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Mauricio Umansky opened up about his previous feud with Rick Hilton in his just-released memoir, The Dealmaker: How to Succeed in Business & Life Through Dedication, Determination & Disruption, which was launched on Tuesday.
While wanting again on his choice to depart Rick’s actual property agency to begin his personal and sharing how Rick and his spouse, Kathy Hilton, responded to him doing so, the Buying Beverly Hills star, who additionally seems alongside spouse Kyle Richards on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, confirmed Kyle was “unconditionally supportive” of the choice.
“She’s not only my wife; she’s my best friend,” he wrote in his e book, through Us Weekly.
According to Mauricio, he left Hilton & Hyland to launch The Agency in 2011 after Rick refused to make him a “full partner” in his enterprise.
“I went home to Kyle and told her what had happened,” Mauricio recalled. “She agreed with me that it was very unjust. But ultimately it didn’t matter what we thought. In my opinion, Rick wasn’t going to change his mind, and he wasn’t prepared to pay me what I’d earned.”
Still, Mauricio confirmed he would have stayed at Rick’s agency in the event that they agreed to pay him what he “deserved,” provide him a greater place, and gave him “an inkling of professional love.”
“For their part, they didn’t see it that way,” Mauricio famous. “They couldn’t understand how I could just make the decision overnight and not give them a chance to convince me otherwise.”
Following his choice to depart Hilton & Hyland, Mauricio stated Rick minimize ties with him and did the identical to Kyle.
“And of course his wife, Kathy — Kyle’s sister — did the same,” Mauricio continued. “They cut all communication and no longer invited us to Thanksgiving dinners or other holidays.”
“He and Kathy held tremendous anger toward us, which is not the way I choose to live my life,” Mauricio revealed. “Naturally, Kyle was very hurt by their reaction, and it was a difficult pill for her to swallow.”
And whereas Mauricio and Rick have since gotten to a greater place, Kyle and Kathy are presently estranged after struggling a falling out amid filming on RHOBH season 12 final 12 months. As followers will recall, Kyle’s pal and co-star, Lisa Rinna, accused Kathy of threatening to “destroy” her and her household throughout a meltdown in Aspen, which Kathy denied.
The Dealmaker: How to Succeed in Business & Life Through Dedication, Determination & Disruption is obtainable now.
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