Mauricio Umansky of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills said he and wife of 27 years Kyle Richards are still very much together amid divorce rumors.
When it comes to his marriage to Kyle Richards, Mauricio Umansky is becoming more open.
Despite ongoing divorce speculation, the real estate agent insists he and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star are still trying to work on salvaging their romance.
“We were dealing with our own things, kind of, super quietly and internally, just our own issues,” Mauricio explained on the Sept. 28 episode of The Agency’s Red Mic podcast. “I mean, certainly, we’re not separated. We’re not divorced at this point. We are not any of that stuff. We’re still dealing with our marriage.”
The 53-year-old noted he’s grateful they went nearly three decades without ever encountering marriage troubles.
“It’s been an amazing 26 years and a difficult one year,” he remarked. “Kyle and I are blessed because we haven’t had a bad year in 26 years, and I know most marriages go through bad weeks, bad months, and bad years.”
Mauricio addressed claims that their problems are a PR hoax. He made his Dancing With the Stars debut on the Sept. 26 premiere with Kylie in the audience.
“I am not going to destroy my life to put a plant in the news so people can get more entertainment,” Mauricio—who shares children Alexia, 27, Sophia, 23, and Portia, 15, with Kyle, in addition to her daughter Farrah, 34, from a previous marriage—said. “If people actually think I’m that smart or that conniving.”
The couple initially addressed rumors of a breakup in July. In a combined Instagram post from them dated July 3, they stated, “Any rumours surrounding us divorcing are untrue. “However, we have indeed had a difficult year—the most trying in our marriage. However, we have a great deal of love and respect for one another. No one has acted improperly in any way.
Since then, the reality stars have put their family first, spending time together over Fourth of July and taking a family trip to Italy in August.