Mauricio Umansky has admitted he never asked his estranged wife Kyle Richards if she was officially dating musician Morgan Wade – despite widespread speculation.
Kyle, 55, was linked to the Wilder Days hitmaker, 29, shortly after she announced her split from Mauricio last July, with the Real Housewives of Beverley Hills star recently revealing she was ‘curious’ about kissing a woman.
Mauricio, 53, has now discussed their relationship on his Netflix show Buying Beverly Hills, revealing he hasn’t been able to work up the courage to ask his wife directly about her undeniable ‘connection’ with Morgan.
Speaking to a colleague in the last episode, Mauricio confessed: ‘I didn’t ask her honestly. There is a lot of news about the two: are they dating, are they not dating?
Mauricio Umansky hasn’t asked his estranged wife Kyle Richards if she’s officially dating Morgan Wade
Kyle and Mauricio, pictured in April 2023 in Beverly Hills, announced their divorce last July
“To be honest, I never asked directly.”
His business partner then asked, “Are you curious?”
“They definitely have some connection with each other, there’s no doubt about it,” Mauricio replied.
‘They spend a lot of time together. What that connection is, I have no idea.
‘One of the reasons I don’t want to ask is because I don’t want to put any extra pressure on her.
“If it works for her and gives her a chance to deal with our divorce and what we’re dealing with, then that’s fine with me.”
Kyle and Mauricio announced their divorce last July after 27 years of marriage.
The estranged couple married in 1996 and share children Alexia, 27, Sophia, 24, and Portia, 16.
The father and real estate mogul, pictured here with his stepdaughter Farrah Brittany, gets candid about his divorce on Season 2 of Buying Beverly Hills
Kyle has been linked to 29-year-old singer Morgan Wade but has denied any romance
Instead, Kyle has insisted that she and Morgan (pictured in April 2023) are just good friends
Kyle is also mom to daughter Farrah, 35, who she welcomed with ex, Guraish Aldjufrie.
Earlier this month, Kyle admitted she’d been “curious” about kissing a woman in a teaser for the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills finale — and spoke out about dating rumors about herself and Morgan.
She also became teary as she addressed the cheating rumors surrounding her estranged husband.
During the reunion, Kyle said it was “no one’s business” as to the reasoning behind the divorce, according to Page Six.
She then brought up a comment she made in the season 13 finale about how something in their marriage “caused (her) to lose confidence.”
She became emotional, telling host Andy Cohen, “In every marriage there are issues, and they come up, and then something happened like I said in my interview, where I lost my trust.”
Mauricio opens up to his daughters about his marital problems with their mother, Kyle, on the new season of Buying Beverly Hills
The estranged couple tied the knot in 1996 and share children Alexia, 27, Sophia, 24, and Portia, 16. Kyle is also mom to daughter Farrah, 35, whom she welcomed with ex, Guraish Aldjufrie.
“I care about my family first and foremost, and I really tried, and when I couldn’t, the kind of things I had to deal with — I don’t want to say I tolerated — just became more apparent to me .’
She continued, “I guess I couldn’t do that anymore and I finally hit a breaking point.”
Mauricio and Kyle’s divorce is a major storyline in the recently released second season of Buying Beverly Hills.
In one scene, Mauricio sits down with his three eldest daughters Farrah, Alexia and Sophia, and reveals that Kyle has told him to go out and date.
“I had 26 wonderful years with your mother, and I wanted to do everything I could to save it,” he says.
“Your mother came and talked to me and said, ‘I think I need space.’
‘She said to me, ‘Listen, the rules are: you go out, you go out, you do whatever you want.
“I’m not going to ask you what you do, I don’t want you to ask me what I do.” We are separated.’
His children wipe away tears as they process the news, before Mauricio says he can spend a month in Aspen to “clear his head.”
“Our lives have changed so much,” Sophia says, her eyes lighting up. “We only found out there were problems a few months ago and now it’s like… things are changing so quickly.”
Farrah, who ended her engagement to her longtime boyfriend Alex Manos last year, agrees and admits she could never have predicted this a year ago.
“It’s so weird to even have these conversations,” she tells her stepfather, who is also her boss at The Agency.
Alexia is the last to break her silence as she expresses how “she’s sorry” that they all “have to go through this.”
