Cynthia Baileyhas no ill will towardsNeNe Leakesor her late husbandGregg.
Earlier this week, Nene, 53, appeared on the Atlanta-based radio station V-103, where she discussed her late husband’s death and how her formerReal Housewives of Atlantacostar did not attend his memorial services.
Speaking withThe New York Post’sPageSix, Bailey, 54, explained her reasoning for not attending Gregg’s services, telling the outlet that she and her husband Mike Hill were not present as they were out of town at the time.
Bailey added to the outlet that she felt “so bad” about not being able to make an appearance, but it allowed her to have a more personal and intimate connection with NeNe a week later.
Cynthia Bailey.Bravo Media
“I’m really glad, honestly looking back, that I didn’t make it to the actual celebration [of life] because I think if I had, I never would have had the moment that I got to have with her just hanging out with her at her lounge and pretty much closing the place down,” Bailey told Page Six. “We really got to spend some one-on-one time together. And I know that wouldn’t have happened had I been there with everyone else.”
“I decided that once I got back to Atlanta, I really wanted to, you know, just try to see her,” she continued to detail. “I wanted to give my condolences and just give in my respect out of respect for Gregg in person.”
Cynthia Bailey; NeNe Leakes; Gregg Leakes.Robin L Marshall/Getty Images; Todd Williamson/Getty Images
Understanding that she and NeNe have a relationship that is not always on the best of terms, Bailey toldPage Six that Gregg’s death “was bigger than all of that,” and she asked Marlo Hampton — a mutual friend of the pair, and a now-member of theReal Housewivesfranchise — to be there when she reached out to NeNe.
“I was like, ‘Okay, let’s go,'” Bailey said she told Hampton, 45. “‘I need you to go with me, and hopefully she doesn’t slam the door in my face.'”
Though she described their time together as “a little awkward at first,” Bailey said that she and NeNe embraced in a hug and were fine after some time speaking with one another.
On Sept. 1, Gregg died from colon cancer at the age of 66 years old.
Shortly after news of Gregg’s death was made public, Bailey paid tribute to him in a social media post on Twitter.
source: people.com
