The Real is constantly making headlines with its frank discussions and emotional, and often personal conversations regarding love, life and all the hot topics of the day.
The show, created by SallyAnn Salsano, originally premiered for full syndication back in 2014.
Along the way across its eight seasons to date, the panel of co-hosts have switched up, with some departing the show and others joining on as permanent co-hosts over the years.
We’ve gathered together all of the names of The Real‘s co-hosts past and present, and ranked their net worth, from lowest to highest.
Find out how rich all of the past and present co-hosts of The Real are…
Back in late March, the 42-year-old The Real co-host married rapper Jeezy at their home in Atlanta.
In a video posted on her YouTube channel, Jeannie opened up about her intimate and “COVID-safe wedding.”
“So we had a very COVID-safe wedding in our home. Which means, I mean…literally just a couple…there were two tables in our living room of our closest, closest family and friends,” Jeannie shared. “People I grew up with. People that had to know me and [Jeezy].”
“J made my list, and I made his list,” she continued. “And we were very firm on, because of COVID, you’re not supposed to be throwing events right now. You’re not supposed to be putting anybody in risk. So, with our family, we said ‘we are only going to invite our close family and people who know us both.’”
“So, no. I didn’t invite the ladies,” Jeannie added. “But, I did call them all ahead of time to let them know that we were doing this. They were actually the first to know that we were having a secret ceremony, and they kept their secret.”
Variety announced the news today (August 24), revealing that the 53-year-old actress will take over the vacated spot on the panel next to Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Houghton.
“I am thrilled to be joining the dynamic, bold and diverse women on the award-winning talk show The Real,” Garcelle shared in a statement. “My love for pop culture and news, blended with my natural gift of gab, has always made me gravitate towards a talk show environment.”
She added, “It’s also exciting that it’s happening right after my amazing time joining The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
“I left The Real because it was breaking my spirit…I was being asked to not talk about certain things that felt like a betrayal to my people…and then on top of that, I didn’t want to be somewhere that I felt like people weren’t being honest with me and where people felt scared of me because of my Black woman-ess,” she said.
She spoke about one of her experiences after a white female producer was assigned to help her put together a segment called “Smart, Funny and Black.”
“I did a Smart, Funny and Black game on The Real and I was so excited to get to play my Smart, Funny and Black game on The Real…they assigned it to the one white woman producer, but we have three Black women producers and one Black guy producer and I was like ‘Why are you producing this?’ and she was like, ‘So and so assigned it to me,’ and I said, ‘But why would you be producing this? You’re a white woman. You don’t understand what we’re going to be talking about.’”
“I couldn’t stay in a place like that,” she went on to say.
Tamera Mowry has announced that she is leaving The Real after seven years as a co-host on the show.
The 42-year-old actress and television personality took to Instagram on Monday (July 13) and said she was waiting to talk about the news due to the death of Naya Rivera, but she decided to speak out after Daily Mail reported it.
“I had NO intention to talk about this today, especially in light of the news of my dear friend Naya, but now some reports are coming out and I’d rather you hear it from me first,” Tamera wrote on Instagram.
Tamera also provided this statement: “For seven years, my home and heart has been at The Real. The friendships I’ve made there will last a lifetime, and the people that I’ve been blessed to interview have changed my life for the better. I’m so proud of what all the ladies and I have accomplished there, including two well-deserved NAACP Image Awards and a Daytime Emmy. However, all good things must come to an end, and it’s with a bittersweet smile that I announce that I am moving on from The Real. To my fellow hosts, I love you, I will miss you, and I will always be there for you. Thank you for teaching me, supporting me, and loving all of me. Sisters forever. I’ll be rooting for you, as I look forward to spending more time with my family, pursuing amazing new opportunities, and embarking on the next chapter of my life.”
“I definitely experimented, and I know now at 40 looking back that I had a really dark time in my life when I split from my family and moved out, lived in San Francisco … like, every drug you can imagine was there … and honestly, it replaced the joy that I didn’t have. So it made me — being high was so much more ‘fun’ because it felt like, ‘Oh, I feel special, I feel like a rock star, I feel loved,’” she explained.
“You say anything you want to say, you’re fearless … and then that crash — that crash is what made me realize that it was darker than the pain that I actually had in my life. And that led me to go,’ Oh, shoot, this ain’t for me.’ Because that pit — yo, it’s the dark place. It’s not a place you want to go,” she went on to say.
“I was rebellious, so I knew I was doing bad. Like, you almost love the fact that you are defying what you are supposed to do. Like when you, I don’t know, cross the street between the crosswalk, if you veer off and you — I have this thing in me where I just always go the … I’m a little naughty. I like to take the naughty route. But that was dangerous because it actually risked my life. And so today, I still pay consequences for being naughty. I still have to check myself and go, ‘Was that really worth it?” Or in the moment how do I turn on that filter to know that that put myself in danger or risk situations that I’m in. And that took maturity, but you shouldn’t have to wait until you’re a grown woman because you might not get there!”
