It’s sure looks like Nene Leakes is in some financial trouble. She’s lost all of her Swagg stores. In addition, former employees who allegedly were not paid, also could not get a response from her to apply for unemployment. She is trying to sell her Atlanta house she paid just under $2.1 million for in 2015. She listed it at $4 million in September and reduced it twice since. The Atlanta market is on fire right now. However she overpriced it. The current price is $3,495,000. It is still over priced. Also, most of the comps currently on the market in that community are under 2 million. The closest comp, basically the same square footage but with an additional bedroom is asking,$2, 295,500. It also has a flat front yard and Nene’s is tiered.
How Long Can The Linnethia Lounge Survive?
But that is not all of her problems. Frankly, I don’t have enough time to take out of my Saturday for that. But what got my attention this week is that The Linnethia Lounge is continuing to tank. The online reviews are hysterical. Apparently, she somehow forces people to pay $20 to park in a public parking lot. The spot is in a public shopping center. That would be like Publix putting employees in the parking lot and make you pay $20 to be allowed in to shop. Also, there is apparently at $35 entrance fee for those who don’t have reservations. LOL! Why would people pay $55 just to get in the door.
Once inside you can avail yourself of a few drinks, the reviews say most are over $20 each and really watered down. BTW, for you city slickers in NYC or LA you might not think this is a lot of money. But, in Atlanta drinks are usually ten buck or less. There are five dollar margaritas or mimosa at most good Sunday brunches. This is a ridiculous price. Especially to drive at least an hour to get to Duluth. Then you have to drive home or have an expensive Uber ride back to civilization.
Nene Leakes Has A (Dumb) Plan To Save The Linnethia
Reviews also criticize the food and that is the real reason for this post. Mama Joyce’s streets have been saying that Nene has trouble making her payroll, not just at the now defunct Swagg stores but also at the Linnethia Lounge. It is fairly easy to pay waitresses and bartenders because the basically get their income from tips and the actually paychecks are very tiny. The kitchen staff on the other hand has to be paid a livable wage for each person who works there from dishwashers, to the chef. The word on Mama Joyces streets as she has been either unable or unwilling to do that. So there has been a lot of turn over.
So Linnethia, came up with a plan last week. And it’s a plan to not have to pay the kitchen workers for the month of December! Merry Christmas! She wants to have “a contest” where four chefs bring their own employees and do a kitchen takeover for a week in December. BTW, this was announce during the last week of November. Desperate much? The post by Nene has since be deleted. Perhaps no one wanted to work for free for a week during the Christmas season? She was inviting people to The Linnethia just last night and one of the hashtags was #DeliciousFood
Nene Leakes Seems Desperate To Return To RHOA
She’s already making noises about wanting to come back to RHOA after calling Andy and all of the suits and production team racist. Let me remind you of what my Exclusive Source told me in February, ““She kills me with this ethics she claims she had developed overnight. No one in the industry (or the people coming behind her as she claims) needs her to stand up for them. She has the emotional maturity of a seven year old and the intelligence of a sixth grader, what good can you get with that combo? ”
That about sums it up. I see Nene as one of those people who wins millions in the lottery and is broke and in all sorts of other jeopardy with in a few years. Couldn’t happen to a nicer gal.
EDITED TO ADD: Someone sent me this. I had completely forgotten about her calling on Ben Crump, LOL, the male Phaedra Parks who inserts himself into ANYTHING that will get him on TV. Dead children, shows up to speak for any of the family members, on camera of course, and might actually be worse than Phaedra. This is STILL UP ON HER Youtube channel a year later when she is groveling for her job back! She had so many opportunities. Ryan Murphy is notorious for giving his cast multiple roles on his shows. She fucked that up on one season with him. It took a LOT for her her get kicked off of RHOA. She was physically abusive to crew. She was extremely rude to crew. She called Andy Cohen a coke head and a racist PUBLICLY. Um, true or not, it’s not wise.
Yet one year later, she is still trying to slither back in.
She could go work for her friend Donald Trump?
Hot damn. That’s such a deep cut – and in more ways than one!
I just spit out my coffee !!!!! WHEW! Thanks for the belly laugh.
I support black women who struggle in any industry period. Hollywood is known notorious for mistreatment of black actors/actress!
Bet she is regretting burning that Bravo bridge probably permanently. She went hard after Andy Cohen last year in social media and asked her fans to boycott Bravo. Loose lips sink ships.
And didn’t Nene ruin her own chance at returning to RHOA this season (S14)? I swear, Nene is her own worst enemy. IMHO, she has valid points in her complaints against Bravo when it comes to the inherent bigotry and the network bosses’ shitty treatment of their talent. However since Nene only suddenly grew an alleged conscience once she got fired from RHOA after Season 12, and since Nene apparently treats her own workforce just as cruelly and awfully as Bravo treated her during her final years on RHOA, it’s hard for me to take her complaints all that seriously.
I read some of the Google reviews, omg🤣 chipped plates, no food services for bunch available, dirty, etc…I’m surprised she didn’t try the guilt trip card on Andy with Greg dying and her needing use the show to morne.
They are HILARIOUS to read. I read one that I guess was supposed to be charcuterie or something that said it was basically some sliced Velveeta cheese?
If you are struggling with the holidays, read reviews for the Linnethia Lounge and it will have you laughing.
Nene in the early seasons was funny and real, in the later seasons she puts on a staged persona.
the Old nene is what I loved, not the new nene
I would bring her back get rid of drew! yesssss
Nene was anything but real. All the Atlanta News stations talked about Nene and Gregg doing illegal shit regarding renting houses that allegedly didn’t belong to them and running scams. It was ALL OVER THE NEWS before the premiere of season one. They were both scammers.
She seems to be getting what she deserves. Wasn’t she the highest paid RHOA cast member her last couple of years? Hmmm…I’m sure many past and present Atlanta housewives are smiling.
Nah, both Nene and Kim Most Favored Nation clauses in their contracts that prohibited anyone from having a higher salary, when Kandi came on she had one too. Now she might have been the most OVERPAID housewife. LOL.
Restaurants ANYWHERE right now literally can’t find employees to work front or back of the house. People will quit because they know they can find another job within a couple of hours.Hell has frozen over if she can find four chefs with staff in December. December is catering month for private chef’s.
NeNe and LVP have much in common. Overinflated ego being just one.
LVP has absolutely nothing in common with Nee Nee. She is rich with actually successful businesses she had before housewives.
Why drag LVP into this? She has nothing in common with NeNe.
Wth did she do with the PPP loans? Oh, never mind…”…emotional maturity of a seven year old and the intelligence of a sixth grader…” is giving her too much credit. Anyone ever watch that show Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
I miss that show, and I would LOVE for it to come back with another “Celebrity Season” Nene would be hysterical to watch. I’d be shocked if she actually graduated high school.
She got facial enhancements done
I tried to look up her PPP Loan(s), they are public but I couldn’t find what name she conducts her business under. The Linnethia Lounge reviews were highly entertaining!! 😂
This was pure begging! I had no idea how long it would go on but I took every light off my 6’ Christmas tree as they stopped working, so it worked out perfectly. I was actually embarrassed for her.
I have been wondering if E! is still going to premiere the show with Brad Goreski. I think they filmed it last year, I saw pictures with them on set. I am thinking maybe they canceled it because of all the allegations she made towards Bravo.
Personally what upset me was last summer when Nene tried to use the momentum of the BLM movement to justify her contract dispute with Bravo. For years she loved them and they were great. Then she was not on for a season she chose to go back and work with them. Now when she was not getting her demands they are racists and cokeheads etc. There are racists everywhere, but I highly doubt anyone at Bravo / NBC was going out of their way to mistreat her because she is black. She never provided examples of mistreatment anyways. Being one of the highest paid housewives across the board should speak for itself.
She never showed any fiscal responsibility. Why does she keep opening her stores way out in Duluth when she may do better in the city. Her crowd is mostly urban people. Operating closer to them in Atlanta would seem to make more sense in my opinion. All these random business ventures should be checked out by someone with experience who can guide her in the right direction.
If you are going to overcharge on drinks then don’t charge for parking. She needs someone like Gregg who knows how to run a business or maybe sell the lounge and the house. Get into a a low tier luxury car and a 2 or 3 bedroom townhouse. Hire a PR person and try to get hired somewhere.
I wonder if she still owns that pizza store in Sacramento airport. The airport website says it is still open but I am not sure if she still owns it.
WAIT! What is this about a pizza place at the Sac Airport? How random is that? I can drive there in 15-20 minutes, maybe less. I would even order some pizza, just to review it! I bet it’s terrible. What is the name of the pizza place?
I forget. It is a chain place. Nene was dating this guy John (I think she may have still been married at the time to Gregg) I think it is a Pappa Johns or something like that. She claimed that he gave her a share or whatever of the Pappa Johns in the Sacremento Airport. Again it could be another Pizza franchise. And for some reason it was in a random airport. But, I think it was just a percentage of that particular franchise.
Your assignment is to go and find out the tea. But WEAR A MASK and if it is like the ATL airport, 90 percent of the restaurants are AFTER you go through customs.
Papa John’s is a pretty big pizza chain out here. I wonder if the guy was just named John and bullshitted her like a friend who was dating the “very rich heir Scott Arco.” I had to break it to her that Arco was Atlantic Richfield Co.
Nah it was this guy John Kolaj (who co-owns and runs Famous Famiglia Pizzeria with his family.) Not Papa Johns
It looks like it’s still there — opens at 10 today. I will check it out soon. I will die if it’s really good!
Exactly! The entertainment business is a dog eat dog industry. So you think because ‘You’re the best” that you’re actually “the best”. It’s all about money and if you’re not what they want… exit left. NeNe’s antics did not help her situation so why did she thing it wouldn’t come to an end.
Lawd, that YouTube video I’d like a broken record. All she says nonstop is she wants them to sit down at the table and talk. 8 minutes in, same loop! 😑
It’s a bit late for that. She sealed her fate. I had forgotten about Ben Crump intervention. lol. He might be a bigger media whore than Nene and that is saying a lot.
But LVP is rich for real. Nene seems to have made poor financial choices. Without Gregg to balance her I doubt she’ll see the same opportunities. She’s burned so many bridges, she could have replaced Wendy, too bad very sad.
So much to unpack here. I doubt the E! Show will never see the light of day. It’s all under NBCu I believe so she screwed herself out of that. Why anyone would want a makeover from Nene Leakes seems like a stretch for me. I feel Brad for not getting the show though.
The racist stuff during BLM was horrific. I added a very too long to watch Youtube that is STILL ON HER Youtube page! I just skipped through it and it was sad and funny all at once. Ben Crump is the male Phaedra. Camera whores, both.
Swagg was I think a collab with Lil Bow Wow’s mama and she brought Nene on for her popularity at the time. Lil Bow Wow’s mama was paying the steep rent for her downtown location on the prestigious West Paces Ferry address, which is also the street where the Governor’s mansion. But, the merchandise was very Forever 21. Nene would show up to draw sales but there were people online saying she was a bitch in real life. So am I. LOL. But If I was showing up for an “appearance” I’d be nice to everyone.
Nene doesn’t own the lounge. She rents space in a public strip mall. So charging for parking in a public strip mall seems illegal to me. Valet parking? Sure. That you can charge for. But parking nope. I used to love going to a restaurant down the street that is also in a public shopping and restaurant “strip mall” Everything there is very popular. Many restaurants. Finding a parking space is like finding gold. But my favorite restaurant has valet as well, and whisk the jalopy off to a Condo parking lot next door for money. I always try to find a space first because my car is embarrassing. lol And I am old and eat early so it usually works. And VALET IS FREE! That is one thing. But you can’t legally charge people to pay you $20 to park in a public lot.
I never believe that Pizza store story in the first place, for one thing John used to email me when all of that was going one. If I recall correctly he gave her like a 10% interest. I wish I could remember all the things he said to me via email. But he was definitely hitting on me with no idea of my age, looks, or sexual preference. LOL.
Speaking of Brad Goreski Is currently a judge on Canada’s Drag Race getting paid $8K per episode plus accommodations in Toronto with a daily $300 per diem. 😉
He’s expected to be back for season 3 with filming starting in Feb. 2022. He will get a bump in pay to $10K per episode.
NeNe recently said in an interview that the E! show was canned and insinuated Andy had something to do with it.
Was Nene treated poorly by Bravo? They both capitalized on her popularity and cashed in. She became too toxic for them and they didn’t approve her demands. Look at any long running tv show..:they get to be too expensive when the leads make a lot of money. Bravo decided they would do just fine without her and she attacked them. I love an entertaining housewife but she was just cruel and offensive 24/7 in the end.
Such is the world of entertainment, you get paid for your services. You perform a task for ratings and get paid for it. Apparently NeNe didn’t get the memo because she thought she can act like a fool and get away with it.
No, you are Not a bitch in real life. Absolutely not. And I have receipts!! ;)))
You know she put 5% down and took out a multiple mortgages on that house. Nene thought she’d have no problem selling it because it was on TV. Uh… nope…. case in point… Teresa in Jersey or Dorit in Beverley Hills
Nene should have opened a business she actually has prior experience in like as strip club.
She also “bought” her dead beat dad son who can’t seem to keep his dick wrapped up and has a criminal background. Didn’t he get arrested during filming? A house? He is spraying his bad seed everywhere, couldn’t keep a fast food job, and out of all his spawn, last I heard, Nene only acknowledged one of them. Haven’t heard her mention that one in a few years though.
I hope everything works out for her. I don’t want RHOA anymore but wish her nothing but the best
So many people, families out there struggling, needing help , needing a break, an opportunity. She had all of that -money, opportunities, choices -and she blew it all away. Hard to feel sorry for someone that arrogant.
I predict nene and Kim will do their road trip to bring in cash
HA! I am sure they would both love that. And I am also sure it would draw a big audience, but Bravo is done with both of them for the same reason. They got too big for their britches. That said, Kim’s spinoff was the only really successful on out of all of them. She had like eleventy billion season in Bravo years. lol. Don’t shoot me. I enjoyed the DBT crap. I didn’t recap it though because it was a comedy and 30 minutes and I just wanted to laugh
I enjoyed Kim’s show too. I like seeing families with lots of young kids. I used to enjoy Jon & Kate Plus 8, as well as Teresa Giudice’s family life in the early years. I loved seeing her make her girls’ breakfast while they finished homework; brush their hair; all in her leopard bathrobe.
The Biermann Show was HILARIOUS. Not sure how much of it was intentional. The little kids were ADORABLE. The trips were great, and Chef Tracy was a hoot. It would probably still be on but Kim got to expensive and the ratings didn’t support it.
Also, apparently production was paying for all of their stops at gas stations and such and they would spend hundreds of dollars on each one. Mostly on lottery tickets and a crazy amount of snacks and drinks.
On the trip where they went to Vegas, Kim was demanding her check early. When she finally got it, my production sources she lost it all in one night.
Had she been more likeable with the crew, and less spendy it would probably still be on. Also, the Kim whisperer producer left to take another job and she became unmanageable.
I very rarely wish bad things to happen to people (other than the ones who hurt animals). Scheadenfraude is something I rarely feel, unless it’s my bother’s wife, The Succubus. Or Nene Leakes.
Christmas came early this year. Two people had karma catch up to them. God bless us every one — minus two.
And you get 10,000 points for giving your sister-in-law the sobriquet of “The Succubus.” I fell like I’m transported back to the 17th century witch trials, just hearing that.
Peter Thomas was on IG live with Atlien last week and said NeNe’s house just sold and that she put a down payment on a nicer house. He could be lying but he was drunk and it seemed like it slipped out. I saw online that she’s in Miami hanging with him right now.
OMG imagine if Nene and Peter got together!! Now that would top the Porsha shit show!
Nene was always thirsty for Papa Smurf’s prune juice since he started filming with the ladies. She was dripping with desperation for Peter’s attention, even in front of Greg!
It wouldn’t surprise me if the both of them are trying to scheme their way into a “business” together and try to get a show out of it.
peter does have bar and restaurant experience. new reality show episode for bar rescue on a&e. i’d watch.
not a&e child. LMAO.
I don’t know about Peter’s experience. It was implied that he used Cynthia’s money to open various places. One in particular the ladies were complaining was too far out of the way. He made the same mistake Nene did by choosing a bad location in order to get more space and a lower rent.
It wasn’t THAT bad of a location. But his bizarre rules about having a table for only a short amount of time and other weird things was an issue.
Ah! Interesting! Both Peter and Nene don’t understand how to treat the customers appreciatively.
The brokerage site says it is still on the market. I’m gonna go with them. I did hear a RUMOR that she bought another house before this one even sold.
I just read the reviews and then googled the location of her lounge. Why didn’t these folks park at the Toy’s R Us or in front of any of the other retail stores to avoid paying for parking?
Because apparently, they run them down. It’s a nighttime thing and the other places are all closed.
What if you took an Uber or Lyft? This sounds like a class action lawsuit just waiting to happen.
I read in the reviews that they had to show the parking “receipt” before paying to get into the club.
Nene is a tax lien waiting to happen (she has a history of liens)…no chance in hell she is running her personal and business finances appropriately or legally.
LOL She is such a TOTAL JOKE!!! How can anyone take her seriously?? I’m embarrassed for her!!
I just can’t help but smile and remember the look of relish on Nay Nays face when being told of Eva’s alleged financial problems.Eva may be remembering as well.Well that bitch Karma ain’t sleeping .Times up Nene get back to your real job whatever that was and stay off my programming I’m tired of you.Tired.Annoyed we still have to comment on Nay Nay🤨😠
This says it all “She has the emotional maturity of a seven year old and the intelligence of a sixth grader, what good can you get with that combo? ”
That about sums it up. I see Nene as one of those people who wins millions in the lottery and is broke and in all sorts of other jeopardy with in a few years. Couldn’t happen to a nicer gal.”
Other than those comments I never liked Nene. She was anything but real.
I loved Kim, Kroy, and their family’s show when they were on the road. It was hysterical.
Of course I had to go read the reviews. They did not disappoint. LOL
The sad part is most of the reviewers were excited and went to support NeNe only to be price gauged and treated like dirt – by Nene and by her staff.
We knew broke day was coming. I’d feel sorry for her if she were a decent human being.
Hey Tamara, now that Sheree is returning to RHOA, any news on Chateau Sheree? Would love an update!
Nene has always had financial issues. It will only be a matter of time before she files for a BK
Four of my favorite Linnethia reviews
1. A bug crawled on a customer and the server had to kill it
2. Nene’s son was in the parking lot charging people for parking and selling Jordans out of his trunk.
3. Nene yelling at a customer to Gimme those pillows!! Gimme those pillows!. That were behind the customers back while she was eating.
4. Nene sending a body guard into the bathroom who yells inside GOOOOOOO! to make customers get out so Nene can use the bathroom alone..
LMFAO! the reviews were hilarious!
These are great. I haven’t read them in a while so these are new to me. I presume it is the son with 99 baby mamas that is selling Jordans out of his trunk. I hope the younger one is smarter than that.
Where did you read these? I forget where I read them. Yelp? Google? This comment makes me want to get caught up.
Yes on Yelp. Ive got it bookmarked now so I can continue because I had to stop and go to bed! This is way better than watching tv lol!
I saw Peter Thomas on a blog recently, who said Nene had purchased a new house, so she must surely have some money/credit.
I can also understand wanting to move out of the house that her husband passed away in.
Didn’t you say a year ago she had to show Bravo documents with her assets ext (you said she produced them, showing she was worth millions)
Of course she wants back on the show – that’s a lot exposure and a big check, for work involved, but it doesn’t mean she is broke either.
I like Nene, and feel she needs time away from the spotlight, not towards it, to properly heal and re-evaluate.
I don’t think Bravo are checking for her at the moment, unless S14 flops anyway lol
Please read the commenting rules. Discuss things you see elsewhere, where you see them. Peter Thomas’s information does not match what the real estate site is saying he said that her house sold, but there is no evidence of a sale and it appears to still be on the market.
Hey Tamara do you have a YouTube channel that I can subscribe to because a lot of YouTubers are coming here for RHOA tea and putting it on their channels. I would much rather get the tea directly from your channel.
I do not put anything on my Youtube channel. It is there just for me to watch other Youtubes. This is where to get the tea.