Last May, NeNe Leakes — known for her time on the Real Housewives of Atlanta — made headlines for saying she’d donate $20,000 to Detroit Public Schools.
That hasn’t happened — and Leakes is tired of hearing about it. She appeared on a “Housewives” reunion show over the weekend. Host Andy Cohen lobbed her a question from a fan, who asked: Are you ever going to donate $20,000 to Detroit Public Schools?
Leakes wasn’t excited about the inquiry.
“Oh child, please quit asking me that. I’m so over it, I don’t care what these people ask you. I will do what I want to do when I want to do it okay? Let’s be very clear about that. They can tweet and ask you anything they want. I do what I want to do. I’m not going to be forced to do anything.”
“Who writes a check and posts it on social media and tries to say, ‘I’m donating to charity.’ People donate in private and confidence.”
The exchange can be found below.
This article appears in Apr 29 – May 5, 2015.
