Kim Zolciak is saying “bravo” to Bravo for firing Kenya Moore from “The Actual Housewives of Atlanta.”
Zolciak — who previously starred on the hit series with Moore — told Page Six’s “Digital Reali-Tea” that she supports the community’s decision to hand the former Miss USA the red ticket following the latter’s sex poster scandal.
“I feel like it’s the best thing that could happen to this show,” she says during a virtual press conference for MTV’s “Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets,” her newest unscripted venture.
Zolciak, who feuded with Moore during the “RHOA” Season 5 overlap, says her on-screen adversary is “deeply flawed” and therefore unsuitable for such a gig.
“You meet people and you interact with them and you get indignant or angry, but when you just feel like the essence of who you are or your personality is deeply flawed, I think being honest is a great choice,” she explains.
As Web Page Six exclusively reported, Moore, 53, shocked attendees at her salon’s grand opening party in June with posters of “Atlanta” newcomer Brittany Eady allegedly performing oral sex.
Cameras were rolling at the solid occasion where Moore revealed the X-rated footage. Eady, 36, was not present for the show.
A source insisted to us at the time that the photos in question were “easily accessible” online and went on to say that Eady had made threats to Moore using the word “gun” before the event.
However, a production source informed us: “At no point was Kenya threatened with a gun, nor were there any weapons present during the production process.”
Web page Six only revealed that Moore was subsequently suspended from filming. It was later confirmed that she would not be returning for the rest of Season 16, which remains in production.
With Moore out, Web Page Six recently reported that “RHOA” alum Phaedra Parks is in talks to return amid a revamp that includes veteran stars and new faces.
Zolciak, who last appeared on the series as a guest in season 15, believes Parks, 50, could be a “good addition” to the current cast.
“I like Phaedra. This could be cool. … She’s so funny,” she raves to us. “I like her.”
However, the “Tardy for the Social Party” singer — whose tenure on the “RHOA” cast as a full member led to 2013 after five consecutive seasons — emphasizes that she will “never” regain her status.
“I’m actually never going back to ‘Housewives of Atlanta.’ Like, really. After I thought about it for a while, I had a really good time… but also, in Connecticut, where I grew up, if you don’t like someone, it’s like, ‘We don’t like you. I don’t like you. I’m not going to talk to you,’” she says.
“Down here, what I found out, and I found out the hard way, was that we go to lunch and we have a nice conversation and then you go do… an interview and you talk about all this crap about me,” Zolciak, 46, elaborates.
The mother of six — who is going through a tumultuous divorce from her ex-husband, Kroy Biermann — recalls being “very upset” by the contentious nature of “Housewives” during the early days of her on-camera career.
“I used to get so upset in the first few seasons. Like, ‘What? We just had lunch.’ And then I was in my interview like, ‘Oh my God, she’s so cool, blah blah blah,’” she shares. “I actually mean, when I say I have PTSD from stuff, I really do.”
“Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets and Techniques” — starring Zolciak, Chet Hanks, Ally Brooke, Macy Grey, Johnny Weir, OT Genasis, Tyler Posey and Josie Canseco — premieres Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on MTV.
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