NeNe Leakes revealed that her fellow “Real Housewives of Atlanta” alum, Kim Zolciak, is “not OK” amid her son’s recent legal troubles.
During an appearance on “The Big Tigger Morning Show” Friday, Leakes said she reached out to her “associate” Zolciak last week to check on how she was doing.
Kroy “KJ” Biermann Jr. — whom Zolciak shares with her estranged husband, Kroy Biermann, along with their five other children — was arrested Aug. 21 on charges of aggravated sexual battery and sodomy, Page Six confirmed at the time.
“I recently spoke to Kim. I think it was last week,” Leakes, 58, said. “I just hit her up, wanted to know how she was doing … and made sure she was OK with what her son is dealing with.
“I know that’s a tough time, and I know she’s not OK,” she added.
Leakes — who returned to the “Real Housewives” franchise last month for a cameo in the “Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th” special — famously feuded with Zolciak, 48, during their time on “RHOA” before exiting the show in 2020.
The television personality later filed a lawsuit in April 2022 alleging that Bravo and “Real Housewives” executive producer Andy Cohen, among others, “encouraged” a work environment in which Zolciak made “racially offensive and stereotypical” comments toward Leakes and other housewives.
Leakes ultimately filed to dismiss the case “without prejudice” in August of that year, according to court documents obtained by Page Six at the time.
Zolciak, meanwhile, has been dealing with the fallout since her 15-year-old son was taken into custody last month after a female classmate accused him of sexually assaulting her in a coed sauna at a Life Time fitness center in Alpharetta, Georgia, in April.
Shortly after his arrest, Zolciak spoke out against what she called the “reckless and deeply troubling” allegations made against KJ.
“He categorically denies ever being involved with this woman or engaging in the conduct she has alleged,” she said in part in a statement provided to Page Six by her rep.
KJ was officially indicted by a grand jury in Georgia on Sept. 3. He faces seven felony charges, including one count each of aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery and false imprisonment, as well as three counts of aggravated sexual battery against a child under 16.
Zolciak was most recently publicly spotted arriving at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta Friday for her son’s bond hearing.
An eyewitness told Page Six that Zolciak remained “stone-faced” throughout the proceedings while sitting next to her 29-year-old daughter, Brielle.
During the hearing, KJ was also accused of having sex with an underage relative based on videos investigators allegedly found on his cell phone.
He was soon after granted a $200,000 bond and ordered to abstain from social media and avoid cell phone use of any kind while staying at Zolciak’s house and attending school virtually.
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