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Kyle Richards Thinks Denise Richards’ Problem With Her Stems From Chats With Former Beverly Hills ‘Housewives’
Kyle Richards regrets calling Denise Richards a “ragamuffin” on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but she also believes there might be more to the story.
“I had never argued with Denise until this whole thing happened,” Kyle, 51, told Us Weekly exclusively. “Honestly, I think there were some conversations happening off camera with perhaps some former Housewives, is what I’m thinking.”
The Halloween actress made headlines for her remarks about the 49-year-old Wild Things star during the May 6 episode of the Bravo show. The two women argued after Denise defended Dorit Kemsley.
“Up until this season [Denise] has always been like, “I’m not into glam. That’s not my thing, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,’” Kyle told Us. “Then we arrived at her party and she was late because she’s having hair and makeup done for her pizza and ice cream party. And then the diamond ice sculpture and the diamond ice cubes, I was like, ‘What’s happening here? This is not the Denise that I’ve gotten to know.’ Then when she started defending the glam, I was like, ‘Oh my God. No. No one’s being authentic right now.’”
Kyle added that the situation was making her “crazy.”
“My mom, when I was a kid and I would run around not having my hair brushed, she’d say, ‘Don’t run around like a ragamuffin,’” she explained. “So I just said that. The word itself makes me laugh. I didn’t say it in a nice way, but the word in itself was just a ridiculous word.”
Denise took to Instagram to share a series of old magazine covers she was featured on Thursday, May 7, after the episode aired.
“Going down memory lane with this #ragamuffin,” she quipped. “Just a few covers to share for #tbt.”
Kyle subsequently apologized in the comments section.
“Denise, you are absolutely beautiful. There is no doubt about that,” she wrote. “I was exhausted, emotional & felt everyone was coming at me. I got upset because I thought you of all people would get what I was saying because you yourself say you don’t get the glam thing and just wear a messy top knot. So I didn’t get the sudden change. With that said, I still regret that comment and was not the best version of myself that night. My apologies.”
Kyle Richards Reveals She and Dorit Kemsley Aren’t ‘Directly’ Talking as ‘RHOBH’ Drama Plays Out
Season 10 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills did a number on Kyle Richards’ friendship with her costar Dorit Kemsley.
“It’s not like, ‘Oh, is it spilling into your real life?’ No, this is our real life!” Kyle, 51, told Us Weekly exclusively during a virtual interview. “You know, someone asked me that the other day. … Yes, it affects it. It can’t not.”
The drama between the castmates began during the April 15 premiere of the Bravo reality series when Dorit, 43, suggested that Kyle could “just throw [her] name” on her new fashion line without ever seeing the pieces and it would still “be a success.” They were at each other’s throats again on the May 6 episode after the Halloween Kills star called out the Beverly Beach founder for showing up late to Teddi Mellencamp’s wellness retreat in full glam.
“I was really upset with her for the comments she made in the first episode about my business that weren’t true,” Kyle told Us. “I never say anything about anyone’s family or anyone’s business because that’s our livelihood. Our families are the most important things to us, so I stick with what the arguments are between the women. I just thought that was a low blow. So then when something like that happens, then when I go on Twitter, I’m not going to be as nice as I normally would. I’m not.”
When asked whether she is talking to Dorit these days, the Little House on the Prairie alum told Us, “Directly, no. I haven’t. We’re in a group chat, but … we’ve kind of not been talking directly because I know she’s mad. I know that I’m mad.”
That said, Kyle remains hopeful that she will patch up her friendship with the Connecticut native eventually.
“We’ll get over it. I really care about Dorit,” she assured Us. “We probably both need a little time to get over some of the comments and the interview bytes and Twitter and all that stuff or Watch What Happens Live.”