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They're sort of friends again these days, but Kim Zolciak and NeNe Leakes are still creating controversy for The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

According to various sources, producers are considering replacing both spoiled brats, as "things with NeNe and Kim have been intense" on and off the set.

For example, insiders claim Kim and NeNe are demanding bigger paychecks from Bravo for a new season of the series, leaving producers "fed up with their diva-esque requests." We can't blame them.

A source adds that Bravo is aware of the risk it might take if it axes two of its most popular (or, at least, well-known) stars,  but "feels it is about the franchise as a whole and won’t let one person stop it.”

Reportedly, the network is actually in the process of talking with other wealth women in the area that could fill the void left by Zolciak and Leaks' departure.

What do you think, readers? Do you wanna see these women go? Do you even believe reports such as these, or are they merely more ways for the franchise to make headlines?

Peaceful friendships don't make for good reality TV.

Therefore, even though NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak are getting along well now, the former is already promising more drama between the co-stars.

“We’re trying to be peaceful with each other,” Leakes told People. “Kim and I have an up-and-down relationship. Don’t be surprised if we have a falling out again. That’s just how we are.”

And that's just what Bravo asks for, of course. What would The Real Housewives of Atlanta be without contrived catfighting?

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For now, NeNe and Kim are civil. But that doesn't mean they're close, Leakes insists.

"We’re not friends and we will probably never be friends, but we’re just trying to be respectful and garner ratings.”

NeNe Leakes is getting herself into shape.

Not mentally, come on. The Real Housewife of Atlanta is still a bit unstable.

But she's featured in a new OK! Weekly article, explaining her new diet and work-out regimen.

“My trainer [Tammy Stokes,] has taught me to eat breakfast. She said, ‘NeNe, you have to bite something in the morning to get your metabolism going.’ So I’ve learned to do that, and it works.

“Then I eat my lunch: lots of salads with chicken,” she added. “I love to go out to eat for dinner, [but] I never order an entrée. The portion sizes today are very large. So I’ll order an appetizer.”

Words to live by. NeNe almost looks... normal.

During a recent photo shoot for Derek Blanks, The Real Housewives of Atlanta chose unusual poses for themselves.

Directed by co-star NeNe Leakes, Kandi Burruss - whose friends were involved in a drunk-driving accident - wanted to send a message. She did so (we guess) by posing as an intoxicated clubber that got behind the wheel... and ran into someone.

Hey, if this prevents one drunk-driving incident, we'd be shocked. And thrilled.

Take a look at Kandi, NeNe and Kim Zolciak below:

NeNe Leakes may have been a stripper, but she wants the world to know: she's not a cheater!

Responding to the latest accusations hurled her way by Kim Zolciak, NeNe told Star Magazine this week that she isn't stepping out on husband Gregg Leakes with NFL player Charles Grant.

"Charles is not anybody I'm seeing. I want to know where Kim gets the information from... I'm happily married. Gregg and I have been married for 13 years. He knows me and I know him."

Leakes added:

"Nothing that Kim says will ever break up me and Gregg. We're very strong!"

NeNe Leakes isn't beating around the naked bush:

She was a stripper and she's proud of it!

“Yes, I was a stripper, a woman who took her clothes off and danced for dollars,” she writes in Never Make the Same Mistake Twice. “Let the judgment ensue. I mean, it’s easy enough to do, right?”

Of course, NeNe had a pretty good reason for taking it all off at an Atlanta club:

The father of her son had left her and she needed to support her family.

“My son was in private school, his father wasn’t chipping in for pull-ups or food, I had no job and no money coming in, the rent was past due, and the super told me and my roommate that our condo owner was about to put us out. So I did what I had to do.”

Hard to blame a woman for that.

In the end, Leakes has no regrets about the experience, saying she felt "powerful" in front of the customers.

“With every piece of clothing I took off, the more I got my life back. I worked this body like a well-oiled machine, and every movement got me closer to my goal of financial independence for me and my child.”

Perhaps Kim Zolciak isn't so innocent after all.

A couple weeks after she claimed her Real Housewives of Atlanta castmate/enemy NeNe Leakes choked her during an argument, Zolciak admitted yesterday that she played a role in the tussle, as well.

Now, Kim is completely backing off her charge against NeNe, at least in the legal sense.

“I don’t have to press charges to prove a point to America,” the reality TV star told OK! magazine. “I hope NeNe in her heart she knows she made a mistake. She doesn’t have to publicly apologize — I’m sure it eats at her. ”

“She has her family, I have a family, we’re on a successful show, and I’m going to try to be the better person,” Kim said.

We're sure that will last. For at least a few minutes.

Yesterday, NeNe Leakes said Kim Zolciak was "not innocent" when it came to the recent dust-up between the Real Housewives of Atlanta co-stars.

Now, Kim is finally owning up to the role she played in a brawl between the former friends, one that concluded, allegedly, with NeNe's hands around her neck.

“I was not pleased with the stuff that’s coming out her mouth, but as far as putting your hands on somebody, absolutely not. I didn’t touch her first,” Zolciak told OK! magazine, adding/admitting:

“She put her hand in my face after she choked me the first time, and I smacked her finger out of my face... I think I was so shocked that someone would strangle me.”

Are you on Kim Zolciak side in her feud with NeNe Leakes?

Did NeNe Leakes really choke Real Housewives of Atlanta castmate Kim Zolciak a few weeks ago?

In an interview with Q100 in Atlanta this morning, NeNe didn't exactly deny the report, but she did say:

"If she was truly injured she should have filed charges... Kim is not innocent here."

Also, near the end of the discussion, Leakes actually said she won't verbally attack people anymore. We'll see how long that vow lasts for.

As previously reported, Kim Zolciak told the police in April with that castmate NeNe Leakes choked her.

Now, the Real Housewife of Atlanta has expounded on those charges in the press. Late last week, she told E! News:

"She lunged to me and put both of her hands around my neck and shook me. I'm talking, kept both hands around my neck for over a minute. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't move. I couldn't do anything."

Zolciak was able to call the cops, however, and says there are a pair of witnesses on the police incident report that back up her tale; they are actually producers on the Bravo reality show.

Why didn't Kim press charges at the time? Because she thought perhaps Leakes NeNe was having a bad day and "I was just in a bad place at the wrong time, because I know that NeNe does have a good heart underneath all her bulls--t."

What is NeNe's side to this accusation? It's quite simple, really:

"This girl is the biggest liar of them all. Kim lies so much its ridiculous."