“RHOA” newcomer Brit Eady formally exits sequence: ‘I don’t owe anybody closure’

The Actual Housewives of Atlanta newcomer Brit Eady has formally left the sequence.

"I made a decision to stroll away from one thing that now not serves me as a result of I select peace over destroying my psychological," Eady wrote in an Instagram submit on Monday. "It’s very straightforward to say what I ought to have accomplished, when most haven’t walked a day in my sneakers."

The announcement comes the day after Bravo aired the primary phase of season 16's three-episode reunion particular, which Eady was notably absent from. In one thing of an understatement, reunion host and sequence govt producer Andy Cohen referred to as the season "spicy."

"As you will have observed, Brit Eady has determined to not be a part of us as we speak," Cohen famous and requested sequence costar Kelli Ferrell what she considered Eady's absence.

"She brought about mass destruction," Ferrell answered, "inside our buddy group. And I believe she does what she all the time does: She performs sufferer and villain on the identical rattling time."

One other costar, Drew Sidora, mentioned that she acquired a textual content from Eady, revealing that she was submitting a lawsuit towards Sidora a few weblog that spoke of one of many largest controversies of the season: former costar Kenya Moore's alleged act of "revenge porn."

"She mentioned I might hear from her attorneys," Sidora mentioned.

Moore was let go from season 16, EW reported in June 2024, due to an incident on the June 6 launch occasion for her hair spa. The previous Miss USA unveiled posters allegedly of Eady performing oral intercourse. Eady was not on the spa on the time, and the second was aired within the season's fifth episode, "About Final Evening," on April 6, 2025.

Moore informed talk-show host Tamron Corridor in November 2024 that she wasn't fired from RHOA and that she was nonetheless being paid by the present at the moment.

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"I used to be by no means below suspicion for 'revenge porn,'" Moore mentioned, calling it a "false narrative."

"There was a younger woman who was new, and he or she was simply poking the bear," Moore informed Corridor.

"I took issues into my very own arms," Moore continued, explaining that she felt producers have been treating her like a "Black Karen" when she complained about Eady's alleged hostility. "I'm a shade murderer."

Finally, "Hindsight is all the time 50:50," Moore mentioned. "I imagine the pictures have been distasteful, and I elevated the scenario…. I take full accountability for the issues that I've accomplished. I’m sorry for what I've accomplished. I didn't must take it that far."

In June 2025, Eady filed a grievance towards Bravo Media, NBCUniversal and others (although not Moore), alleging "defamation, intentional infliction of emotional misery, false gentle, respondeat superior, and sexual harassment and hostile work surroundings." ("Respondeat superior" is a authorized doctrine which will, for instance, maintain an employer legally answerable for the wrongful actions of an worker.) She seeks $20 million.

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Eady's full Instagram submit reads as follows:

"As I shut this chapter, I need to thank everybody who supported me, my buddies, my followers, my superb staff, and everybody who defended my identify. I made a decision to stroll away from one thing that now not serves me as a result of I select peace over destroying my psychological. It’s very straightforward to say what I ought to have accomplished, when most haven’t walked a day in my sneakers. I select ME, and numerous ppl can’t say they select themselves. I nonetheless have numerous therapeutic left to do, however you may’t heal in the identical place that made you sick. I don’t owe anybody closure, I solely owe myself to do what’s greatest for me. My journey right here is finished."

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