Viewers of The Real Housewives of Atlanta have watched as Kim Zolciak-Biermann evolved
from being a single mom of two who was dating a mysterious married man to being swept off
her feet by NFL free agent Kroy Biermann.
She has since starred in her very own Bravo TV spin-off series, Don't be Tardy, and added
four more little ones to her family.
Sure, some of the scenes on these reality shows may be nothing more than scripted drama,
but she has also been entangled in a few real-life incidents that have definitely raised some
eyebrows.
Bills, bills, bills
While the ladies who star in the Real Housewives franchise live seemingly lavish lifestyles,
Zolciak-Biermann has faced plenty of legal drama for supposedly not paying her bills.
When she and her family overstayed their welcome in a house they were renting in 2012, the
landlord fined Zolciak-Biermann $600 for each day she and her family allegedly squatted
in the home.
Zolciak-Biermann initially denied that her lease had ended, but later came clean to the
tab after TMZ obtained the lease, pledging to pay the fine in a lump sum when she finally
moved out.
In December 2017, she made headlines once again over an unpaid bill from Christmas 2016.
Back then, Zolciak-Biermann reportedly hired a company to deck the halls of her humble
abode with thousands of dollars worth of seasonal decor, but she allegedly refused to fork over
the cash for months.
According to Page Six, the decoration company slapped her with a lawsuit to force her to
pay the bill.
Married sugar daddy
Prior to marrying Kroy in November 2011, Kim Zolciak-Biermann was entangled in a truly
scandalous relationship.
"He prefers to remain a mystery so I just refer to him as Big Poppa."
It was this mystery man who financed a lot of her luxury goods, from designer handbags
to cars.
Her big spending on Big Poppa's dime only made internet sleuths more curious as to the
identity of her sugar daddy, who was later revealed as real estate developer Lee Najjar.
Zolciak-Biermann was even allegedly engaged to Najjar at one point, which doesn't make
a lick of sense since he was already married to someone else.
Crappy situation
During her wedding special, Zolciak-Biermann became agitated when her mom Karen asked to
borrow a pair of shoes prior to the wedding ceremony.
The nerve!
But that was nothing.
During the wedding reception, the poo really hit the fan.
The mother of the bride and the bride actually got into a tiff over the bride forcing her
mother to use rented facilities in the backyard instead of the restroom inside the home.
When Karen decided to sneak into the house and use the restroom anyway, the groom confronted
her.
The bride then had her mother escorted out of the house by security guards.
Lovely.
Family feud
As Zolciak-Biermann's brood continues to grow, there are two people who have been noticeably
absent from her family life: her parents.
While the rocky relationship was on full display during her wedding, according to TMZ, things
got so bad that her parents alleged that Kim was unfairly blocking them from visiting her
children.
Her dad, Joe, told TMZ his daughter is a "pathological liar" who is "trying to make a mockery" of
their family.
He added: "She has been married twice and has three
different fathers of her four children.
Let's face the facts."
On an episode of Don't Be Tardy, Zolciak-Biermann revealed that the relationship with her mother
is broken beyond repair.
She said:
"My children, I will always be in their life.
But my mom?
I will not let her back into my life, let's just be clear."
Only the nose knows
On an episode of Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen grilled Zolciak-Biermann about
changes in her appearance, particularly the shape of her nose.
After her husband, Kroy, insisted it was the "exact" same nose from years ago, Zolciak-Biermann
added:
"If I'm going to have a nose job, it's going to be a hell of a lot shorter, okay."
While she admitted to a boob job and a tummy tuck in an interview with E! News, questions
about the noticeable changes to her face have always been a touchy subject for the star.
She told People magazine:
"It's frustrating but it's a battle I'm not going to win.
People can say what they want to say."
She told the publication that her face had naturally "thinned out a little bit" over
the years before adding: "But I have nothing to hide, and also I have
nothing to prove!"
We'll just have to take her word for it.
Shifting the blame
During part three of Real Housewives Of Atlanta's Season 10 reunion special, Zolciak-Biermann
was called out by her cast mates for her shady actions, in particular, an incident where
she said her costar, NeNe Leakes, lived in a "roach nest."
Many of her cast mates felt the term was fueled with racist undertones associated with black
women who live in the projects.
After storming off-stage, Zolciak-Biermann released a string of profanities and implied
that her co-stars were just trying to make things about race.
She was pummeled by intense backlash from viewers, and issued a written statement to
shift the blame.
It read, in part:
"I made a comment that confused and offended people.
I sincerely apologize.
Edited out of context, I understand why my remark angered people."
It's not like she had ever been accused of racism before.
"Well people always said I should have been black anyway."