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\u00a0<\/span><\/span>After just two seasons, <\/span>Sanya Richards-Ross<\/a> is departing <\/span>The Real Housewives of Atlanta<\/span><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During the March 14 episode of his Sirius XM show, <\/span>Andy Cohen Live,\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Bravo host <\/span>Andy Cohen<\/a> confirmed that the Olympic track and field star, 39, has decided to step away from the series amid the unusually long hiatus in between filming seasons 15 and 16.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “How do you feel about Kandi [Burruss], Sanya and Marlo [Hampton] leaving the show?” Cohen, 55 asked his guest, Mariah Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n The clip was quickly picked up and posted to social media channels by viewers who shared their shock at Cohen so “casually” revealing that yet another big name was leaving <\/span>RHOA<\/span><\/em> after <\/span>Kandi Burruss<\/a> and <\/span>Marlo Hampton<\/a> were previously confirmed to be exiting.<\/span><\/p>\n “Andy casually announced Sanya is leaving #RHOA although it was never officially announced in the press,” one fan wrote in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n Sanya — who <\/span>welcomed her second child<\/a>\u00a0with her husband, Aaron Ross,\u00a0<\/span>in December<\/a>\u00a0—\u00a0has yet to publicly announce her departure on social media or in an interview like her former co-stars have done.\u00a0<\/span> Her exit from the franchise comes after Burruss, 47, <\/span>first shared with ET<\/a> at the 2024 GRAMMY Awards in early February that she would not be returning to the show after 14 seasons. She is the longest-running Housewife in the franchise’s history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “I’ve been going back and forth and I think because they gave us such a long break, I had a lot of time to do other things and I’ve got some big announcements to make coming soon, so yeah,” Burruss explained. “I mean, I love the girls, they’re my friends, I’m still gonna see them and hang out with them. And Bravo is my family, I love them as well, but you know.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Weeks later, Hampton, 47, also <\/span>confirmed she was leaving the series<\/a> ahead of season 16, telling <\/span>People <\/span><\/em><\/a>that her contract with the long-running Bravo series ended at the end of season 15, which wrapped filming in January 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It’s currently unclear if season 15 cast members\u00a0Kenya Moore,\u202fShere\u00e9 Whitfield\u00a0and\u00a0Drew Sidora\u00a0are planning to return for season 16 and when the new season will be filmed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n RELATED CONTENT:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n