Kyle Richards has been in the hot seat for most of this season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Her and Mauricio Umansky’s struggling marriage and Kyle’s close friendship with Morgan Wade have both been conversation fodder.
In addition to those issues, Kyle’s co-stars have been questioning her decision to stop drinking alcohol. It seems kind of catty, honestly, because who is anyone to question someone’s sobriety? Yet, it keeps coming up despite Kyle explaining her reasoning and all of us knowing that some of her family members have had issues with alcohol.
Kyle recently took to social media to once again defend her choice to be sober and assert that it’s not because she was ever an alcoholic.
Kyle Richards: You can “outgrow” alcohol
Kyle, who separated from Mauricio in July, emphasized her strength during that challenging period. In November, she told Page Six, “I stopped drinking, and I’m just doing everything I can to be as strong as I can. And it’s working. So I’m grateful.”
Kyle’s break-up with alcohol has still come up many times since then. Sutton Stracke, her RHOBH co-star, questioned her choice to give up alcohol on the show this season. It remains uncertain whether viewers or those close to her accused her of having a drinking problem.
In an interview at BravoCon, Kyle clarified, “I’m not an alcoholic” and explained that she quit drinking for “fitness and health reasons.” Celebrating a year of sobriety in July, she highlighted the positive impact on her anxiety and overall well-being, stating, “I’ve suffered from anxiety for my entire life … I don’t even take Lexapro anymore!”
Despite her assertion that she isn’t grappling with substance abuse, her sister Kim Richards, who has openly discussed her own struggles with alcoholism and entered rehab twice, serves as a reminder of the family’s history with addiction.
Kyle must must be really tired of the same line of questioning, so she took to her Instagram Stories on Saturday. She posted an image with text that said, “You can just ‘outgrow’ alcohol, you know … You don’t have to be an ‘alcoholic’ or ‘hit rock bottom.’ You are allowed to just wake up & decide to carve out a different path, any time you like.”
Okay, Kyle has now answered the sobriety question many times now. Plus, there are several other answers we need to know from her – like how many tattoos is she up to at this very moment and did she struggle to hold back laughter during Sutton’s Erika Jayne “Here’s your chance-uh! You can apologize-uh!” impression and “NAME ‘EM!” outburst?
RHOBH continues Wednesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK KYLE HAS OTHER REASONS FOR BEING SOBER? SHOULD PEOPLE STOP ASKING HER ABOUT IT?
