Nene Leakes is opening up about being a caretaker to her husband Gregg as he fights stage 3 colon cancer. The Real Housewives of Atlanta star explained that she has questioned if his battle with the illness is “payback” for him cheating on her. Click through the gallery for all the info.
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Nene, 51, shared a
video on her
Life of NeNe YouTube channel. “I want to show some love to all the caretakers because what goes through your head is — I’m just saying this for real, please don’t put this against me. I’m just saying this for real,” she said as she began.
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“As a caretaker, you start — it depends on where your relationship is. You look at the person and think about, you know people love to say, ‘Karma is a b***h’ and karma this and karma that. Honest to God, I’m giving y’all the raw, raw, raw,” she continued. “You look at the person and be like, ‘What is that?’ Now, that ain’t right, right? But you’re human.”
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She continued, “You look at the person and say, ‘You did so many different things to me. Is this the payback?’ You hope not. I’m talking about a caretaker, caretaker. ‘Maybe you’re getting it back from that time you cheated on me.’ You don’t never know. You don’t ever know. But as a caretaker, these are the thoughts that go through your head because the medication got them on a roller coaster ride, and they lash out on you. It’s a lot, it’s a lot.”
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When fans told her to be considerate of his pain, she said, “What [you] don’t know is, he was grouchy and mean before ever being diagnosed! It’s just worst now.”
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The couple first wed in 1997. They divorced in 2011, but remarried in 2013. Nene previously spoke about Gregg’s infidelity on RHOA.
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On March 19, Nene took to Instagram to deny that she and Gregg had split again. She wrote in part, “You never asked to get sick and we were both thrown into these new positions over night but whew chile you have kicked cancers a**!”
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What do you think of Nene’s thoughts about being a caretaker? Sound off in the comments!
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Nene, 51, shared a
video on her
Life of NeNe YouTube channel. “I want to show some love to all the caretakers because what goes through your head is — I’m just saying this for real, please don’t put this against me. I’m just saying this for real,” she said as she began.
“As a caretaker, you start — it depends on where your relationship is. You look at the person and think about, you know people love to say, ‘Karma is a b***h’ and karma this and karma that. Honest to God, I’m giving y’all the raw, raw, raw,” she continued. “You look at the person and be like, ‘What is that?’ Now, that ain’t right, right? But you’re human.”
She continued, “You look at the person and say, ‘You did so many different things to me. Is this the payback?’ You hope not. I’m talking about a caretaker, caretaker. ‘Maybe you’re getting it back from that time you cheated on me.’ You don’t never know. You don’t ever know. But as a caretaker, these are the thoughts that go through your head because the medication got them on a roller coaster ride, and they lash out on you. It’s a lot, it’s a lot.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
When fans told her to be considerate of his pain, she said, “What [you] don’t know is, he was grouchy and mean before ever being diagnosed! It’s just worst now.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
The couple first wed in 1997. They divorced in 2011, but remarried in 2013. Nene previously spoke about Gregg’s infidelity on RHOA.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
On March 19, Nene took to Instagram to deny that she and Gregg had split again. She wrote in part, “You never asked to get sick and we were both thrown into these new positions over night but whew chile you have kicked cancers a**!”
What do you think of Nene’s thoughts about being a caretaker? Sound off in the comments!
