{"id":15899,"date":"2026-07-24T17:06:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15899"},"modified":"2026-07-24T17:06:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:06:20","slug":"ariana-biermann-hooked-up-with-next-gen-nyc-co-star-charlie-zakkour-while-filming-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15899","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Biermann &#8216;hooked\u00a0up&#8217; with &#8216;Next\u00a0Gen NYC&#8217; co-star Charlie Zakkour\u00a0while filming Season\u00a02"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F07%2F135292037.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ariana Biermann\u2019s love\u00a0life\u00a0is about to\u00a0take another surprising\u00a0turn.<\/p>\n<p>While Bravo\u2019s newly released\u00a0mid-season trailer\u00a0for Season 2\u00a0of \u201cNext Gen\u00a0NYC\u201d hints that\u00a0something may have\u00a0happened between Biermann\u00a0and controversial co-star Charlie Zakkour, an insider exclusively\u00a0tells <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/virtual-reali-tea\/\">Page Six\u2019s\u00a0\u201cVirtual Reali-Tea\u201d<\/a> that the pair\u00a0did, in fact, get together while\u00a0cameras were rolling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAriana and Charlie\u00a0hooked up,\u201d the\u00a0source says, emphasizing that there\u2019s more to the story than what the preview may suggest. \u201cIt\u00a0did happen and\u00a0the situation will\u00a0play out in\u00a0the\u00a0second half of\u00a0the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bravo did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In the midseason trailer, Charlie tells castmate Shai Fruchter during a phone call that \u201cAriana came over to sesh,\u201d adding that he should \u201cclutch his pearls, bro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the sneak peek, Biermann\u2019s pal Riley Burruss calls Biermann and Zakkour a \u201cnew dynamic duo.\u201d Meanwhile, Emira D\u2019Spain shares with the group during a cast trip that Biermann \u201cgave up her first-class seat to sit next to Charlie\u201d while traveling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Ariana Biermann, pictured here at the \u201cNext Gen NYC\u201d premiere party in June, \u201chooked up\u201d with Charlie Zakkour while filming Season 2, Page Six\u2019s \u201cVirtual Reali-Tea\u201d can exclusively reveal.  <span class=\"credit\">Bryan Bedder\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Zakkour, seen here in Las Vegas at BravoCon 2025, has been a polarizing figure on the Bravo reality show.  <span class=\"credit\">Trae Patton\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>When Ava Dash questions Biermann about her relationship with Zakkour, the daughter of Kim Zolciak denies that any sort of romance is brewing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But our source confirms that was not the case as cameras rolled. Biermann\u2019s hookup with Zakkour came after the 24-year-old embraced single\u00a0life following her\u00a0split from longtime\u00a0on-and-off\u00a0boyfriend Hudson McLeroy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With their\u00a0relationship behind her\u00a0at the time, the reality star\u00a0had been open\u00a0to meeting new\u00a0people \u2014 something viewers\u00a0have already watched\u00a0unfold\u00a0through her flirtations\u00a0with series newcomer\u00a0Liam Obergfoll.<\/p>\n<p>Now, fans\u00a0will see another\u00a0chapter of Biermann\u2019s\u00a0dating journey play\u00a0out, this time\u00a0involving\u00a0one of the\u00a0show\u2019s most polarizing\u00a0personalities. In addition to facing conflict with nearly every single \u201cNext Gen NYC\u201d star, off the show, Zakkour has been linked to a crypto torture chamber scandal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In May 2025 \u2014 just before the Season 1 premiere of\u00a0\u201cNext Gen NYC\u201d \u2014 police arrested John Woeltz,\u00a0a 37-year-old cryptocurrency investor, outside his SoHo apartment and charged him with two counts of assault, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a firearm, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/crypto-entrepreneur-custody-another-sought-allegedly-torturing-italian-man-soho-apartment\/16521135\/\">ABC7NY<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Prior to exploring a connection with Zakkour, Biermann had broken up with longtime on-and-off beau Hudson McLeroy (the latter pictured here with her at the \u201cNext Gen NYC\u201d Season 2 event in June). <span class=\"credit\">Bryan Bedder\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>After splitting from McLeroy, Biermann engaged in flirty banter with \u201cNext Gen NYC\u201d newbie Liam Obergfoll.  <span class=\"credit\">Charles Sykes\/Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Virtual Reali-Tea with Danny and Evan\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStay one step ahead with all the exclusive tea on your favorite reality TV stars!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Virtual Reali-Tea with Danny and Evan, our must-read newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThank for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sources later told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/27\/celebrity-news\/new-bravo-reality-star-charlie-zakkour-was-at-the-scene-of-crypto-torture-arrest-crashed-at-soho-house-of-horrors\/?_gl=1*1mrjbej*_ga*ODkzMDk0NDc3LjE3NzY3NzYyNDI.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3ODE3ODg4MjMkbzU2JGcxJHQxNzgxNzkyMTU3JGo0OCRsMCRoMA..\">Page Six<\/a>\u00a0that Zakkour, 31 \u2014 who was not accused of any crimes \u2014 would sometimes \u201ccrash\u201d at the apartment in question.<\/p>\n<p>Making the situation stickier is the fact that Zakkour had recently built a close friendship\u00a0with McLeroy, 24, when he engaged in intimate relations with Biermann.<\/p>\n<p>During\u00a0Season 2, the\u00a0two developed a\u00a0solid bromance, with McLeroy making it\u00a0known to several\u00a0of the guys\u00a0in their circle\u00a0that he hoped\u00a0no one would\u00a0pursue Biermann romantically\u00a0while they figured out the early stages of their breakup.<\/p>\n<p>Obergfoll ultimately ignored\u00a0that request, and\u00a0it\u00a0now appears Zakkour\u00a0did as well.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>McLeroy, seen here with Biermann at an event in NYC in 2025, previously asked the guys in the group to steer clear of pursuing Biermann.  <span class=\"credit\">Eugene Gologursky\/BRAVO via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>McLeroy and Zakkour had established a friendship by the time the latter chose to pursue Biermann in a more-than-friends way.  <span class=\"credit\">Bryan Bedder\/Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It remains unclear\u00a0how McLeroy reacted\u00a0after learning about\u00a0Biermann and Zakkour\u2019s\u00a0hookup or whether\u00a0their friendship was\u00a0affected by the\u00a0situation. Also uncertain is the current relationship status between Biermann and McLeroy, who attended the \u201cNext Gen NYC\u201d party together on June 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biermann herself gave an ambiguous answer when asked where she stands with McLeroy during an appearance on \u201cWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen\u201d this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know the best, like, wording for it. I mean \u2026 we are together but we\u2019re still figuring it out,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to have the back and forth again. I just want to make sure that we can both still grow independently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did, however, tell host Andy Cohen that McLeroy and Zakkour are \u201cdefinitely not\u201d friends anymore. Both Cohen and Biermann agreed that the events leading up to the guys\u2019 friendship fallout should be unpacked at the \u201cNext Gen NYC\u201d Season 2 reunion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The twist in Biermann\u2019s love life\u00a0is\u00a0especially notable considering\u00a0the history between\u00a0Zakkour and McLeroy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cNext Gen NYC\u201d \u2014 starring the offspring of \u201cReal Housewives\u201d stars and their Big Apple-based social circle \u2014 premiered in 2025.  <span class=\"credit\">Bryan Bedder\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Biermann, pictured here at an event in NYC in September 2025, has commanded tons of screen time on the unscripted series.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During Season 1, Zakkour stirred\u00a0controversy when he\u00a0boldly declared that\u00a0he wanted to\u00a0have sex with\u00a0Biermann,\u00a0creating immediate tension\u00a0with McLeroy. At\u00a0the time, the\u00a0comments did\u00a0not sit well\u00a0with Biermann\u2019s then-boyfriend, and the\u00a0moment\u00a0became one of\u00a0the more memorable\u00a0points of conflict\u00a0in the series\u2019 debut installment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the mid-season trailer for Season 2 only\u00a0teases the nature\u00a0of Biermann and Zakkour\u2019s relationship, the insider emphasized to \u201cVirtual Reali-Tea\u201d that\u00a0viewers will get\u00a0the full story\u00a0as the second\u00a0half of the\u00a0season unfolds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether the hookup\u00a0develops into\u00a0something more serious\u00a0\u2014 or creates lasting\u00a0fallout within\u00a0the tight-knit\u00a0friend group \u2014 remains\u00a0to be seen. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Zakkour created tension in Season 1 after boldly declaring his desire to have sex with Biermann, a move that unnerved McLeroy.  <span class=\"credit\">Eric Acquaye\/ZUMA \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>More will be revealed about Biermann\u2019s situation with Zakkour as Season 2 continues to air, \u201cVirtual Reali-Tea\u201d is told.  <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Peterson \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biermann has already\u00a0navigated the ups\u00a0and downs of\u00a0moving on\u00a0from a years-long relationship while\u00a0testing the waters\u00a0with Obergfoll. Adding\u00a0Zakkour to\u00a0the mix is\u00a0likely to send\u00a0shockwaves through the\u00a0cast, particularly given\u00a0his friendship\u00a0with McLeroy and\u00a0the complicated history\u00a0they all share.<\/p>\n<p>If the trailer is any indication, emotions will run high as the truth comes to light, setting the stage for one of the season\u2019s most talked-about storylines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext Gen NYC\u201d airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo with new episodes available to stream the next day on Peacock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Biermann\u2019s love\u00a0life\u00a0is about to\u00a0take another surprising\u00a0turn. 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