Kim Zolciak and her estranged husband Kroy Biermann showed a surprisingly close side on Wednesday after the reunited for a lunch date.
The 45-year-old former Real Housewives Of Atlanta star shared a short video from their visit to Kani House, a teppanyaki-style steakhouse Japanese steakhouse — often mistakenly called ‘hibachi’ — in Duluth, Georgia.
The meet-up was a surprising development for the hot-and-cold couple, as last week police visited their home after one of their four youngest children called them for help amid their nasty shouting match.
There wasn’t any hint of that animosity in the short video Kim shared, which showed their chef cooking some vegetables and a heart-shaped array of fried rice while she and Kroy, 38, chatted playfully.
‘This is my favorite restaurant, guys,’ she said as the chef juggled his spatulas and tapped them against the grill rhythmically.
Kim Zolciak, 45, and her estranged husband Kroy Biermann, 38, seemed to put their differences aside for a congenial lunch date on Wednesday; seen in 2012 in Pasadena
Kim shared video to Snapchat of their visit to Kani House, a teppanyaki-style steakhouse Japanese steakhouse in Duluth, Georgia, where a chef put on a show for them
‘Why don’t you do that, Kroy?’ she teased the former NFL player.
‘I do! Just not when you’re around,’ he joked, eliciting hearty laughs from Kim.
Later, she could be heard chatting with the chef about her preference for cooking vegetables, though Kroy jumped in to say that he was more of a carnivore than she was.
She concluded the short clip by honing in on a heart-shaped mound of fried rice.
‘How cute, guys,’ she added.
Kim didn’t appear to turn the camera on herself or Kroy during the lunch date, instead keeping it focused on their chef and his tasty creations.
It’s not clear if the friendly outing signals any change in their divorce proceedings, and the two appear to be continuing full steam ahead.
However, the congenial nature of the two was a far cry from last week, when police visited their home amid a brutal shouting match they had at their family home in Georgia.
Shortly afterward, TMZ reported that the argument had started over the ongoing financial woes.
The screaming between the two eventually got so extreme that one of their four youngest children reportedly made a call to police for help.
The blowup was particularly shocking, as the warring exes seemed to have put aside their differences earlier this month when they reunited for an opulent dinner to celebrate their anniversary.
However, sources close to Kim, 45, and Kroy, 38, say they began arguing on and off about a week earlier, just days after their dinner.
She called it her ‘favorite’ restaurant. When the chef arranged a pile of fried rice in the shape of a heart, she cooed, ‘How cute, guys’
Kim even teased Kroy about not being able to flip spatulas like the chef, to which he joked, ‘I do! Just not when you’re around.’ There wasn’t any hint of their earlier animosity
The lunch comes after Kim and Kroy had their latest shouting match last week over finances, a subject that wrecked their marriage; seen in 2016 in LA
The two are required to stay in separate parts of their house, but that didn’t stop the fight. They reportedly began arguing on and off a week before, just days before after an anniversary dinner, TMZ reported
The string of arguments were reportedly ‘intense’ and were once again inspired by their mounting debts and legal decisions against them forcing them to pay up on huge amounts of money they owe.
It’s unclear if their lavish anniversary dinner played a part in those conversations, or if it was unrelated.
The exes apparently didn’t take a break from the fighting to get space, and instead stayed together in their family home, which kept the arguments going for days.
The two are currently in the process of selling their home, which they listed for $6 million.
The potential sale could help the couple offload the property before it could be foreclosed, and it could also potentially help to pay off their debts and allow them to find more modest separate homes.
The former Real Housewives Of Atlanta star and the ex-NFL player have been required to reside in separate parts of their home, with the judge overseeing their divorce ordering Kroy to stay in the home’s master bedroom, while Kim is confined to the basement and its bedroom suite.
It’s unclear if the couple were attempting to stick to their areas during the shouting match, or if they met up face-to-face in one of their home’s common areas, where they are allowed to congregate together under the judge’s order.
That freedom of movement in the house appears to have created the conditions for their latest verbal fight.
It was reportedly one of their youngest children who made a call to police to tamp down the fight, but Kim and Kroy were seen together earlier on Monday as they took the children to get haircuts.
The outing didn’t betray any obvious tension, and the family also dropped by a Starbucks to pick up some drinks.
One of their four youngest children reportedly called police to break up the fight, but all looked fine earlier in the day when Kim and Kroy took their kids to get haircuts
Law enforcement sources told TMZ that Kim and Kroy had an ‘extremely loud’ verbal fight, which scared one of the young kids enough to call 911
It’s not clear which of their children phoned for help, but the law enforcement sources told TMZ that it was not one of Kim’s older children: Brielle, 26, or Ariana, 22, both of whom are from previous relationships.
The exes also share sons KJ, 12; Kash, 11; and fraternal twins Kane and Kaia, nine, one of whom reportedly called the police.
According to the sources, three police officers and a supervisor dropped by the estranged couple’s home, where a judge has ordered them to sleep on separate floors.
They said Kim and Kroy were engaged in an ‘extremely loud’ verbal fight, which appears to have scared one of the children enough to make them phone for help breaking it up.
However, the police were apparently able to subdue the two for the night.
Kim previously called police to their home — which they are attempting to sell for $6 million to help pay off their mounting debts — after Kroy had locked himself in the couple’s bedroom, allegedly refusing his estranged wife entry.
Once police arrived, Kroy — who refused to show his face from behind the bedroom door — handed over Kim’s medications and some cosmetics, as well as a comforter.
Kroy had again holed himself up in the bedroom in late September, when Kim again called police.
She said that the football player had taken her two cell phones in the bedroom with himself and was refusing to give them back to her.
Police ultimately got him to hand over the phones, and Kim slept in a separate bedroom with the door locked for privacy.
The latest incident appears to be an escalation of sorts, as it was previously one of the adults who called for police during past visits, but now one of their young children has interceded.
The children were at home during previously visits from law enforcement, though Kim claimed that they were asleep during the September visit over the allegedly stolen cell phones.
A judge had previously ordered Kim to live in their home’s basement suite, while Kroy was allowed to stay in the master bedroom.
The arrangement was presumably meant to help give them privacy and cut down on the arguments, though both are allowed to be in their home’s common areas, including the living room and kitchen.
In addition to Kim’s older daughter Brielle, 26, and Ariana, 22, she and Kroy share sons KJ, 12; Kash, 11; and fraternal twins Kane and Kaia, nine, one of whom reportedly called police
According to the sources, three police officers and a supervisor dropped by the estranged couple’s home. They were able to subdue them for the night
Despite tension between the couple and their apparent lack of resources, they reunited on their anniversary for a lavish dinner pasta and seafood dinner earlier this month
The reality star has given mixed signals about the state of her marriage. Between visits from police, she and Kroy put on a happy face to celebrate their anniversary with a fancy dinner earlier this month, and she even added her married name back to her Instagram account, despite her ongoing divorce.
Last week, Kim even tamped down on concerns that she was selling off her designer clothing and accessories to help pay her significant debts.
After a fan asked on Instagram if she was trying to raise money, she claimed that she merely had too many things and was trying to pare them down.
Still, financial challenges have continued to mount for the two. As they wait to see if their pricy home will sell, they have been ordered by a judge to pay $230,000 from a lawsuit over unpaid credit card bills, and Kroy has also been order to turn over his Rolls-Royce after he stopped making the $5,000 monthly payments for over a year.