As Bravo fans know, much of this season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has been focused on Dorit Kemsley's separation and, in the past few episodes, the fact that former bestie Kyle Richards has been texting her estranged husband, PK, behind her back.
Amid the fallout from the texting scandal, Kyle Richards has revealed that she took a break from filming because she felt like she was being "ambushed" every time she met with the group and that she hasn't had anyone on her side in the cast.
Even the newest RHOBH diamond holder, Bozoma Saint John, has commented on Kyle Richards' behavior this season -- and it's clear that she's taking her friend Dorit's side in this whole scandal.
Bozoma Saint John reacts to Kyle Richards' behavior this season
Newbies to the RHOBH cast Jennifer Tilly and Bozoma Saint John said they haven't been taking Kyle Richards' theatrics and walking out of filming this season seriously.
On the After Show, actress and new friend of the housewives Jennifer Tilly said that she didn't believe that Kyle Richards was really going to be quitting the show when she dramatically stormed out of the conversation during the spa day. She said, "I thought she was causing a big commotion because she didn’t like where the conversation was going, and that was her way of getting out of the conversation."
Meanwhile, new diamond holder Bozoma Saint John, who Dorit Kemsley previously said was more by her side during her separation than any of the other RHOBH cast members, shared her own thoughts on the fact that Kyle stepped back during the conversation about her texts with PK.
"The victimization is at an all-time high because she started it," Bozoma Saint John shared on the After Show after saying that she thought there was something odd about Kyle's reaction to the conversation. She went on to say, "I'm like, 'Kyle, you can't get upset about being challenged about this text message chain that you have with Dorit's husband and then get mad at the rest of us for asking you what it's about and then challenging you.'"
According to Bozoma, she doesn't think that Kyle would have followed Dorit out of the spa to try to keep talking to her the way Dorit did in the episode.
Kyle Richards explains why she decided not to quit this season of RHOBH
Kyle Richards is the only cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills who has been there since the first season, but there have been a number of times that Kyle has revealed she's considered quitting the show. During the most recent season, she did step back from filming and take a break from the show, but she said that she didn't want to step away and leave the show entirely, even if she was at a rough point in her life.
Considering she's already going through a separation from her husband, Mauricio Umansky, and recently revealed that all of her daughters have moved out of their family home, Kyle Richards said she didn't want to lose one more constant in her life.
The actress-turned-reality TV star said that she's had so many changes in her life but that the production team and camera crew have become "family" to her, so quitting the show for good was not in the cards.
"I didn’t want there to be another loss," she said on the RHOBH After Show about the concept of quitting the show. Despite not leaving the show for good, Kyle did make the decision to take a break from filming the series for a short time during season 14 and shared that it was because she felt like she was being attacked by all of her co-stars while filming and production gave her time to step away from the situation.
"I was run down. And I thought, 'I'm tired of having my character questioned when I know that everyone here knows who I am.' I just thought, 'I'm gonna remove myself from this. If they want to pick on people so badly and look for flaws in everybody and try to find a problem, then they can do that amongst themselves because I'm out,'" she continued. "And for the first time ever, I said, 'I'm not shooting,' and production said, 'We understand. Take a moment,'" she revealed on the RHOBH After Show.