Ariana Biermann and Charlie Zakkour From ‘Next Gen NYC’ Reportedly Hooked Up After He Was Eyeing Her in Season 1

Ariana Biermann and Hudson McElroy split after nearly a decade of dating, with their breakup playing out on Next Gen NYC season 2, which premiered June 24.Sources alleged Ariana “hooked up” with Charlie Zakkour—who previously pursued her while she was still with Hudson—during season 2 filming.Hudson previously caught Charlie flirting with Ariana during season 1 and attempted to befriend him as a strategic move, later admitting his ulterior motive on the After Show.Next Gen NYC officially made its way back to Bravo for a second season on June 24, and viewers have seen how Ariana Biermann and her longtime love, Hudson McElroy, have navigated their split after nearly a decade of dating. Now, sources are coming forward with allegations that Ariana “hooked up” with Charlie Zakkour—who infamously had his eyes set on her, even when she was still with Hudson—while filming season 2 of the reality series.According to a report from Page Six, sources claim that there’s “more to the story” than we saw in the initial midseason preview for Next Gen NYC, which dropped on Thursday, July 24.“It did happen and the situation will play out in the second half of the season,” an insider told the outlet, while Bravo “did not immediately respond” to their request to comment.During a call with fellow castmate Shai Fruchter, Charlie told him to “clutch his pearls” as he admitted, “Ariana came over to sesh.” Riley Burruss also referred to the pair as a “new dynamic duo” while Emira D’Spain dished that Ariana apparently “gave up her first-class seat to sit next to Charlie” while traveling.Add Cosmopolitan as a preferred source in your Google search results.Use your Google account to add this to your settings.Important to note that this development comes after Charlie was thirsting over Ariana when they first met during the show’s first season. During a lunch outing with Ariana’s mom and Real Housewives of Atlanta alum, Kim Zolciak, Hudson clocked that Charlie was plotting on his girlfriend at the time, saying, “He doesn’t want to be my friend. Hw wants to fuck my girlfriend and have me pay for his section [at the club].”More recently, Hudson admitted that he “was avoiding Charlie flirting with Ariana by being friends with him” during the Next Gen NYC After Show. “Well, you know what they say. Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer,” he explained.“I tried to pull my own Charlie move. I tried to like, be friends with somebody and have an ulterior motive,” Hudson shared. “And just like be really, really nice to them. But then secretly you’re just a total fucking asshole trying to like get something out of them.”We’ll have to wait and watch the rest of Next Gen NYC to see how it all pans out!