{"id":25504,"date":"2025-08-27T01:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/25504\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T01:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:32:07","slug":"ariana-biermann-sheds-new-light-on-riley-burruss-friendship-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/25504\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Biermann Sheds New Light on Riley Burruss Friendship Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ariana Biermann<\/a>‘s friendship with Riley Burruss<\/a> is\u00a0still\u00a0going strong. The BFFs reconnected<\/a> during\u00a0Next Gen NYC<\/a>\u00a0Season 1 after first meeting as pre-teens on\u00a0The Real Housewives of Atlanta<\/a>\u00a0Season 2, and now have “got” each other’s backs, according to Ariana.<\/p>\n

Ariana took to her Instagram Story on Riley’s 23rd birthday<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Aug. 22, where she posted a series of photos of them together, both new and old. Throughout her photo dump, the\u00a0Next Gen NYC\u00a0cast member wrote such sweet messages to the NYU grad on her big day.<\/p>\n

In one photo, the friends can be seen engaging in a side hug and smiling with their eyes closed, while Ariana wore a pair of thigh-high hot pink boots. “IDK how I’d do New York without you,” she wrote over the photo. She also posted another picture of them, hanging out at an event together. “I got you always,” Ariana added.<\/p>\n

She continued, posting a super cute photo of them, hanging out with a pig on vacation. “I’m so grateful for you,” she noted.<\/p>\n

Ariana also posted an adorable photo of the two of them as young girls. “Happy birthday to my best friend,” she wrote over the photo, tagging Riley.<\/p>\n

“OMG throwback,” Riley added when she re-posted the photo.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Meet The Next Gen NYC Cast, Who Are Navigating a *Tangled Web* (PHOTOS)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Where Riley Burruss stands with Gia Giudice and Brooks Marks now<\/p>\n

Next Gen NYC\u00a0cast members and Riley’s friends, Brooks Marks<\/a>, and Gia Giudice<\/a>, also took to Instagram Stories to wish her a happy birthday weeks after the Season 1 finale. Brooks posted two photos of himself and Riley, out to dinner, smiling next to each other.\u00a0 “Happy [Riley Burruss] day!!” he wrote in between the photos.<\/p>\n

Gia also posted a photo of her and Riley hanging out together. Although Gia admitted to Us Weekly<\/a>\u00a0in June that she is much closer to Ariana and Brooks<\/a>, the friends only seem to have grown closer, even getting together to watch the\u00a0Next Gen NYC\u00a0Season 1 finale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Happy birthday,” Gia wrote over the photo. “Cheers to another year of love and happiness.”<\/p>\n

See Riley Burruss’ 23rd birthday tributes<\/p>\n

Riley’s friends weren’t the only ones to wish her a happy birthday. Riley’s mom,\u00a0Kandi Burruss<\/a>, took to Instagram<\/a> over the weekend, where she revealed that she had taken a “quick flight” to NYC<\/a> to see her “baby girl” for her birthday. “I can’t believe [Riley Burruss] is 23!” she wrote in the caption of the post.<\/p>\n

The day before, Kandi also took to Instagram<\/a>, where she penned a sweet tribute to her oldest daughter. “I’m so proud of the woman she’s becoming and can’t wait for y’all to see what’s next,” she noted.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Kandi Burruss Reveals Where She Stands with Riley’s Dad Today: See Her Message<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Riley’s dad and founder of Block Entertainment,\u00a0Russell “Block” Spencer<\/a>, also posted a series of photos<\/a> of Riley on social media, and took to the caption of the post, where he joked around with Kandi. “Happy B’day to my baby girl [Riley],” he wrote in the caption. “[Kandi] you could have waited a couple of more [hours] and she would have been a [Virgo] and born on the same day as ME!”<\/p>\n

Learn more about how Riley and Ariana plan to get their moms to reconnect<\/a>\u00a0after years of feuding.<\/p>\n