from www.foxnews.com – ‘Real Housewife’ Kim Zolciak Has a Secret Stripper Past?

“Real Housewives of Atlanta” starlet Nene Leakes recently came forward and admitted to having been a stripper, but could it be that her co-star Kim Zolciak profited from the same profession?

According to sources close to the Bravo babe, in 2003 she spent around three months “making a lot of money” as a stripper at Atlanta’s premiere gentleman’s establishment The Cheetah Club under the stage name “Barbi.”

“She didn’t do it for long, but was very popular among the crowd,” said our insider.

The Cheetah Club declined to comment, but according to a rep for Zolciak, she did indeed work at Cheetah, but “as a cocktail waitress.”

However Zolciak herself has now come forward to say she never worked the stage.

“I’ve never stripped,” she tells Tarts. “[My former rep] is a loose cannon spreading lies. I am not affiliated with him whatsoever.”

The controversy comes as the reality starlet recently took her career to new heights by releasing a surprisingly successful dance single “Tardy for the Party” and even earned herself a role presenting on VH1 “Divas in New York” last week. We’re also told that “everyone is coming after her” to release a full-length pop album, so while things are looking up professionally, the single starlet is taking time out to improve her personal life too.

Zolciak met with “The Millionaire Matchmaker” Patti Stanger this past Wednesday and apparently Stanger is going to her hook her up with a nice, wealthy fellow.

Just like in fairy tales. Sigh…