Eva Marcille is leaving ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ she confirmed on June 16. She’s hoping to do bigger and better things for her ‘culture and community,’ and here’s why. Read her full statement.
Eva Marcille won’t return to Bravo’s Real Housewives of Atlanta for season 13. The model announced her exit — after three seasons on the show — Tuesday morning on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show.
“I appreciate the bond of friendship that I’ve made with my castmates and strong personal relationships I have with numerous executives and producers of Bravo,” she said in a statement. “I am thankful for the opportunity I was provided, however, after speaking with my family and representatives, I believe that what I hope to accomplish for the culture and community will be better served by focusing on other opportunities.”
As for what’s next in her career? “I look forward to serving the community on Ricky Smiley Morning show and finding other ways to be a voice during this transformational time during our country for people of color,” she continued.
Eva joined RHOA as a friend of NeNe Leakes in 2017, during Season 10, and was promoted to a full-time housewife in season 11.
“The time that I spent on Housewives I enjoyed myself. I cried, I laughed, I obviously fought,” she said. “Most importantly, I made some great friendships with some beautiful women.”
Along with her activism and businesses, Eva plans to focus on her family and three children: daughter Marley Rae, 6, (with ex Kevin McCall) and sons Michael Todd, 1, and Maverick, 8 months, with husband Michael Sterling.
“I believe my time is up,” she admitted about being on RHOA. “I have a 6-year-old daughter and two young boys still in diapers. They are 24 hours a day and there is a lot of work to be done. I decided to spend my time and energy focusing on my kids and my community,” she explained. “And not so much reality show business.”
HollywoodLife has reached out to a representative for Eva, as well as Bravo.
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