. So High Point can really take you to some very unexpected places.
TT, this is too easy…
Go for it yourself Xanadude.
Lol Xanadude. Yea that’s uh… what does that even have to do with furniture?
It’s my friend, Julie, the one with the Mercedes, sauna and room for a pony.
Was is a miniature pony that lived in a pink house in the back yard?
On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Was the pony next to a gaggle of Nenetards talking about how they traded in food stamps for a Girl Bye t-shirt and now their 17 churren are starving? Because I heard that happens a lot.
WTF is going on in comments today?
On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
> Was is a miniature pony that lived in a pink house in the back yard? > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Tamara Tattles [email protected]> wrote: > >>
Nene is becoming Hyacinth from BBC’s Keeping Up Appearances.
Nene & Hyacinth both make that same ugly face with their mouth turned down too..
TT omg trading in food stamps for a girl bye shirt…dying. So funny dying.
X, I really stopped reading the first time after “normal girl from Detroit” Now you have made me read the whole thing and best I can determine if You go to High Point NC you will eventually have a horse. Or something.
TT, that isn’t necessarily true. I used to lived in Greensboro and actually worked in High Point 1 season helping to set up furniture display rooms. It was about 20 years ago and I did make about $1,000.00 for 3 days and free dining room furniture. However, I never got a horse, pony or mule and ended up going home to my family in Greensboro lol. I’m sure I missed the original joke. Mine’s just a true High Point Furniture Mart story with no pony.
Well, what *I* got from it was more “life can take you to some strange and unexpected places”. But perhaps the comment is like an Abstract Expressionist painting – each can interpret it in his own way, taking vastly different meanings. Perhaps, in time, we will come to understand its brilliance. Or maybe it’s just barely coherent word salad. (In which case, I’ll have Green Goddess.)
It read like a “working” girl story, across state lines and all.
Well hell yes calipatti. They ship the “working girls” in from all over for the furniture mart. That industry is almost as booming as the furniture business lol.
Go to High Point magic. Magic everywhere.
@Jane Grey, WTF?!
Puff puff pass Jane
Was she just a small-town girl?
Livin’ in a lonely world?
Did she take the midnight train going anywhere?
This is probably just her trying to get free furniture for herself. You know like she is shopping and says “I’m a rich famous bitch. I can help your business by licensing my brand to one of your lines. I have Twitter followers and stuff. Oh and just so I know your the kind of quality company that I would lend my name to, furnish my house for free and let me get comfortable with your product.”
I lived near High Point for several years and met some of the furniture market people. Nene better hang on to her bedazzled drawers if she tries to play with these folks. They’re not fools and won’t be impressed. And they were making deals before she could reach a pole. They won’t be making her rich.#toasteroven
Yes. I’m sure they are quite the crafty bunch. And since you lived near there and know them all, I must be completely wrong.
But who the fuck said anything about making her rich?
Is @Shereesluxuryconsignment the first time we’ve seen a former housewife sell personal effects? Times must be tough. Maybe NeNe and Sheree can open a shop together. Drag Queens everywhere would be thrilled to see NayNay’s shoes go up on the auction block…
No, Nene has been having garage sales disguised as “pop up shops” here in ATL and at all of the “women’s Expos” she goes to.
Next week I expect to see Nene hawking Bridemaid of Frankenstein wigs, yoy know cuz the one she wore on RHOA broke Twitter from fright….
very interesting post, i am laughing so hard with some of the comments. TT you are hilarious. In my head, i can hear Nene bragging “am a smart business woman.” Smart business people focus at one thing at a time to master the trade not become “jack of all trade but master to none”. Nene needs to stop trying to stay relevant.
Mrs Leakes, shopping for mass-produced furniture? Gasp! How déclassé! I mean, I’d think she would outfit her mansion only with bespoke pieces by Viscount Linley, DeAngelis, or similar and with fabrics by Scalamandré, etc. After all, a woman with her vast wealth and discerning taste would bother with nothing less, right?
As for her “line”, I’ll believe it when I see it…and haven’t denim-covered, studded beanbag chairs been done? That’s her design aesthetic from what I can see.
She has no class what so ever. And that husband. Don’t get me started.
No offense, is she delusional?
I can totally see this happening. All she needs is a contract with RAC and she goes nationwide. Tacke’ by NeNe’.
Too funny!
So, next TT Field Trip is to High Point? Furniture and ponies for EVERYONE!
Haha, we’ll see how far it goes. First with this idea was Melissa Gorga and her furniture collection ‘Home Italian Style’. Maybe I’m wrong but it has somehow disappeared. Not to mention that Teresa was the one who was picking all furniture in Gorga house for her brother so that wasn’t even Melissa’s style in her BeaverMansion. I can feel the same “successsss” coming with Nene la tacko furniturro designero
Go away Nene. We’ve suffered enough, and can you take Porsha and Phaedra with you. All three of you are @ss sores. Girlbye.
Poor NeNe. Got everything she wanted…and shit all over it. You are the reason you can’t have nice things, NeNe. YOU.
Ok ok I have got it now; 🙂 combining all the suggestions posted here. Nene needs to take her show on the road the “I am a rich B” tour. Her theme song could be Drake’s “We started at the bottom” song. She could book out strip clubs around the country and “council’ her peers on how they too can cash Trump checks. Registration is $250 per person and includes a I’m rich B t-shirt, a set of fake vaneers, and your choice of a wig or a personalized Nene bag. For $500 you get the VIP backstage pass where you can have lunch and pole lessons from Nene. 🙂
I think this is my favorite post ever
It’s so obvious, Nene. Lemme help you.
A line of custom made, bedazzled douche bags.