“I thought, ‘With somebody like NeNe Leakes, how do you go wrong there?’ And then I figured out how you go wrong,” the actor told Page Six.
They almost had it in the bag.
“The reason they approached me is because they’d seen me go on ‘Wendy,’ and I had a great time,” he tells us. “The goal was to have [our show] go on right after ‘The Wendy Willams Show.’ And I said, ‘Oh, that sounds great! Let’s get together.’ And then we did.” Williams and her producers were allegedly on board with the concept featuring Arnold and Leakes, he told Page Six.Arnold alleged to Page Six that “purse-gate” took place in 2014 after the then-“Real Housewives of Atlanta” star, 54,covered in hand-painted “NeNe-isms” made famous on the Bravo show, including “So nasty and so rude,” “Bloop” and “Close your legs to married men.”
“I know you hate because I turned down the chance to come on your Talk Show and I am sure you’re scared I will take your place BE SCARED!” she continued. “I have a clothing line on HSN coming out in a few days and I know it must be hard for a black woman to support another black woman but you should try it sometime.”
“She called me and said, ‘I got some bad news. We can’t do the show.’ And I said, ‘Why?’ And she said, ‘Because NeNe made fun of Wendy Williams’ purse.’ And I go, ‘Who would care about somebody making fun of their purse?’ And the producer said, ‘Black women care.’ She explained to me it was a very personal thing,” he recalled.
“[NeNe] is fun and she’s smart and she has a lot to say. I don’t know how you could do better with a co-host.”
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