RHOBH: Kyle Richards’ Daughters May Be Why She Chooses to Leave a Marriage That No Longer Makes Her Happy

Kyle Richards thinks like a mother when it comes to knowing what she deserves.

In Wednesday’s episode The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsthe Bravo mainstay, 55, revealed that she and husband Mauricio Umansky have been going to couples therapy to work through their issues amid a difficult year.

While updating Sutton Stracke on what’s going on between the couple, Kyle shared that the duo learned that their busy schedules “created so much time apart” from each other. Despite the rift between them, Kyle claimed that Mauricio, 53, would never say no to his work.

Sutton, 52, suggested that the two compromise and “turn down” opportunities that would take them apart, to which Kyle replied: “I I do not have to.”

RHOBH: Kyle says she and Mauricio ‘need help’, feels left out in the cold after she supported him ‘when he had nothing’

Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky. Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank

“I made sacrifices and compromises,” he said Halloween the actress explained in the confessional. “I’ve been a really good wife and a great mom and I’ve supported him through everything, I want to feel like Mo prioritizes me like I prioritized him all these years.”

She went on to note that she was responsible for taking their children to doctor’s appointments, soccer practice and piano lessons while Mauricio was able to focus on expanding his real estate business, The Agency.

“So now I have the freedom to be able to do some things for myself, and I love it,” Kyle Sutton said, adding that she could now focus on her passions. “I don’t want to not do them because one day my kids will leave home and then what will I have? I don’t want to be where my husband is up here and I’m down here.”

“I want to have my own life too. It just feels good to be independent,” she added.

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Elsewhere in the episode, Kyle told Mauricio that attending couple’s counseling was a “great comfort” before telling cameras: “I thought it was important to go to couple’s therapy because the harder things are between us, the harder it is communicate.”

Mauricio agreed and even called the therapy “fun,” which struck Kyle the wrong way and prompted her to offer a different adjective. “I didn’t laugh at those sessions,” she joked.

The property mogul admitted that their meetings have allowed him to be “more in tune with himself”, while Kyle added that she hopes the therapy has given him space to “think”.

Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky.

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Kyle Richards says that she was the instigator of the separation from husband Maurici Umansky

“All I’m saying is this is helping us. I think we’re a better place in a way,” Mauricio continued. “We’ve been married 27 years. We’ve never had so much in our lives. I think it’s gotten tough. Right? It’s gotten really tough.”

Kyle admitted that she doesn’t want to be a stay-at-home housewife or go shopping while Mauricio takes new steps at work.

While acknowledging her concerns, Mauricio noted that he wouldn’t want his wife to feel unfulfilled.

Mauricio Umansky and Kyle Richards with their daughters.

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“You know, we’re both growing. We’re both changing. We’re going to be empty soon. We’re in our 50s,” he added, to which Kyle interrupted, “But we’re not empty yet. You keep saying that.”

When Mauricio said it was important to look towards their future, Kyle said she was thinking about their problems “today”.

“Sometimes I’m just frustrated because I don’t feel like I’m being heard,” she said to the cameras. “I won’t stay in a situation where I’m not happy. Things I wouldn’t want my daughters to accept, I won’t accept myself.”

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Wednesdays at 8:00 PM ET on Bravo.

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