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Kyle Richards‘ daughter, Alexia Umansky, reacted to the claim that she’s a “nepo baby” whose “daddy gave [her] everything.” The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star called it a “battle” she’s had to “overcome in therapy.”
In addition to RHOBH, Alexia also starred on Netflix’s Buying Beverly Hills, which showcased her career at her dad Mauricio Umansky’s real estate firm. Last year, the 30-year-old tied the knot to her now-husband, Jake Zingerman.
“I have a genuine question for a certain group of people out there,” said Alexia in an Instagram video. “When you guys say to me, ‘Your daddy gave you everything. You didn’t need to work hard. You didn’t earn any of this,’ and so on and so forth, I genuinely just want to know why people feel the need to remind me of all of those things.”
“Because I just want to share with you guys that I’m very aware that I am a nepo baby,” she went on. “I know that very, very much. … But does it make you guys feel good to call my dad, daddy? Does that make you feel like that’s going to make me feel small? I’m just trying to grasp why people feel the need to tell me that.”
Alexia said she “think[s] about it every day.”
“You don’t think I feel the pressure that people look at me and think this was handed to me on a silver platter? This is a battle I’ve had to overcome in therapy,” she explained. “I really didn’t want to join real estate. Not because I didn’t want to join real estate or because I don’t love the business. I love real estate, and I love the business. I love working with my dad. I love working with my sister. But I didn’t want to join because of this exact reason. I knew people would be all over me about it.”
“They would undermine what I do for as long as they can. I decided to join real estate when I was 22 years old. I just turned 30 last week,” she said. “So another question for you: When will it be enough? Will it ever be enough? I just want to remind you that I know. I know. I do real estate with my dad. I did reality TV like my mom, and I chose to do those things because I love those things.”
According to Alexia, there used to be “honor” in creating a business and “handing it on to your children.”