Jeff Lewis addressed Dorit Kemsley and Paul “PK” Kemsley‘s recent separation announcement while appearing on an episode of Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge‘s podcast last week.
While also sharing if he’d fire Teresa Giudice, 51, or Melissa Gorga, 45, from The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Jeff, 54, admitted that he learned of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member’s split several months prior to the sharing of their joint statement on Instagram.
“Well, I had known that they were living apart long, long, long before,” Jeff began on the May 24 episode of Two Ts in a Pod.
Then, after Teddi, 42, asked if he found out before Erika Jayne, 52, suggested they’d be the next Real Housewives couple to divorce at BravoCon, Jeff confirmed he heard the news “long before” the October 2023 event.
“I have a mutual friend of PK’s and so that person in confidence and I have not, I never said anything on the air because this person told me in confidence, ‘Do not say anything,’ and I didn’t. Believe it or not, I can keep — once in a while — I can keep a secret. But I knew long before that he was living in a hotel, and, you know, it’s been going on for a long time,” he continued.
As for where he believes the show will go now that Dorit has confirmed that she and PK are taking some time apart, Jeff believes her RHOBH storyline will actually improve.
“This is not a fabricated storyline. This is really what is happening in their lives, which probably will make her storyline a bit more interesting,” he suspected.
Meanwhile, after being asked who he’d get rid of if someone had to be booted from the RHONJ cast, between Teresa and Melissa, who refused to film with one another throughout production on the currently airing season, Jeff revealed he’d pick Teresa.
“I think I’d probably let Teresa go,” he admitted, prompting both Tamra, 56, and Teddi to warn, “Good luck to you on social media.”
“Oh, she just set me up. I don’t even know. Is that a problem? It’s just my opinion,” Jeff insisted.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey season 14 airs Sundays at 8/7c on Bravo.