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Real Housewives of AtlantaalumNeNe Leakesand boyfriendNyonisela Siohwere quite the pair in matching blue outfits on Sunday’s2022 BET Awardsred carpet.
Leakes, who can currently be seen in the BET+ reality showCollege Hill: Celebrity Edition, opened up about how her relationship with Sioh has helped her after she lost husbandGreggtocolon cancerlast September.
“I can’t say [Nyonisela] hasn’t helped me put a smile on my face,” Leakes, 54, toldExtra.
She added that to find joy, “You have to be willing tobehappy, and you have to make a lot of changes within yourself.”
“I went to an HBCU, I love Houston, so I said, ‘Let’s go back and really see what’s happening,'” Leakes explained of her reason for participating in the series.
That said, she did admit, “I wasn’t super excited about moving into a house with a bunch of celebrities because I never lived with celebrities before, and I know celebrities are divas.”
As for whether cohabitating with celebrities or returning to college was more challenging, Leakes said, “Definitely going back to school. We are sitting in class with young college students, so they know everything. We don’t know anything.”
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In one video, she called this year’s ceremony “one of the best BET Awards they have had in a very long time.”
However, Leakes also did acknowledge that she wasn’t a huge fan of how her and Sioh’s ensembles looked in photos from the carpet.
“You know, we wore blue. I don’t like how our pictures photographedat all. Sometimes it be like that, child. I don’t care. We will shoot again today,” she said with a giggle.
Nyonisela Sioha and NeNe Leakes.Paras Griffin/Getty Images
The couple announced their budding romance in December of 2021, when a source close to the Bravo star told PEOPLE she is “very happy right now.”
Leakes previously confirmed toThe Shade Roomthat her husband Gregg gave her this blessing before he passed: “His words to me were ‘be happy, keep smiling and he who finds you, has found a good one.'”
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The first two episodes ofCollege Hill: Celebrity Editionare streaming now on BET+, with new episodes dropping on Thursdays starting this week.
source: people.com
