“The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th” is currently in production. Now, former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kim Zolciak has confirmed that she will be featured on the series. This news came after a casting leak featured her name and several other current and former Bravo stars.
Kim Zolciak Is Making Her Grand Return to Bravo
Filming for “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th” began in the latter half of January 2026. The show features the principal cast traveling to different cities with “Housewives” franchises. The main cast includes Porsha Williams, Vicki Gunvalson, Gizelle Bryant, Kyle Richards, Teresa Giudice, and Lisa Barlow.
The most recent top was in Atlanta, and Zolciak took to Instagram on January 25 to post behind-the-scenes footage. The former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star began, “Ultimate Girls Trip 💫 I’m BACK 😁.
Had the best time last night, it was so amazing to reunite with everyone ❤️ All the incredible housewives made this franchise what it has become today 🙏🏻. I was in tears as soon as I walked 😭 My sound guy @doug4sound was there, two of my cameramen that did ‘Don’t Be Tardy,’ and RHOA were there, it was really amazing.
I love my crew, they will always be my family, and my partners in crime on RHOA will always be my family as well!! Can you believe this is the 20th Anniversary of HOUSEWIVES ❤️ Stay tuned 🎥 PHOTO CREDIT: @freddyophotos Love You Freddy!!!!!”
Zolciak can be seen in the photos above with NeNe Leakes, Marlo Hampton, Drew Sidora, Sheree Whitfield, Angie Katsanevas, Cynthia Bailey, Lisa Wu, and many other main cast members.
After posting, Zolciak received comments from many of her costars. Bailey told her, “So good to see u Kim! Love U!❤️” Whitfiled said, A good time for sure ❤️❤️.” Additionally, Sidora said, “Sooooo great seeing you QUEEN❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️”
She Previously Teased Her Return
Zolciak was one of the original cast members on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” She then left the show midway through its fifth season in 2012. After that, she and her ex-husband, Kroy Biermann, starred on Bravo’s “Don’t Be Tardy” for eight seasons. According to Page Six, Bravo canceled the spin-off in 2021.
She later returned to RHOA as a friend of the show for its 10th season. According to Today, Zolciak teased a possible return in 2023. She did so by posting a photo with some of her former costars, captioned “see you soon.”
This led to Zolciak appearing in an episode from season 15 of the series. More recently, she attended BravoCon 2025 and was also a guest on “Watch What Happens Live.”
