Kandi Burruss responds to Leah McSweeney’s claims about Bravo Producers
Kandi Burrus – the current longest-running Real Housewife – cannot identify with the previous one Real Housewives of New York City star By Leah McSweeney claims that producers pressured her to drink on the Bravo series.
“I saw part of it. I never managed to finish reading it. I just saw the first few paragraphs and thought, “Y’all, I’ve been on this show for fourteen seasons and they haven’t gotten me to drink yet. I’ve never been tipsy in my life. No one here is going to change that,” Burruss, 47, said exclusively We weekly at BravoCon on Saturday, November 4.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star added that Bravo stars need to have “some kind of responsibility for ourselves.”
“That’s just my opinion,” she clarified. “I mean, I don’t hate anyone.”
In a Vanity fair In an article published last month, McSweeney, 41, said she felt encouraged by producers to drink despite struggling with substance abuse in the past. Bravo denied the claims, saying that “production spent endless amounts of time hosting her.”
The position also included the former housewife Bethenny Frankelwhich has criticized the network for a lack of residuals and claimed Andy Cohen goes too far in his questions. Eboni K. Williams also accused Ramona Singer of saying the N-word during the production of season 14 of RHONY. (Cohen, for his part, called the article a “factually incorrect rehash” at BravoCon, while the network took action to remove Singer from its fan convention lineup when she reused the N-word when texting a message . Page six reporter on the story.)
The Vanity fair story and, more specifically, Frankel’s call for a “reality TV reckoning” were a hot topic at BravoCon. When Us caught up with her old friend Kyle Richardsthe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star had a similar take on Burress.
“Obviously I know there are certain things people think about reality television. It has its downside [and] it has its positive side,” Richards, 54, shared Us at BravoCon on Saturday. “Despite everything, my personal experience has been very good. Otherwise I wouldn’t be here for the next thirteen years [a good experience]. And everything I have done in these thirteen years has been something of my choosing and for which I have only myself to blame or be accountable for. So that’s my opinion.”
Lisa Vanderpump also showed her support for the Bravo network.
“Having a great television career, I am so grateful to NBC and Bravo. They’ve taken so much crap lately from so many people who you know worked for them. [and] I think it’s a shame,” Vanderpump (63) said. Us at BravoCon. “You also have to look at what they gave you.”
She continued: “I think when people want to have great authority on something, they check their facts. And I also don’t like the degeneracy of someone like NBC and Bravo, who have given so much to these people, so many opportunities.”
Vanderpump also went further Rachel “Raquel” Leviss’ appearance on Frankel’s podcast where the Vanderpump Rules alum claimed that her affair with Tom Sandoval was exploited by the series.
“Of course I’m sure people have rights, but Raquel – she said at one point she was negotiating to get more money back. So these people complaining now, like Lisa Rinna [saying]’Boycott BravoCon’ and Bethenny are saying this — I think a lot of them were pitching and asking for shows,” Vanderpump concluded.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi