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Since the premiere of Bravo's 'Real Housewives of Atlanta,' there has been widespread speculation over the identity of "Big Poppa," the mystery boyfriend of Kim Zolciak, one of the show's stars.
Turns out, Big Poppa is Lee Najjar, a very successful – and married – real estate mogul based in Atlanta. TMZ cameras were the first to capture images of Zolciak and Najjar on a romantic vacation at the Hotel Atlantis in the Bahamas last November.
Zolciak, a single mother of two, has always been mum on who was footing the bill for her extravagant lifestyle, but at the first season reunion special, her co-star NeNe Leakes let it be known that Big Poppa was very married.
"Keep your legs closed to married men," charged Leakes, who used to be friends with Zolciak.
Though Bravo has capitalized on the mystery of "Big Poppa," Najjar is seeking a low profile.
Earlier this year, he made an appearance on the MTV series 'Teen Cribs,' where his daughter, Katelin, and son, Jamen, gave a tour of their tricked-out mansion. Najjar's wife – whose name is coincidentally Kimberly – also turned up in the episode, cooking spaghetti.
The spacious estate features a movie theater, music studio, beauty salon, game room, basketball court and countless other amenities. Najjar, who appeared in photos during 'Teen Cribs' alongside Jermaine Dupri and other celebrities, has no qualms about spoiling his children, particularly his daughter, as he notes on the MTV special. (SEE THE VIDEO BELOW)
"Katelin is our only daughter, and she is daddy's girl. She is my princess."
BV Newswire tracked down an exclusive photo of Najjar with mega-producer Dallas Austin taken May 16 at Austin's annual fundraiser.
Ironically, Austin is still letting the public know that he won't be helping Zolciak further her country music career anytime soon. Via his Twitter page, he recently wrote: "Don't ever put that house wives b***h in serious music convo please!!! It's unfair to real talented people. It was only for broken dreams TV!!"
Last year, Austin took to his MySpace page to say: "We are not doing a song, we are not doing an album ... that was only for television!"
According to a season preview of 'Housewives,' Big Poppa will make an appearance, and Grammy Award winner Kandi Burruss, the newest cast member, will work with Zolciak in the studio.There is no word on whether Najjar and his wife are still together or whether he's back with Zolciak.
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By: Deanne on 8/16/2009 7:56AM
YEW SHES SCARY LOOKING SHE IS NOT PRETTY AT ALL AND HE LOOKS GEEKY
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By: De'anna on 8/16/2009 7:58AM
YEW SHES SCAREY LOOKING NOT PRETTY AT ALL AND HES GEEKY LOOKING
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By: Rose on 11/20/2009 1:04AM
I enjoy watching the show sometimes, but Kim's role is sending a negative message to both single parents and children. I enjoy watching the others because they appear more realistic, and Kim is very unrealistic and sometimes boring to watch. Maybe Big Poppa's wife should be on the show...now that would be exciting to watch.
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By: da29 on 8/16/2009 12:58PM
damn after seeing this guy's face, I realized she would sleep with anything for money.
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By: Georgia on 8/16/2009 1:13PM
Where is the class on this show? In the case of Sheree, the old addage holds true, you can take the girl out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto hood rat out of the girl! Her display at the restaurant,along with Kim was so trashy. I mean they were in a nice place and they made themselves look like trash. You can't buy vlass, you can't marry class, and you can't go to school for it. Either you are classy or you're not, ans Sheree leaves a lot to be desired in that area. No wonder Bob kicked her to the curb! As far as Lisa Wu-Hartwell, she is a nosey back stabbing bitch! She is the one that told on Nene and what she said about Kim while they were all in the limo. She spreads too much gossip and gets stuff started, then when she gets called out over it, she comes up with that lame crap about Kim being a liar and she will flip her over the couch. She better watch herself before she gets flipped over the couch or something else. I can see right through her and Sheree, and their lies. They just don't want Nene to be friends with Kim, so they have cooked up all these lies about stuff Kim was supposed to have said. In essence, they were the ones that said it, and want to cast the truth away from themselves. It is so typical of sistas! Sheree needs to pay more attention to her children and take care of her house and stop spending what she hasn't got yet and may never get. And what goes arond comes around, that is why Lisa and her husband got foreclosed on. You shouldn't tell tales and lies about other people, it will come back on you, and did in Lisa and Sheree's case, they both lost their homes! Karma, karma, karma, it always comes back on you!
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By: nathalie on 8/16/2009 1:24PM
the only one i really like and respect is nene.she is awesome.
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By: MR TAYLOR on 8/16/2009 1:55PM
THIS SHOW IS TRASH. These women all come from the lower class andmarried smeone with money and you can tell they don't know how to be human. the gossip, fight and act like trash when needed. they certainly are not ladies. None of them act like they were broughtinto this world with class. It's a sad show and I have stopped watchig it becuase itonly makes these women look like trash, theone whose husband left her and then didnt make the house payments and is now trying to be a designer is probaly the lowest. just sad sad
White or black they are just sad women and not showing any kind of happiness, although the one who gave the auction and no one bid is probably the nicest but please all that help and house she built just shows you what kind of women she is. what is with these women and what is with bravo for showing this show......
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By: elt-let on 8/16/2009 5:11PM
As for samantha lehman's comment about RHofOC they had a couple of gold diggers on that show as well- remember GRETCHEN? She dated an old fossil who had a NICE amount of money who we all know paid for her to be his eye candy. He didn't leave her any real money either. OH by the way- if the real housewives of OC were the best of all shows, why were the other ladies coaxing gretchen to marry the old fossil while he was DEATHLY SICK so she can automatically have a larger sum of his money than he intended to leave her? Housewives of OC are not that much better or more decent than the others. WAKEUP!!!At least RHof Atlanta men have ESTABLISHED $$$$$ and look like something you wont be ashamed to walk with in public. And Atlanta housewives didn't disrespect their men and act like a bunch of dried up sex hungry old bats.
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By: dm on 8/16/2009 5:39PM
why all the anger towards Kim? It takes two people to cheat. He's married an adult and he knew what he was doing and he had children. Is it because she is white? I am an african american woman but I ask this question why do we always blame the woman?
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By: michelle franklin on 8/18/2009 1:16AM
DEAR,DEAR...YOU HAVE A LOT TO LEARN!
THERE IS ONLY 1 WAY A MAN CAN CHEAT...THAT'S IF THE OTHER WOMEN LETS HIM!~
YOU SAID "WHY ALL THE ANGER AT KIM" WELL LET ME JUST EXPLAIN IT THIS WAY.
IF A MARRIED MAN PULLS UP AT YOUR GARAGE (THE COOCH*E)AND SAYS TO YOU(THE OTHER WOMEN )I AM MARRIED BUT... OPEN YOUR GARAGE DOOR( COOCH*E),WHAT DO YOU SAY ( AS A REAL WOMEN)
a: OK
b:LET ME THINK ABOUT IT
OR C: HELL NO MO FO YOU ARE MARRIED SO TAKE YOUR A*S HOME,YOU CAN NOT GET IN MY GARAGE, YOU HAVE ONE OF YOUR OWN!
SO DID YOU GET THAT? THAT WAS ABOUT AS SIMPLE AS I CAN MAKE IT.
IF SHE (KIM)DON'T OPEN THE GARAGE ...HE WONT GET IN...AND HE TAKE HIS STANKIN ,COUNTRY ,BACKWARDS THINKING A*S ON HOME TO HIS OWN COOCHIE!!(garage)
ITS NOT KIM'S JOB TO FEED EVERYBODY'S DOG!!! GET... HER... OWN!!!
SO KIM'S DRAG QUEEN A*S NEEDS TO PRACTICE "HOW TO BE A REAL WOMEN TO MYSELF!" AND STOP LETTING EVERYBODYS DOG IN THE GARAGE!!!! GET YO OWN MAN!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!! (DOGG).
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