Although Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky have yet to make their split official with a divorce, their relationship got a lot shakier when photos of Mauricio kissing a woman at an airport in Greece went viral on social media.
In the above preview of Season 14’s Episode 15 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (set to air Tuesday, March 11), Mauricio shares how he feels about the kiss — and talks about it with Kyle for the first time.
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“This is very awkward,” Kyle says in her confessional. “We both know what we are both thinking.”
Mauricio apologizes to Kyle for airport photos of him kissing another woman
In the sneak peak of Episode 15, Kyle and Mauricio are in the kitchen talking about his recent trip.
“It was nice. Lot of spas. A lot of sound healing,” he says. “Spiritual healing. I only partied like five nights, out of the 25 nights.”
“I find that very hard to believe,” Kyle retorts, but Mauricio insists, “I promise.”
Kyle, meanwhile, is frustrated he didn’t address the kiss immediately, and is instead moving around making a cup of coffee in the kitchen.
“I feel like he’s distracting himself so he doesn’t have to deal with me,” Kyle says in her confessional.
Finally, Mauricio opens up about the vacation more.
“It was an awkward trip because it was the first time I ever [went] without, you know, the family,” he says to her. “I wanted to do that. And I wanted to be alone. And take advantage of, you know, seeing what that looks like. And just be — run around, and make decisions last minute.”
As he stirs his coffee, and the two look at each other, the kiss remained unspoken for another moment, before Mauricio addresses it.
“Obviously, in Mykonos, I got photographed, you know, at the airport,” he says. “You know that I would never want to do anything on purpose that would hurt you or the kids. I really am sorry for hurting you. I would never want to hurt you on purpose.”
Kyle Richards reacts to Mauricio kissing another woman
Kyle’s sister Kathy Hilton brought up the kiss during Episode 14, and asked Kyle how she was doing.
“I think I’m a little bit shocked and still processing,” she said to Kathy. “I don’t want him to feel guilty because he’s allowed to do what he wants. But it’s also, like, why are you being irresponsible? I don’t know. I have a lot of mixed feelings. I’m just processing it all.”
What’s more, on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills After Show, Kyle shared that her daughters saw the photos online. “I know that’s weird for them. They’ve only seen their mother and father together. That’s strange for them. That doesn’t feel good to them,” Kyle said. “They of course were upset by seeing that picture. Of course they were. Sometimes they get more upset, even, then I do.”
Who was Mauricio kissing at the airport?
On RHOBH, Kyle indicated she didn’t know the identity of the woman Mauricio was kissing, but headlines shown during the episode claimed the woman is a Russian-born actress who is 20 years Kyle’s junior.
See more of Kyle and Mauricio’s conversation on RHOBH Season 14, Episode 15, airing March 11. In the meantime, find out what Kyle’s BFF Faye Resnick confessed about Mauricio.