Mauricio Umansky and Kyle Richards announced they are actually divorced during a visit to the Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 54, who has faced rumors of a romance with Morgan Wade, 28, for months, spoke out about the state of her marriage as she prepared to board a flight with daughter Sophia Umansky, 23, and friend Carnie Wilson, 55. This came shortly after Mauricio, 53, did the same.
“You know I usually don’t like to comment about these things… but this morning I woke up to a bunch of text messages from all of the speculation and interpretation of something that I said on a podcast. And I received a text message actually from Kyle asking me what I said,” Mauricio, who is currently starring on Dancing With the Stars, told TMZ on Friday. “Basically, I want to clear things up. Kyle and I are human beings, okay? We have emotions. We have feelings. We’re going through a really hard time. ”
On the Red Mic podcast earlier in the week, Mauricio seemed to imply that he and Kyle were still together. He later refuted the rumors of a divorce, telling TMZ that they are “currently separated” instead.
We are not discussing divorce. We’re trying to go through this issue amongst ourselves in private,” he said. Kyle and I were asked if we planted the story to boost our ratings when I responded to the inquiry about where we stand on that podcast.
Days after Mauricio’s statements to TMZ, Kyle was caught by a photographer at LAX, who questioned her about whether or not she and Mauricio were separated.
“We are. We’re separated,” she reluctantly stated, as she begged, “No more. Just no more. Please.”
But that didn’t stop the questions.
“I’m sick of hearing about it. I’m sure everyone else is sick of hearing about it,” Kyle fired back.
Then, after the photographer wanted to know if she and Mauricio would be able to work things out with one another, Kyle declined to answer, saying instead, “It’s private information.”
Meanwhile, Page Six also shared some photos of Kyle being comforted by some friends, as the actress was pictured looking a bit distraught while out on a hike with two of her pals on Sunday afternoon.
At the end of August, while appearing on Amazon Live, Kyle admitted that navigating her marital issues with Mauricio in the public eye has been “very hard.”
Days later, while promoting his season 32 appearance on DWTS, Mauricio said he and Kyle were “hanging in there.”
As everyone is aware, “we’re working through all of our things, and we’re just taking it day by day,” he said. “We’re trying not to be influenced by the media, social media, or anything else that’s going on. Therefore, we are attempting to disregard it and determine that for ourselves.
Later this year, Bravo is anticipated to host the season 13 premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.