She’s a rapper, a radio host, and a reality star, but would she ever be a Real Housewife? Da Brat, whose real name is Shawntae Harris, recently revealed that she had “conversations” about joining The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
We’ve seen Da Brat pop up on Bravo before. She has made a handful of cameos on RHOA, and she also filmed a scene on Married to Medicine. She’s one of Dr. Jackie Walter’s patients!
Da Brat already has one foot in the Bravoverse, but it doesn’t sound like she wants to dive in any further…
Da Brat isn’t interested in joining the RHOA cast
Da Brat is currently doing a press tour to promote the new book she wrote with her wife, Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart. When chatting with Us Weekly, Da Brat revealed how her name came up for potential RHOA casting.
“It, kind of, has been a little conversation,” Da Brat confessed, “I’m scared. [There’s going to be] conflict. They’re gonna throw something at you to make you want to be mad.”
She added, “That’s just the way that it goes on those shows that brings the viewers, and you know that is going to happen. So, I just didn’t want to be that person because I feel like they know my temper is pretty short, and they’re definitely going to try me.”
Judy noted that her wife also felt hesitant about joining a show like RHOA because of her criminal history. Da Brat went to jail in 2007 for felony aggravated assault after whacking a girl in the face with a rum bottle. That might be too much, even for Bravo’s standards.
“My wife is a convicted felon,” Judy added. “So, the conversation [is that] she doesn’t necessarily want to do what’s considered ‘ensemble cast.’”
Although Da Brat doesn’t have any plans to hold a peach on RHOA, she’s not fully swearing off reality TV. She previously starred in WE TV’s Growing Up Hip Hop and Brat Loves Judy. Someday, the latter could make a comeback.
She teased, “I think we might revisit it. It just depends on what the world is doing because there’s so much going on in the world, and film and TV is doing something weird right now as well, you know, and you know, we don’t know what’s going to happen so, but if we get the opportunity to do it later when [our two-year-old son] is a bit older, we might dive into it.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta is streaming on Peacock.
