
Who was Kim Zolciak’s Big Papa? Was it Lee Najjar, Jared Najjar’s father? Real Housewives of Atlanta with Kim Zolciak is back - but one character is not – Big Papa.
While never appearing on camera, Big Papa as LALATE reported first exclusively reported on in 2008, was the core factor that drove viewer curiosity season 1. In recent Real Housewives entries, Bravo has used similar Big Papa gimmicks. The most recent has been Cop without a Badge.
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In Real Housewives of New Jersey, from episode one the net went crazy amid reports that Danielle Staub aka Beverly Merrill had a mugshot. Where was it? Just like who is Big Papa, the question offered was Who is Beverly Merrill? The mugshot was in a book out of print called Cop without a Badge. Press went crazy. Finally New York reporters found the book in a local library and ran the mug. The storyline of Danielle versus Beverly entered episode 1 and stayed all season long.
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For Big Papa, Kim knew exactly how to milk it. LALATE broke exclusively first online that chatter bugs claimed Big Papa was Lee Najjar, owner of a local real estate company, Jared Najjar’s father. Jared Najjar is CEO of Archangel which is an amazing jewelry line for Brody Jenner.
Later in Atlanta’s season, Kim said she admitted seeing online a correct identification of Big Papa, said he was not African American, and finally confessed her split with the man.
So while no Big Papa should lead this season, what will be the catch for the new season premiering tonight?
Expect it to be more Kandi Burruss this time around, with a procession of celebs who reportedly include Jazze Pha, Juelz Santana and Young Jeezy, singers Ciara, Monica, Angie Stone and Tionne (T-Boz) Watkins.