I would love to be a guest on a talk show or a panel that shows women who have been on reality shows who’ve had success, to prove to audiences that you don’t have to be a fool to become successful.

Leakes is pushing back against a common stigma attached to reality television: that participants are merely chasing attention and lack seriousness or talent. By imagining a talk-show or panel format featuring women who parlayed reality-TV exposure into durable careers, she frames “success” as something that can be earned through savvy, work, and self-presentation rather than dismissed as accidental fame. The line also highlights a gendered dimension—women on reality TV are often judged more harshly as “fools” or caricatures. Her aim is reputational: to reclassify reality stars as legitimate professionals and to encourage audiences to separate the medium’s sensational editing from the participants’ real capabilities.