For 14 years, Kyle Richards has had many difficult moments of her life play out on television. From the complex and often strained relationships with her sisters, Kim Richards and Kathy Hilton, to her highly publicized separation from her husband of 27 years Mauricio Umansky, it seems nothing has been off the table. The new season of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, which premieres November 12, is expected to be another difficult one for the last remaining original RHOBH castmember as Richards sheds light into her separation and opens up about the impact the frenzied speculation about her friendship with country star Morgan Wade had on herself.
In the season premiere, Richards reveals that the speculation about her sexuality not only caused extreme emotional distress but also made her “think twice” about her sexuality. “I have never, ever questioned my sexuality in my life, ever,” Richards says in a confessional. “But I think all the crazy speculation actually did make me think twice.”
“This is not something that would have ever registered in my brain,” Richards further explains to Refinery29. “You’re raised a certain way or, at least for me, just on autopilot, that this is how life is. And [the speculation] did kind of make me go, ‘Hmm, now I’m wondering about that.’”
Ahead, Richards opens up about her relationship with castmate Dorit Kemsley, how she navigates filming with her ex-husband, and what she wishes people talking about her sexuality would understand.
The following interview interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Refinery29: Both you and Dorit are on somewhat parallel journeys with your separations. Do you wish things were better between your relationship, where she could be there for you after your separation from Mauricio and you could be there for her during her split from PK. Or are you of the mind now of just letting it be?
I went into this season wanting to repair things with her because I not only care about her, but I thought we were both going through this similar situation obviously and we could be there supporting each other instead of having this negative energy hanging around us while we’re shooting. So that’s why I wanted to repair things with her right out of the gate in shooting the season and it didn’t go so well. But that was the goal.
We do still see Mauricio on Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, and it seems that even after the separation, there’s a lot of love still there. How do you navigate …read more
Source:: Refinery29
