For years, rumors surrounding Carlos King and his exit from Real Housewives of Atlanta have swirled around the internet. He departed the series after Season 9, which just happened to be the one where Phaedra Parks made false sexual assault allegations against Kandi Burruss.
Some RHOA fans have cited that messy storyline as the reason for Carlos’ exit. He also has a well-documented feud with Kandi, where she claimed that he sold the rights to Xscape’s life story to TV One without her permission. According to Carlos, none of these things are what impacted his departure from the show, and he recently opened up about what actually inspired him to leave.
Why did Carlos King leave RHOA?
In an interview with Black Enterprise, Carlos dished on his exit from RHOA and credited God for his decision to leave. He heard a sign from above that it was time to move on. The controversial storylines unfolding in Season 9 were just a coincidence.
“I give all the credit to God,” he told the outlet. “Because for me, it’s not every day you can say as a Black producer you get to work on a big show like The Real Housewives of Atlanta, that’s a part of another big franchise. But to leave the show because you felt that God was calling you to do something bigger.”
In addition to RHOA, Carlos earned production credits on Bravo shows like The Real Housewives of New Jersey and a slew of RHOA spinoffs. It’s an impressive resume, but he wanted to build something for himself. Thus, he launched Kingdom Reign Entertainment, which has produced shows for BET, Netflix, and OWN.
One of the series he launched with his production company was Love & Marriage Huntsville, which just kicked off its tenth season on OWN. It’s one of many shows in his portfolio, and Carlos is responsible for over half of the network’s programming. With that in mind, he feels like he made the right call by stepping away from RHOA.
“What a lot of people, I don’t think, understand is that I left the Real Housewives of Atlanta, I created [LAMH], and then this show became a franchise. So that’s unheard of in this business.”
The Real Housewives of Atlanta airs Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo. It streams on Hayu in the UK and Ireland.
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This story originally appeared on Realitytea
