Kim Zolciak still has “love” for daughter Ariana Biermann’s ex-boyfriend, Hudson McLeroy. The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum shared her thoughts about the split, one month after the Next Gen NYC cast members officially announced their breakup.
The mom of six spoke about the breakup during the Housewife 2 Housewife: Rumor Spill panel at BravoCon on Sunday, Nov. 16. “I love Hudson,” she said. “But they need to grow.”
Kim noted that Ariana and Hudson had spent so much of their youth together. “They’ve been together on and off for 10 years, and they’re just going in different directions,” she continued, as seen in the video above. “Ariana is kind of blossoming and doing her thing.”
And now, Kim is so optimistic for Ariana’s future after her breakup. “This is her dream,” she added. “She’s happy. She’s loving life. She found her confidence and her strength, and she’s away from the chaos back at home. And you know, she just looked at her life and decided that she wanted to go in a different direction.”
Kim also shared where she stands with Hudson’s parents today after the breakup. She revealed that she has known them for such a long time, and they go way back. “We [were] in the same hospital giving birth,” Kim revealed. “I’ve known them forever and ever. I love them.”
Kim Zolciak reveals that Ariana Biermann is still “friends” with Hudson McLeroy
Kim continued, admitting that Ariana and Hudson have maintained a friendship after their breakup. “They’re friends,” she revealed.
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“I don’t ever see them not being friends, to be honest,” she continued. “They’re best friends, actually, so they’re just growing in different directions. She’s growing at this pace, and he’s growing at this pace, and in different directions. And that’s kind of where it…It was Ariana’s decision to go in a different direction.”
How Kim Zolciak supported Ariana Biermann after her breakup with Hudson McLeroy
Kim showed her support for Ariana days after she had announced her split from Hudson. Ariana celebrated her birthday on Oct. 17, which was three days after going public with their breakup. Kim took to her Instagram account at the time, where she posted a series of photos celebrating her second youngest daughter.
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“Happy birthday to my heart and soul [Ariana],” Kim wrote in the caption of the post. “There are no words big enough to express how much I love you. Watching you grow into the incredible woman you are today has been one of the greatest joys of my life. This past year has brought so much change, and yet through it all, you’ve carried yourself with such strength, grace, and beauty.”
See what Kim thought was Hudson’s “one red flag” while he was together with Ariana.
