Kim Zolciak recalls ‘deep conversations’ with Chet Hanks while filming Surreal Life – after trailer teased potential hookup: ‘He’s adorable’

Kim Zolciak-Biermann is keeping things secret about a possible new on-screen romance.

The 46-year-old former Real Housewives of Atlanta actress said fans will have to wait and see what happens between her and Chet Hanks in Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets.

“Chet is a great guy,” she said People. ‘I mean, he’s adorable. We’ve had a lot of incredible moments throughout the season that you’ll see. We’ve had some deep conversations and he’s amazing.’

“I just spoke to Chet yesterday,” added Zolciak-Biermann, who said she and her co-stars are “friends for life” after filming together for two weeks.

The cast also includes Macy Gray, Tyler Posey, Ally Brooke, Johnny Weir, OT Genasis and Josie Canseco.

“Chet’s a great guy,” she told People . “I mean, he’s adorable. We’ve had a lot of incredible moments throughout the season that you’ll see. We’ve had some deep conversations and he’s amazing.”

She admitted she didn’t know who Chet, 33, was before she walked into the house. ‘I had to call [daughter] “Brielle and ask who Chet was,” Zolciak Biermann said.

“She said, ‘Mom, there’s only one Chet in the world,'” Kim added. “I was like, ‘Chet who?’ And she said, ‘Hanks.'”

Zolciak-Biermann got cozy with Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson’s son in the first trailer for Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets, which dropped last month.

“Kim is a MILF,” Chet admits in a confessional.

The promo also shows him and Zolciak-Biermann going into a room together, where a black-and-white night-vision camera captures him crawling into her bed.

“That’s going to look really awful,” she was heard saying in her confessional.

In the trailerKim opened up to her co-stars about the end of her marriage to Kroy Biermann, whom she married in 2011.

“Kroy doesn’t want me here,” she said. “When I come home, I’m getting a divorce.”

Kroy, 38, filed for divorce from Kim in August, despite the couple attempting to resolve their issues after Kim filed for divorce months earlier in May 2023.

“I just spoke to Chet yesterday,” added Zolciak-Biermann, who said she and her castmates are “friends for life” after filming together for two weeks

She admitted she didn’t know who Chet, 33, was before she walked into the house. ‘I had to call [daughter] “Brielle and ask who Chet was,” said Zolciak Biermann

Zolciak-Biermann got cozy with Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson’s son in the first trailer for Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets, which dropped last month

In November, the couple became involved in a shouting match, after which one of their youngest children called the police.

In bodycam footage of the incident, Kroy can be heard calling Kim a “narcissist” and accusing her of “[sleeping with] other men.’

She responded to the “hurtful allegations” in a statement on Instagram, calling Kroy’s comments “clearly infuriating” and “untrue.”

“I categorically deny any allegation that I was unfaithful to Kroy at any time during our 12-year marriage,” she continued. “Any allegation to the contrary is blatantly false, baseless and defamatory.”

Kim continued, “I have tried not to talk about these hurtful allegations, but I have reached a breaking point and I will not remain silent if my character is killed off.”

In the trailer, Kim told her co-stars about the end of her marriage to Kroy Biermann, whom she married in 2011

She married the NFL alumnus in 2011, after which he adopted her daughters Brielle, 27, and Ariana, 22.

They also have sons Kroy ‘KJ’ Jagger, 13, Kash Kade, 11, and 10-year-old twins, daughter Kaia Rose and son Kane Ren.

Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets premieres July 23 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on MTV.