Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky had a frank talk about the state of their marriage on Wednesday’s episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
The 55-year-old reality star said in a confessional that she wouldn’t stay in a relationship that didn’t make her happy.
‘I’m not going to stay in a situation that I’m not happy in,’ Kyle said while crying in a confessional. ‘The things that I wouldn’t want my daughters to accept, I’m not going to accept for myself.’
Kyle told Mauricio, 53, that talking to a therapist had been good for her.
‘This year has been very challenging for us,’ Kyle said. ‘Even though we have been so good at talking in these sessions, I still find that I’m like …’
Kyle said she often now felt that she wanted to hold off on talking about things until they saw their therapist.
‘Well, it becomes fun,’ Mauricio said.
‘It feels good,’ Kyle said. ‘I mean, I wasn’t laughing in those sessions.’
‘We’ve gone through a tough few months, tough year, whatever you want to call it,’ Mauricio said. ‘Having a session with him helps me be more in tune with myself.’
Mauricio said he felt the sessions were helping them and that they were in a ‘way better place.’
‘We’ve been married for 27 years and we’ve never had so much going on in our lives, I think it’s become hard,’ Mauricio said.
Mauricio told Kyle that they were both growing and were about to be empty nesters. He also told her that they had never stopped loving each other. Kyle said in a confessional that she felt like she wasn’t being heard.
‘I want to be in a place in my life that I feel happy and fulfilled,’ said Kyle, who made a joint announcement last July with Mauricio announcing they had separated after 27 years of marriage.
The season 13 episode titled Diamond in the Rough opened with Erika Jayne, 52, sitting down with her therapist Jenn and telling her about how she didn’t feel supported by the other ladies.
‘I think ultimately closure has to come from you,’ Jenn said.
Sutton Stracke, 52, went to ride her horse Santos for the first time and Kyle stopped by to watch.
‘Are we certain Sutton’s even ridden a horse before?’ Kyle said in a confessional. ‘She looks about like she did riding the bull in Las Vegas.’
Sutton said she was really emotional during the Spain trip and it was about letting go of her marriage. She said she texted her ex-husband Christian and wished him good luck before he left for his new position.
‘I want him to be happy,’ Sutton said.
Kyle asked her if she ever went to therapy with Christian, but she said no. Kyle said she was going to therapy with Mauricio.
‘What I have learned in therapy is we’ve really been working a lot and taking on a lot, and it’s really created so much time apart,’ Kyle said.
‘Every now and then you are going to have to make some sacrifices,’ Sutton said.
‘I’ve made sacrifices and compromises,’ Kyle said in a confessional. ‘I’ve been a really good wife and a great mom, and I’ve supported him through everything. I want to feel that Mau is prioritizing me as much as I have him all of these years.’
Kyle said she liked that her children were grown and that it feels good to be independent. Sutton said she just needed to figure out the balance.
Garcelle Beauvais, 57, at her house enlisted her15-year-old sons Jaid and Jax to film a promo for a GoFundMe for her Cybersmile campaign against online bullying.
Meanwhile, Sutton went on a second date with her new guy, Steve.
‘Starting over in life in your 50s is super tough because well you are 50,’ Sutton said to the camera. ‘If Tina Turner can start over at 50, so can I.’
They played darts and Steve asked her when they were going out again.
Dorit Kemsley, 47, called her husband Paul ‘PK’ Kemsley, 56, in London and told him she wanted him to be with her for the next Mother’s Day.
‘You’re not my mother,’ PK said.
‘No, I’m your children’s mother,’ Dorit said.
Annemarie Wiley, 40, hosted a champagne and diamonds Mother’s Day brunch at her house.
Sutton came to the party carrying her own drink from the car in her hand.
‘Well, tipsy Sutton is here to liven up the party,’ Dorit said in a confessional.
Erika told Crystal Kung Minkoff, 40, that she appreciated her saying during the Spain trip that she apologized if she contributed to her pain over the past years.
‘I’m very grateful that you said that to me,’ Erika said. ‘Because I would like some other people to say that.’
Annemarie pulled Crystal aside and Crystal thanked her for being there for her medical emergency during their trip. Annemarie said she wanted them to work out their differences.
‘My intention was and is to move on,’ Crystal said. ‘If that’s not where you are, just let me know.’
‘I really do want to move forward,’ Annemarie said.
Erika told them that she wished they all would stand up for each other more.
‘I went through something very tough recently,’ Erika said. ‘I pulled myself out of it. Things are good. But when I look at it on the other side, I think I was disappointed that certain people, and I would say that as the group, as a whole, were not there for me.’
‘Half of me wants an apology from certain people in this group that did not believe in me,’ Erika said. ‘The other half of me says no if they wanted to apologize they would.’
Dorit said in a confessional that it was very difficult to support Erika because she had ‘no empathy.’
‘Meanwhile every two seconds there was a new article about something that was so damn shocking,’ Dorit said. ‘Yet still Kyle and I had blind support. Blind! It was not easy.’
‘I didn’t want you to fall but I had an opinion and I’m going to stick by that forever,’ Garcelle said.
‘I am apologizing to Erika because I think I caused her a lot of hurt and blame that was not yours,’ Sutton said.
‘Thank you, I appreciate you acknowledging that,’ Erika said.
Erika started crying and Sutton hugged her and said she was really sorry.
‘I’m never going to get the apologies that I want from everyone but I received a lot of closure,’ Erika said. ‘This is better than I expected. It’s really nice for Sutton to acknowledge her behavior. I didn’t think this was coming.’
The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills will return next week on Bravo for the season 13 finale.