Why are people doing things during prime time and the debates!? I am so behind with multiple things happening tonight/this morning. LeeAnne Locken gave Dave Quinn over at People an exclusive statement regarding her from RHOD. I am actually surprised by this,because I know that LeeAnne and Kary were both filming test scenes with potential new housewives. I also know that they had mended fences are were out eating dinner together when my spy spotted them. There were no cameras in the restaurant. So it looked to me like LeeAnne dodged the whole bigotry (or racist allegations that were falsely made at the reunion.
Frankly, if I were LeeAnne Locken, I would not have done test filming after Andy rode her like a dog at the reunion and let everyone take a whack at her. Don’t get me wrong, her behavior was bigoted and needed to be called out, but they were brutal and Andy doesn’t treat men with horrible behavior anywhere close to what he did to LeeAnne.
Here is what LeeAnne Locken had to say:
“The last four years have been a trolley-slapping good time but after much consideration, I have made the personal decision to step away from RHOD,” Locken, 52, said in a statement.
Dave, why do you have to put everyone’s age in your stories. She didn’t die or get married so it is just not relevant. And yes, I know she is open about her age and mentions it in interviews. It still seems tacky. And I love LeeAnne’s throwback to the hysterical scene with her having a fit and slapping a trolley in season one. Except, the best RHOD recapper we ever had here, Xanadude, recapped it live, from Dallas and he points out that she PUNCHED a streetcar!
LeeAnne Wants To Spend More Time With Rich
“Getting to share my wedding with the viewers last year brought me tremendous joy, however, the season was very personally challenging for me,” she continued. “I am looking forward to stepping away from the cameras and spending quality time with my husband and friends, traveling, but most importantly, getting back to philanthropy, which was my main reason for joining the show.”
The RHOD was not initially going to be a Real Housewives franchise. Or maybe they just lied to the ladies. The show was initially about the charity scene among the wealthy in Dallas. LeeAnne is well respected in Dallas for her charitable activities. I am glad she is getting back to that.
And Her Pantyliner Is Still Exhausted!
“Thank you to everyone who has laughed and cried with me along the way,” LeeAnne Locken added. “It’s been an amazing journey, and yes my pantyliner is still exhausted. There are so many exciting things on my horizon that I can’t wait to share with you.”
I can’t help but love LeeAnne and her exhausted pantyliner. Though, at times I didn’t like her behavior at all. But RHOD won’t be the same without LeeAnne LeeAnne Locken. I think LeeAnne’s departure will be the death knell for this franchise.
My best sources are all sound asleep now. So I won’t be able to provide exclusive details until tomorrow. Story developing.. In the meantime I am dying to hear what you think about LeeAnne’s departure.
I honestly think this is a huge mistake. Love her or hate her she carried the show for 4 seasons and after seeing her costars making comparable mistakes it’s a huge double standard to pin it on just one person. Everyone should be held equally accountable whether it’s on or off screen. LeeAnne at least apologized for what she did, Brandi doubled down on her apology not one, two, or three times (lost count) and didn’t think she was wrong for her blatant toxic video. People excuse Stephanie and Brandi’s acts, but are quick to cancel LeeAnne. It’s probably better for her well-being as the show wasn’t doing her favors. You could tell she had enough of it especially during the reunion. I’m thankful for all the iconic moments she gave. The housewives franchise is definitely changing, stars are not valued as much as they used to be and I think this may be the start of the end. A lot of it is the doing of these housewives they think they are irreplaceable and the fame gets to their heads. It’s happened with ATL, BH, NY, OC, and now Dallas 🙁
I think getting beat up by Andy at the reunion was the nail in the coffin. Mentally that was brutal.
All true…
I am co-signing all you said!
I think her departure is the beginning of the end for RHOD. While I didn’t always agree with her actions on the show, there is no doubt she carried the show on her back since Day 1. Very concerned about how the others girls are gonna carry it forward. Hopefully they get 2 strong new girls.
Completely agree.
I agree and the way Andy treated the women on below deck as opposed to the men makes me not want to watch anything that has his name on it!
Georgia yes! Andy was ignorant of the sexism, that or did not care.
Yup
Thank goodness! Good riddance LeeAnne, you will not be missed!
Says the only hater on this site at the moment. You must be a Brandi fan. Now we get to hear all about how hard life is taking care of her kids, how her marriage is imploding and…oh wait the same BS we’ve been listening to for years. All while in her whispering, monotone voice. Put it out to pasture. It’s done like RHOC.
Damn you sure take shit personally lol. Not a hater nor a Brandi fan. I just don’t like LeeAnne her and never have. I don’t find her entertaining whatsoever. She’s too broken as a person to enjoy watching and I don’t like the melodramatics.
That person’s name is “Bye Brandi”. I think they are taking this very personally lol
I guess I’m a hater too. I won’t be missing LL either and no I am not a Brandi fan either.
I like both Brandi and LeeAnne.
Why does it have to be one or the other?
These housewives always make the same mistake. If you hate someone, you need to ignore them. LeeAnne gave Kary her storyline. Without this drama, Kary was boring and sad. Her only storyline was a painful relationship with her husband. Now, Kary will ride this wave for several seasons and LeeAnne is off the show she has carried for years. Same thing just happened with Vicki and Brawnwyn. And there are other examples but I’m too tired and lazy to think about it now.
It’ll be a snooze fest now. So now there’ll be a brighter spotlight on these ladies’ marriages since 50% of the storylines won’t be spent on LeeAnn. They better be ready for that. I didn’t always love what she did on the show, but she’s great tv.
She was wrong to say the things she said however I really believe she was tormented and harassed all season and broke in weak moments. Katy went after her out if the gate. Brandi wound her up and pretended she didn’t. Deandra too. They are just focused on her til she made bad moves. It was painful to watch. The rest of them are so boring or mean. Done watching.
Well said! Brandi and Stephanie also pretended to be her friend just so they can take her down. It was a very toxic environment for her. She really only had Kam and towards the end their friendship started to fracture.
I totally agree. Love her or not, painful sometimes or not, she carries this franchise. This is just boring rotgut not worthy of my DVR space anymore. Done.
Sad she’s leaving but kind of relieved. She’s helping me to wean myself off Bravo because I will have no problem not watching without LeeAnne. As much as I like Kameron, I can’t stand Brandi, Kary and D’Andra enough to watch.
I like RHOD and will enjoy it much more without LeeAnn and her drama. Start a fight, yell a lot, apologize, and justify loudly with a lot of poor me on repeat. I won’t miss it. For me she was the same as Vicki… I never liked her enough to care if she was getting married. She just seemed to make everyone around her miserable. She probably has a good heart and it’s great that she does so much for charity. I just don’t need her yelling it at my screen. I’m happy to watch the rest as they raise their kids, negotiate with their husbands, plan parties, and promote their businesses. I just hope they’ll do it with less yelling. You know why that Oklahoma show was so great? No one fought. They just went around and did crazy stuff and made fun of each other. Even the Kardashians don’t yell that much. Best wishes LeeAnn. You SHOULD enjoy your new life and don’t need any extra negativity in it that these shows bring.
I so miss OK…totalLy agree how fun it is to watch people have fun.
Agree KaraW! LeeAnne exhausted me and made me feel like she needed real therapy, not t.v. therapy and would not get it until she left the reality show environment.
I loved the OK program too! Sigh.
I wonder how much LeeAnn did was staged for viewers to keep watching. We have seen it with Kathryn Dennis and now Tamra Judge’s comments about scenes being staged for viewers reactions. LeeAnn did things for shock value to keep RHOD going. Clearly Kary was in on it too if they are spotted eating dinner together with no cameras. These shows are so staged that it isn’t even reality tv. I will miss her funny one-liners, but I have issues with Andy still talking about her negatively when he did nothing to Ashton on Below Deck, or hold Brandi accountable for the same thing LeeAnn did. I can’t stomach watching more scenes with Brandi not parenting her children, or DeAndra’s issues with her mother. I won’t watch RHOD.
I totally agree and feel we should boycott any show with Andy’s name on it…
Andy’s name is fucking irrelevant. He has very little input on any of the shows since he became “talent.” He’s a producer basically in name only on the housewives shows, not Below Deck, Vanderpump or any other Bravo shows.
Agree with you 100%
Sorry there is no show without leeann! Those chicks are boring and fake! They got what they wanted Ana will regret it!
PREACH!!!!
They all are going to turn on each other and cancel each other. They deserve it after doing that to LeeAnne for 4 seasons straight.
This last season she was difficult to watch but I do think it’s a loss. I hope Brandi is next because I can’t watch a season of her anymore. It could very well be the beginning of the end for this franchise ?
Funny you should mention that. Brandi is being uncharacteristically quiet and though I haven’t checked someone told me she no longer has RHOD on her social media. I’m going to check with my source but they don’t usually have much on RHOD.
I see Kam, Stephanie, and Kary have been very active. Brandi did remove RHOD from her social media.
The show is a bore and Leanne made it watchable. Brandi needs to go, Kary, Deanna & Stephanie are a bore. I would be surprised if it has many viewers.
Enjoy your life Leanne. I wish you the best.
Oh freakin fantastic. Now the show will all farting, belching, slapping each other with dildos and whining about how mama/sugar daddy husband isn’t giving them enough money to live on. LeeAnne made it tolerable. I’m out.
I wish Deandra or Kary left instead….deandra & her mommy’s business storyline are just ridiculous. Kary went after LeeAnne hard last season.
She’s not likable at all. It was her first season and she came in with a huge agenda.
I’m surprised RHOD is getting another season at all. Yep, this is the death knell for the show.
The end of The Real Housewives era is getting closer. Bravo needs a good succession plan.
From your lips to God’s ears
I wonder how will D’Andra and Kary do on the show since they were riding LeeAnne’s dick for the whole last season. Both are dumb and childish as hell.
Hmmmm….wonder how much this has to do with money. All the OGs suddenly leaving? Something doesn’t smell right. Maybe they did they only offered her a friend role.
I agree. Something isn’t right about this.
Great point! Lots of OGs exiting!
I agree. Did she get fired or leave on her own? It’s hard to imagine that she left on her own. Maybe she is hopping to pull a Kenya Moore and come back to more money.
That was my first thought..it’s all about ..THE MONEY…..THE MONEY
I don’t think the later shows, RHOD and RHOP make anything near what the older shows make and TT had an article about this very thing a year or two ago.
That would make sense to fire Vicki and Tamra but not LeeAnne.
I was shocked to hear she is leaving and I am in agreement with most…her behavior was terrible at times but I also see this as the death of RHOD. I couldn’t stand how she was treated at the reunion I thought AC was way too harsh. Seems like all the RH franchises are suffering. I have quit watching RHOC, RHOA, and lost interest in both RHOBH and RHOD.
I cannot and will not condone some of her actions but good lord did she make for good TV. She was like a slightly more stable Danielle Staub. This is a bummer.
Without LeeAnne I don’t know that I will watch now. She makes for entertaining TV. Being from Dallas I enjoy RHOD. Not a fan of Carrie so if she’s back…may have to take a hard pass. Recently downgraded my cable and have limited channels. Bravo is one that I still have, but I cancelled my DVR so now I have to catch the shows live and I haven’t watched any of the current housewife shows, or Summer House, Shahs or Vanderpump Rules. I thought it would be hard but it’s actually been super easy. So much obviously scripted storylines, as TT has pointed out many times. And I’m over all of the yelling. But sure enough when I fly Southwest Airlines I always tune into the Bravo channel and can get caught up on a show or two. Very entertaining and makes the time got by! I do check your site a couple of times a week to stay up to date. Thank. you for your site.
Best, s.
Very disappointing news to me!! I loved all of Leann’s wildness, drama and makeup!!! I don’t know if I would even ne interested in RHOD without her. Lets take a look at the other women’s storylines in the franchise:
Brandi: Who will she fight with now that Leann is gone? Another baby adoption might be interesting emphasis on the MIGHT
Stephanie: More “shallow” friendship discussions? Watching her literally have the best life ever?
Kary: Who will she fight with now that Leann is gone? Oh yeah, her husband. Snoozefest
Kameron: Love her, and always find her entertaining. She might be the only reason I watch after Leann leaves.
LOL I completely forgot to mention Deandra, which in of itself proves how interesting she is.
Thank you Jesus!
I’m the one that tweeted about this to you late last night! I feel just a little bit important ?
You are important! Keep up the good work!
LeeAnne wins! RHOD, stick a fork in them…
THEY ?? ARE ?? DONE ??
Agree. No more Bravo checks for those boring women !
Lee Ann & Momma D are the only ones I am interested in watching. Another one bites the dust. I cannot imagine what the other woman will do without having Lee Ann as their whipping girl / storyline.
Was she just trying to get ahead of the whole show being cancelled? I know RHOD does the worst ratings-wise, so maybe they’re finally pulling the plug?
LeeAnne was a hot mess, but great TV. Imagine if she wasn’t on last season…
We would have just had some overblown Stephanie/Kameron fight. D’Andra vs her Mom for the THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. And Brandi doing….cheer camp?
I think they should just scratch it, and focus on Salt Lake or start another new location. Even with LeeAnne it seemed to be struggling, and without her it just seems like it will be painfully boring.
Agree with pp that LeaAnne is broken and struggling. I do think she wants to be happy and actually cares about others. She definitely made for some great tv. In contrast, Vicki never made for great tv (imo); nor does she care for anyone but herself. LeaAnne may have manufactured drama for production. I am pretty sure Vicki always showed her true self.
I’m surprised they’re making another season, although with LL gone it will be much cheaper to produce $$$
I am not a fan of LeeAnne and have never been one. It will take multiple shrinks to diagnose all of her mental problems. But it is most painful to watch them play out on tv, from the huge anger outbursts, to the fake crying, being the biggest victim in the room and the lies piled upon lies.
I will not miss her. I also don’t believe she quit — I feel sure that she, like some of the other OGs — was given the chance to save face by publicizing that she quit before Bravo made public that she was fired. (We may see the same from Brandi soon too.)
I also will be relieved never to see her horrid, parched, thirsty wedding planner with the squirrel wig and innumerable posts he and his friends posted repeatedly about her and the others.
I actually never put RHOD on my DVR, but in all the bits I’ve seen, LeeAnne’s were the best! “Hands” and “getting his dick sucked at the Roundup” – unforgettable!
Why, yes, that Xanadude was one hell of a recapper. I wonder whatever happened to him?
I still see him here and there….
Last season was so bad that I expected these controversies to mark the end of the show.
LeeAnne is the most “TV ready” personality of all the girls, minus the also departed Cary Deuber, but last season was not only boring but toxxxxxic. LL’s tactics, either for show attention or sympathy from the fellow women were emotionally abusive, sad, and a little disgusting. Coupled with her over-produced confessionals, it just wasn’t a good look.
I feel for LeeAnne, but BEFORE the racist comments I could tell her time was coming to an end. Her fixation on Kary being Mexican just ended her time on the show by a single season IMO.
I hope the show sees a total overhaul. D’Andra lacks charm, Kam is funny but a bit dim, Steph has a good personality but lacks a commanding voice. We need at least two BIG new women to come in and I’m loving the diverse options I’ve seen rumored.
I came out of lurking for years on this website to post on one of your early recaps of RHOD. I love this franchise but I honestly think it collapses without LeeAnne. She is polarizing, she is the person you love to hate, she carried the show. I have openly professed my adoration of other ladies on the show but LeeAnne was always secretly or maybe not so secretly the reason I watched the show. That and I love seeing a city I love showcased on TV.
Bye Felecia, I won’t be missing you!
I’ve been super sick so I just started binging RHOD. The idea that it was intended to be about charity folks in that area makes so much sense now! Bc season one it was such a focus. Then two it waned and by three I think so far I’ve only seen or heard mention of one event.
I wish bravo was upfront about that stuff bc as a viewer it’s rather confusing.
Thanks for the recaps, even if I’m commenting like 20 months later! 😂