Kandi Burruss Teases What Fans Can Expect from 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' Season 14

Kandi Burruss is getting candid about Real Housewives of Atlanta season 14!

In a new interview with People, the 45-year-old reality star discussed the long-running series’ recent cast shakeup and what fans could expect from the new season.

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“It’s fresh,” Kandi told the outlet. “Now, we got new blood on the show. Everybody is just different.”

Both Porsha Williams and Cynthia Bailey announced that they would not be returning to the show last year, with newcomer Sanya Richards-Ross joining the cast. Another new addition will be Marlo Hampton, a long-time friend-of, as well as original star Sheree Whitfield.

“Even though Shereé has been there before, it’s like she came back with a whole new vibe,” Kandi shared. “With Sanya, she just is just fresh energy.”

“Marlo and I have gone through our thing for years, but for a long time, I kept saying, ‘Yo, why does she not have a peach? I don’t understand,’” she added. “Kenya came on [with] new energy. Normally, people always have her pegged as the villain… I just feel like she just came in with new energy and it’s like she just didn’t want to be put in that box.”

Kandi is currently the longest-running cast member on the show, having appeared on the series since season 2 in 2009. As for whether she felt any pressure, she admitted: “It’s always weird. I feel like people always want to put a lot of responsibility or something on the person who’s been there the longest but at the end of the day, I just look at it like this: we’re an ensemble cast.”

“Everybody has to bring it. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been there a long time or a short time. Everybody has to be open to sharing and keeping it 100 at all times and not trying to hide your life, not trying to change and save face to protect your brand,” she continued. “You just have to be who you are and hopefully the people will love it, that’s just how it is. I’m not going to let anybody put any extra pressure on me.”

She went on to acknowledge that the most important thing about starring on a reality show was to be herself.

“I feel like people just find me to be relatable,” Kandi said. “I feel like it just works in a sense because in a world full of crazy, sometimes you need that one person that you can feel connected to that represents what you’re you’re what you’re thinking, how you feel.”

“I’m surrounded by a bunch of crazy people,” she added. “Whether it be in my personal life, it doesn’t matter if I’m with the Housewives, or if I’m on Kandi and the Gang, or whatever, I always have like a crazy circle around me.”

Season 14 of Real Housewives of Atlanta is set to debut on May 1.

Last week, one former RHOA star filed a lawsuit against Bravo, alleging that they fostered and tolerated a hostile and racist work environment.