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"Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leakes to guest star on "Glee"

NeNe Leakes attends "The Celebrity Apprentice" Season 4 Finale at Trump SoHo on May 22, 2011 in New York City. Getty Images

(CBS) "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leaks is reportedly scheduled to guest star on Fox's hit show "Glee" as a swim coach at McKinley High. 

Glee stars Chris Colfer and Lea Michele let the news slip on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" with Andy Cohen on Monday night.

"We have a new guest star coming on Glee, Ms. NeNe Leakes," Colfer said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The former "Celebrity Apprentice" will play Roz Washington, the school's swim team coach, report THR.

Leakes will join the show's other coaches: Jane Lynch's Sue Sylvester and Dot Marie Jones' Shannon Beiste.

"Real Housewives" fan Michele told Andy Cohen that they were so excited to have Leakes on the show. "We literally raided her trailer, we banged on her door!"

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