(Erika Jayne SLAMS Rumors Surrounding Kyle Richards & Mauricio Umansky’s Split/Image Credits:Us Weekly)
The rumors running around Beverly Hills are just a pretty mess.
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne set the record straight on where Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky stand amid rumors of a divorce between the two. During a July 14 interview with Billboard, when told the couple were splitting up, Erika responded, "They're not."
"I'm going to let Kyle really explain, but they're not splitting," she firmly replied. "They have had a very hard time. They've acknowledged that."
"And I think it's best throughout the season," Erika added, "that she tells her own story."
Reflecting back on her divorce from ex-husband Tom Girardi, the "Pretty Mess" singer is adamant about not speaking for others through tough times.
"I remember when I was going through my divorce/disaster scandal, there were a lot of people speaking that really didn't know what I was going through," she recalled. "And they filled in the blanks and I don't want to do that for her."
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One thing Erika will share? "It's been very hard and you'll get to see that and she'll be able to explain herself."
(Erika Jayne SLAMS Rumors Surrounding Kyle Richards & Mauricio Umansky’s Split/Image Credits:Us Weekly)
And Erika isn't the only Beverly Hills housewife to weigh in on Kyle and Mauricio's marriage, as co-star Garcelle Beauvais gave her own update on the Halloween star.
"I just texted her and said, ‘OK?'" Garcelle told Page Six on July 11 about reaching out to Kyle after the news broke, "and she replied. I didn't expect a reply for days, but she just said she's hanging in there."
Erika and Garcelle's comments come a week after Kyle and Mauricio shot down reports that their marriage had ended after 27 years.
"Any claims regarding us divorcing are untrue," the longtime couple wrote in a July 4 Instagram statement shared to both their pages. "However, yes, we have had a rough year, the most challenging one of our marriage. But we both love and respect each other tremendously. There has been no wrongdoing on anyone's part."
The Bravo stars added, "While it may be entertaining to speculate, please do not create false stories to fit a further salacious narrative."
And for those continuing to believe the false narratives, Kyle has a few choice words.
"If y'all like to read into every little crumb," she responded to an Instagram user who said she was doing "damage control" for sharing a family shot, "read into this [middle finger emoji].
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Erika Jayne insists her “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” co-star Kyle Richards is not parting ways with her longtime husband, Mauricio Umansky.
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(Erika Jayne SLAMS Rumors Surrounding Kyle Richards & Mauricio Umansky’s Split/Image Credits:Billboard)
“I’m going to let Kyle really explain, but they’re not splitting,” Jayne said with certainty in a Billboard interview published Friday.
“They have had a very hard time. They’ve acknowledged that,” she went on, referencing the joint statement the pair released mere hours after Page Six confirmed their separation following 27 years of marriage.
Jayne — who is still dealing with the aftermath of her own messy split from disgraced former attorney Tom Girardi — thinks it’s “best” for Richards to “tell her own story.”
“I remember when I was going through my divorce/disaster scandal, there were a lot of people speaking that really didn’t know what I was going through,” the “Pretty Mess” singer shared.
Jayne, 52, felt those aforementioned folks “filled in the blanks” — and maintained she doesn’t want to do that to Richards.
“I just know that it’s been very hard, and you’ll get to see that,” Jayne added.
“She’ll be able to explain herself, and that’s where I’d like to leave that.”
Early last week, a source told People that Richards, 54, and Umansky, 53, had “been separated for a while” but noted that they “remain amicable” and even still live “under the same roof.”
The duo, who married in January 1996, then took to their respective Instagram pages to insist that “any claims regarding them divorcing are untrue.”
“However, yes, we have had a rough year. The most challenging one of our marriage,” they admitted.
“But we both love and respect each other tremendously.”
The Bravolebrity and the real estate broker went on to say that “there has been no wrongdoing on anyone’s part” and asked their followers to “not create false stories to fit a further salacious narrative.”