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NeNe Leakes will grace our televisions in her second scripted role this fall with NBC's The New Normal, and the Real Housewives of Atlanta star wants to relay a very special thank you to her glorified stalker, Glee creator Ryan Murphy.

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"[Ryan] had an obsession with me," explains NeNe of how she landed the plumb role of coach Roz on Glee. "Ryan said to me that I was his guilty pleasure and he'd been watching The Real Housewives ... he would watch it on Sunday and make his bed and drink his coffee and watch me."

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After several appearances on the FOX hit, Murphy apparently couldn't get enough of the outspoken star, proposing she join his new sitcom about a gay couple looking to adopt.

"He was like, a huge fan of mine and he called around looking for me and we worked it out," said NeNe.

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Also starring Andrew Rannells, Justin Bartha, Georgia King and Ellen Barkin, The New Normal casts Leakes' in a familiar part: a sassy neighbor who tells it like it is.

"It's gonna be lots of laughs," she promised. "There may even be a tear. There will definitely be drama. It's gonna be a great show."

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The New Normal's series premiere date is scheduled for September 11, 2012 on NBC.