An exasperated Kyle Richards was caught on camera informing her family that Bravo wanted to recommence filming for “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” after her split from Mauricio Umansky.
Richards revealed to her four daughters, Farrah, Alexia, Sophia and Portia, that she had to “go back to shoot” Season 13 of her reality show after the news of her separation from Umansky broke in July 2023.
“Because everything that happened with this — I’m going to call it a ‘scandal’ — if something goes on in our lives like this, they’re going to obviously go shoot that even though we’re wrapped,” the OG “Housewife” explained in a clip from Umansky’s Netflix show, “Buying Beverly Hills,” which premiered its second season Friday.
Umansky, 53, and all four children were curious to find out who Richards, 55, would be shooting with, which she avoided answering before apologizing for “blindsiding” them.
“Coming out of the blue, what happened and kind of just blindsiding all of us, I know was a lot, and first of all, I’m really sorry, you guys, you have to deal with that,” she said.
Farrah, 35, interrupted by telling her mom she had nothing to be sorry about.
“But I am,” Richards said. “I really am sorry about that because it’s not fair to you guys, but I’m just so used to it.”
Sophia, 24, then chimed in by saying “this time was different” and her phone was “blowing up” with everyone reaching out about the split.
“I opened Instagram, and it was everywhere, like, it felt different this time,” she said. “And it was definitely hard feeling like maybe I don’t know the whole story.”
Portia, 16, also agreed that she was “freaked out” when she first saw the news.
“I was like, ‘OK, this is weird,’ and, like, is this actually happening? Is there something we’re not in the know of?” she wondered.
Richards noted that…
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