The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Nene Leakes she has a new man in her life.
Leakes, 58, was spotted kissing her new boyfriend at the Memphis Grizzlies basketball game against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, February 25, according to photos obtained by TMZ.
Leakes was seen holding on to his beau as they watched the game before he gave her a drink as they left the stadium.
The former Bravo star, who hasn’t said anything about her new love or the identity of her boyfriend, recently started dating after her husband’s death in 2021. Gregg Leakes.
“The dating pool has changed over the years,” NeNe said to herself Us Weekly July 2024. “My husband actually proposed to me. I don’t even think they use that word anymore. He actually picked me up with roses and chocolates and I thought it was corny at the time. But I’m still learning honey, it was the right way to go.”
NeNe met Gregg in 1996, one year before they got married. The pair, who share 27-year-old son Brentt, were together for almost 25 years before Gregg’s death. He died in September 2021 after a battle with stage III colon cancer.
“The Leakes family is in deep pain and a broken heart. After a long battle with cancer, Gregg Leakes passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by all his children, his loved ones and his wife Nene Leakes,” said a representative of the NeNe family in a statement at the time. “We ask that you pray for peace and strength over their families and allow them to mourn in private at this very difficult time.”
In the years since Gregg died, NeNe started putting herself out there again.
It’s been two years since NeNe Leakes’ husband, Gregg Leakes, passed away, and the Real Housewives of Atlanta alum is getting emotional as she thinks about her future without him. “Maybe I should get married so that I can have a partner for the rest of my life … who will help you when you are sick and take care of you. […]
“Everything is very fast,” he said Us in 2024. “You have dating apps and all this stuff. Back in the day, you go out and meet someone. Not like that anymore. I’ve only dated one guy and he’s a nice guy.”
Without naming her boyfriend at the time, NeNe teased that she loves her partner and thinks he’s “hot.”
“I don’t know what the future holds for us,” he said, also revealing the must-haves for dating. “I like a boy who likes to go, who likes to hug [and] likes to go on dates. I like to go on a date every week. Take me to a nice restaurant every week. My favorite thing is to dress up for a dinner date.”
NeNe, who called herself a “hopeless romantic” while talking to him We, for a short time Honor Sioh in 2022.
“I can’t say that he hasn’t helped me to smile,” she said More at that time. “You have to be willing to be happy and you have to make a lot of changes within yourself.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta has said goodbye to many cast members since its debut on Bravo in 2008 — but there’s always a chance they could return. For example, original RHOA star NeNe Leakes left the show in season 7 before rejoining the cast in 2018. “It’s been a long process but we’ve finally made it. […]
NeNe was introduced to Sioh by the former RHOA the costar Cynthia Bailey between his divorce from Malomine Tehmeh-Sioh. NeNe later denied any relationship overlap.
“I’ve already seen a man who stole a husband and this is too much,” she said in a June 2022 social media video, denying the allegations. “And no one steals men out here. I never will. No one wants to steal other people’s problems, dear.”
NeNe and Sioh broke up about one year later.
“We took a break,” NeNe said on the “Reality With the King” podcast in July 2023. “It’s not working yet. He’s single so if any ladies want to yell at him, go ahead.”
