NeNe publicly addresses Bryson's arrest for the first time...
From People Magazine
PEOPLE has an exclusive preview of the episode, in which King, 43, asks Leakes about Bryson's arrest earlier this month. The 33-year-old — whom Leakes shares with ex-Calvin Bryant — remains behind bars at Gwinnett County Jail on a $6,100 bond after being arrested on July 3 in Lawrenceville, Georgia. He's facing multiple charges, including violation of probation in two cases, possession of a scheduled II controlled substance, loitering/prowling and giving a false name, address or birthdate.
Asked how Bryson was doing, Leakes tells King, "I spoke to him on the phone, I think he's doing OK."
Leakes acknowledges that Bryson has an ongoing issue with drugs. He was arrested, according to an incident report from the Gwinnett County Police Department obtained by PEOPLE, after authorities found him in car with "a small plastic bag that contained a white powdery substance." When field-tested, the substance "provided a presumptive positive for Fentanyl," police allege.
"He needs rehabilitation," Leakes says. "He needs a lot of counseling. Like many families out there, I have family members that are struggling with drugs and certain addictions. He has an addiction. He's been struggling with it for years. He's been in rehab for a couple of times and he still has come back out and relapsed."
Leakes also explains that, even though it's been a frustrating path to where she is now, she's learned there's nothing she can do to help Bryson until he's ready to help himself.
"As a mom just to watch it, my hands are tied," she says. "[There's] not much that I can do. For people who have had children or family members that have been on drugs, they know that they have to be ready. They have to simply be ready."
"I’ve spent so much money on trying to get Bryson where he needs to be," she adds. "But every time I've sent him off is because I said, ‘You are getting your ass up and we are sending you off.’ But I learned through counseling myself that he has to say, ‘I’m ready to go,’ not me making him go. So until Bryson is ready to make a change, [there’s] nothing I [can] do."
Over the years, Leakes had turned desensitized to Bryson's issues, she admits. "He is [33] years old, he’s an adult. He has three children — three beautiful children — who I adore. He has a wife. As a mother, I would never wash my hands of my child, right? But, I'm kind of numb to it because it's been happening for so many years. I'm just really kind of numb to the situation."
14 comments:
That was actually real af
Nene dont even know how old her own son is....
He is 33 not 31..
Im not an exclusive fan of NeNe
But she looks really really good !
I mean other hollyweird people children
go through addiction issues
I think NeNe handled it well
And I think she addressed it with class
SMH I’m sure Brent is the pick which is the problem. She doesn’t even know how old her own son is. Nene too busy beating up her face and trying to find a job to care what Bryson is doing
Love NeNe's honesty but she cannot make her son get his life together. Sometimes tough love is the best. Allow him to learn the hard way.
Wow, I am riding with NeNe on this one. She is demonstrating her love as a mom and she tried multiple times to help her son, but he's not ready. I didn't know he was in his 30s! I didn't know he had 3 kids and a wife either. I was feeling sorry for his big grown tail when he's darn near my age. Lol Seriously, when you have children and choose drugs over them, I have zero sympathy. Now, not only is he ruining his life, but his kids lives as well. He lived in a mansion and NeMe would've sent him to Harvard if he wanted to go, he chose the gutter. He need help.
^^^needs^^^
Wow I respect her for this big time
He’s over 30. The ninja is lazy. I don’t see what she is supposed to do if he doesn’t want to help himself anyway. I can’t help but to agree with her. 3 kids and can’t be on the up and up. Really pathetic at this point!
Ion know what y’all see but I see a black woman looking like a wanna be Kartrashian (and they look like wanna be black women) wearing a bathrobe with her tatas hanging out.
And she does have an addiction. Being on tv is her addiction. No wonder her son wants to stay high. I would too if she was my mama.
Unless he has a mental problem he didn't turn to drugs because his household was peaceful and full of joy and happiness. He's a weak person but was probably trying to escape or numb the pain from some of the things he was witnessing or experiencing. I have a feeling she played a major role in that.
This n66a's wife don't have $610(10%) to bail him out🤨. Dumb azz could've called Brenton but Neverm....
She was correct about helping him and he has to want to stop. But her addiction is big ego and trying to live like a Hollywood star with no job, failing businesses, coins are lit and nasty to ppl.
Honey all of your son's problems started at home. Look at that man's unfortunate face. That is NeNe's old face that she got rid of. Being raised in a household by a stripper desperately looking for fame and a sugar daddy couldn't have been easy.
Only he can get a handle on his addiction. He needs to get his life in order. NeNe will sacrifice him if she needs to in order to get back into Hollywood's good graces. No one would miss a drug addicted failure or care.
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