Bravo hasn't made anything official just yet, but word has it that there are at least a couple of new full-time cast members joining The Real Housewives of Atlanta in Season 8. According to the latest gossip news updates, Living Single and The Facts of Life acting icon Kim Fields will be making her reality television debut in 2015, while the once maligned Porsha Williams will be making her triumphant return.
Word has it that the Bravo producers are looking to take The Real Housewives of Atlanta into a new direction in Season 8, and from the lasting casting rumors that does seem to be half true.
According to those in the know at the Philadelphia Tribune, Bravo is brining on legendary actress, Kim Fields, who has reportedly turned over quite the new leaf since leaving Hollywood:
"Another former child star is headed to TV.
"I hear Kim Fields (Tootie from The Facts of Life and Regine from Living Single) is joining the cast of The Real Housewives of Atlanta on Bravo.
"The 46-year-old actress and director is married with two kids, and Fields has turned her life over to Christ.
"Producers are looking for a storyline about her husband, who is whispered to be bi-sexual."
The sources that FunkyDineva spoke to claimed that Bravo was also interested in adding another fresh face to the cast but wasn't able to get a name:
"Today, a new potential Real Housewife of Atlanta will be filming.
"She'll being doing a screen test for the lack of a better term. The only descriptor that I have to her identity is that she is a professional dancer.'
Then, of course, there is Porsha Williams who is doing her best to convince anyone that will listen that she is definitely going to be back with a full-time peach in Season 8, but the Dish Nation DJ seems to be going on more of a gut feeling than any assurances made in a contract.
Williams told Radar Online, that it was hard for her to believe that Bravo would even be able to come to the same wrong decision twice with her fans demanding her return the way they are:
"It would surprise me if it wasn't offered just because of the response that I get through all of my social media.
"I see a lot of people who are very vocal about [the fact that] they want to see more of myself, more of my story, where's my life now, what I am doing with my businesses."
They may have a new executive producer for The Real Housewives of Atlanta, but it's starting to sound like the network isn't going to be straying too far from what's worked in the past after all.
