Kyle Spills What It Was *Really* Like to Spend Holidays with Mauricio Amid “TMZ Pictures”
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member acknowledged that there was an "elephant in the room" when she spent the holidays with Mauricio Umansky and their daughters in Aspen.
Kyle Richards is adjusting to her new normal.
More than a year has passed since The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member separated from husband Mauricio Umansky. And while fans have seen Kyle mourn the end of her marriage to Mauricio on Season 14 of the reality series, she revealed on Bravo's Hot Mic podcast that she and Mauricio have a solid friendship, even spending the holidays together as a family in Aspen, Colorado this past winter.
"A lot of it, like, you wouldn't know anything had changed," she said. "The only difference was he went there ahead of time. And that there were, you know, pictures on TMZ."
The photos in question showed Mauricio shirtless and dancing with singer Anitta at a ski chalet in Aspen, a moment that was later shared online by TMZ.
Kyle brushed over the awkwardness of it all, simply telling Hot Mic host Alex Baskin that they "all had to see" the pics before they joined Mauricio in Aspen. "But other than that, once we were there, it was like, you know, cooking at home and playing games, karaoke," she said.
Where do Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky stand today?
Kyle acknowledged that her and Mauricio "not communicating enough" is probably what led to their marriage ending, a pattern that repeated itself while they were on vacation together. She explained that they'd wake up in the mornings and have coffee together, but "sometimes it was a little bit like, oh there's so much to talk about but I don't really want to talk about that right now. And I think he didn't either."
She added, "So a lot of times I did feel a little bit like, OK, there's this like, you know, for lack of a better word, elephant in the room that we're not discussing."
On the other hand, Kyle conceded that they don't want to rock the boat and cause drama when there's no need at this point. "Of course I don't want to do that when the family's there and, you know, we're all having fun," she explained.
But Kyle also noted that their separation is no longer a source of stress for herself and the family, revealing "the kids will make jokes sometimes" and that she herself is in "a much better place than I was last year."
Kyle and Mauricio haven't filed for divorce — yet
In a Dec. 17 appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Kyle confirmed she and Mauricio have yet to file for divorce, simply because it "hasn't come up yet."
"You know, we're good friends, and we get along really well, and I don't know, we just live separate lives and it just hasn't come up yet," she explained. "When the time comes, we will address it."
The topic of divorce has come up multiple times on Season 14 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, with fellow Housewife Sutton Stracke urging Kyle to file for divorce before Mauricio does.
"I got a bit bamboozled with my ex-husband," Sutton said of her reasoning on the RHOBH After Show. "So, I wanted to impart my wisdom to my friend who I'm seeing go through this very strange separation, in my eyes, and I want to tell her, 'Look, just file.' I want her to do it first before he does it to her."
But as Kyle said on WWHL, "People don't know our relationship, and I trust him."
To find out what else Kyle had to say about her new normal more than a year after splitting from Mauricio, watch the video edition of Bravo's Hot Mic podcast at BravoTV.com/podcast or listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.