TV personality Nene Leakes said on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, that she wants to get married merely for companionship, not love, but her fans think it’s a really bad idea.
The former “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star revealed her intention to remarry on the latest episode of her YouTube series titled “Life of Nene.”
The widow shared the possibility of getting married to a friend or someone she was casually dating just to have someone be there for her, even if they both dated other people.
Early in the 11-minute YouTube video, Leakes admitted that she’d had a doctor’s appointment and grew emotional when she was given a clipboard that asked for her emergency contact.
“It came out of nowhere because I literally was looking at the paper like, ‘emergency contact,’ like, ‘Who is my emergency contact?’ or who is it that I would want somebody to call in case something happens?” she said.
The 55-year-old’s eyes filled with tears, and her voice began to quaver as she continued:
“Any other case, I would have them reach out to my husband and, so I had to start thinking about like, who my emergency contact would be.”
Leakes was previously married to real estate investor Gregg Leakes for 24 years. They first wed back in 1997 but divorced in 2011. Love soon prevailed, for the beloved couple would later remarry in 2013 and remained in their strong union until Gregg’s untimely passing in September 2021.
In the video, Leakes told her fans that she ended up writing her son’s name down as the first person healthcare providers can contact in the event of an emergency. She did not, however, indicate which of his two sons – Bryson Rashard Bryant or Brentt Leakes – she settled on.
Her fans did not agree with the idea of marrying just for companionship.
One of them posted the following comment when The Jasmine Brand posted an edited clip of Leake’s video on IG:
“Nene don’t let loneliness drive you to settle. Bringing just anybody in your life, just for companionship will open you up to drama and foolishness that you never imagined. Get close with God. HEAL, work on yourself and let God bring you the right man, with the right motives… at the right time.”
Many others shared similar sentiments.
Last August, ShineMyCrown covered a story in which she disclosed that she and Wendy Williams were quite close but was “very confused” when the former talk show host would call her out on her now-canceled show, The Wendy Williams Show.
