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Step Inside Kyle Richards' Intimate Birthday Dinner

The RHOBH cast member celebrated her special day with Teddi Mellencamp and their closest friends. 

By Joshua Espinoza
Kyle Richards Makes Her Grand Entrance at Her White Party

Kyle Richards has had her fair share of ultra-fabulous and over-the-top birthday parties. But for 2025, she decided to keep the festivities relatively low-key.

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“My birthday was nice,” she said during her January 21 Amazon Live stream. “It was very mellow.”

Kyle celebrates her special day with Teddi Mellencamp & friends

Kyle confirmed she had spent her special day (January 11) at her family home in La Quinta; however, the celebration picked up again on Tuesday, January 21, when the RHOBH mom enjoyed a belated birthday dinner with some of her closest friends.

Kyle shared a peek at the intimate evening via Instagram, resharing a quick video posted by her longtime friend and former castmate Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave.

The Story showed Kyle sitting at a restaurant while her pals, including Teddi and Justin Sylvester, finished singing “Happy Birthday.” Kyle was presented with a small but beautiful cake with light green frosting and white piping details throughout. 

Kyle Richards at dinner with friends looking at her Birthday cake with lit candles on it

As the group concluded the song, Kyle closed her eyes to make a wish and blew out the single candle.

“Look how cute this is!” she said while her friends clapped and cheered. 

Kyle and Teddi are now living together... part-time

Teddi Mellencamp and Kyle Richards at Watch What Happens Live in NYC.

Kyle and Teddi’s friendship began in 2017 when the latter joined the RHOBH cast. Since then, they’ve become constant figures in each other’s lives and became part-time roommates in late 2024. Teddi confirmed this during the premiere episode of Diamonds in the Roughher newly launched podcast series with Erika Jayne.

Teddi revealed she made the move after filing to divorce her husband of 13 years, Edwin Arroyave. The RHOBH alum told Erika she and Edwin had agreed to start “nesting” — a co-parenting arrangement in which separated spouses take turns living at home with their kids. She explained that when Edwin is at home, she typically spends her nights at Kyle’s house, which isn’t too far from her own.

“Thankfully, Kyle has let me do that,” Teddi said. “So I just zip on over. It’s close. It’s easy… [It] does work out really well for the kids.”

Kyle receives a heartfelt birthday tribute from Teddi

For Kyle’s 2024 birthday, Teddi honored her BFF with a lengthy but very sweet tribute. She shared a montage of photos and videos documenting their years-long friendship, which included everything from girls’ trips and costume parties to red-carpet events and joint media appearances. 

“Sometimes things just stick. Like a friendship. Or the nickname Keeks,” Teddi captioned the birthday post. “That’s what happened six years ago with me & [Kyle]. And I’m glad it stuck, because there’s nobody who makes me laugh more, nobody who can imitate my walk better, and probably most importantly, nobody who has basically saved my life like Kyle. All the diamonds in the world aren’t worth what our friendship is.”

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