Kim Zolciak wants to make one thing clear: Although she once waitressed at the Cheetah, an Atlanta strip club, she never took off her clothes. Had she been a stripper, as recent reports have suggested, Kim says she’d be the first to admit it. “I’m honest about the fact that I’m dating a married man,” she told Life & Style during a no-holds-barred interview on Sept. 24. “[If I’d been] a stripper, why wouldn’t I tell you?” While speaking to Life & Style, Kim also addressed several rumors that have made this Southern single mom one of the most talked-about Housewives in history.

Rumor: Her ex-hubby is loaded

Truth: Kim gets “no child support and no alimony” from the father of her daughters, Brielle, 12, and Ariana, 7, she tells Life & Style. So how does she pay for the family’s big house and fancy clothes? “Before The Real Housewives came along, I worked as a nurse,” Kim explains. “I also waited tables. I worked two full-time jobs.” That all changed when she started dating “Big Poppa” — her mystery boyfriend, who is reportedly real-estate mogul Lee Najjar (right). “When I got with Poppa, I didn’t have to work anymore,” Kim says.

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Rumor: She falsely claimed to have cancer

Truth: On The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s season-one reunion show, Kim said she first started wearing wigs because a mystery illness caused her hair to fall out. The other Housewives blasted her for suggesting she had cancer — but Kim says that was never the case. “It was a cancer scare,” she explains, adding that a thyroid condition contributed to the problem. These days, Kim tells Life & Style, she’s in perfect health.

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