No-Show NeNe! The Secret Reason Leakes Didn’t Film ‘RHOA’ Premiere

Did she drop her peach?

NeNe Leakes, the OG of the ATL did not appear on the Season 12 premiere of The Real Housewives of Atlanta and RadarOnline.com has the exclusive details behind the secret reason for her absence.

“NeNe was refusing to film with Kenya Moore and Porsha Williams and she will not appear on the first two episodes of the show,” an insider snitched to RadarOnline.com.

While she was in the opening credits holding a peach, NeNe was conspicuously absent from the show as viewers caught up with Kenya, Porsha, Kandi Burruss, Eva Marcille and Cynthia Bailey.

“NeNe was furious that Kenya was coming back,” the source spilled to RadarOnline.com.

“And she was adamant that she didn’t want to spend time on camera with her at the beginning of filming.”

When Kenya was banned from multiple episodes in Season 10 before she was fired, the production company docked her pay when she didn’t appear on the show, but that was not the case with NeNe.

“NeNe is getting paid for the first two episodes of RHOA even though she isn’t on the show,” the source insisted to RadarOnline.com. “Bravo didn’t want to punish her because they knew how mad she was about Kenya coming back.”

As RadarOnline.com exclusively reported, NeNe is the highest paid Housewife on the entire network, pulling in a whopping $2.85 million in a three-season contract that she inked before Season 12.

Scroll through the gallery for the exclusive details about NeNe not appearing on the season premiere of RHOA.

“NeNe will be back in the third episode and she is bringing all the drama,” the insider told RadarOnline.com.

“Kenya and NeNe’s explosive fights ended the season,” the source told RadarOnline.com about the two women and their epic brawls. “NeNe thinks Kenya is lying about her relationship with Marc Daly,” a source told RadarOnline.com about their bad blood.

NeNe’s raise was a stunning $100,000 over her previous season paycheck a source previously told RadarOnline.com.

“NeNe will be back as good as new,” the source told RadarOnline.com about her two-episode absence.

“NeNe and Kenya are not talking and they’re probably going to have a huge fight at the reunion,” RadarOnline.com previously reported.

NeNe and Porsha made up during filming when NeNe insisted their “Come to Jesus” moment would be caught on camera, an insider explained to RadarOnline.com.