By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
NeNe Leakes and Cynthia Bailey have a very close friendship, but the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” stars are having tension in their relationship due to NeNe telling Cynthia that she feels her 13-year-old daughter Noelle is too young to have a boyfriend.
From what the episode showed last night, NeNe’s opinion caused Cynthia to break down in tears, but NeNe was furious that Phaedra Parks brought up NeNe’s son Bryson and his past runs ins with the law as proof that she should perhaps keep her parenting advice to herself.
NeNe decided to clap back in a blog. She writes:
As Phaedra said, “I have had problems with my son”…now, now Phaedra, you are entitled to your opinion but the facts remain, you don’t know anything about my children. Have you ever met Bryson? If so, it couldn’t have been but once. Remember you have two young boys to raise! Let’s pray they don’t do six years in prison! You know the apple don’t fall far from the tree!
How did this get to my son anyway? Let’s rewind the tape to first season. If you remember, we were taking our son to college. He was 18 years old from the moment I stepped onto this show. Today he is 24 years old. So from the moment you’ve seen him, he was technically an adult. When he had his daughter, he was 22 years old, a young adult but nonetheless an adult, NOT a child. Yes my son experienced some growing pains, which most do. He’s doing just fine today and thank you for asking! I am not sure how my son became a part of this because we were all talking about teenagers and we all know what was said at the table. Parenting doesn’t come with a handbook. We all do the best we can and we do what works in our personal households.
NeNe also hints that she thinks Cynthia’s tears were actually brought on by another situation:
Cynthia also said she would rather be picking up Arthur than picking up a grand baby! Were you trying to throw shade Cynthia? Well it didn’t work because I would rather my 13 year old pick up a book than the telephone to plan their next date! Ladies, next time know the difference between an opinion and judging! I wasn’t judging because I am not a perfect parent but I do my very best when it comes to my boys. I was just thinking about that outburst of a cry. It sure did come out of no where! Maybe Cynthia was dealing with something else! Umhmmmmm!…. When I judge you, you will know it! Now catch that shade! Good Bye!
I’m sorry, but Phaedra is right. NeNe can’t tell people how to raise kids when her own kids have so many issues. She needs to mind her business.
I agree with Phaedra. NeNe isn’t exactly mom of the year herself.
Cynthia is overreacting. I can’t believe she sat there and cried over this!
Phaedra was 100% correct. NeNe has no place to be telling anybody how to raise their child. Her son was just stealing razors a couple of years ago lol and wouldn’t even get a job as shown on RHOA. NeNe just mad because she got called out for her flaws as a parent and this is nothing more than a retaliation because Phaedra was telling the truth. Have a seat NeNe.
NeNe was out of line and looks like a hypocrite considering how many issues Bryson has himself.
LOL NeNe have a seat ma’am. Phaedra pulled your card as she should have. It’s not like many others aren’t thinking the same thing. Bryson is a hot mess. Handle that and let Cynthia worry about Noelle.
NeNe is so annoying. Ugh…
I did have to laugh at that shade she threw at Phaedra’s alleged criminal past. LOL.
I’m Team Phaedra on this one y’all. And did y’all see how Kenya shaded the hell out of Nene last night? LMBO! Hilarious!
Yeah Kenya had me cracking up with her looney self. lol
NeNe please shut the hell up. You can’t talk about anyone else’s parenting skills. Your son got caught stealing out of Walmart!!!!
I can’t with NeNe and her excuse for how messed up Bryson turned out to be. She really needs to stop trying to give out parenting advice. She’s not all that herself as a mother. As much trouble as Bryson gets into…child please.
NeNe definitely crossed the line here. Whether you are friends with someone or not, talkin about or throwing shade about people’s children is just not right. As Cynthia and Kandi stated, Nene has boys and they have girls and when you have girls, your concerns are somewhat different when they start maturing. If your daughter becomes pregnant as a teen, that baby becomes your baby in most cases. If your son impregnates someone’s daughter, that baby becomes her and her family’s baby in most cases. I seriously doubt if Nene’s son was really ready to have baby no 1 even at 22 and doubt he was even prepared for baby no 2 since it appears on the show she’s still taking care of a grown man since she was buying furniture for his place. I see what Cynthia is trying to do with Noelle and that is instilling and building a trust relationship with her to do the right thing. Once kids reach a certain age, parents do have to let go a little and let them have some freedom within reason and I think that is why Cynthia became emotional because she realizes she has to start doing that no for her daughter now that she’s becoming a young woman. Not to mention, that’s her only child. If you keep your kids all couped up and not let them do anything, a little taste of freedom is when they become buck wild. Nene needs to stay in her own household and raise her own kids her way and let others do the same whether she agrees or not.
YESSSS!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
I DISAGREE WITH PHAEDRA 100% – JUST BECAUSE A CHILD GOES OUT AND GET IN LEGAL TROUBLE OR MAKE A BABY – IT DOES NOT MEAN THEIR PARENTS DID SOMETHING WRONG. AS A PARENT YOU CAN DO YOUR BEST TO INSTILL GOOD MORALS AND VALUES INTO YOUR CHILD – BUT SOMETIMES OUR KIDS GO OUT AND DO THINGS THEY WERE “TAUGHT” NOT TO DO. YOU THINK JESSE JACKSON RAISED JESSE JR TO EMBEZZLE MONEY OR CHRIS BROWN MOTHER RAISED HIM TO PUT HIS HANDS ON A FEMALE???? BRYSON BEING 18 OR 19 YEARS OLD GETTING IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW – DOESNT MEAN NENE PARENTING SKILLS WERE FLAWED. I LOVE HOW CYNTHIA HANDLED THING WITH NOEL HOWEVER – JUST LIKE NENE – I THINK 13 IS TOO YOUNG TO HAVE OR BE WORRIED ABOUT A BOYFRIEND – HELL I THOUGHT SHE WAS TOO YOUNG FOR THE STRAPLESS DRESS SHE HAD ON – BUT THATS CYNTHIA’S CHILD – SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO RAISE HER HOW SHE WANT TO. HOWEVER NENE JUST SHARED HER OPINION – THATS WHAT GIRLFRIENDS DO. I WOULD RATHER MY GIRL KEEP IT REAL AND TELL ME HER TRUE FEELINGS THAN TO FRONT AND JUST TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO HEAR…
NeNe is such a hypoctrite. How to you criticize somebody on how they raise their children when 1. You don’t have a daughter 2. Your son was caught stealing out of Wal-Mart 3. You don’t know what your own damn son is doing because your always gone. I feel like some of the girls are afraid to stand up to her. When Cythia said stop talkin about the situation NeNe should have left it alone. Plus if your close friend is crying you should console them. And how could she say Porsha is not a good friend cause she don’t call nobody. The damn girl is going thru a divorce she ain’t got time to think about you. Bye NeNe