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REAL Housewives of Atlanta star Nene Leakes' friendship with Wendy Williams was slammed as "not real" and "strategic" in the first installment of the show's virtual season reunion.

Kenya Moore and Kandi Burruss specifically called out Nene over her relationship with the famous TV host.

 Andy Cohen questioned where Nene Leakes' friendship with Wendy Williams stood
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Andy Cohen questioned where Nene Leakes' friendship with Wendy Williams stoodCredit: Bravo
 Wendy recently called out Nene on her show
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Wendy recently called out Nene on her showCredit: Getty - Contributor

During last night's explosive reunion, asked where her friendship with stood after their most recent spat.

Nene had allegedly tried to "ambush" Wendy into making a second appearance on the reality , but Wendy wasn't having it and she .

However, Nene claimed they were "neutral" despite their public feud.

 Nene claimed they were in a neutral place
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Nene claimed they were in a neutral placeCredit: Bravo
 Kenya Moore said they weren't real friends
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Kenya Moore said they weren't real friendsCredit: Bravo

The 52-year-old told Andy: "I just assume we're in a neutral place. That's all I can tell you. We're okay."

That's when Nene's enemy jumped in and said: "I don't think that is a real friendship.

"I think that they both are not really being genuine and honest with each other."

Kenya then explained that a real friend doesn't air out their drama on live television, or talk about their pal "like a dog."

 Kandi Burruss called their friendship strategic
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Kandi Burruss called their friendship strategicCredit: Bravo
 Eva Marcille seemingly agreed with Kenya and Kandi
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Eva Marcille seemingly agreed with Kenya and KandiCredit: Bravo

and agreed with the mother of one, and claimed that Wendy wasn't a real friend to Nene.

Kandi further explained: "Personally, I think Nene's very strategic with her friendships.

"The Wendy situation to me, I feel like that's definitely strategic. If anyone else would have talked s**t like that, Nene would have went in.

"Wendy is very beneficial as her friend. She's on a major platform.

"[Nene] can feed [Wendy] information so that she can say it to the people and so that it favors Nene.

"So it's easy for me to see why she doesn't want that friendship to go totally under the bridge."

 Tanya Sam had tried to defend Nene to no avail
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Tanya Sam had tried to defend Nene to no availCredit: Bravo

The OG housewife remained quiet while Kenya and Kandi talked about her before she jumped in and said she didn't want to discuss her friendship with "these girls."

Kenya once more jumped in and told her: "You're a nobody, untalented person. You need Wendy."

 Nene and Wendy have had an on-again, off-again friendship
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Nene and Wendy have had an on-again, off-again friendshipCredit: Refer to Caption

Nene and Wendy have had an on-again, off-again friendship for the last couple of years, with their most recent feud making it all the way to TV when Wendy called out Nene on her show.

She told her audience: "'[Nene] said, ‘We’re filming, and I want you to be on the speaker.’ I said, ‘Nene, I did that for you one time, you asked me to.’"

Wendy continued: "I made it very clear, I am not a housewife. Sorry, my career is a bit different than being a housewife. I don’t need that kind of attention. And then I hung up on her.”

 Wendy had claimed she didn't want to be involved in the show
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Wendy had claimed she didn't want to be involved in the showCredit: Bravo Media

Wendy said: “‘Cause here’s protocol, when you call somebody and you want them to participate in something, you call them off speaker in the other room first…And I would’ve still said no.”

“…She never called after, or even texted, to apologize, and I still haven’t heard from her.”

Nene then when she posted on social media: "Public disrespect and private apologies don't mix."

 Nene and Wendy once had a close friendship
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Nene and Wendy once had a close friendshipCredit: Instagram

This is not the first time the .

Most recently, Nene shunned Wendy when the daytime host claimed on her show that Nene was quitting RHOA.

The OG housewife had reportedly texted her the news just minutes before, and Wendy revealed them to her audience.

Nene got mad, and claimed it wasn't true.

RHOA's Nene Leakes fires back after Wendy Williams accuses her of 'slumming it' on reality TV
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