The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards was stunned by Dorit Kemsley sharing one in every of her textual content messages in the course of the season 13 reunion.
“I was really shocked, honestly. I was really surprised by that,” Kyle, 55, mentioned throughout a Thursday, February 29, Amazon Stay when requested how she felt concerning the state of affairs. “Because in all of the years of doing this show — 14 years there now — I’ve never, ever shared anything that’s been said to me off-camera or a text that’s off camera [and] private.”
Kyle acknowledged that forged members will sometimes learn textual content messages aloud if they’re despatched “to the group” or pertain to one thing that “happened actually in the show.”
“But a personal one?” she continued. “No. I’ve never done that.”
The fact star famous that it wouldn’t matter if somebody was her “enemy,” she would “never” share non-public textual content messages on RHOBH.
“I never have and that’s just a rule that I have, and so that really surprised me,” she mentioned.
Dorit, 47, shared the textual content in query with Erika Jayne, who learn the message aloud, throughout a teaser for the reunion.
Within the prolonged message, Kyle wrote that she didn’t “see the need” to convey up her and Dorit’s friendship points in the course of the reunion, including, “especially when we have enough battles to handle as it is.”
Dorit advised Erika that she noticed the textual content as an try to “silence” her and known as it “manipulative” and “calculated.”
Each RHOBH alum Teddi Mellencamp and The Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis alum Bethenny Frankel slammed Dorit’s resolution to share the message.
“At what point is that drawing the line? It is one thing to say, ‘Listen, Kyle sent me a text yesterday where she said she didn’t want to argue with me.’ But to go there and show a private message I really think is crossing the line,” Teddi, 42, mentioned in the course of the Tuesday, February 27, episode of her “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast, including that she felt “disgusted” by Dorit’s actions.
Frankel, in the meantime, known as the transfer a “violation” in a Sunday, February 25, TikTok video.
“I cannot believe a private, personal, emotional, heartfelt, guttural text from Kyle to a friend off camera when not working, when not filming, was aired,” she mentioned. “When you’re working, you’re working, and that’s vile enough. But when you’re not working and you’re off the clock, are they also going to own your thoughts? That’s a private text. That’s insane!”
Dorit and Kyle clashed all through the season as Dorit pressed Kyle to open up about her marital woes with husband Mauricio Umansky. The stress got here to a head in the course of the season finale when information broke that Kyle and Mauricio, 53, had separated after 27 years of marriage. (Us Weekly confirmed their cut up in July 2023).
“Kyle never gave an indication that they were separating,” Dorit advised her husband, PK Kemsley, on the cellphone after listening to the information.
Though an replace on the finish of the season finale famous that Dorit and Kyle hadn’t spoken since December 2023, Kyle answered affirmatively on Thursday when requested whether or not she and Dorit are pals.
“Yes, we’re friends,” she mentioned earlier than admitting, “Right now, it’s not good.”
Kyle went on to element one of many methods Dorit has damage her that she didn’t get to articulate in the course of the reunion. She defined that at BravoCon in November 2023, Dorit wavered when requested to call her favourite Richards sister.
“That’s an easy answer, hello, it’s me. You’re not even close with my sisters,” Kyle mentioned of siblings Kim Richards and Kathy Hilton, noting that she felt “hurt” by Dorit’s hesitancy. “Yes, she’s my friend but she did hurt me a lot. … She’s someone that I care about and her family, but it’s just gonna take me a minute.”
The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Wednesdays on Bravo at 8 p.m. ET.