Nene's announcement had an air of finality, more like a final exit than a break.

Whatever, I'm cool with her not being on season 13. Nene had no storyline last season, and all she did was try to work up arguments with Kenya (b/c Nene HAD TO due to not having a compelling storyline of her own).

Bravo edited Nene out of a quarter of last season's episodes. They clearly wanted her gone, but they didn't want to kill their chances of EVER getting her back in a future season, so they made her an offer she was never going to take and then refused to budge. There is no way they've been negotiating for 3 months.

I think they probably just want to pay her for a pop-through, like she did on the cast trip in season 9. Nene want the full peach status and accompanying salary. There wasn't any room to negotiate, and there you have it.