At the 2025 BET Awards, Kandi Burruss chats with THR on the carpet and talks about her departure from 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' and all the new opportunities she's embraced since leaving the show.
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00:00We talked and you were saying how, you know, chose not to go back to Real Housewives because you wanted to dedicate fully to what you were doing.
00:07And when I see the headlines about Broadway and what you've done, it's like you made the right leap.
00:13Like, how are you feeling seeing the fruits of your life?
00:18I'm feeling extremely blessed.
00:20You know, when you make a big decision to move on from something that's been a part of my life, obviously, I was on Housewives for 14 seasons.
00:28That's a very long time.
00:30And to make the decision to, you know, step away was really hard.
00:34But I'm glad that I've been able to do all the other things that I've been doing in this past year, to be honest with you.
00:40Othello, for us to break records and make history, that was kind of like one of those things that told me, girl, you're doing the right thing.
00:47You're doing the right thing.
00:48And then, you know, even last summer, I was on tour while the girls were shooting this season of Housewives.
00:54So the Escape Man SWU tour did crazy numbers.
00:57We did amazing things together.
00:59You know, I've been on a lot of different shows, including The Shot, which I won't try to be watching right now.
01:04It just started back.
01:06My daughter, she's been blossoming into her own thing.
01:09You know, she just started her new show, The Next Gen on Bravo.
01:12So it's like I'm trying to be here to support her and do things.
01:16You know, we were just talking about work-life balance and making sure we make more family moments.
01:20So it's, you know, it's a lot to juggle.
01:24And before, Housewives was taking up a lot of my time.
01:29And I love y'all, though.
01:32I love them.
01:33Yes.
01:34You also said you knew it would go on, you know.
01:36Yes, because, see, the thing about it is I'm not a person of ego that be feeling like, oh, it's going to stop because I ain't there.
01:42No.
01:43I want it to continue because I feel like what I've seen from some of my past show castmates is that, you know, people can come and go throughout the years, you know, in different times of their life.
01:53And as long as there's a platform to go to.
01:56So that's why I want the girls to keep doing good.
01:58I want the show to keep going, keep blossoming, and give other people the opportunity to do it.
02:03Like, my friends are on there now, you know.
02:05I'll be getting the tea, honey.
02:06I'll be calling, and Shamir will be calling me, what should I do?
02:09You know, all of that.
02:11I love that.
02:12Well, how are you feeling, Heather?
02:14You're old.
02:15I feel really good.
02:16You know, this is my first time really being on my own.
02:18So I'm really excited about, you know, this new chapter.
02:20People acting right in the comments and all that, I know it's...
02:24Half and half.
02:26Okay.
02:26But we'll see.
02:27Yeah, still we're hot.
02:29Well, we'll help you both enjoy.
02:30Thank you so much.