Next Gen NYC may include some Bravo fan favorites (such as Ariana Biermann, Riley Burruss, Brooks Marks, and Gia Giudice), but there are also newcomers to reality TV who, after just two episodes, are already making a name for themselves. One of these breakout stars is Charlie Zakkour.
Zakkour, also known as the “Chuck Bass” of Next Gen NYC, has undeniably been at the forefront of the drama this season. After going on a date with Brooks’ sister Chloe Marks, he made a tactless comment to Brooks about taking her home. Despite apologizing for his words, Zakkour persisted in provoking Brooks about his younger sister, leading to a confrontation with Biermann in the latest episode.
What sets Zakkour apart is his apparent disinterest in the children of the Real Housewives. In fact, Brooks expressed feeling “frustrated” upon learning that there would be more Bravo offspring featured on the show than just himself and Burruss.
So, who is Next Gen NYC star Charlie Zakkour? And is it true that he dated Lindsay Lohan when he was in high school? Keep reading for everything we know.
Zakkour, 29, is described by Bravo as a “crypto trader and private investor who’s been ruling NYC’s club scene since he was 14.” However, we learned a bit more about him in the first two episodes of Next Gen NYC.
Zakkour certainly grew up with a silver spoon. His father is a retired investment banker who, based on the first episode, seems to fund Zakkour’s lifestyle. As a cryptocurrency trader, Zakkour gets money from his dad that he then uses to “invest in cryptocurrencies.” In the premiere of Next Gen NYC, producers show Zakkour telling his barber that he’s going to pretend to pay for his haircut with his own card on-camera — but what he really wants is for them to put the bill on his dad’s tab.
In the Next Gen NYC premiere, Georgia McCann revealed that one of Zakkour’s first girlfriends was Lindsay Lohan. The party boy confirmed in his confessional that he dated the actress, who is nine years his senior, when he was in high school. “She would, like, pick me up from school,” he confessed. Lohan has yet to comment on this, though producers did flash a photo of the former lovebirds in the episode.
Last month, cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and torturing Italian crypto millionaire Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan with electrocution and tasing for weeks. In a video of the arrest that was later posted on social media, a concerned blonde man is seen watching the scene unfold from the background; however, eagle-eyed Bravo fans quickly identified the mystery man as Zakkour. A source told Page Six that Zakkour would sometimes “crash” at the apartment where the alleged extortion attempt took place, which another source described as a “frat house for crypto bros.” While no one knows exactly why Zakkour was present for the ordeal, he has not been arrested or charged with any wrongdoing.
Next Gen NYC airs Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock.
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