Don’t mess with family. Especially if it’s someone in Kyle Richards’ family. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star has been dealing with constant rumors of turmoil between her and her sister Kathy Hilton. Now she’s ready to set the record straight about gossip that she wasn’t invited to her own sister’s birthday party.
As reported by Reality Blurb, Kyle clarified what happened on a recent episode of Two T’s In A Pod. The podcast is hosted by Tamra Judge and former RHOBH castmate Teddi Mellencamp. Kyle maintained that she was in fact invited to the event. She began, “There was no boycott. I was actually filming, as a lot of people don’t realize, when we wrap the show, which we call primary shooting, when we’re not filming together anymore, we do interviews up until even after we film the reunion.”
Kyle added, “So I did not wrap until 7:30 that night and the dinner started at 7. I had nobody home to watch [daughter] Portia [Umansky]. I wouldn’t have gotten there til 8:30 something. I would have missed the whole thing. So I had to last-minute say I’m not going to be able to make it.”
She also shot down the claim made by castmate Crystal Kung Minkoff that there were multiple parties and Kyle was simply invited to a different one. Kyle explained, “This is no shade to Crystal but I saw something the other day that she was asked about me not showing up at the birthday and she said, ‘Well, that’s because Kathy has a lot of different groups of friends and she was invited to a different party.’ I’m like, ‘No, I actually was invited to that party too I just genuinely could not make it because I got finished filming [late].’”
Crystal previously said of the party, “I’m going to clarify the birthday. I was invited to the birthday. I couldn’t go.” She added, “Kyle and [Kim Richards] have a different group that they hang out with, so I think the show makes it feel like that’s [Kathy’s] crew, but, like, she had multiple birthdays. That was just [one] birthday. We all have five birthday lunches.”
It’s no wonder Kyle is feeling defensive of her relationship with her sister. Crystal also stated in the same interview, “They’re family and they’re sisters, and there’s no way that any family could keep it perfect all the time. And when you’re on a reality show, you’re going to show the ups and downs of it.”
To make matter worse, there were rumors months ago that Kyle was mad about Kathy allegedly getting special treatment on the show. And the season 12 trailer showed an always meddling Lisa Rinna in between the two sisters. In the clip, Lisa told Kathy, “You said some things about this beautiful sister of yours. I’m sorry, Kathy, you’re not going to get away with it.” Kyle said to Kathy through tears, “I feel like you hate me or something. How could you say those things?”
So it looks like everyone is suggesting that there is trouble again between the previously estranged sisters. Well, everyone except Kyle.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK KYLE IS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT BEING INVITED TO KATHY’S BIRTHDAY? DID THE SISTERS HAVE ANOTHER FALLING OUT? WHO DO YOU LIKE MORE – KYLE OR KATHY?
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