NeNe Leakes, who plays a high school swim instructor opposite Jane Lynch’s cruel cheerleader coach on Glee, is hoping the Emmy-winning star of the hit FOX musical comedy doesn’t renew her contract, Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively learned.

Gleeks everywhere rejoiced on April 9 when the network announced they were renewing the popular series for a fourth season.

But doubt has remained about the future of 52-year-old Jane Lynch’s character Sue Sylvester, who took responsibility for a terrifying school shooting, which ultimately cost her her job.

“While Jane is still negotiating the terms of her contract, NeNe has made it known that if Jane doesn’t come back it could only mean her role would expand," an insider on the show told Radar.

"It was an awkward statement for her to make, but it’s true because Ryan Murphy, the show’s creator, simply adores her. You’ve got to hand it to NeNe – she may be blunt, but she’s honest.”

In an interview with ABC News on Tuesday, Lynch said as far as she knew, "I'm still in."

But doubt about her future on the program has lingered in Hollywood's television circles.

Said our source: "Jane was kind of hoping the series would bow out quietly before it really jumped the shark.”

Leakes, 45, who has parlayed her 15 minutes of reality show fame into one of Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentic