THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BUYING BEVERLY HILLS SEASON 2.
Buying Beverly Hills new cast member Michelle Schwartz has “nothing but love” for Kyle Richards’ daughters despite some harsh comments about their leadership ability.
During the latest season of the Netflix reality show, which ended Friday, Schwartz, who is managing partner in Mauricio Umansky’s real estate company The Agency, criticized Farrah Brittany and Alexia Umansky and their potential to one day succeed Mauricio as CEO. “I like girls. I think they’re very capable of selling real estate, but I don’t see this ‘oomph,’ like that dying-to-takeover thing,” she says in the episode, adding, “Farrah is a much quieter person. She’s not a person who wants to speak in front of everyone to inspire, and I don’t know that Farrah or Alexia, who have a silver platter and a family name, don’t have to try as hard as I do. They don’t walk into a room full of suits and command the room.”
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“If it’s about picking up girls, I actually think it’s going to be business suicide,” she continues. “You can’t just take over a company just because you have the same last name. You have to earn it. And I think if there’s anybody that’s shown that they’ve got, you know, grit and hustle and they’re like, you know, fucking street gangsters, I think it’s me.”
Schwartz’s remarks didn’t sit well with Farrah, 35, and Alexia, 27, who learned about them from a colleague and confronted Schwartz during the listing’s open house.
Mauricio eventually had an honest conversation with Schwartz, who apologized. The real estate mogul also stressed that since he is 53 years old, he does not have any succession plan.
“It was really the first time we had this kind of conversation,” Schwartz tells PEOPLE. “So I think the way I felt the conversation ended was we started the conversation, and we’ll see how things go. I didn’t necessarily feel completely enclosed. I feel empowered to keep pushing and striving for more and bigger things.”
The realtor also emphasized that she and Mauricio remained on very good terms after the conversation.
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Mauricio Umansky, Kyle Richards, Farrah Brittany, Alexia Umansky and Sophia Umansky attend Wheelhouse’s Spoke Studios and The Agency ‘Buying Beverly Hills’ premiere party.
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“We’ve always been great. We are family friends. We’ve been through a long time,” she says, adding, “We’ve been through everything, and he’s certainly given me an incredible opportunity to grow. I have nothing but love and respect and gratitude for everything that was given to me, but also what I deserved.”
While the Beverly Hills native says she’s had a lot of fun watching this season — “I think the season turned out fantastic” — she hopes a possible third season will point more to her professional accomplishments to offer context for “why I’m in a position to be.” Schwartz would also like the chance to “have a little more fun” in front of the camera and show that she can be “a lot of fun” and “easy.”
“I like what the producers have done. I think they made some really funny changes and took on different personalities, so I really enjoyed that,” she says. “I found myself laughing through a lot of it. Obviously, I know everyone personally, so it’s a little extra funny to me. But all in all, an edit is an edit. I take ownership of the things I said, and it is what it is, but there is nothing but love.”
Season 2 of Buying Beverly Hills is now streaming on Netflix.
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