NeNe Leakes Gets Emotional While Talking About Remarrying After Losing Husband
The memory of NeNe Leakes' late husband, Gregg Leakes, remains complex as she thinks about her future.
During a recent confessional on her #Lifeof NeNe series on YouTube, The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum got emotional while assessing who she could call in an emergency.
Tears began to flow from her eyes as she recalled a doctor's appointment that required her to complete a set of documents. "I was filling out the information, and they asked for my emergency contact, and I got really emotional," she said.
“It came over me out of nowhere because I was literally looking at the paper like, ‘Who is it that I would want somebody to call in case something happens,’” she explained while sobbing.
Previously, that person had been Gregg until he lost his battle with colon cancer in 2021. They exchanged vows in 1997 but divorced in 2011. Two years later, they remarried.
Now, her emergency contact is her son and a close friend she considers family.
Additionally, NeNe confessed that she has considered remarrying with a no-strings-attached agreement in place solely to be supportive during "hard times or medical times."
“Maybe I should marry just so that I have a partner for life…who will help you when you’re sick and take care of you,” she said.
She continued, “I was thinking about having a partner for life, even though I know the person wasn’t right for me.”
For her, she believes this concept will resonate with “more mature women” as they get older.
“I feel like there’s many women who would feel like ‘I know this guy is not the right guy, but we are cool enough, or friendly enough, or we like each other enough where maybe we should get married.”
Still, she acknowledged, “I know this is not who I am as a person”, adding “I really would want to be with somebody who really loves me.”
“I don’t want to be talking to a guy or making an arrangement with a guy when you’re just my life partner for emergency stuff, but there’s nothing else. I don’t want that for myself. I honestly really, really don’t.”