Kandi Burruss was pushed out of Real Housewives of Atlanta through reduced screen time rather than fired outright, a tactic that would let producers avoid paying her unemployment benefits. Her storyline had grown stale around rumors of infidelity in her marriage to Ty.
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Candy! Somebody check on Candy. Candy, it's Candy. I need somebody to check on Candy. Not only did these people demote her to the point they like cut her hours— y'all ever had a job like that where they cut y'all hours and they trying to get you to quit because they don't want to fire you? You know what I'm saying? Because if they fire you, you may get a little unemployment, but if you quit, you only get one, one week or maybe two weeks of unemployment because you get the go down there and apply and they'll, they'll give you the unemployment. But then once they investigate as to why you ain't there no more, ain't gonna pay you no more. Okay, anybody ever had a job like that? So they cut her hours. So she trying to say, well, I quit. No, they cut your hours. They didn't want you. Your storyline was tired. You and Ty was out here planting stories, talking about, you know, y'all was going to divorce and, you know, he was out here cheating. Anything that you could for a storyline and they got rid of you. And then here's the thing, I'm gonna be honest with you, the show hit a decline anyway when Phaedra left.