In the midst of marital problems, Kyle Richards receives a lot of love, support and guidance from her children.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Star was present 25th edition of the gala “An Unforgettable Evening”. – a fundraising gala at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel benefiting the Women’s Cancer Research Fund, a program of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).
While walking the star-studded carpet, Richards spoke with ET’s Denny Director and shared her gratitude for the mature way her children handled the separation from her husband Mauricio Umansky.
“They have just been the most incredible source of support for me,” Richards said of her four daughters. “It’s funny because I’m the mom, but they give me advice and they’re just so smart and so together.”
Richards and Umansky’s split – which comes after more than 29 years of marriage – was confirmed in September. The couple initially denied reports of the split, but later publicly announced the separation, stating that they were currently living separately and were not discussing divorce.
The married couple share three children – Alexia, 27, Sophia, 24, and Portia, 16, while Richards is also a mother 35-year-old daughter Farrahfrom her previous marriage.
“Of course, as a mother, I worry about her first. But they also really cared about me,” Richards said. “Those were honestly some of my proudest moments as a mother. How they handled it all.”
The separation appears to be the focus of Umansky’s Netflix series. Buy Beverly Hills, as underlined in the trailer for the second season. The season premiere took place right at the end of season 13 RHOBAwhich also detailed their separation.
While Richards told ET that she’s “kind of decompressed” after the end of season 13, the series is gearing up for season 14 — although one of the housewives won’t be returning.
March, Annemarie Wiley took to social media to announced that she would not be returning to the showbecause she hadn’t been asked.
“I’m disappointed is an understatement,” Wiley said of not returning to the reality show after Season 13. “I never auditioned for this show. The show found me and asked me to come on out of the blue six weeks into the season.” The cast had already started filming two weeks later, halfway through the season.
Despite her excitement about the opportunity, Wiley regrets that she wasn’t able to show her true self and life story on the show.
“What I am is a woman, a proud black woman who is truly blessed with a wonderful, strong black man as my husband [Marcellus Wiley] who raises me and our four wonderful children with so much love and positivity every day,” she said. “It was one of my important tasks for the next season to show a solid black family unit and that ‘true black love’ exists, even in Beverly Hills.
Richards addressed the news that Wiley would not be returning, telling ET, “I always feel bad when a housewife comes on the show and doesn’t have the best experience, and unfortunately that happens sometimes.”
“But she’s a great girl and she has a great family,” Richards added. “And I wish her all the best.”
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