Crystal Kung Minkoff is clapping back at her “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” co-star Dorit Kemsley for calling her a “child bride.”
Kung Minkoff, 40, took to Instagram Wednesday after the scene in question aired to share a short list titled, “Keys to a successful marriage.”
The Real Coco co-founder — who was 24 when she wed Rob Minkoff — explained, “Set aside quality time together,” “Express love and appreciation,” “Manage conflict constructively” and “Buy, don’t borrow diamond necklaces for your wife.”
The dig was a reference to Dorit’s husband Paul “PK” Kemsley’s “Pretty Woman”-inspired anniversary surprise, during which the businessman presented his wife with a $5 million Peter Marco diamond necklace and told her, “Don’t get too excited about this because it’s on loan.”
Fans instantly flooded Kung Minkoff’s comments section with praise for the shade and criticism of Dorit’s insult.
“The fact that Dorit does not recognize the problematic phrasing of ‘child bride’ when referring to you at 24 is mind boggling,” one person remarked, going on to add, “Oh yeah…wasn’t Kyle [Richards] 19 when she got married 🤔.”
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Someone else argued that “there’s no way Dorit wasn’t aware of how blatantly microaggressive her comment was.”
Another netizen wrote, “[Dorit] called crystal a child bride which is insulting to crystal and rob. So crystal calling her cheap husband out is the nicest thing she could have said.”
During the episode, Annemarie Wiley put Kung Minkoff on blast for allegedly mocking her castmates’ level of intelligence and superficiality.
“The first thing Crystal said to me about this group of women was that you ladies were not intelligent, nobody was educated and you’re all shallow,” Wiley announced during a group dinner, prompting Kung Minkoff to reply,…
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