Kyle Richards has been a main cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills since the very start. Now, the 14th season of the series has been a little rocky for her -- she's in the midst of a separation from her husband, Mauricio Umansky, and she's feuding with her former best friend on the cast, Dorit Kemsley.
While there are fans that think that Kyle Richards is just getting back this season what she had been giving to her co-stars throughout the past 14 seasons, this diamond holder doesn't see things the same way. Earlier in the season, she walked out of filming and recently shared that she hasn't actually watched season 14 because she felt she was being attacked and ganged up on in every episode.
According to a source close to Kyle Richards, leaving filming during the spa day wasn't the only time that the RHOBH veteran has been "done" with the show. The source claims that Kyle Richards chose to leave the show after filming season 14 wrapped. Has she reconsidered exiting the cast?
A source close to Kyle Richards spoke to The U.S. Sun and said, "After filming this past season, she told friends she was '100 % done' and there was no way she would go back.Now that she’s cooled off from the drama and stress of filming this past season and her anxiety has calmed down and she’s had time to reflect on everything, she is open to returning."
According to the source, the reason that Kyle Richards is considering returning for season 15 after such a tumultuous season 14 is because she doesn't want to leave in the way her former friend Lisa Vanderpump did. The source told the publication that she doesn't want her long run on RHOBH to end on a sour note and considering how season 14 has gone for her, it would definitely be a sour way to leave the series.
The source went on to say that the number of seasons that Kyle Richards has been on RHOBH is another thing for her to consider during this time. Kyle Richards herself has previously talked about the fact that the camera crew is like family to her and that she doesn't know how she would adjust to not having them in her home and filming her life, but the source shared another insight.
They told The U.S. Sun, "Another factor she is considering, which isn't as important but she has brought it up, is that her returning would make her the longest-running Housewife on Bravo ever. 15 straight seasons - that's a big shoe no one else will probably be able to fill."
Kyle Richards' impressive 14 season run on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is currently tied with two other housewives: Kandi Burruss from The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Teresa Giudice from The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Since Kandi Burruss left RHOA and RHONJ is currently on hiatus with conflicting reports about what's in store for the cast's future, that means Kyle Richards could become the first 15-season housewife if she doesn't leave RHOBH after season 14.
According to the source, Kyle Richards is just waiting on one last thing before she makes any decisions about whether or not she'll be back for season 15 of RHOBH: the reunion.
Real Housewives reunions can be more intense than the seasons themselves sometimes, so the fact that Kyle Richards is waiting to see how she comes across at season 14's reunion special before she makes a big decision about her future on the series may not come as a surprise to all Bravo fans.
"This is one of the reunions she's looking forward to the least during her tenure on the show and if it goes terribly, she may change her mind and be done again. How the reunion goes for Kyle and how she is treated by the ladies will be a big factor in her decision," the source told The U.S. Sun after sharing that the time since filming wrapped has been enough time away from the drama for Kyle Richards to rethink her decision to leave.
It seems like only time will tell whether or not season 14 was the end of the road for Kyle Richards' time on RHOBH.
New episodes of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills air every Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.