Brielle Biermann has become a household name in reality television through her family's Bravo show
Don't Be Tardy. But longtime Real Housewives of Atlanta fans remember when she was just a
young lady being raised by a single mom, Kim Zolciak-Biermann, with her sister Ariana. The
three shared the last name Zolciak up until Kim married NFL player Kroy Biermann in 2011.
Two years after their televised wedding, Kroy filed to legally adopt Brielle and Ariana in
March 2013. Just four months later, Kim and Kroy spoke with E! News and confirmed that
the adoption had been finalized and Brielle and Ariana had legally taken Kroy's last name.
With Brielle being just 13 when Kroy came into the picture, the two took time building their
father-daughter bond. Cameras captured the time the former Atlanta Falcons player put
into earning his role as a father in Brielle's life. But what is their relationship like today?
In September 2018, Brielle dedicated an Instagram post to Kroy that showed how close they had
gotten since the adoption. She captioned a photo from her high school graduation,
"Screaming HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the most incredible father/friend
i could ever ask for. You have set the standard so high for what i should
expect my husband/children's father to be like i feel sorry for my future husband!"
She went on to applaud the former NFL star for being able to, quote,
"step up to the plate" and take on "the role of 'dad' at 23 years
old" before ending the heartfelt caption with "I love you papa!"
However, some fans might've forgotten how close the family is because in September 2020,
Brielle and Kroy were called out over a family photo taken at his birthday dinner. In the pic,
Brielle sat on her adoptive father's lap and smiled. She captioned the post.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the most amazing father & man I'll ever know."
But a few critics felt that the lap-sitting was inappropriate, and after fans accused them of,
quote, "hooking up," Brielle snapped back and asked, "Do you hook up with your dad?"
She went on to reply "thank you" to one fan who defended her from the trolling. The fan posted,
"The comments of her sitting on her Dad's lap is disturbing and to say
have they hooked up, like what is wrong with you people. He's such an
amazing example of what it's like to take care of and love children like his own."
Despite not being her biological father, Kroy has built quite the strong father-daughter bond
with Brielle. In February 2019, Don't Be Tardy fans watched as Brielle revealed to her sister
Ariana that their step-dad once walked in on her and her then-boyfriend getting busy. After being
asked about the shocking reveal by TooFab, Brielle expressed her embarrassment about
it being included on the show before explaining her step-dad's strict rules. She told the outlet,
"His rule was like, 'I don't give a f--k what you do, just not in my house.' But he was so strict in
high school! Even after I turned 18, I couldn't do anything. I had a curfew at like 6 p.m. on
school nights. I get out of school at 4, which means I can go to Chick-fil-A and come home."
"After the baseball season, I'm going to move out."
After TooFab asked her if the embarrassing ordeal happened with her then-boyfriend,
Chicago White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech, Brielle said,
"No," before adding that fans could, quote, "figure it out."
For those wondering how family matriarch Kim felt about all of this,
she said her daughter made a common mistake, telling TooFab,
"Brielle's an adult. [Kroy] was unaware that she was around, so it was a sheer accident."
The Real Housewives alum went on to reveal how the
family made light of the awkward encounter, saying,
"It was a very lighthearted situation that happened;
although, he will kind of bust her chops here and there about it."
It turns out, Kroy still gifted Brielle a new car after catching her and her ex. She told TooFab,
"Kroy made jokes for the first month! I was like, 'Dude, you're f--king gross.' And you know what's
weird? My birthday was a few weeks later, and he had just ordered my Jeep that morning.
After my mom told me, she was like, 'He could've f--king killed you! He was so pissed.'"
But he still found a way to show his daughter how much he loves her. Like any father would.
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