{"id":4717,"date":"2012-09-13T00:25:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T00:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/?p=4717"},"modified":"2012-09-13T00:26:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T00:26:03","slug":"trendy-notes-nene-leakes-doesnt-need-a-reality-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/13\/trendy-notes-nene-leakes-doesnt-need-a-reality-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Trendy Notes: Nene Leakes Doesn\u2019t Need a Reality Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRAVO<\/strong> has a major star on its hands and it\u2019s not <strong>Andy Cohen<\/strong>, it happens to be their own homegrown wallflower and Atlanta\u2019s finest <strong>Nene Leakes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/2012\/09\/13\/trendy-notes-nene-leakes-doesnt-need-a-reality-check\/neneleakesnbcuniversal2012summertcahfqg8-ywaxgl-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4720\" title=\"NeNe+Leakes+NBC+Universal+2012+Summer+TCA+HfQG8-ywaXGl\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NeNe+Leakes+NBC+Universal+2012+Summer+TCA+HfQG8-ywaXGl1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NeNe+Leakes+NBC+Universal+2012+Summer+TCA+HfQG8-ywaXGl1.jpg 387w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NeNe+Leakes+NBC+Universal+2012+Summer+TCA+HfQG8-ywaXGl1-300x460.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The RHOA\u2019s cast member is shedding her \u201cReality TV\u201d persona and embarking on a more respectable and studious path that has led to her to the playgrounds of <strong>Glee<\/strong> and now to a new home with the cast of <strong>NBC\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>The New Normal<\/strong> which made its debut this past Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>I guess it can\u2019t be that shocking to anyone who religiously caught every episode of <strong>The Real Housewives of Atlanta<\/strong> that Nene would emerge as the glowing gem among the rubble. Through all her engaging antics and emotional collisions with her surrounding posse including her now estranged hubby, Leakes always seemed confident in the knowledge that simply being herself was all she needed to stand out and garner the right kind of attention. It looks like self-preservation and perseverance do pay off because the reality star is taking flight in an unexpected and glorious way. \u00a0She is practically the muse of <strong>Nip\/Tuck<\/strong> creator <strong>Ryan Murphy,<\/strong> one of the most prolific visionaries in the world of television who is responsible for hits like the previously mentioned\u00a0<strong>Glee<\/strong>, Leakes\u2019 former stomping ground, and the current obsession, <strong>American Horror Story.<\/strong> His newest offspring, <strong>The New Normal<\/strong> is getting a lot of buzz and is shaping up to be another home run for Murphy, who never seems to run out of \u00a0innovative ways to tackle controversial subjects. Leakes&#8217; is holding her own with some major talent with a cast that includes <strong>Ellen Barkin<\/strong> and J<strong>ustin Bartha<\/strong>. This might be her most ambitious project yet, but maybe not, considering her tendency to upstage without discrimination. She plays a drag queen named Rocky and considering the context, its going to be quite a treat watching the character unfold.<\/p>\n<p>Reality TV has undoubtedly re-shaped and re-defined our viewing habits and for the most part it has been somewhat damaging especially when you consider the cavalier methods being used to glorify the very traits that we were taught to abhor. But as with everything in life, there is a positive and a negative and I think we can all agree that <strong>Nene Leakes<\/strong> is one of the positives in this equation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/2012\/09\/13\/trendy-notes-nene-leakes-doesnt-need-a-reality-check\/the-new-normal-cast\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4719\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4719\" title=\"the-new-normal-cast\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/the-new-normal-cast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/the-new-normal-cast.jpg 550w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/the-new-normal-cast-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; BRAVO has a major star on its hands and it\u2019s not Andy Cohen, it happens to be their own [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4,38,6],"tags":[1148,20,922,52,1147,1145,1146,1150,1149],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trendy Notes: Nene Leakes Doesn\u2019t Need a Reality Check  - MyTrendyBuzz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/13\/trendy-notes-nene-leakes-doesnt-need-a-reality-check\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trendy Notes: Nene Leakes Doesn\u2019t Need a Reality Check  - MyTrendyBuzz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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