The model and motivational speaker also defended the show against accusations the drama was faked (viaE!

But how did this sweet Pennsylvania man end up kicking it with this lot?

Then, when I moved there, I met her right away."

Bling Empire’s Kevin Kreider smiling

As the reality star admitted toBustle,he protested, “But I’m not rich!”

“I feel like they accept me,” Kreider said of his friend group.

Likewise, he toldEWthat the show is “really about identity and finding your place in the world.”

Bling Empire star Kevin Kreider posing