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Rachel Zoe was featured on Thursday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live, where she addressed Dorit Kemsley‘s sit-down with Mauricio Umansky and her past comments about Paul “PK” Kemsley.
As she also spoke of the tension between Dorit, 49, and Kyle Richards, 47, suspected that Kyle may not be done dating women, and offered an update on her divorce from Rodger Berman, the 54-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills newbie revealed she connected with Jesse Lally, 45, at BravoCon, shaded an outfit worn by Brad Goreski, 48, and looked ahead to the reunion.
“I got uncomfortable. I was a little squirmy there. I was. I really didn’t know that conversation even happened, so I think I had to process it,” Rachel said of Dorit’s moment with Mau, 55, on the February 12 episode of WWHL.
According to Rachel, Dorit, 49, didn’t seem to make the headway she was hoping for when she met with Mau to discuss PK, 58.
“I feel like it went the opposite way. I feel like Dorit went in there thinking it was gonna be one thing, and I think it probably really was the opposite of that,” she stated.
As for whether Dorit would regret the negative things she said about her estranged spouse, Rachel wasn’t sure.
“To be honest, I don’t know because I think I’ve been really honest, and I don’t know that I thought that I was going to be that open as I am, and I don’t know if she’ll regret it. I think she’s just … listen, this is being shot in real times and we’re wearing mics, and there’s a lot that goes on, and we don’t know until you guys see it what actually airs. So, TBD,” she stated.
Then, after saying that Dorit needs a man who “makes her feel safe and seen and loved,” Rachel addressed Dorit’s alleged habit of giving more of a pass to Bozoma “Boz” Saint John, 49, than to Kyle.
“I think it’s a newer friendship, and I think they don’t have the history … and I think throughout the season, I mean, she says that about me as well, that Dorit treats us differently, and I think it’s just a newer friendship. I don’t have the history, so there’s a lot there,” she explained.
Regarding Kyle’s dating life, and her comment about going Brad or Angelina, Rachel mentioned that she could date a man or a woman next.
“Honestly, I think it’s 50-50. I really do,” she shared.
Moving on to Rodger, Rachel said that although she doubted he was watching RHOBH, he had said a few things about the series.
“He’s not thrilled. But I also think people are telling him, his friends or whatever, look, anything that I said is really how I felt in the moment, and things were happening in real time this summer, and there’s a lot I don’t share,” she noted.
While their divorce is not yet finalized, Rachel revealed it should be “soon” as she agreed the split was amicable.
“It is. Because ultimately we want what’s best for the kids,” she explained.
Then, when asked which Bravolebrity she hit it off with at BravoCon, Rachel named Jesse, but she denied Andy Cohen‘s suspicion that there was chemistry between them.
“We presented together, and he was very sweet backstage. I was very exposed in my back, and I was very modest and insecure about it, so he’s like, ‘Do you want me to cover you?’ I was like, ‘When we walk off, I don’t want to be that exposed.’ So he covered my back. He was a gentleman,” she noted.
As for which of her shows was harder to film, Rachel said The Rachel Zoe Project was the tougher of the two because it was “like a 24/7” gig. That said, she denied that filming RHOBH was “easy.”
“It’s exhausting,” she admitted. “There’s a lot of women and because I was so new and so blind going in, it was really navigating the room and the relationships and really coming in not having any historical on anyone because I wanted to form my own opinion so I would say it’s easier in terms of the schedule, and I liked that it wasn’t about me, you know, that I was just like a part … but the scary thing is I don’t know anything until everybody sees it, so that’s terrifying.”
Also on the live broadcast, after shading former assistant Brad’s Boogie Nights-inspired WWHL look, saying, “That hurts my eyes,” Rachel joked that she was “not going” to attend the reunion.
“How many times do you think I’ll walk out?” she wondered. “I don’t know. I’m terrified. Everyone’s like, freaking me out.”
Later, on the WWHL: After Show, Rachel was asked if she regretted not inviting Erika Jayne, 54, on her Hamptons trip after learning she was annoyed by the snub.
“You know, I think that there was intention there for Kyle and Dorit to kind of have some alone time. And for me, kind of being new, it was almost like, okay, let me see this up close.”
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 15 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on Bravo.