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When it comes to drawing attention to herself, Kim Zolciak knows how to create a buzz, and once again the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” starlet has flashed the flesh to promote her political position.

The Bravo blonde has posed topless (for free) in support of the NOH8 Campaign which seeks to overturn California’s Proposition 8 which bans same-sex marriage. Oh-so coincidentally, Zolciak has timed the release of the sexy snaps with the release of her debut dance single “Tardy For the Party.”

“[T]he noh8 campaign shoot was hot. and I am topless!!! Just to cause a stir to make people pay attention!” she tweeted.

The photo is certainly eye-catching, so eye-catching in fact that the reality star had to defend herself on Twitter and coax her many followers to “trust” her that “it wasn’t photo shopped that much.”

But Zolciak isn’t the only one in the entertainment world that is pushing agendas for the cause, reformed rehabber turned “DWTS” alum Steve-O also puckered up and locked lips with a male to show his support. The former “Jackass” (who was once married and has been romantically linked to the likes of Nicole Richie, Kat Von D and May Anderson) took it one step further but dressing up as a bride, complete with a dress, pearls, veil and heavy makeup.

It was former Miss California State Director Shanna Moakler’s participation in the very same campaign earlier this year which scored some attention of a different kind — a discrimination lawsuit filed on Monday by dethroned beauty queen Carrie Prejean! The compliant notes that Moakler filmed an advertisement on April 28 with two other former pageant princesses in the push to legalize same-sex marriage — which Prejean insinuates was a thinly veiled swipe at her traditional views.

“My reason for putting it in the complaint was two fold: First, it shows the mindset of (Keith) Lewis and Moakler that they were not going to let Carrie keep her crown when she opposed them on an issue that they felt so strongly about,” Prejean’s attorney told Tarts.

“Second, Moakler’s conduct and her statements show what a double-standard they were applying. She and Lewis repeatedly and harshly criticized Carrie for exercising her constitutional rights to freedom of speech and religion about marriage and even took away her crown when she would not back down on this issue. Yet, they apparently see no inconsistency in their very publicly exercising those same rights to express an opposite view. Doesn’t that seem just a little hypocritical and, more to the point, discriminatory?”

But back to “Housewives,” it turns out that Zolciak and her crew from Atlanta aren’t the most popular of the Bravo franchise. Neither is Bethenny Frankel and the New York ladies. According to NJ.com, “Real Housewives of New Jersey” is the highest rated in all demographics and its premiere episode drew more than double that of the series premieres of the “New York” and “Atlanta” and a whopping four times more than the one that started it all -”Orange County.”

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