Kandi Burruss introduced that she won’t be returning to “The Actual Housewives of Atlanta,” the Bravo actuality sequence she has appeared on since 2009. She mentioned her resolution with Selection‘s Marc Malkin on the Grammys crimson carpet on Sunday.

“I’m probably not maintaining proper now,” she mentioned, when requested concerning the present. “I’m not maintaining. I already mentioned it, so I’ll inform you. I made a decision I’m not coming again this yr. It’s been 14 seasons, and so they allowed us to sit down round for slightly too lengthy, however throughout that point I had began engaged on a variety of different issues, and I obtained some good large tasks coming quickly, so I’m tremendous enthusiastic about these issues.

“Nevertheless it’s not simply that,” she continued. “It’s identical to, after you actually have time to assume, and a pal of mine was like, ‘Why do you retain doing it?’ And I used to be like, ‘Nicely, I feel as a result of I’ve simply been doing it for therefore lengthy, it feels bizarre to assume to not do it?’ So I used to be identical to, ‘You already know what? I’m going to take a break, I’m going to take a second… I’m not coming again this yr.’”

After the largely lifeless Season 15 of “The Actual Housewives of Atlanta” concluded in September of final yr, Bravo made it recognized that the solid can be retooled, if not have a prime to backside overhaul — as had occurred to “The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis” earlier than its 14th season. It’s believed that the community is near saying the “Atlanta” present’s new solid, and that it gained’t be a full reboot: a couple of key solid members will return.

With this announcement, nonetheless, Burruss clearly gained’t be amongst them.

Burruss, a singer and songwriter, joined “The Actual Housewives of Atlanta” throughout the second season and is the longest-serving solid member. Past actuality tv, she is a founding member of R&B group Xscape, in addition to a celebrated songwriter, with co-writing credit on hits corresponding to TLC’s “No Scrubs” and Future’s Youngster’s “Payments, Payments, Payments.

Over the course of her years on the present, she met and married her husband Todd Tucker, an “RHOA” producer. They’ve had two kids collectively. She’s starred in three spinoffs from “RHOA,” together with “Kandi’s Wedding ceremony,” which revolved round her wedding ceremony to Tucker.

Burruss has been recognized for exploiting the Bravo platform to its fullest, launching a number of profitable Atlanta eating places, in addition to the intercourse toy firm Bed room Kandi.

When Burruss was honored throughout Selection‘s Girls in Actuality occasion in November, she recalled that her hardest time on the present was when her fellow castmate Phaedra Parks — who’s at present starring on “The Traitors” — planted a rumor with solid member Porsha Williams that she and Tucker had drugged and sexually assaulted ladies.

“I’d say one in all my worst years on the present was once we have been accused of drugging any individual,” Burruss mentioned throughout a panel. “I imply, I don’t even like to speak about it, actually, to be sincere with you. It was a loopy scenario that simply exploded, and a scenario I by no means thought I’d see myself in, taking place on the present. And that was one the instances the place I actually felt like, ‘I can’t do that anymore.’ However we made it by way of.”

Watch Burruss discuss leaving the present beneath.