By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Sheree Whitfield is tired of feeling like the ugly duckling next to high-profile costars NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak, and Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively reveal that the unfair treatment is one of the reasons why she’s bidding goodbye to the Bravo show.

“Sheree was jealous of Kim and NeNe. She felt like she wasn't getting as much attention, they all started together but it’s been unbalanced ever since,” a source revealed to Breaking Celebrity News.

As Breaking Celebrity News revealed, after weeks of speculation, news broke Wednesday that Sheree will be parting ways with the Housewives.

“After four solid seasons of helping Bravo build the show into its most successful Housewives franchise, I have decided to leave. The direction the show is going in is no longer a fit for my lifestyle. I’m tired of the fighting and the cattiness,” Sheree told Wetpaint.com.

While she claims she chose to leave, an insider told Breaking Celebrity News, "Sheree was fired. She was demanding more money and that didn't go over well with show executives. They are tired of dealing with her diva attitude and demands."

Whether she walked willingly out of the door or was pushed – Sheree hadn’t been happy with her treatment for a long time, and felt that Kim and NeNe’s personal projects were being nurtured by producers, and hers were made into a punch line.

“They went out of their way to promote