The continuing turmoil in Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky’s marriage has performed out for all to see, however their daughters try to not let the chatter get to them.
“We’re very, very hopeful. We’re a very strong family, we’re very resilient,” Farrah Aldjufrie completely informed Us Weekly earlier this month whereas discussing season 2 of Shopping for Beverly Hills. “We have two amazing parents, the best sisters in the world. Given the circumstances, I don’t think it could be any better or we could be handling it any better.”
Farrah, 35, admitted that the Umanskys are “having a rough patch, which is unusual for our family,” however she and her siblings are nonetheless searching for silver linings. “We know that the future is bright for sure,” she added.
Us confirmed in July 2023 that Kyle, 55, and Mauricio, 53, separated after 27 years of marriage. The estranged couple share daughters Alexia, 27, Sophia, 24, and Portia, 16. (Kyle shares Farrah with ex-husband Guraish Aldjufrie.)
Whereas each Kyle and Mauricio have expressed frustration and hesitation across the rigidity enjoying out on TV, the season 2 trailer for Shopping for Beverly Hills hints that their household drama will keep within the public eye.
Mauricio informed Us that he “certainly had some hesitation” round discussing the state of his marriage on the present, however he hopes that viewers will see themselves mirrored within the sequence.
“To be vulnerable and real and to put it out into the world and hopefully allow the audience and people to learn from the way that we’re handling things — these are real-life issues that people deal with every single day of their lives,” he defined. “We are still best friends. We still love each other. And I think if people can learn how to do that, it’s actually just going to make the process better, that you don’t have to hate somebody just because you’re going through a separation.”
Alexia added that whereas the household continues to be “working through” some issues, she thinks they’ve dealt with issues “in a good way” to date. “Everything was just very natural to what we were feeling and what we were saying in those moments,” she informed Us. “So I definitely do think that it is nice to think that maybe some families out there can look at how we handled it.”
Mauricio, in the meantime, agreed that there’s motive for optimism transferring ahead.
“We don’t know where the future is at this point. We’re just allowing things to happen and just move forward,” he mentioned. “In some cases, and you’ll watch it on the show, it’s gotten me a lot closer to my daughters because we’ve been much more open, much more real, much more truthful about certain more difficult topics to talk about.”
The troublesome subjects that Mauricio and Kyle focus on on the present aren’t restricted to their marriage, both. Mauricio may even focus on what led to his falling out with brother-in-law Rick Hilton, who’s married to Kyle’s sister Kathy Hilton.
“I think I got kind of f–ked,” Mauricio says within the trailer, referring to his previous real-estate dealings with Rick, 68.
Shopping for Beverly Hills season 2 premieres on Netflix Friday, March 22.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi