It’s no secret that production for season 12 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is underway. The ladies have been seen filming all around California and beyond. Still, there’s one looming question on everyone’s minds: Where is Kathy Hilton? Earlier this month, it was rumored that she was holding out for a bigger check from Bravo. That hasn’t necessarily been confirmed. However, every time a picture pops up of the RHOBH cast out and about without Kathy, the questions around her absence grow even fiercer.
Season 11 of RHOBH was one of its best, and Kathy deserves a little bit of credit for that. She was the breakout star that birthed a million memes. And while most of the season’s drama centered around Erika Jayne and her litigious split from Tom Girardi, Kathy’s perfectly timed comedic relief helped us laugh our way through it. Who is hunky dory? She brought the extravagant, over-the-top wealth that we want to see on this franchise, and she also contributed a unique, outsider’s perspective to the cast’s dynamic. She did all of that without even holding a diamond.
For season 12, the RHOBH cast has been spotted at a boutique opening for Kyle Richards, and there have been snaps of the ladies vacationing in Mexico, all without Kathy. Every time a new photo from season 12 surfaces on social media, it fuels the speculation that Kathy hasn’t yet signed on to return to her friend role.
In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, Kyle was asked if she could help calm some of our fears about Kathy’s absence from the upcoming season. And honestly, her answer wasn’t very reassuring.
“We’re just going to have to wait and find out,” Kyle teased. “Right now, everything has been really chaotic, ’cause we just started, you know, and Paris has been planning her wedding, and now there’s been chaos everywhere with the wedding and everything. So we shall see.”
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This is exactly how you answer a question without actually answering the question. It’s slightly frustrating that she can’t just spill all of the beans, but it’s not too far off from what Kathy shared with an interviewer earlier this month. When she was directly asked about her involvement in season 12, she delivered a similarly deflective reply.
“You know, I don’t know what I’m doing tomorrow,” Kathy told Entertainment Tonight earlier this month ahead of Paris Hilton’s wedding. “I could be skiing off Mount Everest. I don’t – right now, I’m just concentrating on the wedding.”
Now that Paris’s wedding is in the past, let’s keep our fingers crossed that Kathy can shift gears and concentrate on negotiating with Bravo. Duty calls, Kathy. It took a decade to get her on the show; she can’t just be a one-season wonder.
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TELL US – DO YOU THINK KATHY HILTON WILL RETURN TO RHOBH? DO YOU THINK THE SHOW WOULD SUFFER IF SHE DOESN’T COME BACK?
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