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Nene Leakes, the former star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, recently expressed her distaste for seeing her image turned into memes, likening it to an unfavorable record deal.
Throughout her stint on the popular reality show, Nene Leakes became a meme sensation. Her expressions and reactions have become staples across social media platforms, often shared by individuals who may not even be familiar with her or the series. Although she recognizes the enjoyment these memes bring to others, Leakes herself isn’t particularly fond of them.
As one of the most frequently memed personalities from the Housewives franchise, Leakes has seen countless GIFs and images of her moments circulate online. She confessed that, for her, these memes aren’t enjoyable. They often bring back memories of fashion choices she would rather forget.
“They’re fun to the people that use them, but I don’t like seeing myself like that,” she told Vulture. “That wasn’t a hairstyle that I loved and now everybody gets to send this to each other and I get to look crazy.”
She also said she didn’t like that companies have used GIFs of her, or have them in their image libraries.
“It’s like being in a bad record deal,” she said. “It’s unfair for somebody else to be making money off of your face. And they don’t even give you 50 cents every time it’s used or something.”
With Leakes returning to Bravo with Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, though, there will likely be new reaction images popping up soon.