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NeNe Leakes of 'Real Housewives' fame began her two-week stint as an entertainment correspondent for WXIA-TV's early morning news today. She will be on at 6:46 a.m. every day.

She has her own page on the WXIA Web site at www.11alive.com/nene

Below is her first, nearly seven-minute report with R&B/hip-hop mogul Jermaine Dupri. At the 1:44 point, she quickly makes it about Nene.

"I saw this kid who was kind of shy one time. But there's something about his shyness that makes him a star," Dupri told NeNe.

"So when you first saw me, you knew I was a star."

"You're not shy!"

"I do have a shy side."

"I've never seen that."

He didn't want to talk about Janet Jackson or his private life so NeNe "respected that."

WXIA also posted some unedited video of her playing basketball with music producer Jermaine Dupri. At the 1:

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