NeNe Leakes Revealed That She Made $10K For Her First Ever Season Of Real Housewives

By our calculations, with seven regular episodes airing that season, the payment comes out to about $1,429 per episode.

Any trips, dinners, or parties thrown came out of their own personal pockets, says NeNe, and not Bravo’s. As wild as this is, it's not surprising for the time. Bethenny Frankel recently shared that she only received $7,250 total for her first season of Real Housewives of New York, while stars on Real Housewives of Orange County were allegedly only paid five thousand dollars for their first season.