Pay very close attention to the photo above. It could possibly be a clue to season 5 of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

Last night, the network held it’s Upfront 2012 celebration, followed by Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live Allstars and Kandi Burruss, Phaedra Parks, Cynthia Bailey and NeNe Leakes posted for pics on the red carpet.

Noticeably absent were Marlo Hampton… Kim Zolciak… and Sheree Whitfield.

Since we already know that Marlo was never really an actual cast member and she’s NEVER appeared on Bravo’s aftershow, it’s clear that she’s not a factor. Kim has her own show coming up and should have been there, but she claims she had a family vacation already planned (so I guess her absence was excused)…

But where oh where was Sheree?

Speculation began immediately the photo above hit twitter last night that Sheree had gotten the boot from the show.

Last week when Kim and Sheree seemed to form an alliance, it was clear (at least to me) that Sheree had hit rock bottom.

[READ: Is Sheree Whitfield Kim Zolciak’s New Sweetie?]

I’d heard that Whitfield would be Lisa Wu’d next season (i.e. would appear at the start of the season, but would slowly disappear as the season went on). But now the talk is that Bravo already sent her packing.

It’s never good news when someone loses their job, but if true, maybe Sheree will finally figure out what she wants to do with her life.

Will you miss Sheree if she got the boot?

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