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<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>Kyle Richards, Mauricio Umansky\u2019s Honest Quotes About Their Separation<\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tReal Housewives of Beverly Hills couple Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky have shared insight into their sudden split after 27 years of marriage. Us Weekly confirmed in July 2023 that the couple were taking time apart. \u201cKyle and Mauricio have been separated for a while, but are still currently living together,\u201d a source revealed at [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Umansky chose 1996 for his most memorable year, noting it as a \u201cyear of change\u201d for him and wife Kyle Richards<\/strong><\/a>. The pair, who tied the knot earlier that year, were raising daughters Farrah \u2014 whom Richards shares with ex-husband Guraish Aldjufrie<\/strong> \u2014 and Alexia when he got fired from his job.<\/p>\n\u201cI felt like an absolute failure of a human,\u201d Umansky told Slater before the performance. \u201cI walked into the house, I saw Kyle, I started balling [and] she told me, \u2018You always wanted to be in real estate, let\u2019s look at it for an opportunity to change.\u2019 The truth is that it ended up being the best experience on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s so beautiful,\u201d Slater gushed during rehearsal about the heartfelt story.<\/p>\n
Umansky dedicated the dance to Richards<\/a>, 54, just hours before Tuesday\u2019s episode, calling her his \u201crock,\u201d writing via Instagram, \u201cTonight\u2019s Dance on @dancingwiththestars is about life and how it\u2019s not always perfect and when you think it\u2019s impossible to move mountains and you\u2019re at your lowest moment and you think all doors are closed you need to rise up and rise unafraid and move mountains.\u201d<\/p>\nRichards, meanwhile, had previously shown her support for her husband via Instagram in September, but\u00a0seemingly deleted the post one day after<\/a> Umansky and Slater were photographed\u00a0holding hands<\/a><\/u>\u00a0after having dinner together in Beverly Hills on Sunday, October 22.<\/p>\nThe cozy outing raised eyebrows amid Umansky\u2019s ongoing marital issues with Richards. The twosome revealed they were separated in July after 27 years of marriage.<\/p>\n
Umansky and Slater are partnered up for season 32 of the ABC reality competition series. Prior to the September premiere, he expressed his eagerness to work with Slater<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cEmma\u2019s an absolute veteran and so good,\u201d Umansky exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> at the time. \u201cI needed somebody that was super competitive. And we\u2019re just gonna go crush it and we\u2019re gonna create magic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"Mauricio](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mauricio-Umansky-and-Emma-Slater-Address-Relationship-on-Dancing-With-the-Stars-After-Holding-Hands-348.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>BauerGriffin\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe pair were nearly eliminated after he forgot the steps to his routine<\/a> on Latin Night. He later blamed the October 3 mishap<\/a> on his drama with Richards, 54, being rehashed on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cRight before the dance, the trailer for [season 13 of] Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em> came out about my marriage, and my kids were in the [Dancing With the Stars<\/em>] audience and I wasn\u2019t addressing it with them,\u201d he told Slater during the October 10 episode.<\/p>\nTwo months before Umansky was cast on\u00a0DWTS<\/i>, he and Richards addressed speculation that they had called it quits.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have had a rough year. The most challenging one of our marriage,\u201d they wrote via Instagram in July. \u201cBut we both love and respect each other tremendously. There has been no wrongdoing on anyone\u2019s part. Although we are in the public eye, we ask to be able to work through our issues privately.\u201d<\/p>\n
Umansky later insisted that he and Richards \u2014 who share daughters Alexia, 27, Sophia, 23, and Portia, 15 \u2014 were still working on their marriage. \u201cKyle and I are human beings. We have emotions, we have feelings, we\u2019re going through a really hard time. We are currently separated<\/a>,\u201d he told TMZ in September. \u201cWe are not talking about divorce. We\u2019re trying to deal with this stuff internally, with ourselves, privately.\u201d<\/p>\nAmid the separation, Richards denied in July that she is involved<\/a> with Morgan Wade<\/strong><\/a> despite rumors that the country singer, 28, played a role in the reality star\u2019s marriage woes.<\/p>\nSlater, for her part, separated<\/a> from fellow Dancing With the Stars<\/em> pro Sasha Farber<\/strong><\/a> in April 2022 and filed for divorce<\/a> in February. Since their split, the two have continued to work together.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cI felt like an absolute failure of a human,\u201d Umansky told Slater before the performance. \u201cI walked into the house, I saw Kyle, I started balling [and] she told me, \u2018You always wanted to be in real estate, let\u2019s look at it for an opportunity to change.\u2019 The truth is that it ended up being the best experience on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s so beautiful,\u201d Slater gushed during rehearsal about the heartfelt story.<\/p>\n
Umansky dedicated the dance to Richards<\/a>, 54, just hours before Tuesday\u2019s episode, calling her his \u201crock,\u201d writing via Instagram, \u201cTonight\u2019s Dance on @dancingwiththestars is about life and how it\u2019s not always perfect and when you think it\u2019s impossible to move mountains and you\u2019re at your lowest moment and you think all doors are closed you need to rise up and rise unafraid and move mountains.\u201d<\/p>\n Richards, meanwhile, had previously shown her support for her husband via Instagram in September, but\u00a0seemingly deleted the post one day after<\/a> Umansky and Slater were photographed\u00a0holding hands<\/a><\/u>\u00a0after having dinner together in Beverly Hills on Sunday, October 22.<\/p>\n The cozy outing raised eyebrows amid Umansky\u2019s ongoing marital issues with Richards. The twosome revealed they were separated in July after 27 years of marriage.<\/p>\n Umansky and Slater are partnered up for season 32 of the ABC reality competition series. Prior to the September premiere, he expressed his eagerness to work with Slater<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cEmma\u2019s an absolute veteran and so good,\u201d Umansky exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> at the time. \u201cI needed somebody that was super competitive. And we\u2019re just gonna go crush it and we\u2019re gonna create magic.\u201d<\/p>\n The pair were nearly eliminated after he forgot the steps to his routine<\/a> on Latin Night. He later blamed the October 3 mishap<\/a> on his drama with Richards, 54, being rehashed on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cRight before the dance, the trailer for [season 13 of] Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em> came out about my marriage, and my kids were in the [Dancing With the Stars<\/em>] audience and I wasn\u2019t addressing it with them,\u201d he told Slater during the October 10 episode.<\/p>\n Two months before Umansky was cast on\u00a0DWTS<\/i>, he and Richards addressed speculation that they had called it quits.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have had a rough year. The most challenging one of our marriage,\u201d they wrote via Instagram in July. \u201cBut we both love and respect each other tremendously. There has been no wrongdoing on anyone\u2019s part. Although we are in the public eye, we ask to be able to work through our issues privately.\u201d<\/p>\n Umansky later insisted that he and Richards \u2014 who share daughters Alexia, 27, Sophia, 23, and Portia, 15 \u2014 were still working on their marriage. \u201cKyle and I are human beings. We have emotions, we have feelings, we\u2019re going through a really hard time. We are currently separated<\/a>,\u201d he told TMZ in September. \u201cWe are not talking about divorce. We\u2019re trying to deal with this stuff internally, with ourselves, privately.\u201d<\/p>\n Amid the separation, Richards denied in July that she is involved<\/a> with Morgan Wade<\/strong><\/a> despite rumors that the country singer, 28, played a role in the reality star\u2019s marriage woes.<\/p>\n Slater, for her part, separated<\/a> from fellow Dancing With the Stars<\/em> pro Sasha Farber<\/strong><\/a> in April 2022 and filed for divorce<\/a> in February. Since their split, the two have continued to work together.<\/p>\n<\/div>