Jan, 1 2013 | Written by ATLien

Nene Leakes of The Real Housewives of Atlanta brought in the New Year with a romantic beach date with her fake ex-husband Gregg.
The cute couple may have fooled the rest of the world with their shenanigans, but The Leakes’ savvy business move did not go unnoticed by anyone around Atlanta.
[Would You Divorce Your Spouse For A Million Dollars? Ask Nene... ]
Their “divorce” and subsequent “reconciliation” [insert side-eye] has been a constant storyline on the popular reality show.

Nene recently covered Sister2Sister magazine, where she spilled details about her “divorce,” which clearly was all for show.
[FLASHBACK: Nene Leakes Wants You To Know... (She & Greg Are Still Together) DUH!]

When we broke up, Gregg moved out for a year.
We divorced while Gregg was out. Then, once we divorced, we found ourselves being friends. And there was nothing left to fight about.

[READ: Are Nene & Gregg the "New Normal"? Greg's 'girlfriend' spotted with Nene's grandbaby...]
Blah blah blah… the truth of the matter is that once Nene found out about Greg’s side chick, she said the gig was up! Things were getting a bit too “real” and she didn’t want to play the “divorce” game anymore.

“I’m very loyal and I was very committed to Gregg,” she said. “I always wanted to stay married.”

Now comes the online tomfoolery….
Nene recently revealed that she and Gregg brought in the New Year with rose petals and champagne and tweeted about it every step of the way…

Strawberries… chocolate & champagne! (love is in the air!)

Rose petals leading to the bedroom…

…and the finale was Hershey’s kisses in the form of a heart on the bed.

Now everybody knows that “real” relationships don’t have to be broadcast all over twitter and facebook.
In fact, it’s been my assessment that when people go above & beyond with the online antics they’re actually a bit insecure about the relationship… but I could be wrong.
In this situation however, I’m going to give Nene & Gregg the benefit of the doubt and assume that instead of living in the moment, Nene took out her cell phone, took the photos and tweeted them out prior to her New Year’s midnight rendezvous with Gregg, to drum up interest in their “wedding” storyline, which I’m almost positive is coming soon.

As you know, Nene was offered her own show a while back which was to feature the “housewife” on her quest to start a new “single” life in L.A…. they even shot a few test spots for the show.
[FLASHBACK: Are you ready for a Nene Leakes Spin-Off?]
Nene was offered her own show way before Kim got her “wedding special” but since the public wasn’t truly buying her “divorce” that plan was squashed.
Now comes the new Leake’s romance theory….