Don’t Be Tardy’s Kim Zolciak Reveals Why She Looks Thinner On Instagram Than In Real Life! Claims Makeup Is the Reason Her Face Looks ‘So Different’

Kim Zolciak looks much different now than she did 11 years ago when she began starring on the debut season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta but according to the mother of six, her new look isn’t the result of photoshop or plastic surgery. Also, Kim is firing back at photoshopping claims and revealing why she looks thinner on her Instagram page than in real life.

After being confronted by a fan who pointed out that she looks “so different,” Kim offered up the real reason behind her dramatic new look. 

“Just watched the first season of Housewives, you look so different,” the fan wrote. 

“Yup that’s what happens when you don’t have a glam squad sweetie, 11 years ago we started that show!!” Kim replied.

Below is a before and after photo of Kim. The before photo is from her second season on the Real Housewives of Atlanta back in 2008.

A before and after photo of Kim.

Also on Instagram this week, Kim responded to another one of her followers, who suggested she and her family “all look heavier” on Don’t Be Tardy than they do on their Instagram pages.

“It’s crazy how on the TV show they all look heavier and nothing like their great pictures they post on insta,” the fan wrote.

“Well sweetie you might want to look at our videos on our IG!!” Kim replied. “Television adds 10 lbs!”

At the end of last year, Kim shared a photo of herself on Instagram and insisted her body, which she’s often accused of photoshopping, is in tip-top shape due to diet and exercise.

“Fun Facts: I run 3-4 miles 5x a week,” she wrote. “I don’t eat red meat or pork NEVER have. I’m 5’8! From the time I get up to the time I go to bed .. I rarely sit down. I hate breakfast but drink shakes in place of it.”

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My snapchat:KimZBiermann Fun Facts: I run 3-4 miles 5x a week I have ALWAYS loved to run. I don't eat red meat or pork NEVER have. I'm 5'8! From the time I get up to the time I go to bed .. I rarely sit down. I hate breakfast but drink @310nutrition shakes in place of it. I love skincare I have almost every product ever made, when we were building our house We built a special cabinet just for all my products. Hence why I started @kashmerekollections I naturally have black hair but now 95% gray 😩 I have a device in my heart. I breastfed all 6 of my kiddos. I love my teeth (Braces twice) 😬 and my feet ❤️ I have always been able to manifest long before I ever knew what it meant. 📒I wrote in my journal when I was 12 "I wanted my own show by the time I was 30" I started on RHOA at 29. 🎥😬 I have one brother he is 20 months older than me. I love the beach. 🌊 I quit smoking 🚬 years ago after reading "The Easy Way To Quit Smoking" never smoked again. At 18 I went through the windshield of my car (glass came out of my forehead for over 10 yrs) my mom picked piece by piece out of head in the hospital with tweezers. I would squeeze on my forehead (like a pimple) but out would come glass instead for over 10 years. I had a tummy tuck/ boob job by the best @dr.hochstein 🔪💉 I eat chocolate everyday 🍪🍩 I love my family more than ANYTHING in this world. I thank God and my angels a million times a day for my incredible blessed life. I don't do elevators, I'd rather walk 30 flights. I'm claustrophobic to an extreme level. I have never had a c section. I have only a couple friends, I married my best friend. I'm almost 8 years older than Kroy 💃🏼 I went to nursing school and graduated. Practiced for a few years🏥 and loved it. I get car sick every time I'm a passenger. I love to gamble. I ASK for what I want, I BELIEVE I already have it, and I RECEIVE it. Im anemic and get iron IV for it often. I worry about my kids 24/7. Im loyal to a fault. I posted this pic because it took 3x to get my ass to look this juicy!!

A post shared by Kim Zolciak-Biermann (@kimzolciakbiermann) on Oct 29, 2018 at 5:17am PDT

Don’t Be Tardy season seven premieres on Sunday, February 17 at 9 p.m. on Bravo TV.