The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Kathy Hilton is giving an update on where she stands with her estranged brother-in-law, Mauricio Umansky.
“I still care about him. He’s my nieces’ father. He’s been wonderful with Farrah,” Kathy, 65, said on the Tuesday, March 4, RHOBH After Show. (Mauricio, 54, and estranged wife Kyle Richards, 56, share daughters Alexia, 28, Sophia, 25, and Portia, 17. Mauricio is also stepfather to Kyle’s oldest daughter, Farrah Aldjufrie, 36.)
“Him and Kyle were a great couple and we used to have so much fun,” Kathy added.
Mauricio and Kyle announced their separation in July 2023 after 27 years of marriage. Kathy said she still checks in on her brother-in-law.
“It’s sad. I’ve called to check on him [on] their anniversary. He was on a trip, a holiday … I called [and said], ‘Is everything OK? I was just calling to see how you are doing,’” she said.
While Kathy has been a source of support for her sister since her separation, she said that the split has also been hard on the Agency founder.
“I felt bad for him too. I could see in his face that he was sad, confused … I felt this was just as tough on him. I just wanted him to know that no matter what, I care and we’re here,” Kathy said.
For her part, Kyle said during Tuesday’s RHOBH After Show that her and Mauricio’s separation has been difficult for her older sister to process.
“Kathy has been very supportive of me, but she’s also been oddly emotional about it,” Kyle revealed. “She’s broken down crying to me about my separation many times. She struggles to talk about it, and I think it’s so interesting. Sometimes she’s so emotional, I’m like, I can’t talk about it with her.”
“She wants to see me happy and move on, of course, but she’s also a little bit heartbroken that it’s come to this,” the RHOBH veteran added.
During Tuesday’s episode of RHOBH on Bravo, Kyle was seen dealing with the aftermath of photos leaking of Mauricio kissing another woman at Mykonos airport. (Multiple outlets published the photos in July 2024, one year after Kyle and Mauricio announced their separation.)
Speaking to Kathy, Kyle decided to remove the word “wife” from her Instagram bio during Tuesday’s episode.
“Do you know what I do need to do? I’m going to do it right now,” Kyle said. “I am not going to be sitting here, having ‘wife’ on my Instagram bio with him running around with people. Why would I?”
“Why am I still going to have [‘wife’] on there after seeing that? I feel stupid to have that on there,” Kyle told Kathy. “He clearly did not know that his photo was being taken but it looked like someone was taking that photo intentionally.”
“In the past, it’s been hard for me to think about taking ‘wife’ off my bio or my married last name, but the picture changed that for me,” Kyle added during her confessional.
