Too cozy with the girls? Filtering it for fans? Since hot booty,
boobs and bedroom antics weren't enough to keep them together,
here's the real reason why Kroy, Kim and her wigs are headed for Splitsville.
"We have an amazing relationship."
"We sure do. We click."
Kroy Biermann has a very close relationship with
his wife Kim Zolciak-Biermann's daughters from her previous relationships. Brielle and Ariana
Biermann took on Kroy's last name when their mom married him, and they've been public about
their platonic admiration for each other over the years. But that hasn't quelled the controversy.
In 2020, Brielle and Kroy made headlines after she posted on Instagram for his
birthday. Trolls thought it was inappropriate for 23-year-old
Brielle to sit on her stepdad's lap. She clapped back in the comments, writing,
"I had nowhere else to sit we were making jokes the
whole time about him being Santa it was comedy."
Kim also spoke out, telling Us Weekly that the backlash came from ignorant,
disrespectful people. But that wasn't the first time the two raised eyebrows. Kroy
once walked in on Brielle with a boyfriend, which Kim laughed off, telling Too Fab,
"Brielle's an adult. [Kroy] was unaware that she was around, so it was a sheer accident."
An age gap in a relationship can
be a challenge, and Kim made no secret of the fact that Kroy is younger than she is. Kim is roughly
eight years older than her hubs and she hasn't held back on blasting him over their age gap.
During a 2019 episode of "Don't Be Tardy," things boiled over as Kim prepped for her 40th birthday.
"Do you ever get mad at him for being 32?"
Admitting that she's obsessed with her appearance, and claiming that Kroy was
quote "stupid" for not marrying someone in their early twenties, she added,
"Everything's getting older. Like, at 60, my t—ies are gonna sag,
but he'll pick 'em up for me, or hold them up, so don't you worry."
The star also joked about their ages on Kroy's 35th birthday, posting to Instagram,
"Boy did I rob the cradle with you and I'm so glad I did!"
It turns out
Kroy's bod was a big draw for Kim when they first got together. But Kim revealed that
there was a somewhat unexpected feature on the football star that attracted her
to him. Yep. His booty. Kim opened up about their first meeting, telling E! News in 2013,
"I didn't really think anything. I just thought, you know,
'Wow he's got a really cute butt and he's got a million-dollar smile.' I love big, wide smiles."
The two met at a charity event, where Kim came out swinging.
"Can I just be honest with you? I have never, in my whole life, seen an a– like that. We were
all sitting at the table, I was like '10. 10.' I just had to tell you. Adorable."
Though Kroy happily took
on a loving father role to Kim's kids, adopting both Brielle and Ariana, it's probably lucky that
the football star didn't have children of his own before he met Kim. As she told E! News in 2013,
"I don't know that I could love anybody else's children as much
as Kroy loves the girls. I just don't know if I have it in me."
The former NFL star also opened up about why it was so important for him
to adopt the girls and how marrying into an instant family changed his life. He shared,
"In order to keep balance you have to have priorities. Our careers are our priorities,
our kids, our health, our happiness."
Kroy explained that he didn't divert too much from his typical routine before he met Kim,
recalling that he would go to work and come home,
on repeat. But his priorities shifted when he became a dad. He added,
"My house it's not going to be as clean as it was before,
but it's not important. You know, those things are not as important."
Let's just say Kim was
pretty proud of her husband and wanted the whole world to know it. Back in 2018, she was accused of
manipulating Kroy's manhood, in a snap she posted of the twosome in swimwear by the pool. Kim wrote,
"Private beach baby! My favorite place on earth! Love your speedo Hunni bunni!!"
But according to All About The Tea and Reality Blurb, a number of fans suggested Kim may have
Photoshopped her hubby's bathing suit area to make it look a little bigger.
"Yeah, baby!"
Eagle-eyed Instagram users pointed to the couple's reflection in the pool
which appeared to show Kroy's manhood wasn't quite as large
as it appeared. Kim never confirmed nor denied any editing of the snap.
Remember when Kroy found himself on the wrong
side of Kim's former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" co-star Kenya Moore? It all went down when she
suggested men shouldn't be allowed in front of the cameras after Kroy stepped in to defend his wife.
"Why do you have such a hard on for me? Didn't they cut it off during your reassignment surgery?"
In May 2018, Moore admitted during a since removed episode of Bravo's "Daily Dish" podcast that,
because of her interaction with Kroy, she wanted husbands banned from the show. The two ladies had
a fight over John Legend tickets, which saw Kroy step in on behalf of his wife. Kenya recalled,
"I remember when she threw her phone at me and hit the table and broken glass went everywhere. All of
a sudden I look up and Kroy is standing over me. He's a big guy. Obviously, his wife was upset. I'm
like 'Is he coming after me?' […] You can't show up when your wife is having a fight, jumping in
the middle of it, or intimidating other cast mates that are women. It's just not a good situation."
If the rumors are to be believed, Kroy's ex-girlfriend claims he cheated on her with
Kim while they were still very much together. Kroy's former girlfriend, Elizabeth Seward,
told In Touch that she and Kroy were official and were giving their long distance relationship a go.
"They have no idea that I've been like, really dating Kroy."
But just days later, Elizabeth saw that Kroy had attended Cynthia Bailey and Peter Thomas'
wedding with Kim, after which she confronted him about their relationship. Kroy initially claimed
he and Kim were "just friends" but eventually revealed they were dating. Elizabeth added,
"I want Kim to know about it. The manipulation and the lies. Obviously
our relationships overlapped. [I felt] completely betrayed."
Kim appeared to address the allegations with a cryptic message on Twitter, posting:
"Another day another stupid story! Meanwhile my husband and I sit back and laugh!"
Though their
relationship appeared to be strong, there was at least one other almost-breakup for
Kroy and Kim. Apparently, the athlete was crumbling under the pressure of the media
coverage of their early days and he sent Kim a text in 2010 suggesting they go their separate
ways. As she shared on her "House of Kim" podcast in 2018, Kim wasn't happy, recalling,
"I was like, 'Why? What's up?' 'It just is what it is.' I'll never forget that. 'It
just is what it is.' And I was like, 'This asshole! F— him then! I don't need him!'"
"What are you doing?"
Kim claimed Kroy wouldn't say why he didn't want to be with her,
and the two kept their distance for a day and a half. Kroy admitted,
"I was able to feel my compass within 36 hours and be like, 'Whoa, hold on.'"
Kroy sent her flowers, and the two reunited.
Kim and Kroy weren't
exactly modest about their sex life…at all. And as part of a video message to celebrate Gucci
Mane and Keyshia Ka'oir's marriage, Kim didn't hold back on her and Kroy's secret to happiness:
"Sex, sex, and more sex." "That's a little vulgar, Mom."
"And communication. Communication."
Kim also got TMI on E!'s Daily Pop in December 2020. When asked to reveal
the craziest place she's ever done it, she said,
"Outside in view of, like, our neighbors on both sides."
The two aren't too worried about getting intimate in close quarters around their kids, either.
During a 2020 episode of "Don't Be Tardy," while on a family RV vacation, they had this convo:
"We have no love life." "That's not what you said this morning."
"I wish." "At 4 a.m. in the parking lot."
Kim and Kroy both
seem super family-oriented, but each are estranged from their own parents. Fans will
surely remember the drama between Kim and her mother, Karen, on "Don't Be Tardy For
the Wedding," which culminated in Karen getting kicked out of the wedding party.
Kim's relationship with her parents has only gotten worse over the years. In 2017,
when Kim's son Kash was bitten by the family dog, her dad, Joe,
went public criticizing Kim and Kroy for keeping the pet. Kim hit back, tweeting,
"They will do anything for a dollar."
Kroy's relationship with his own parents is also strained, ever since his 2011 wedding to
Kim. He admitted on a 2014 episode of "Don't Be Tardy" that his parents never approved of Kim,
mainly because she had two children from a previous relationship. If they'd had it their way,
the two never would have married. As Kim recalled on "Heather MacDonald's Juicy Scoop" podcast:
"They were in our driveway with a preacher praying against our wedding the day of."
"You are picture perfect, you just don't — you're not picture perfect to them."
Their disapproval was enough for Kroy to cut ties. In 2019, he said on "Watch What Happens Live,"
"They're great people you know. It's just, we don't jive."
Kim once made it very clear that the D-word wasn't an option for her marriage to Kroy. When asked by
Fox News in 2017 if she was worried she and her husband could fall victim to the reality TV curse,
Kim answered by comparing her marriage to network Housewives like New Jersey's Teresa Giudice,
New York's Bethenny Frankel, and Beverly Hills' Camille Grammer,
whose marriages all crumbled as the Bravo cameras rolled. Kim told the outlet,
"That's not an option in my house. I would never
allow a show to impact my marriage in any way. My marriage is definitely first."
"I even think soulmates sometimes don't even have as great of a marriage as Kroy and I do."
She also admitted that fame and media pressures may have been an issue for the other women,
and claimed that it's quote "easier to get divorced" than address any
relationship problems. Six years later, she dropped a bombshell of her own.
In May of 2023, Kim and Kroy shocked the Bravoverse when it was confirmed
that the couple was divorcing. According to TMZ, Kim was the first to file papers,
calling the marriage "irretrievably broken with no hope of reconciliation." The split
came seemingly out of nowhere, considering that as recently as November 2022 the couple
was happily sharing their secrets of their long marriage, telling E! News:
"Lots of sex. I think one of the biggest secrets is also communication."
While not confirmed, the couple's financial woes may have played a part in their demise.
Their sprawling Georgia home went into foreclosure in February 2023,
and it was revealed they owe the IRS over $1 million in taxes, according to Fox News.
Bethenny Frankel weighed in on Kim and Kroy's reported money problems on TikTok, saying,
"You're writing checks you can't cash, and it's gross."
In the wake of the filing, Kim and Kroy appeared to shade each other
via social media. Kim shared a meme on an Instagram story which read,
"Uber driver asked me, 'Do you have a man?' I said, 'I am a man.'"
Kroy, whose Insta profile pic is still one of him and Kim, added to his bio,
"My ring Meant a Thing, you can Google Me & see I wasn't Tardy for that Party."
Of course, those are references to Kim's pop songs. But the really strange part? Amid all
the drama, Kim and Kroy are reportedly still living together as of May 2023,
according to the Daily Mail, and allegedly "avoiding each other."