Kyle Richards has one thing on her mind for next season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: making up with Dorit Kemsley.
“If I’m coming back, let’s just say that part first. You know that I would repair things with Dorit,” Kyle, 57, told Us exclusively at the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th launch event on Tuesday, August 4, at the Lobster Club in New York City. “I would like to be able to put that behind us and start over and maybe get some things off my mind, some things that people had done and said this last season.”
Kyle added that she has not heard from Dorit, 50, but she did reach out to “congratulate her” for the release of her memoir, Unburdened, which dropped in June.
“Other than that, no, I haven’t heard from her or anything,” Kyle told Us.
According to Kyle, Dorit is still an important person in her life, and she wants to be there for her one-time BFF amid her divorce from PK Kemsley.
“It’s sad to me because, you know, I did care about her, and I do care about her and her family,” she told Us. “I just feel like we’re both going through so much and that we would have been much better off leaning on each other.”
Dorit and Kyle have had a lot of ups and downs in their friendship over the years. The pair experienced their first crack during RHOBH season 13 when Dorit expressed concerns that Kyle was prioritizing other friends over her. Dorit also showed a message from Kyle on camera, where Kyle wrote that it “bothers” her to be in a “weird place” with Dorit.
“They don’t even know we are going through a hard time so I don’t see the need to bring it up there,” the message continued. “I should have said something sooner but I honestly haven’t been strong enough. But relationships and YOU are more important to me than RHOBH.”
The tension between Kyle and Dorit carried over to season 14, as Kyle expressed that she was unhappy with Dorit for sharing their private messages.
“I didn’t have it in me to deal with it because I had so many things on my plate,” Kyle said during the premiere episode in 2025, noting that she was “shocked” when Dorit read their text message during the season 13 reunion. “She tried to publicly embarrass me.”
Kyle also shared that she was still in touch with PK, which upset Dorit. Kyle broke down in tears over the situation after being confronted by Dorit.
“I’m f***ing leaving,” an emotional Kyle told Dorit. “Please, OK. I love you and PK and your kids and you know that. I know that you know that. I’ve been made to feel like I did something wrong — sending a text to PK. So, I said I’m gonna read this once and that is it.”
When RHOBH returned for season 15 — which included a blowout fight during a cast trip to Italy — Kyle and Dorit found themselves not on speaking terms.
“She’s not open-minded to listening to you, and when she has something in her head, that’s it,” Kyle told Us of her and Dorit’s issues in December 2025. “It’s really frustrating to try to have a conversation with her. Unfortunately, we tried to fix things, and it was like two steps forward, three steps back.”
Dorit, meanwhile, also shared that she is open to reconciling with Kyle.
“Listen, I think you need two people. Any type of resolve, you need two people. And I’ve always said that,” Dorit told Extra in May. “And I’ve also always said because truly I’m the type of person where there’s nothing that you can’t get over if two people want to and I’m always open to it.”
