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NeNe Leakes is the breakout star on The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

As fans await next week's season finale of the series, the large-breasted reality star spoke to People Magazine about a number of topics, including the recent discovery that her mother had lied to her about the identity of her real father.

Were you shocked to learn that Curtis wasn’t your biological father?
I was extremely broken up because Curtis has always been the person I have known to be my father. I’ve always had this idea of being a daddy’s girl and I always looked up to him, even though he wasn’t always around and he wasn’t a great dad. It was devastating to know that someone would write a letter to me and say that he’s really not your father. I couldn’t believe someone would keep a secret for so many years.

Is everyone excited about the show’s success?
I think everybody is. We all have different fans and I just happened to be the most popular one of the housewives and why is that, I don’t know. I think that a lot of people really appreciated me being able to say what I feel. But the other girls, they have their fans and everybody is pretty happy. All the girls are excited about it. It was a great platform for us to put our businesses out there and to put ourselves out there.

In the following clip from The Real Housewives of Atlanta, NeNe Leakes learns a valuable life lesson from BFF Dwight.

How does he stay gorgeous at 50? You gotta watch and listen...

Forget the ridiculous hologram technology CNN debuted on election night.

The real story at the network is host Anderson Cooper's apparent crush on NeNe Leakes.

Earlier this week, Cooper told Ellen DeGeneres that he's a fan of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, telling the talk show host: "I don't even know where to begin with NeNe."

The silver-haired stud then held his hands out from his chest and added: "You have to sort of watch to enjoy the fullness of NeNe."

In an interview with E!, Leakes said her phone didn't stop ringing after Cooper made the announcement.

"I told my husband, 'You know Anderson Cooper? He spoke about me,' " Leakes said. "And he said, 'Anderson Cooper? The guy with the white hair? No, he didn't!' We think it's great. We love it."

Please stop encouraging her, AC.

NeNe Leakes is a supposedly Real Housewife of Atlanta. We have our doubts about whether most housewives from that city are like this reality TV star.

Still, she sat down with our friends at BuddyTV for a recent interview. Here are excerpts from it:

Why did you decide to agree to be on this show in the first place?
Well, when I was asked to do the show, before ever doing the Real Housewives I've already done some TV and film before. And then having my real estate company with my husband and my foundation and all the things that I have my hands into, I thought it would be a great way to get my name and my face and my businesses out there.

How do you feel you have been portrayed? Do you think it's an accurate portrayal of yourself on the show?
It is, it is very accurate. Some of it I'm not so happy about. You guys saw me in that earlier episode get really upset at Sheree's party, that was very true. But I think for the most part they have portrayed me correctly.

What would your show look like?
I would hope to do a talk show. I would love to do a talk show, something that is fun and funny, people could really come on and be themselves and we could really get down and talk, really dirty. Not the whole conservative shit like Oprah or Tyra. I want to do something else. Something funny, maybe along the lines of Chelsea Lately.

For a supposedly real housewife from Atlanta, NeNe Leakes sure wants to leave that city behind.

Leakes, one of five women on Bravo's nauseating series, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, has her sights set on Hollywood.

"I would love to just act. I would love to have my own show," she told E! Online. "Yes, honey, The NeNe Show. I want to be like a black Lucille Ball."

Leakes is looking for an agent, while we're looking for a trash can in which to vomit.

"Honey, I'm coming out for pilot season," she said. "They're not going to hold me back. I'm not waiting a minute!"

Except that she is waiting a minute, as Leakes is currently living in Atlanta with her businessman husband, Gregg, and their two sons. And how does Gregg feel about cameras following her and her friends all day, every day?

"My husband is my cheerleader," NeNe said. "He really is. I'm his trophy wife, honey. He lets me do whatever I want to do."

So, how soon before a NeNe Leakes sex tape is released? We give her a month.