NeNe Leakes Addresses Son Bryson’s Arrest and Habit

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NeNe Leakes is aware of her son Bryson Bryant is struggling — however he needs to be the one to make a change.

In a preview clip of her upcoming “Actuality With the King” podcast episode that dropped on Monday, July 24, the previous Actual Housewives of Atlanta star, 55, broke her silence on Bryson’s most up-to-date arrest. In accordance with paperwork obtained by Us Weekly, earlier this month, Bryson, 31, was booked on a number of costs in Lawrenceville, Georgia, together with violating probation, possession of a schedule II managed substance, loitering/prowling and giving a false identify to a legislation enforcement officer after he allegedly advised police he was his youthful half-brother, Brentt Leakes.

Bryson “wants rehabilitation” and “plenty of counseling,” NeNe advised podcast host Carlos King within the footage from the podcast episode, which might be launched on Tuesday, July 25.

“He has an dependancy. He’s been battling it for years,” she defined, including that Bryson has been to rehab and relapsed a number of occasions. “As a mother, simply to observe it’s — my arms are tied. You already know, he’s 31 years previous, he’s an grownup. He has three youngsters, three lovely youngsters who I am keen on. He has a spouse. [There’s] not a lot that I can do.”

NeNe additional identified that it needs to be the individual affected by the dependancy who must be able to make a change — no member of the family or liked one can do it for them.

“I’ve spent a lot cash to get Bryson the place he should be, however each time I despatched him off, I mentioned, ‘You’re giving your ass up and we’re sending you off.’ However I discovered via counseling myself that he has to say, ‘I’m able to go,’ not me making him go,” NeNe shared. “So till Bryson is able to make a change, there’s nothing I can do.”


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The truth star — who shares Bryson with ex Calvin Bryant and Brentt, 23, with late husband Gregg Leakes — mentioned that she was “kinda numb” to Bryson’s points “as a result of it’s been occurring for thus a few years.”

Throughout a 2012 episode of RHOA, NeNe famously refused to bail Bryson out of jail after he was caught stealing razors from an area Wal-Mart.

Bryson was already on probation on the time, and NeNe was livid. “He’s had a very easy life, so now I’m gonna present him what a tough life is. He’s gonna keep in jail, I’m not getting him out, and he can determine it out from behind bars,” she mentioned on the time.

In Monday’s preview clip, King requested NeNe point-blank how being on the present from the time he was a teen influenced his drug abuse.

“I don’t assume it helped, however I don’t assume it was the only real reason for it,” NeNe responded, explaining that together with her fame and look on RHOA got here consideration that her sons “didn’t ask for.”

Should you or somebody you realize is battling substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Psychological Well being Companies Administration (SAMHSA) Nationwide Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).