Marlo Hampton Talks I Dream of Nene: The Wedding & Friendship With NeNe Leakes

Written By: Aliya Faust

NeNe and Gregg Leakes of Real Housewives of Atlanta remarried over the summer and Bravo captured it all on film for a new spinoff titled, I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding. The docu-series follows NeNe in her second-time-around journey leading up to the lavish ceremony, serving as a follow up to her first marriage, divorce and reconnection televised over the past five seasons of RHOA. It also sheds light on a friendship formed in season 4 with Marlo Hampton, her fellow “tall,” who accepted creative responsibilities during NeNe’s wedding and also participated as a bridesmaid. We caught up with Marlo earlier this month during New York Fashion Week, where the stylish belle took a break from her shopping splurge in the City to give us a ring and talk about the new show set to premiere tonight on Bravo  at 9 ET/PT!

Marlo on her friendship with Nene:

“My relationship with NeNe is awesome. We both have big personalities. We’re both fun girls. We’re both very independent women and it’s just awesome. It can’t get any better. We are every day learning each other, but we always have a great time together. NeNe and Marlo, together, there’s never one dull moment.”

Her involvement in the wedding:

“I’m the creative director of the wedding and I’m a bridesmaid. I oversaw a lot of the creativity of the wedding. From picking linen to colors to fabrics. I wanted to make sure her vision came to reality. NeNe and I are a lot alike and I just felt like no matter who she hired as her wedding planner, they weren’t going to see her vision like I saw it. So I wanted to make sure that they really did see it.”

Marlo’s style tips on what to wear at  a wedding:

“Unless the wedding had specific details whereas [certain things] are not allowed, this is 2013, you can wear whatever you want. It’s fashion, as long as you’re beautiful. Say if you like the pop-rock style, you can dress up pop rock glamorous for a wedding. I say wear whatever you want to wear. I don’t think there are any rules, but you know I’m on a different planet. I just think whatever your style is. If you’re a hippie, dress hippie-wedding, throw rhinestones on and some pearls. Whatever your style is, that’s what you need to do because you have to be comfortable and that’s what you’re going to own.”

 Why you should tune in:

“You’re not going to want to miss it. There’s a lot of love in the air and great fashion. One thing I loved about the wedding was that each bridesmaid was able to design her own dress. It was gorgeous. We were able to own whatever we wore because we designed it. It was just awesome. [NeNe] and Gregg unite and seeing some of the guests there, seeing Kim there, that was love. It was a great feeling. Love, excitement, fashion, and you know there was drama you don’t want to miss.”

 

Whoop there it is! I’m looking forward to seeing NeNe’s wedding special she left no glamour stone unturned. If you haven’t seen the supertailer, check it out below. Will you be tuning in to see what happens next 😉