RHOA star Drew Sidoras former chef claims she was asked by Bravo to appear on show to discuss bit

REAL Housewives of Atlanta's Drew Sidora’s former chef has spoken out in an exclusive interview with The U.S. Sun amid their nasty feud.

After Monique Wane's lawsuit was brought up on new episodes of RHOA, she is now claiming Bravo tried to get her side of the story on the show.

The hot topic began right before the cast trip to Portugal when Drew, 38, hosted a brunch for the ladies at her and her now ex-husband Ralph's $1.7million mansion.

Shereé Whitfield jokingly asked if the chef, who was hired to help cook brunch with the cast's significant others, was going to get paid in light of her pending lawsuit against her former chef, Monique.

The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal Drew and Monique's lawsuit, in which the chef had sued for $1K, has been dismissed.

The trial took place on January 5, which was the last time Monique had contact with the housewife.

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The next day, the judge dismissed the case in Drew's favor after Monique, 44, wasn't able to show the judge her "receipts" in the form of messages between her and Drew's assistant.

In December, Drew countersued Monique for the "maximum in counter-sue claims" for "time, defamation, harassment, extortion and slanderous false claims."

With the issue having been resolved in court months ago, it was then brought up in a July episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Monique, who has since moved from Atlanta to Illinois, claimed in an interview with The U.S. Sun that she was in talks to make an appearance on the show.

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"Bravo reached out to me and asked in an email if my interview with Tasha K could be used on the show.

"At first, I told them that I wouldn't mind, but I wanted to be compensated $20K," Monique revealed.

"They told me that they could not get that approved. And that was on March 23rd. So then, they contacted me again April 17th."

After back-and-forth emails, Monique ultimately decided to not move forward with the video release since the compensation they were offering - $250, she claimed - was "not as much as Drew owed me."

When asked the purpose of Bravo having the video, the entrepreneur claimed it was "to actually show my receipts because I have a whole bunch of proof that she was lying."

The chef added: "I don't know if they were trying to make her look bad. I was confused at the time, but now that I see the show, they probably just wanted me to stop her from lying."

On a recent episode, Drew shared her side of the story with the cast.

"She wanted to come and cook for my family and trial some of her food and it had hair in it and it was very trash," Drew said.

"She is not a chef. She is a girl who wanted to cook some food. I was not interested. She did not get the job."

The cast - including Sheree, Kandi Burruss, Kenya Moore, Marlo Hampton and Sanya Richards-Ross - all laughed when they heard that the chef was suing her for only $1K.

Monique has since denied multiple times that there was "hair" in the food and said she was asked "several times" to cook for the family.

She is hoping that the show can eventually share her side of the story, given her emotional distress.

It is not looking hopeful, though, since filming for the current season has ended and the reunion has been filmed.

The U.S. Sun has reached out to Drew and Bravo for comment.

TWO YEARS LATER

After working for Drew in the fall of 2021, Monique claims that she's still dealing with problems with the reality star two years later.

She initially filed the lawsuit against the Bravolebrity in October 2022.

The fashion designer explained to The U.S. Sun: "I'm definitely upset.

"I've been going through mental anguish with this situation because I'm trying to make it a thing of the past and she's constantly bringing it up... [it] really took me into a dark place."

Monique claimed Drew keeps "telling lies," especially since she spent time with Drew's family, taking care of the children as a nanny.

According to the court docs, the $1K bill broke down as $600 for nanny services ($100 per child per day), $100 for maid services and $300 for chef services to feed a group of eight.

To date, Monique was only paid $150 by Ralph, who sent it as a gift "from the kindness of his heart," Drew stated in the docs.

Ralph later filed for divorce from Drew in March after nine years of marriage and two children.

The former couple is currently embroiled in their own nasty court battle amid cheating rumors from both parties.

ANOTHER LAWSUIT?

Despite the mother of four saying she would "possibly" go back to court over this - due to the "toll on my mental health" - for now, she's letting it be and trying to keep calm and carry on.

Monique shared: "I'm trying to go back to my regular life and just leave it alone because it seems like I can't do nothing to her because she's such a liar.

"How do you even win with a person like that who can't tell the truth about nothing?"

She then compared her feud to "hitting a brick wall" and said it's just making her "sad, angry and have all these different emotions."

To earn some of the money back that she didn't receive, Monique is selling T-shirts for $25 and sweatshirts for $45 that take a dig at the TV personality.

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"I did the service...run me my money!" is written on the fashion apparel.

Those interested can reach out to Monique via Instagram to purchase.

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