
Until now, there's been little news about the upcoming third season of 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta.'
While serving as a panelist at the Essence Magazine/Johnson's Baby Oil-sponsored 'What's Your Beauty Secret?' luncheon in New York City today, entrepreneur-turned-reality star Lisa Wu-Hartwell spilled the beans to the BV Newswire about what viewers can expect for the upcoming third season of Bravo's most popular show.
"We start in two weeks and there's been a little bit of drama already," she confessed.
By drama, the Closet Freak fashion designer is referring to her recent Twitter beef with her cast mate and friend Nene Leakes.
On March 18, Leakes headed to Twitter to voice her disdain with "haters."
"Everybody showing love but I gotta thank the haters because without u, I wouldn't have the publicity so keep up the good work fool," the former stripper and 'Never Make The Same Mistake Twice' author wrote.
"I love chicks that will throw a rock and then hide their hand. Miss wanna be perfect. Oh please," Leakes added.With there already being some confusion between the ladies about an event appearance, Wu-Hartwell took offense to the tweets and replied directly to her friend, asking if the comments were directed at her.
"I was the coolest with Nene, just a couple of weeks ago, but maybe we aren't close anymore," she confided.
"I care about Nene and we butt heads sometimes, but I was closest to Nene ... [so] I will hold off," the 38-year-old mother of three said, cutting herself off before she over-shared her frustration.
"It was like that last year, before we started taping, I had drama with Kim [Zolciak}. I'm like, 'Are you kidding me? We haven't even started,'"s she said.
And speaking of Zolciak, Wu-Hartwell also had a lot to say about the 'Tardy for the Party' singer's highly publicized "bisexual" status.
"Come on," she laughed. "[Kim will do] anything for attention."
"Come on, you're not gay! I have two gay brothers, come on girl, make up your mind," she added.
Zolciak, who recently told Life & Style magazine that she's serious about her girlfriend DJ Tracy Young, is one of the show's most popular characters.
"She is fun TV," Wu-Hartwell admitted. "She's great TV, she really is. They really cast that one."
Today, she was the first to confirm that Zolciak and Leakes, who had been rumored to be holding out on participating in the new season for more money, will be back for a third go round.
"They are all back [and] we are getting another housewife. So, we will see her thrown in the mix."
Though multiple NAACP Image Award-winning soap star Victoria Rowell and the older, ex-wife of the R&B singer Usher Raymond, IV, was rumored to join the cast, Wu-Hartwell says the two front-runners are not actresses or an athlete wife, like herself.

"I don't know which one got it," the former wife of R&B crooner Keith Sweat said, adding, "there are two girls they were looking at. One was a model and one was a feisty attorney and they are just going to show up and we are just going to interact."
The "feisty attorney" could be entertainment attorney Phaedra Parks, who repped Bobby Brown and Jermaine Dupri.
A former associate of one of the cast members is blabbing that Parks, who was a producer for BET's 'Tiny & Toya' series, has been chosen.
Parks has not confirmed the unconfirmed report.
A rep for Bravo could not be reached today.
In the meantime, Wu Hartwell, who recently appeared on Tyler Perry's 'Meet the Browns' TV show, plans to focus on acting and has landed a role in an upcoming martial arts film, which begins shooting in June.


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By: florida on 3/28/2010 11:56AM
I'm hopeing they let Sheree go.
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By: jaduncan on 3/31/2010 12:49AM
Me too! She is boring!
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By: valerie williams on 3/28/2010 4:29PM
cant wait for the drama to start those girls what make reality tv better than prime time tv ha ha ha .......
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By: Cindy Stauffer on 3/29/2010 2:11PM
How come there is no "None of them" category in the poll?
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By: khrish on 3/30/2010 1:12PM
My question, exactly. They all stink.
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By: Layla on 3/31/2010 6:49PM
lol that was mean
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By: carla ford on 3/29/2010 2:24PM
The comment that Nene made about hating women that throw rocks then hide their hands...that was so directed @ Lisa & she knows it. She probably said something about Nene behind her back and didnt expect it to get back...Lisa is a big trouble-maker
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By: Georgia on 3/29/2010 3:38PM
I agree with you, Lisa is a big back stabber, and is always in the mix when things get started. She was the one that told on NeNe when she was mocking Kim's singing. No one else in that limo could of told it but Lisa. And she has 3 kids, where are the other two, why isn't she raising them? And hey, she is not married to an athlete, her husband doesn't play football anymore! And last but not hardly least, NeNe has some nerve making fun of Kim's wigs, when she is sporting that unbelieveable weave she got going on, and has been since the show started. She just switched styles. And Sheree, you can take the girl out of the gutter, but you can't take the gutter out of the girl. Neither she nor Lisa is showing a damn thing when it comes to fashion. Money can't buy you status or class, either you have it or you don't, and these ladies don't. Kim is the only refreshing face in the place. Good luck to you Kim!
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By: ImNotFooled on 6/30/2010 10:12AM
Bravo takes what appears to be healthy women and then drags them all down into the dirt with mudbaths and thinks it is great television. It's really bait and switch - you think you are watching successful decent women who only lower themselves to fighting and cutting each other down all the time. I've enjoyed the good sides shown but then get disappointed over and over.
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By: cheryl singleton on 4/01/2010 11:20PM
It's funny that the show is called "Real Housewives" when actually, out of the five cast from Atlanta, only two are married. What's up with that? I would love to see a show with "real housewives" who are a positive influence on young women, housewives, who are committed to their families, communities and themselves. Not just status hungry, social climbing wannabe's. Women from varying demographics, married 25 years or more, 7-10 years, newlyweds, etc. Let's be creative. I realize that trash sells and garners ratings, but believe it or not, there is a segment of people out there that want to watch something they can actually relate to. I don't relate to any of the women in these "Housewives" series.
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