Buy Beverly Hills Season 2 Recap: Mauricio Blames Kyle for Split

Fans who were disappointed with the lack of insight into Mauricio Umanski And Kyle Richards‘ distributed over The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills should consider tuning in to season 2 of Buy Beverly Hills.

The second episode of the Netflix reality show centered around Mauricio’s real estate agency, The Agency, began streaming on Friday, March 22 and opens with Mauricio talking to his daughters (who also work at The Agency) Farrah, Alexia And Sophia about the split.

“I had 26 wonderful years with your mother. An amazing 26 years. I wanted to do everything I could to just make it. So you know, your mom came and she talked to me and she said, ‘I think I need space,'” Mauricio said in the first episode. “I just need, you know, some time and a clear head, and maybe I’ll spend a month in Aspen.”

As all three girls become emotional, Sophia notes that their lives have “changed so much,” adding, “We only found out there were problems a few months ago and now things are just changing so quickly.”

The screen then fades to black and jumps to six months earlier, starting the season.

Buy Beverly Hills is streaming on Netflix. Keep scrolling for more quotes from Mauricio about Kyle — including how the rest of that aforementioned conversation with his daughters went. (Spoiler alert: They discovered two important updates about their parents through the media.)

Under pressure

“I’m so stressed out and obviously the traveling is affecting us,” Mauricio told Kyle in the premiere after his mental breakdown at the office. “And you work hard and we’re as busy as can be. It was just so stressful. …I had a complete meltdown at the office the other day. … I lost my st.”

Marriage takes work

While discussing Farrah’s own relationship issues with then-fiancée Alex Manos (in the finale it is revealed that Farrah and Alex called off their engagement due to his lack of willingness to make a wedding plan), Mauricio shares his views on marriage.

“It really feels like the relationship is a bit stuck right now,” he said of Farrah and Alex. “I know Farrah wants the fairytale but the reality is that marriages are hard and I’m really happy and proud that Farrah is taking the time to figure out what to do because marriage is a huge commitment and even the best marriages sometimes not so. it doesn’t work.”

The Hilton and Hyland of everything

“I think I was kind of let down by Hilton and Hyland,” Mauricio said of working with Kyle’s brother-in-law, Rick Hilton, at the beginning of his real estate career. “And when I say f–ked, you know, like today, I’m happy. But there were 100 officers at Hilton and Hyland. They made $1 billion a year for the first time – I was 19.6 percent of their production. Then I went home and talked to Kyle. I say, ‘This is really going to cause a lot of stress between you and your sister and your family. And I don’t want to do this step of leaving and starting a business if you don’t feel comfortable. She supported me 100 percent.”

Kyle checks out

By episode three, it’s clear that something is wrong with the one-time Bravo golden couple.

“With Kyle, I’m starting to feel like she’s checked out a little bit. I definitely reached out and wanted to kiss her, but she actually said no,” Mauricio told Netflix cameras. “I’m starting to see and feel that, but I’m not there. I’m still fighting 100 percent for our relationship and I still think I’ll be married to her for the rest of my life. … We have been to couples therapy three times now with the intention of trying to work on the marriage and understanding and communicating with each other. So I can understand a little better what Kyle is really bothering me about. But we haven’t talked to our daughters yet about what’s going on.”

During the next scene, Kyle discussed her plans to go to Nashville to be with her girlfriend Morgan Wade‘s music video. (There has been endless speculation about the nature of Kyle’s friendship with the country singer.)

“I’m sitting here and I realize that maybe Kyle is no longer in love with me, right?” Mauricio added in a confessional. “And doesn’t love me like she used to love me anymore, and yeah, I mean, it just hurts. There’s no doubt it hurts.”

How the news broke

In July 2023, People magazine reported that Kyle and Mauricio had divorced. The family was on vacation in Aspen at the time and the news came as a complete shock to Farrah, Alexia, Sophia and Kyle and Mauricio’s youngest daughter. Portia.

“I first heard about the article when my family and I were paddle boarding in Aspen and I saw my mom looking at her phone and I saw her face change and I saw panic come over her,” Alexia recalls . “And then my dad came out and all he got was a call, a text, a call, a text.”

In her own confessional, Sophia said that as far as she knew, her parents “weren’t divorced.” She continued: “I thought, ‘Oh my God, is there something I don’t know?’ However, Farrah said what makes things different “this time” (the pair have weathered split rumors before) is that there is some “truth” to it.

“Before the news broke, we hadn’t actually talked about any problems with the family. … [We] kept it out of reach of the children,” Mauricio noted.

As Kyle and Mauricio then prepared dinner for their daughters, Mauricio noted that he and Kyle have “started to look at things differently,” explaining, “She has really adopted a super healthy lifestyle. She has stopped drinking completely. Kyle wants to be home and wants me not to be the big personality that I am: partying and having fun, coming home late. I am still a very social person. I’m not ready to slow down that part of my life right now.”

The family dinner turns tense, with Kyle revealing that she has to go back to Beverly Hills to film scenes RHOBH because of the split news.

“Kyle and I have always dreamed of growing old together, being grandparents together and watching our grandchildren play,” he said in a confessional. “The thought that Kyle and I might not be together and break up is definitely something that is sad and difficult.”

During episode 10, the show resumes the scene with Mauricio, Farrah, Alexia and Sophia and it is revealed that the show was filmed in September 2023 after Mauricio told TMZ that he and Kyle were indeed divorced. Their daughters reveal they didn’t know anything was official and are angry that they discovered another aspect of their parents’ marriage in the news.

“I thought your mother had already told you that and I apologize for that,” he said.

The rules of divorce and the lack of communication

“Your mother came and spoke to me and said, ‘Listen, I want us to be separated. The rules are I’m not going to ask you what you’re doing. I don’t want you to ask me what I’m doing. You go out, you go out,” Mauricio told the girls in the final.

Mauricio acknowledged that he “was the cause [Kyle] some pain” and he “wanted to do everything possible to just save [the marriage].” Although he said he tried to do something about it, their daughters were not convinced.

“My mother and I haven’t really had any conversations at all in the last two months,” Mauricio told them as they pressed why they haven’t talked more about the breakup. “I have reasons why we haven’t communicated, but I don’t want to say.”

The Morgan in the room

“So Morgan Wade is a country star. There are a lot of rumors going around that Kyle is sleeping with Morgan,” Mauricio said in a confessional in Episode 8. “I have to tell you, I don’t believe she has anything going on with Morgan. Maybe I’m the only dumbass who doesn’t, but I don’t actually think she has anything going on with Morgan.’

In episode 10, Morgan is brought up again when Mauricio admitted that he didn’t even ask Kyle “directly” if she was dating Morgan. “They definitely have some kind of bond with each other, there’s no doubt about that. They spend a lot of time together,” he told a colleague. “Maybe one of the reasons I don’t want to ask is because I don’t want to put any extra pressure on her. If it works for her and gives her a chance to deal with our divorce…then that’s fine with me.”

While Kyle and Morgan have denied dating, a source recently shared We weekly that Kyle “really cares about Morgan.” The insider noted that she was “confused,” but “Kyle was excited about these feelings after losing connection with Mauricio in their marriage.”

The chance for reconciliation

“She took over the entire top floor. I still live in the bedroom,” he said in the finale. “If there’s any chance of reconciliation, I feel like I really need to move on and do some soul-searching, like, ‘Do I miss her?’ Don’t I miss her? Is it time to really move on with life?’”