Season 13 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills features a number of failing relationships for Kyle Richards, including her marriage to Mauricio Umansky. The bond between Kyle and Sutton Stracke is likewise in jeopardy. On Wednesday, November 22, during a fresh edition of Bravo, the celebrities tried to have another polite chat. However, it was clear that things didn’t go well when Kyle, 54, told Sutton, 52, that she was “full of s—t.”
“It was difficult to speak with you that evening. Kyle made reference to their dispute at the conclusion of last week’s episode when he said, “You were so aggressive and not nice.” In response, Sutton said, “I was being very calm.”
The previous episode, which aired on November 15, ended with Kyle confronting Sutton, 52, about her Las Vegas meltdown. When Kyle noted that her friend “has a habit of losing [her] s—t” during trivial moments, Sutton cut in stating “name ‘em” repeatedly — which has since launched various internet memes. (Sutton’s Las Vegas meltdown occurred earlier this season when she ran out of the Magic Mike Live show after getting “offended” by the dancer’s provocative moves.)
“You just seemed off, like odd. I don’t know what it was,” Kyle told Sutton during Wednesday’s episode about their previous conversation. Sutton took umbrage with Kyle’s vernacular.
“Kyle is supposed to be my friend and you’re using words that you know will cut me to the core,” Sutton said during her confessional.
Sutton responded by saying she felt “something’s off” about Kyle. “I’m being really honest here, but there occasionally seems to be a great lack of respect. You handle me like I’m your little sister, Sutton remarked. Kyle disagreed right away.
Sutton continued by speculating on the source of the problems between her and Kyle.
“I’m not sure if the Kathy [Hilton] incident has you upset with me. Perhaps you are,” Sutton remarked. In response, Kyle said, “I don’t care about that.”
Kyle and Kathy, sisters, don’t get along well. Sutton and Kathy have maintained their friendship in spite of their conflict.
“She’s lying. If I had a sister and somebody was friends with my sister and I wasn’t friends with my sister, I would care,” Sutton said in her confessional. “If she admits that she’s angry with me for being friends with Kathy, that means she doesn’t like Kathy. This is a love triangle gone awry.”
From Kyle’s point of view, Sutton was subtly trying to bring up her and Mauricio’s marital issues in a seemingly malicious way. Sutton, however, said she was concerned because Kyle seemed “very different” overall.
“I’m not sure why Kyle can’t confide in me, or maybe, anyone. Friends confide in one another. They give back to one another,” Sutton said in her confessional. “This friendship is farce.”
During an interview on Tamra Judge and Teddi Mellencamp’s podcast, “Two Ts in a Pod,” earlier this month, Kyle disclosed that she was cutting off contact with Sutton. Kyle responded to her remarks by exclusively telling Us Weekly that, during BravoCon earlier this month, she “needed space” from Sutton.
Kyle remarked at the three-day event, “She was a lot.” “When I stated that, we were just getting started. There had simply been enough instances with her back-to-back where I thought, “Whoa, slow down.” We didn’t seem to be progressing, so I will have to step back for a little while. And at the time, I had enough on my plate.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.