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Kyle Richards Gives Separation Advice to Teddi Mellencamp: 'You Have to Tune Out the Noise'
Kyle Richards' door is always open for Teddi Mellencamp.
In an exclusive sit down with PEOPLE, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills mainstay, 55, weighed in on her former costar's divorce from Edwin Arroyave and shared a piece of wisdom based on her personal experiences with a public separation.
"I obviously speak to Teddi all the time," Richards says, noting that she was aware Mellencamp, 43, had been going through a "difficult" time. "Obviously it's sad no matter what ... And unfortunately I can give some advice for living through this in the public eye."
The Halloween Ends actress says the most heartbreaking thing about separations are how they affect the children.
"It doesn't matter if the kids are little or they're grown," she explains, before referencing her own separation from husband Mauricio Umansky. "My girls struggled a lot with our separation even though they're grown."
When it comes to any advice she may have for Mellencamp, Richards says, "She can lean on me and show up at my door anytime she wants, no matter what time of night it is."
"She's watched me go through this and she knows," she adds. "So, I think you can just, you just have to focus on your kids ... You have to tune out the noise."
The Bravolebrity recalls back to the headlines and "mistruths" that circulated following the news of her separation from Umansky and encouraged Mellencamp to block out any rumors.
On July 3, PEOPLE confirmed the duo’s decision to separate after 27 years of marriage. The two share daughters Alexia, Sophia, Portia and Farrah, whom Richards welcomed in a previous marriage.