‘RHOBH’ Recap: Kyle Richards Cries Remembering Late Friend Lorene

Kyle Richards is reeling from the lack of her “very, very, highest pal” Lorene Shea.

“Lorene was my different half. We at all times mentioned we had been separated at beginning, solely she was virtually 6-feet tall and blonde,” Kyle, 54, revealed in her confessional throughout the Wednesday, December 13, episode of The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills. “I met Lorene within the second grade, we had been 7 years outdated, and we had been finest associates ever since.”

Kyle referred to her late associates as “an important particular person in my life outdoors of my household.” She mentioned Lorene knew extra about her than “anyone,” together with her estranged husband, Mauricio Umansky. “Your finest pal for all these years is aware of all the things,” Kyle added.

Lorene died by suicide in Might 2022.

“I can’t even say the phrase. She took her life on Might 1st,” the Bravo star instructed her therapist in an emotional scene throughout Wednesday’s episode, which was filmed late final yr. “I don’t know what occurred, as a result of she was so collectively. I imply, actually, in my will she was in command of my youngsters, my cash, my all the things. She was so collectively after which rapidly — I don’t know what occurred. I don’t have solutions. it’s so irritating to me.”

Lorene made a short look alongside Kyle on RHOBH in 2015. When she handed, Kyle shared a heartfelt tribute to her late pal.

“Not that way back she began to endure from debilitating despair. She had at all times been a contented particular person. How did this occur? All who beloved her rallied round her and did all the things that may very well be finished to get her assist. However the system is damaged,” Kyle wrote on Instagram in Might 2022. “The system made it unimaginable to get her the assistance she wanted. This previous Sunday we misplaced Lorene. The system failed her! The system failed her family members who at the moment are left in insufferable ache. I’ll do no matter it takes to attempt & assist change the legal guidelines which can be in place that stop individuals from getting the assistance they want.”

Additional discussing Lorene’s dying throughout Wednesday’s RHOBH episode, Kyle mentioned she “by no means imagined one thing like this might occur.”

Within the aftermath of Lorene’s dying — plus, the continued preventing along with her eldest sister, Kathy Hilton, and discourse in her marriage — Kyle admitted she’s doing “all of the issues” to really feel protected.

“Simply attempting to encompass myself round people who I like and love me, help me and solely need one of the best for me and I solely need one of the best for them. Taking good care of my physique,” she mentioned. “I’m simply attempting to do all of the issues which can be going to make me really feel stronger. It’s been working.”

In the event you or somebody you understand is considering suicide, name the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.

The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.