Bravo seems to have learned its lesson after Porsha Williams' violent acts during last year's taping for the reunion special of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." This year, the network has reportedly decided to increase its security measures to avoid such circumstances from happening again.
RadarOnline learned about the extra step that the network decided to take for the upcoming filming schedule of the show's season 5 reunion episode on Friday. According to the site's insiders, the filming "will have a lot of security. Big burly men will be off stage, ready to intervene at even the slightest hint of physical violence."
This is the network's way of preventing a repeat of last year's scandalous chaos involving Williams and co-star Kenya Moore, which landed Williams in jail later on.
"Even though the brawl was ratings gold last year, Bravo got a lot of criticism for allowing that to even go down," the site's source shared. "The alcohol had been flowing and it was a disaster waiting to happen."
For this year, the network reportedly expects the episode taping to last for around eight hours. And unlike the reunion specials in the previous seasons, the network is banning alcohol on the set this time. Radar also found out that the producers will be stricter with their rules for this particular reunion special, since Bravo is willing to do everything that it can to prevent any violence from erupting on the set.
"The cast members will be required to sit in their assigned seats, and not allowed to get up until there is a break, or unless given permission," the source also mentioned. "Any deviation will result in immediately being removed from the filming, no questions asked!"
Fans of the show, on the other hand, would like to find out if "RHOA's" resident baddie NeNe Leakes will stay with the show after this season. If she decides to quit the show, speculations claim that she will make the announcement in the reunion special that will be aired on Sunday night.
