NeNe Leakes says her oldest son, Bryson Bryant, is “doing OK” following his latest arrest for felony drug possession.
The “Actual Housewives of Atlanta” alum speaks out about her son’s arrest for the primary time throughout an upcoming look on Carlos King’s podcast, “Actuality with the King,” which drops Tuesday.
“He wants rehabilitation,” Leakes tells the previous Bravo producer. “He wants a whole lot of counseling.”
She continues, “Like many households on the market, I’ve members of the family which are fighting medication and sure addictions. He has an habit. He’s been fighting it for years. He’s been in rehab for a few occasions and he nonetheless has come again out and relapsed.”
In actual fact, Leakes, 55, says her “arms are tied” on the subject of serving to the 33-year-old.
“There’s not a lot that I can do,” she says. “For individuals who have had kids or members of the family which were on medication, they know that they should be prepared.”
Though the Bravolebrity has “spent a lot cash on attempting to get Bryson the place he must be,” she realizes that nothing will change till he makes that call for himself.
“Each time I’ve despatched him off is as a result of I mentioned, ‘You’re getting your ass up and we’re sending you off,’” she explains. “However I discovered by way of counseling myself that he has to say, ‘I’m able to go,’ not me making him go. So till Bryson is able to make a change, [there’s] nothing I can do.”
In actual fact, the wrestle has been “occurring for thus a few years” that Leakes is “kinda numb” to all of it.
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Whereas the mom of two admits that rising up on actuality TV “didn’t assist” her son’s battle with habit, she insists that it was not “the only reason behind it.”
“They’re having a lightweight shined on them that they didn’t ask for,” Leakes, who can also be mother to Brentt Leakes, says. “Persons are choosing them aside due to the job that I selected to do. And so I really feel for them in that approach. However there’s simply points that he has.”
Though Leakes — who shares Bryson with ex Calvin Bryant — has a tough time referring to her son’s points, she revealed that Lamar Odom has since supplied to get Bryson into one in every of his Odom Wellness Remedy Facilities.
Whereas it’s unclear whether or not or not Bryson accepted Odom’s supply, the ex NBA star — who suffered a near-fatal overdose in 2015 — has tried to assist quite a few different celebrities battling drug habit.
In line with arrest data obtained by Web page Six, Bryson was arrested July 3 and hit with a number of costs, together with possession of a scheduled II managed substance, violation of probation, loitering and giving a false title, handle or birthdate.
Throughout his arrest, Bryson reportedly gave police his youthful brother’s title in addition to an previous handle from one in every of his mom’s earlier properties.
Bryson, who has his justifiable share of run-ins with the legislation, stays behind bars at Gwinnett County Jail on a $6,100 bond.