CAMELOT FANTASIES

I understand what you are saying but I believe the viewing audience chose Nene because she was just a larger personality. She was more interesting because she WAS more interesting. I believe Carlos liked Nene for the same reasons Andy did.

Nene was not the only person Bravo went out for.  But someone has to bite when they go out for you. Not everyone wants to take a chance on a reality star especially one with a luke warm fan base. I know for a fact Bravo tried to help Sheree. I told you I knew this earlier but, I didn't tell you how I knew.
They called my nephew in Atlanta who is known there for his model shoots to help design Sheree's swimsuit or workout line. I can't remember which. We talked him out of it. His sister and I.   Apparently, no one would take it.

I don't believe Kandi for one minute could have carried RHOA for one season without Nene.  I don't believe she can now, without Kenya.
To be honest Kandi was Love and Hiphop calibre but less interesting.  I would never have continued watching for her. Her wedding spinoff was a hit because of her idiot mother.
If you had taken away Kandi's mother and those misfit sisters and put Nene's wedding and girlfriends up against Kandi's -neck and neck, I don't believe there would have been a contest. Her Kandi factory Bombed.

I believe Nene didn't get the talk show because her intellect did not match her big personality. She bombed because she is ignorant.
I believe they tried to accommodate her lofty goals but, her ignorance held her back. If Nene could speak well, was smart- she would have had that talk show.  I believe she could have gotten it on GP for staying as long as she did but no one would take a chance on her. Too dumb.
And then her ratings started to slip.... and her spinoff was no longer an option either.

Backstory:  I was thinking more about it and personally, I believe Nene when she was complaining that the other girls do whatever production wants. They don't say no to anything.

I believe Carlos always saw Kenya's star quality but Nene was their girl until,  he came to realize that Kenya was easier to work with than Nene who was becoming increasingly difficult- battled production at every turn and became a demanding Diva.
She was all they had so, they endured the torture that was Nene - until Kenya  started to dial it back and show more of her real personality. Carlos started to notice and like her.
Gay or not- he is a man. Men don't have patience for that difficult Diva BS.

I believe production started to switch their attention to Kenya to anchor the scenes and the trouble started.  Kenya's ratings also were rising each season and so it seemed the right direction to take.   Nene started to complain to Andy who started to intervene with Carlos. 
I believe Andy was still trumping Carlos and helping Nene in the final edits so she didn't look so bad.  He also started going in on Kenya at every opportunity.

Nene thought she had Andy's backing and so, she got worse. By now though her ratings were slipping, she was insulting gays, everyone was complaining about her awful attitude at RHOA and at different gigs and eventually Nene started to lose Andy's support.

Then came the infamous Queen and gay parade comment and the personal  insult when he checked her.  I believe people like Ryan Murphy started to complain to  Andy and tell him that he was allowing Nene to disrespect him and the gay community.
He himself stated on twitter that people were complaining  about her treatment of him. I believe they said much more.
Her ratings were tanking and since their relationship was fractured there was no reason to protect her any longer.

They decided to find a way to get rid of her.

I believe her leaving was definitely premised on money but, I believe ultimately they forced her out and forbade her to give any negative interviews.  She is way too tight lipped on the subject of Bravo.
She doesn't even realize that she took away every other reason for her to not be there. Except for being forced out.

We have some strong conspiracy stories. Hahahaha.

It is probably more a mixture of the two.

@ The LaLate article. That's just it. I don't believe Kenya mentioned the two P's.   You can tell, that a portion of that article was forced.  Very poorly written.
First of all she would not be allowed to talk about who is coming back.  She wont even outright say she is coming back and she doesn't even talk about the two P's ever.
You can tell that Kenya gave them a short statement saying Nene was the reason the cast was split and she believed it would be a more cohesive cast next season with her gone.  I believe they built the rest.
Imo.

Nene's pic was on Tracee's Twitter?
Ok, I missed that. When I checked, all of the pics were posted on Nene's twitter but not one of those guys posted or retweeted those pics of them and Nene together on their individual twitters.