Star Jones hired security to keep ‘unhinged’ NeNe Leakes away

For her part, NeNe isn't waiting for the show to begin to make known her hatred for Star...

Feb 10, 2011

The televised catfight between Star Jones and NeNe Leakes won’t officially begin until the new season of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ premieres March 6, but insiders have already told me that it gets so ugly that Star had to hire her own security detail.

“NeNe is coming unhinged,” a source close to Star tells me, adding that during taping the Atlanta ‘Housewife’ made La Toya Jackson cry and even got in the face of singing legend Dionne Warwick.

But it’s her beef with Star that is particularly nasty, my source reveals. “Clearly, she can’t get along with women, especially other black women. She is losing it.”

(If you’re taking notes, the women in the cast include Hope Dworaczyk, La Toya, Star, NeNe, Marlee Matlin, Lisa Rinna, Niki Taylor and Dionne.)

For her part, NeNe isn’t waiting for the show to begin to make known her hatred for Star. During a visit to ‘The Wendy Williams Show,’ she tried her best to hold her tongue with limited success…

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