On April 23, the showReal Housewives of Atlanta
Kim Zolciak posted a picture of her husband Kroy Biermann with the letters “RIP” and a broken heart emoji in the caption, making fans think he had died. This was a clickbait attempt to get people to click and read the article that was linked.
However, some people, including Zolciak and Biermann’s daughter Ariana, saw the post and immediately thought Biermann had died. The post has since been deleted. Ariana reacted to the post on TikTok,.
Zolciak and Biermann split in 2023, according to People magazine.Even though they seemed to reconcile for a short time, the divorce seems to be moving forward. They share four children together and Biermann is also the adoptive dad of Zolciak’s two older daughters.
Here’s what you need to know:
Ariana Biermann said she almost had a 'heart attack' when she saw Kim Zolciak’s post.
Ariana was very upset after seeing her mom’s post.
“You guys, I had about a damn heart attack when I went on my Instagram. I physically don’t have any [expletive] words,” she said on TikTok. She also said that she’d received a lot of DMs about the post, which made things even worse.
“Secondhand embarrassment stays through the roof. Let’s see what’s coming next week,” she said, later adding a message to her mom. “I love you but I just like — my heart, like, tugging. Like, no, the [expletive]?”
Fans reacted in the comments.
“As a mom, this breaks my heart. Take care of YOU. Set firm boundaries and honestly, stay off socials. Care for your heart and head right now,” one person wrote.
“I would honestly sit down with my mom and have a serious conversation with her about your concerns. This one went too far,” someone else said.
Kim Zolciak previously faced criticism for a clickbait post implying her daughter was pregnant.
This isn’t the first time Zolciak posted a controversial clickbait post.
In the summer of 2023, she posted a sonogram photo with her daughter Brielle Biermann’s name on it.
The caption read, “I’M SO EXCITED TO BE A GRANDMA,” but it was later deleted.
Shortly after, TMZ reported that Brielle Biermann wasn’t pregnant despite Kim’s post suggesting otherwise, and Kim is getting a financial kickback from the clickbait article.
Zolciak has openly talked about wanting to be a grandmother. The associated link pointed to an article that included a past quote about it. And Zolciak has mentioned the idea on other occasions as well.
“She wants me to have a child,” Brielle Biermann said in an episode of “Behind the Velvet Rope” podcast.
in October 2022. “She’s like, ‘Come on, you’re not getting any younger. Like, I want a little baby. And if you don’t have it, I’m going to have one,'” the then-25-year-old added.
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