NeNe Leakes is putting her bad blood with Kim Zolciak-Biermann on hold to support her former Bravo costar through her divorce from Kroy Biermann.“I just reached out to her because she reached out to me during a time when I was really going through something,” NeNe, 55, told TMZ on Wednesday, July 5, seemingly referring to the September 2021 death of her husband, Gregg Leakes.While NeNe noted that she doesn’t know how Zolciak-Biermann, 45, “is doing overall,” she told the outlet, “I would have to think she’s taking it hard.
I mean, it’s a divorce. It’s not easy.”News broke on May 8 that Zolciak-Biermann filed for divorce from Biermann, 37, after 11 years of marriage.
The couple’s separation comes amid financial woes, as it was reported in May that the pair allegedly owes the IRS $1.1 million in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest.Zolciak-Biermann — who shares sons Kroy “KJ” Jr., 12, Kash, 10, and twins Kaia and Kane, 9, with her ex, as well as daughters Brielle, 26, and Ariana, 21 from previous relationships — starred alongside NeNe on seasons 1 through 5 of RHOA and later returned as a “friend” of the series for season 10 in 2017.Years of drama between NeNe and Zolciak-Biermann came to a head in October 2017 after Brielle shared a video of cockroaches she saw on NeNe’s bathroom floor.
NeNe accused the then-20-year-old of being “racist” upon sharing the video via her Instagram and called Zolciak-Biermann a “trashy mom.”“We don’t have roaches!
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