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‘I was left holding the bag for the family,’ Kim said during an appearance on Thursday’s episode of ‘Watch What Happens Live.’
Kim Zolciak is finally fessing up.
On the July 31 episode of Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen asked The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum about allegations that she’d spent “all of the money” her daughter “earned as a child.” In the “Truth Bomb” segment, Kim, 47, admitted that she’d raided daughter Ariana Biermann’s accounts to cover the family’s living expenses.
Kim Zolciak says Ariana Biermann’s money ‘was spent on bills’
In the segment, Kim confessed to taking money from her daughter, though she characterized it as a loan.
“The rug was pulled out from the Zolciaks,” she said. “Ariana’s money was spent on bills, to be honest. I was left holding the bag for the family.”
“The money I borrowed from Ariana, I paid her back … for the bills and stuff,” Kim added as a stone-faced Ariana looked on from the WWHL audience. “As far as what she’s made and all that stuff, I don’t have the spreadsheets, but she will be.”
The Don’t Be Tardy star also revealed that she’d taken money from her other daughter, Brielle Biermann, to cover “an electric bill here and there.”
“I was left with nothing, so I had to figure it out fast,” she said.
‘Next Gen NYC’ star says her parents ‘took my money’
Ariana opened up about her mom’s financial shenanigans in an episode of Next Gen NYC that aired in June.
“I got my first brand deal when I was 14,” she said. “I was doing like three posts a week and you get paid astronomical to do a Story or to do an Instagram post and I made quite a bit of money.”
But all that cash is now gone, she claimed.
“Unfortunately, my parents took my money. I can’t say exactly what they used it on, because I just found out that it was gone two years ago,” Ariana added, speaking of Kim and her estranged husband Kroy Biermann. “I have no idea where it actually went.”
During her own appearance on WWHL, Ariana emphasized that she also held her father responsible for stealing the money she’d earned.
“Everybody wants this to be just my mother,” she said. “This was a joint partnership in taking the money.”
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