For NeNe Leakes, attention is like a boost of oxygen. At a signing for her book " Never Make the Same Mistake Twice" at the Buckhead Barnes & Noble, she entered the building to applause. She proceeded to go up and down the book aisles meeting and greeting (and often hugging) every single patron awaiting her signature.
“Show me some love!” she proclaimed.
She even denied pulling Kim’s wig. “Pulling your wig is personal!” she said.
When she reached the signing table, she proceeded to call Lisa Wu Hartwell and placed her on speaker. "You need to come out and support your girl!" she said.
At the table, she was kind to each and every fan, writing lengthy personal messages if requested. "Twitter me, Facebook me!" she said. "Let me know what you think!" Her husband Gregg also promoted a Royal Carribean four-day cruise he booked for her November 6-9 in which they've also set aside rooms for NeNe fans. While she was signing, he wrote out little yellow sticky pad notes with the Web address for the cruise. You can book here — with a weekly payment plan option.
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"You look like my husband," NeNe told a rapt fan Wilson Trivino. "She seems a lot nicer in person," Wilson said afterwards. "I get a warmer feel."
These women below from Philadelphia saw the 5 p.m. news about NeNe’s impending arrival, grabbed a cab from their hotel at the Perimeter and made it in time to catch their favorite “Real Housewife.”
From left Barbara Pitis, Glynis Bartlett, Donna Ash, Celeste Payne and Tammy Shannon. "With NeNe, what you see is what you get!" Celeste said admirably.
“Sheree? Fake. Fake. Fake,” said Donna. “She’s a liar! I can tell!”
Ericson Harris, 24, a credit manager from Atlanta, said he's part of her gay fan contingent. He plans to place NeNe's book on his coffee table alongside books by Paris Hilton and Chelsea Handler.
“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” return for episode three tonight at 10 p.m. on Bravo.
Before I left, I spoke with Gregg briefly. He said the cruise was his idea, not the book. He said he hasn’t read the entire book yet. I noted I was up to part about her time as a Gold Club stripper in the 1990s (and she wrote that she was dang good at it.). “I started reading there,” he said. And he said he didn’t mind that she wrote about it.
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