Kyle Richards’ Texts To Dorit Kemsley Were ‘Manipulative & Calculated’—Read Them Here

What did Kyle Richards text Dorit Kemsley?

“I wanted to reach out because we were in a weird place,” she started out the text. She goes into detail about how her divorce with Mauricio Umansky has affected her friendships.

“I wanted to explain where I am at and why I have been distant but my hands are tied,” Kyle’s message continues. “Of course, some interview comments hurt my feelings and created more issues for me but I am used to that and could get past it in time. I also [reminded] myself that you didn’t know what I was going through with Mauricio at the time for most of these remarks. But then I heard some things that you said about me off-camera that hurt me deeply and I wasn’t even able to say what I heard or from whom. It was one of those things [where] I wished I just didn’t know at all because I wasn’t able to share and yet I was left hurt and couldn’t even try to work through it with you.”

“It’s as frustrating to me as it will be to you. Trust me,” Kyle’s text continues. “I have gone through such a hard time Dorit. I’ve been in so much pain[.] I can’t tell you. Never have I felt so low. And I know you are also going through [a] hard time. Normally I would have reached out to check on you but I was hurt and very depressed.”

“I’ve spent 30 years with Moe. Married 28 and I have no idea how to live without him or how to navigate through life on my own because I have so much on my plate for tomorrow and I know you do too,” Kyle’s message reads. “I love you, [Paul “PK” Kemsley] and your kids so much. I’ve been thinking about you a lot and hoping you aren’t struggling too much.”

“Relationships and YOU are more important to me than RHOBH and I don’t feel like ‘bringing it’ for the [sic] at our expense,” she concluded. “Especially when we have enough battles to handle as it is.”

Dorit Kemsley’s reaction to Kyle Richards’ texts

“There’s stuff with Kyle and I that’s going on and it hurts and bothers me the most,” Dorit commented to Erika Jayne in a preview of the reunion. “I haven’t heard from her in a couple of months. Then, she sends me a text yesterday, basically trying to silence me. It was so manipulative, it was so calculated.”

Bethenny Frankel’s Response to Kyle Richard’s texts

Real Housewives of New York City alum Bethenny Frankel commented about the scandal on her TikTok. “I cannot believe a private, personal, emotional, heartfelt, guttural text from Kyle to a friend off camera when not working, when not filming, was aired. What a violation!”

She continued, “When you’re working, you’re working, and that’s vile enough. But when you’re not working, and you’re off the clock, are they also going to own your thoughts? That’s a private text. That’s insane! And Kyle is [Bravo’s] favorite — imagine how they treat their least favorites.”

Teddi Mellencamp’s response to Kyle Richards’ texts

Teddi Mellencamp went on her “Two Ts in a Pod” to talk about the situation. “This is the part that really bothers me about all of this,” she said about Dorit’s decision to publicize the texts. I think that was Dorit’s final Hail Mary of like, ‘You guys have to keep me on the show because here I am spilling something that you never should have spilled.’”

She disagreed about the “silencing” attempt, adding, “This is saying, ‘Listen, we have a lot of other s–t to talk about. Why do you need to drag our friendship through the mud right now?’”

“I don’t think she has a good relationship with the majority of the women on the cast. I don’t think she has a story line other than the PTSD, which she’s been talking about for three years now,” referring to the 2021 burglary attempt. “You start to think about what makes the show good. When there’s true relationships, true friendships and highs and lows. All we’ve seen so far this season of Dorit is Dorit mocking what Kyle is going through.”