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PredictIQ-NeNe Leakes Shares Surprising Update on Boyfriend Nyonisela Sioh—and if She Wants to Get Married Again
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Date:2025-04-06 11:03:50
NeNe Leakes' relationship with boyfriend Nyonisela Sioh could PredictIQbe, well, peachier.
"We're okay," the Outrageous Love With NeNe Leakes host exclusively told E! News of her relationship. "Could always be better. He keeps checking a few of my boxes, but we have some work to do."
Plus, The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum isn't rushing into anything permanent after her husband of over two decades, Gregg Leakes, passed away from cancer in 2021.
"Things have definitely changed since I met Gregg 25 years ago," NeNe admitted. "Now, dating out here, I feel like the pool of men are not that great and it's just hard to find someone that is emotionally available. I always say you want someone to come into your life that helps to elevate you or teach you something or just make you great."
After dating Nyonisela on and off for the last two years, getting engaged to the menswear designer hasn’t even crossed the reality star’s mind.
"I don't have to have marriage because I've had it before," NeNe explained, "but I certainly would like a really good, healthy relationship that has a lot of love and respect."
But that doesn't mean the 56-year-old wouldn't say "I do" again.
"I hope I get married again," NeNe added. "I'm just saying I don't have to. If I met a guy and he said I don't want to get married, that is not a big deal to me. I understand life partners and that's fine too."
As for what the reality star considers most important when it comes to maintaining long-lasting marriage?
"I believe in order to have a successful relationship, one, you have to have communication," she told E!, "and, two, I believe you guys have to respect one another."
In fact, NeNe is putting her relationship expertise to good use on her new Lifetime series Outrageous Love, where she weighs in on the trials, triumphs and tribulations of real-life couples.
"I'm a hopeless romantic and I was married for almost 25 years, so I feel like I have a really good idea about what relationships are and how they work," she explained. "It's a great show, it's super funny. I love watching the clips of couples and we get a lot of crazy couples out here. Outrageous Love is super fun."
Outrageous Love With NeNe Leakes airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on Lifetime. And keep reading for E!'s definitive ranking of every Real Housewife ever.
Bravo's ill-fated attempt at highlighting our nation's capital brought together four women so forgettable you'd be forgiven for erasing them from your memory—though their names are Mary Amons, Lynda Erkiletian, Cat Ommanney and Stacie Scott Turner—and one so desperate for fame that she gate-crashed a party at the White House. More on her later.
Who?
Vaguely familiar, but...
Once upon a time, DeShawn starred on the same TV show as NeNe Leakes. Surprising, we know.
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Her marriage problems were on full display the two seasons she was a full-time Housewife...that and her champagne room are the two memorable things about Charrisse.
A one-and-done Housewife, Shamari was at least fun?
While it was nice to see some diversity in the lily-white O.C., Peggy ultimately proved to be a frustrating presence in season 12. The fights she chose to pick were bizarre, and often involving someone using a word she simply didn't understand, and her decision to simply hide out in her room for an entire day during the trip to Iceland proved that she wasn't really cut out for this Real Housewives life.
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Noella spun through season 16 like a tornado of frantic energy. While her personal struggles were somewhat compelling (her husband James up and left the country and asked for a divorce right before filming started), it was her constant drama with queen bee Heather Dubrow that helped her not land completely at the bottom of the list. Maybe with more time and another season, we'll warm up to Mrs. Bergener.
From peacekeeper in her first season to unrelenting complaints about a thrown cake and unfounded claims of anti-Semitism in her second (and last) season, we're not sure we've ever seen a quicker Real Housewives fall from grace than this one.
The America's Next Top Model veteran picked up a peach for seasons 11 and 12, but never really made an impression in the world of RHOA, aside from being pregnant for what felt like her entire tenure. Points for that epic read of Marlo Hampton while in Tokyo, though.
All we remember about Karent is that she was a dentist and none of her co-stars seemed to like her at all. Next!
This was a real person with a show on Bravo. We promise.
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So unnecessary they couldn't even get individual taglines.
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Larsa didn't make a big impression on season one before leaving the series. When Peacock revived RHOM for season four in 2021, her whole storyline was about being the ex-BFF of Kim Kardashian. (and selling sexy feet pics on OnlyFans...)
Ana followed up her one season as a Bravolebrity by competing on season 12 of Next Food Network Star in 2016. She didn't make it there, either.
Unfortunately, she was nothing more than a punching bag for Brandi Glanville. Plus, her tagline celebrating the icky notion that you can never be too skinny was gross.
Cindy was supposed to be the new Bethenny Frankel. Cindy was no Bethenny Frankel.
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