New rumors surfaced that Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky had gotten back together over the holidays, but in reality, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member had no intention of kicking off the new year by rekindling an old flame.
ICYMI: Speculation about Kyle and Mauricio’s supposed reconciliation ramped up when the estranged couple recently attended the same New Years Eve party in Aspen, Colo. Shortly afterward, Kyle broke her silence on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills After Show, insisting that the claims could not have been further from the truth.
“Somebody made that story up — period,” Kyle declared, adding that RHOBH castmate Rachel Zoe was at the same event and could corroborate her version of events (which she did).
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As Kyle told it, she and Mauricio had simply been continuing their family tradition of celebrating the holidays in Aspen, per usual, since they still “get along.” During the NYE bash in question, she claimed that she was primarily with their girls all night, while Mau was “off doing his thing.” Then, when the clock struck midnight, Kyle shared what she described as a “group hug” with Mauricio and her adult daughter Farrah Brittany.
“That was pretty much it,” Kyle said. “Mau was definitely very booked up, looking around, so…”
She added, “I left Aspen feeling like I won’t be rushing back to do a family trip like that. You know, I don’t need to have that rubbed in my face.”
Kyle Richards revealed how the Aspen trip likely sealed the fate of her marriage to Mauricio Umansky
In fact, witnessing her estranged husband’s blatant wandering eye is what Kyle said helped her decide the fate of her and Mauricio’s marriage, more than two years after they announced their separation in October 2023.
On the RHOBH After Show, Kyle underscored her longstanding response that she “can’t predict the future,” regarding the chances of her and Mauricio getting back together. “But right now, I don’t feel that at all,” she admitted. “I know now what I need to do.”
Without specifically using the word divorce, Kyle noted how Mau had recently brought up that they should “finally” have “that big talk” that they’d been avoiding. At that point, she no longer saw a “need to have the talk,” however.
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“I said, ‘I think this trip told me everything I need to know,'” Kyle recalled, adding that Mauricio reacted by encouraging her not to make any “rash emotional decisions” about ending their marriage.
“So, I don’t know what’s gonna happen next,” she continued. “I’m not happy with the way things went on this trip and, you know, I don’t know.”
When a producer asked if there was anything that could happen to get her back to the point of believing a reconciliation with Mauricio might be in the cards, she replied, “I don’t think so.”
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Despite their amicable split, this wasn’t the first time Kyle had considered filing for divorce, as she disclosed on RHOBH‘s Jan. 29 episode. During a group dinner, Kyle confessed to Dorit Kemsley that seeing Mauricio’s PDA paparazzi photos with other women had previously made her consider taking legal action.
She went on to detail another recent family vacation to Aspen during which she felt “invisible” whenever she tried to communicate with Mauricio.
“I don’t feel seen or heard,” Kyle doubled down on the RHOBH After Show. “That doesn’t make me feel good, you know? You wouldn’t want to even have a friend who, if you feel like you’re talking and, you know, they’re not paying attention.”
Kyle said that Mau did lock in; however, when she eventually opened up to him about how she feels “stupid” when she tries to talk to him, and he doesn’t listen or appears to be more focused on his phone.
“He apologized, and he said, ‘I’m so sorry I made you feel that way, and the girls have also pointed that out,'” she shared. “He said, you know, ‘You’re amazing, and … deserve the utmost respect.'”
As they navigate the next steps in their relationship, don’t miss how Kyle’s RHOBH castmates reacted to the rumors about her and Mauricio reconciling.
