‘ROUND THE WAY: NENE LEAKES CALLS STAR JONES ‘UPPITY & PHONY’? – WHEN ARE STANDARDS TOO HIGH?

via CONCRETELOOP.COM by Christine on 3/3/11

As usual, NeNe Leakes is giving it to us straight with no chaser. In a recent interview with Zap2it.com, The 'Realhousewives of Atlanta' personality shared her real thoughts about Star Jones' Twitter response to Nene's recent comments on The Wendy Williams Show:

On why she thinks Star is uppity:
"She talks a lot about how she went to Harvard, how she went here and there, she has all these degrees, her mentors are Barbara Walters and Johnnie Cochran, she lives on the Upper East side of New York City, her friends are nothing but A-List stars, doctors and lawyers…What does that have to do with anything? You can't be friends with the lady up the street? The little maid? Everybody's got to be an A-List star or doctor or lawyer? Look. Star has degrees. I'm not trying to discredit that, but her accomplishments are her accomplishments. I don't have to bow down to her. She may have gone to Harvard. She may have 10 degrees, but it's funny. She's is in the same place I'm in, and that is what bothers Star. That she went to school for 8 or 10 years and she has to stand beside me and I went to school for 2 years."

On Star being phony:
"Look, I'm like this. If you are a bitch, own it. Be a bitch. 24 hours. Own that. Be that. If you're ghetto, be ghetto. It's the fake, phoniness BS that really makes me sick. I don't care what you are, just be it. Star to me is phony."

Well alright then! What do you all think?

Do you think setting high self-standards makes you uppity?

You can peep the rest of the interview below. You can catch more of the drama between NeNe and Star on the upcoming season of Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice, which premieres on Sunday, March 6th at 9/8pm CST on NBC.