Ever since NBC announced in May that The New Normal had been canceled, NeNe Leakes has been forced to return to her roots: The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

But despite the ending of an era for NeNe, her RHOA costar and former bridesmaid Cynthia Bailey says that NeNe never forgot how to be a housewife along the way to establishing her major Hollywood career.

“I don’t think NeNe ever stopped being a normal person,” Cynthia told Breaking Celebrity News. “She’s one of those people that, she could ride the wave.”

NeNe doesn’t change no matter where she is or what she is doing.

“If the wave is in LA shooting The New Normal, that’s where she is,” Cynthia said. “If it’s back in Atlanta taking care of family, then that’s where she is.”

And NeNe never lost touch with her housewife origins.

“I don’t think she forgot how to be a housewife,” Cynthia explained. “The New Normal was just more of priority and they had to do what they had to do.”

Plus, Cynthia was just happy to