Kyle Richards and Kim Richards have gone through plenty of ups and downs over the past 10 seasons of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. However, despite their rocky moments on the show, Kyle believes that the Bravo series has actually had a positive impact on their relationship.
While appearing on an episode of the “At Home” edition of Watch What Happens Live this week, the longtime reality star and mother-of-four spoke about her relationship with her sister before comparing the series to a “therapy session” and revealing that the two of them have come a long way with one another over the past decade.
“Over these ten years that you guys have been privy to our relationship, has literally done this [rollercoaster motion] for ten years,” Kyle said on the episode, according to a July 10 report from Reality Tea .
“Being on this show has been like a therapy session, honestly,” she continued.
According to Kyle, she felt as if she and her Real Housewives of Beverly Hills castmates had fallen victim to Kim’s years of alcoholism during Season 1 when the two of them were involved in a massive blowout in the back of a limo. As fans of the series will recall, Kyle called Kim out for being an alcoholic during the season after she acted out and hurt her sister.
Following the shocking moment, Kyle was berated by several viewers who felt it was in poor taste for her to broadcast Kim’s struggles on national television. Looking back, Kyle was thankful for the criticism she received because it helped her open her eyes.
“And doing a show like that, you’ll learn things about yourself and grow from them. For that, I’m very grateful,” she shared.
Kyle went on to say that these days, she understands Kim a lot more than she used to and feels that her sister would say the same about her.
As The Inquisitr previously reported, Kyle admitted in February of this year that after learning about her sister Kim’s upcoming tell-all book, she was immediately concerned about whether or not the two of them would be able to remain in a good place within their relationship.
During an interview with People magazine at the time, Kyle admitted to having just heard about the memoir before explaining that she didn’t know a lot about it.
“All I know is we’re in a good place, so hopefully, we’re going to stay there… That’s all I keep saying,” she shared.
