Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley have been supporting each other as they each experience marital woes.
‘As far as Kyle and I going through issues in our marriage at the same time, which is rather bizarre, we have been very supportive to one another,’ Kemsley shared with People this week.
Kemsley, 47, explained to the outlet: ‘She’s a very supportive friend, and I’m a very supportive friend. She lives close to me, so it’s been nice to have her.’
Kyle, 54, recently separated from husband of 27 years Mauricio Umansky, and Dorit is ironing out a rough patch with spouse Paul ‘PK’ Kemsley.
Both of their romantic relationship troubles have played out on the latest season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Close friends: Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley have been supporting each other as they each experience marital woes
Marriage woes: Dorit is ironing out a rough patch with spouse Paul ‘PK’ Kemsley
Dorit opened up to Page Six about the issues in her union and how she and her husband navigated troubled waters.
‘The last couple of years, post-home invasion, have been very difficult for me,’ she shared, referencing a burglary that took place in 2021.
‘There’s no area of your life that it doesn’t touch. And my husband, who travels for work and he was traveling the most that year … [it] was the year that I needed him the most,’ she added.
She acknowledged that she and PK had been ‘disconnected’ but denied that there were plans to divorce.
‘We really are very co-dependent and connected. So it’s the first time in the 13 years we’ve been together that we felt this disconnect,’ Dorit divulged.
The longtime couple said in a joint statement last month: ‘We remain committed to working through these issues as a united couple for our family. Rather, we are focused on healing, making changes and doing the things that many couples have to do at some point in their marriage.’
As for Kyle and Mauricio, it was reported in July that they had separated, though they denied it at the time.
However, in September the two confirmed that they’d had a ‘rough year.’
Estranged: Kyle recently separated from husband of 27 years Mauricio Umansky
L-R: Sutton Stracke, Kathy Hilton, Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley in 2021
Struggles: In September, the two confirmed that they’d had a ‘rough year’
During BravoCon 2023’s Bravo2Bravo: Bosom Buddies panel, Kyle discussed her friendship with Dorit, per People.
‘We’re tested over and over again all these years,’ she shared after she was asked how their bond has evolved. ‘The relationship that Dorit and I have is like sisters.’
And Dorit praised her dear friend as she said of Richards, ‘I know that this last year, Kyle has got a thicker skin than I thought she had, which I was really happy to learn.’
The brunette then revealed: ‘I’ve learned that Dorit will get a little jealous if I have a good friend, and then she’s open to getting a tattoo with me.’
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