Real Housewives of Atlanta star and new mom Kim Zolciak is seeking Bethenny Frankel levels of B-list celebrity status. She has a new baby, and now she wants her own show! And a bevy of product lines! Oh, and a stint on Dancing With The Stars (what Skating With the Stars isn’t good enough?)!
In an interview with Atlanta Radio Station Q100’s Bert Show, Kim spills the goods on the new baby, the NeNe Fall-out, and the future of her real-lebrity career. Speaking to the station from home where she is hanging out with new son, Kroy Jr. (K.J.), Kim reveals that she was not featured weave-less and sans make-up in the delivery room for RHoA – Bravo cameras filmed her going to the hospital but did not feature her labor which was: “Perfect. No complications. And it was quick. He’s here finally.”
As for her relationship with co-star NeNe Leakes, Kim reveals that NeNe did not send any sort of congratulations, in fact Kim elaborated that she and NeNe were not featured together at all during filming: “We just don’t speak. I don’t have to work with her anymore.” Which is surprising considering Bravo is desperate for high drama ratings and notorious for instigating conflict between the housewives supposedly demanded Real Housewives of New Jersey stars appear in at least one scene with the ostracized Daniel Staub during her last season with the series.
Kim also divulged she did not watch NeNe on her other reality venture, Celebrity Apprentice, but she heard (didn’t we all?) about Nene’s dedication to her domestic violence charity aggressive behavior on the show, describing: “She just can’t control her mouth.” Noting in the article that NeNe wins people over with her sense of humor, but: “she can’t stop when she’s mad. It’s one thing for Kim and Nene to go back and forth, but put her on another show and she has issues with three people. That says something about her character.”
So – since the Kim/NeNe Drama we come to expect as the main plot-line of RHoA is no more, what can we expect from Kim this season? Well, lots of scenes with her and Kroy, as Kim claims he will be less robotic and boring more relaxed this season since he is getting more comfortable in front of the cameras (which is code for ‘more enamored with fame’): “It’s annoying to him but with the lockout and him being home and he films with me a lot, a lot more than if the lockout wasn’t happening.”
Kim also let’s us know her quest for fame does not end with appearing on Housewives: “I just launched a watch line. My wig line is coming out. My book. And then I have other TV stuff in the works.” The other TV Stuff Kim is referring could be her own Bravo spin-off which she and archenemy Nene are rumored to be competing for! Or it could be “Dancing With The Stars”, which she told the station she would love to do.
Surprisingly, NeNe she had no response (so far!) to Kim’s comments about her behavior on Celebrity Apprentice or to the comments about Kim possibly getting a Bravo spinoff. She has also been strangely quiet on her Twitter feed the last couple of days, although she did Tweet the following on June 15th: @NeNeLeakes “I’ve had some really good meeting 2day! Now I need 2 go celebrate” and @BravoAndy: “I haven’t heard from u! Miss u butter cup LOL” Wonder what that might mean?
So will you be watching Real Housewives of Atlanta? Which spin-off would you rather watch: NeNe or Kim? Are you surprised ultimate Fame-Hoochie Kim didn’t let Bravo into the delivery room?
