RHOA's Sheree Whitfield claims she was hood-winked by producer Carlos King

Home Top

Khloe is a 'shell of herself': She gets a visit from her best-friend during 24/7 vigil at Lamar's bedside in hospital - after he finally woke from his coma and said 'Hey Baby' three days after bender
Deadly sea snakes wash up on California beaches for the first time in THIRTY YEARS as El Nino plays havoc with Pacific climate
Uber driver who raped a woman in the back of his car, and was linked to five others, is sent to jail for a decade
Smoking gun emails reveal 'deal in blood' George Bush and Tony Blair made as they secretly plotted the Iraq War behind closed doors a YEAR before the invasion had even started
Could this be the beginning of the end for McDonald's? Franchisees say all-day breakfast is a disaster as company struggles to find its way
The pointlessness of the long distance runner: You can run as many marathons as you like but you'll still be fat, say scientists
Dreaming of a white OCTOBER? Early snowstorms hit the Midwest and New England as coldest air mass of the season sweeps across the United States
'A raging river of mud': Shocking photos of the hundreds of cars and trucks completely CONSUMED by 6ft-deep California mudslide
Get ready for 'The Monster': Forecasters reveal El Niño will bring a cold and wet winter but say it WON'T be enough to ease California's drought
Spain's King Juan Carlos branded Queen Letizia a 'common divorcee' and joked she was 'just the maid' before she became his daughter-in-law
Gunman provokes shootout with police in parking lot near a Pennsylvania Wal-Mart
American Horror Story branded 'vile' by parent watchdog over 'unbelievable explicit combination of sex and violence'
Pictured: The two suspects who stabbed train hero Spencer Stone in the chest in fight outside bar and left him fighting for life
'He pointed the gun right at my face': Oregon shooting hero speaks for the first time to tell how gunman shot him as 'punishment for calling the cops' - but let him live after he pleaded for his life
Jeb Bush hits back at Trump's 'pathetic' attempt to blame George W. Bush for 9/11 - 'Say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time'
Israelis shoot dead another three Palestinian 'knife attackers' as violent clashes continue in Hebron and Jerusalem
New York mayor Bill de Blasio meets with counterparts in Israel amid escalating violence in the region which has left 40 Palestinians and seven Israelis dead
Obama to announce 'drone registry' as concerns mount about the numbers flying and possible collisions with aircraft
A picture of heartbreak: After her split from stockbroker boyfriend Nico, how lonely Pippa shows she can't hide the pain...or escape from her sister's shadow
Hero Bronze Star combat dog who suffered from PTSD is shot and killed by cyclist 'who felt threatened'
Ebony editor defends controversial Cosby Show cover... and says that she did not sleep for two days because of image choice
Incredible video shows foolhardy Ukrainians listening to the radio - just by touching WEEDS against a 50,000-watt transmitter station
Forget a detox, now there's a cake cleanse: The new diet that lets you eat dessert for breakfast, lunch and dinner - and STILL lose weight
Texas man, 29, who randomly knocked out an African-American senior citizen in race-hate attack is jailed for six years

Whitfield, 45, returns for Season 8 of the hit reality show, but is upset to learn it will only be for 10 to 12 episodes
A source tells Daily Mail Online that it is contrary to the 'backroom deal' she made with producer Carlos King
King is accused of taking and selling Whitfield's concept for a new show without her knowledge
The deal: King was to name Whitfield co-executive producer of Selling It: In the ATL and offer her a full-time spot on the Real Housewives of Atlanta
Bravo ordered 24 episodes of ROHAhis season and has a planned three-part reunion finale - but Whitfield only has a part-time role

Published: 07:28 EST, 16 October 2015 | Updated: 18:50 EST, 16 October 2015

View
comments

Atlanta is already heating up with lots of Real Housewives drama - behind the scenes.

Sheree Whitfield's return this season to Bravo's top-rated franchise was announced weeks ago, but now Daily Mail Online has exclusively learned it's not the deal she was hoping for - she claims she was duped by a reality show producer.

Whitfield, ex-wife of NFL star Bob Whitfield, thought she would be reclaiming her status as a full-time member of the cast following the departure of NeNe Leakes and a backroom deal she brokered with the show's former executive producer Carlos King.

'Here she thought she was returning to pick up where NeNe left off as one of the original cast members, but now her episodic run is as limited as Demetria McKinney's was last season,' a source tells Daily Mail Online.

Duped: Real Housewives star Sheree Whitfield says the deal she made with show producer was for a full-time gig, but she learned she will only appear in 10 to 12 episodes in Season 8

The 45-year-old fitness guru, a fan favorite, was upset when she learned she would only be featured as a part-time friend on the eighth season of the show.

Whitfield thought she was returning as a full-time peach-holding cast member and that Bravo would promote her return in the same vein as Bethenny Frankel's to the Real Housewives of New York.

'Sheree didn't get a contract for the show until after she started production on Season 8.

'She was several weeks into taping when the network presented her a contract for a limited number of episodes, much to her surprise,' a source told Daily Mail Online.

According to the source, Whitfield met with the reality show producer earlier this year and pitched him a concept - a show about African-American real estate agents in Atlanta.

When Whitfield departed from the show three years ago she went on to get her real estate license and had been selling properties since.

She wanted to be featured in the new show along with several other women she knew were also having success in the world of real estate and believed King could help her sell the show to a network.

'Without telling Sheree, Carlos started pitching the show to networks and WE TV became interested,' claims the souce.

He sold them the concept without Sheree's involvement and then had to go back to her with a make-good once he did.

New drama: The cast of season 8 of Real Housewives of Atlanta revealed. The show kicks off November 8

Dose of reality: A source tells Daily Mail Online that producer Carlos King (left) pitched and sold Whitfield's (right) concept about real estate agents in Atlanta without her involvement

In addition to offering her a co-executive producer credit, he told her he would arrange for her return to Real Housewives full-time.

He was just trying to do whatever he could to keep her from suing him,' the source revealed.

WE TV officially announced the pickup of the show, Selling It: In the ATL.

The network is angling the show as a spin-off of their successful existing series Cutting It: In the ATL about Georgia hairstylists.

Whitfield was named as a co-executive producer in the release.

With her track record of not being the most business savvy - Whitfield accepted King's offer to be co-executive producer and to return to Real Housewives of Atlanta because she never developed any paperwork before pitching him her real estate show concept.

'With no non-disclosure or partnership agreement in place, she knew she had an uphill battle if she sued Carlos and trusted him again by accepting his offer,' explained the source.

'Little did she know, he had duped her yet again.'

Carlos King has not returned Daily Mail Online's request for comment.

Now, Whitfield has learned she will only be featured in 10 to 12 episodes of the Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Cast of characters: Sheree Whitfield returns to Real Housewives for its eighth season, but only as a part-time cast member

That's small when you factor in Bravo ordered 24 episodes this season and has a planned three-part reunion finale.

'Sheree actually shot her final scenes for the show this past weekend in Washington, DC at the Million Man March with cast members Phaedra Parks, Porsha Williams and Peter Thomas.

It's the last time viewers will see her on the show and she likely won't be a part of the reunion, just like Demetria wasn't,' said the source.

During her four-year run on Real Housewives of Atlanta, Whitfield was best known for catch-phrases like 'who's gonna check me boo?' and her notorious feuds with Leakes and former cast member Kim Zolciak.

The divorced mother-of-two later introduced Zolciak to her husband, NFL star Kroy Biermann.

Before being let go from the show after season four, Whitfield began construction on a new home she called Chateau Sheree.

Three years later, the property remains unfinished.

Both reality shows premiere the same week. Selling It: In the ATL on November 5 and then The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 8 on November 8.