Jeff Lewis is coming under fire from Kyle Richards over a statement he made about her and her husband, Mauricio Umansky.
The 54-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star refuted allegations made by Jeff that she despises 53-year-old Mauricio this week at BravoCon. Kyle declared, “I love Mauricio very much!” with great emphasis. Despite everything they are going through, she continued, they are “very close.”
She added, “I don’t like to hear that.” She said that she did not want that put out there, saying, “It’s not true!” She concluded by asking Jeff, “Where are my orchids?” She was referencing the fact that she’s always getting flowers from him after he shades her.
Kyle also told Access Hollywood in her red-carpet interview last night that she “loves him [Mauricio] a lot,” adding that “we still live under the same roof … we’re not fighting or anything.” When asked whether the two had any plans for the future Kyle said simply, “We’re taking it day by day.”
Also at BravoCon, Kyle broke down in tears during a RHOBH panel discussion and called out her co-stars Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke for bringing up her marital issues on camera.
Garcelle defended herself, saying, “I don’t wanna feel like we’re the bad guys for asking questions.” Kyle, however, explained that “it wasn’t the questions it was the way the questions were asked,” adding that she didn’t feel they were asked in a “compassionate manner.”
“They’ve shown a lot of my life in these 13 years,” Kyle continued. I understand that we’re producing a reality show, but at the very least, please be understanding. “That’s all I ask for,” she said, her eyes welling with tears.
“Kyle, suck it up, it’s reality tv. You didn’t have compassion for Ericka in her situation now u wanna play victim because ur dirty laundry of marriage is be played out on tv welcome to real housewives u not the first or last to get a divorce u better build some strength or leave the show if u don’t want nobody in your business period,” one fan wrote in reference to her appearance on the BravoCon panel.