Bravolebrity Kandi Burruss Announced She Is Not Returning to ‘RHOA’

First,
I
bet
you
didn’t
know
Kandi
Burruss
was
reportedly
earning
$2
million
bucks
a
season
as
a
cast
member
of

The
Real
Housewives
of
Atlanta,
which
by
all
standards
makes
her
the
highest-paid
“Bravolebrity.”
WOW.
So
it
is
a
big
surprise
that
after
14
drama-filled
seasons,
Burruss
is
exiting
the
franchise
as
she
just
announced
what
she
calls
“a
break.”

ICYMI,
Burruss
first
came
to
the
show
in
the
second
season.
She
was
already
a
celebrity
in
her
own
right
and
gave
credibility
to
the
franchise
as
the
first
big
name
from
outside
the
Bravo
reality
world
to
join
the
cast.
She
has
used
the
platform
more
than
most
housewives
as
a
bonafide
entrepreneur
with
her
adult
toy
line,
restaurants,
cosmetics,
clothing,
acting
on
series
like

The
Chi,
and
most
recently,
acting
AND
producing
Broadway
productions.
But
we
say
all
that
to
say
the
news
hits
the
Bravo
world
during
a
major
cast
shakeup
for

RHOA.

Burruss
made
the
surprise
announcement
on
the
red
carpet
for
the
2024
Grammy
Awards.
She
spoke
to


Variety
and
exclusively
confirmed
her
exit.
“I’m
not
really
keeping
up
right
now,”
Burruss
said,
“I’m
not
keeping
up.
I
already
said
it,
so
I’ll
tell
you.
I
decided
I’m
not
coming
back
this
year.
It’s
been
14
seasons,
and
they
allowed
us
to
sit
around
for
a
little
too
long,
but
during
that
time
I
had
started
working
on
a
lot
of
other
things,
and
I
got
some
nice
big
projects
coming
soon,
so
I’m
super
excited
about
those
things.”

Then
she
added,
“But
it’s
not
just
that.
It’s
just
like,
after
you
really
have
time
to
think,
and
a
friend
of
mine
was
like,
‘Why
do
you
keep
doing
it?’
And
I
was
like,
‘Well,
I
think
because
I’ve
just
been
doing
it
for
so
long,
it
feels
weird
to
think
not
to
do
it?’
So
I
was
just
like,
‘You
know
what?
I’m
going
to
take
a
break,
I’m
going
to
take
a
moment…
I’m
not
coming
back
this
year.’”

If
you
were
keeping
up,
Burruss
previously
mentioned
on
her
Instagram
Live
stream
that
“she
grew
frustrated
with
waiting
for
casting
decisions
to
be
made.
She
won’t
skip
a
beat
with
the
varying
projects
she
is
part
of,”
as
reported
by

Shadow
and
Act. 

Well,
good
luck,
Burruss;
we’re
sure
there’s
nothing
but
big
things
ahead,
and
maybe
a
return
to
RHOA
is
in
her
future.
Stay
tuned.