Eileen Davidson On Mother’s Death: Why She Kept It From ‘RHOBH’ Ladies

Eileen Davidson has been busy since the last season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills ended. While Eileen is still working as a soap opera actress, she’s also working hard to balance her friendships from the show with those that are not involved with the show. Over the years, Eileen and her husband have been plagued with sudden deaths in the family, and it sounds like these devastating losses are not done yet. Davidson shared on the first episode of season seven last night that her mother had passed away suddenly. Not only was she devastated because she had lost her mother, but she had also lost her best friend.

According to a new Bravo report, Eileen Davidson is now revealing that she has gone through quite the year, which has been rough on her. Davidson isn’t very active on social media, so it comes as a big surprise that she has battled such heartache behind closed doors when the show wasn’t filming.

“A lot has been happening in my life since last season. Most profoundly was the loss of my mother. She wasn’t just my mom, but also my best friend. She passed away shortly before our reunion last spring, and yes, I did make a decision to keep it from the other women. I didn’t want my loss to color their ability to be honest with me. Unbelievably, my brother also passed away just weeks before my mother did. It’s been a difficult time, to say the least. It goes without saying that navigating through grief has been something I’ve been dealing with a lot,” Eileen Davidson explains in her Bravo blog for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

One can imagine that Davidson will talk more about losing her mother and her brother on this season of the show. But it is interesting that Eileen Davidson didn’t want to tell her co-stars about losing her mother prior to filming the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion last year because she didn’t want pity or a softer treatment from them. It almost sounds like she doesn’t trust that they would be honest with her if she had revealed that her mother and brother had just passed away.

But it sounds like Eileen Davidson can still have fun with her co-stars as she headed to Erika Girardi’s Studio 54 party, where the ladies would be celebrating her birthday. And it sounds like Eileen has nothing bad to say about the ladies or about any of the drama that surfaced last year. Instead, she celebrated Erika’s birthday and revealed that she had a blast celebrating her friend. And it also sounds like she was surprised to learn new things about her co-stars, including Kyle Richards’ frequent visits to the actual Studio 54.

Hey guys! Here we go again…
Tuesday Dec 6th! #seasonseven #RHOBH pic.twitter.com/oMlWDz2j2S

— Eileen Davidson (@eileen_davidson) December 1, 2016

“Switching gears to Erika’s Studio 54 Birthday party. I love how Lisa R. and I both had outfits ready to go in our closets…it says a lot about us both, right? My only regret is I should have brought my roller skates with me. Next time. Fantastic party. Fantastic night. Fantastic getting to meet Erika’s mom Renee,” Eileen Davidson explains about meeting Erika’s mother and attending the party, adding, “On a side note, I cannot believe Kyle was hanging out at the actual Studio 54 with Andy Warhol at 10 years old. Someone get this woman a television show! Oh wait…they did!”

What do you think of Eileen Davidson opening up about losing her mother? Are you surprised that she decided to keep this from her Real Housewives of Beverly Hills co-stars because she didn’t want different treatment from them?

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