Kyle Richards "was so depressed" following her split from Mauricio Umansky

She told The Hollywood Reporter: "I just didn't have it in me anymore. I was at a point where I was so depressed, frankly.

"I'm not someone who gets depressed. I've had anxiety my entire life but never depression. I really felt like I was struggling with depression and I expressed that. And I just felt like I could not go into scenarios all the time and just have everyone coming at me."

Kyle split from Mauricio - with whom she has Alexia, 28, Sophia, 24, and Portia, 16 - in 2023 after almost 20 years of marriage and he recently moved out but just before Christmas, she explained that they could "reconvene" at some point in the coming months to discuss things.

Speaking in a confessional during a new episode of 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills', she said: "Mau made the decision to sign a six-month lease. I think for Mau saying to give it six months made it easy to transition from living here to going to a new place. It also gives us the time to assess where we're at.

"You live your life, I live my life, and maybe we'll reconvene in six months or so and see what happens. I don't know."

Kyle who also has Farrah, 36, with first husband Guraish Aldjufrie - previously admitted that their separation has been more of a "psychological thing" for them than anything else, so they aren't quite ready to start legal proceedings.

She told E! News: "We just haven't felt the rush to do that. I think it's been more of a psychological thing for us and for our family. We've been getting along and there was no pressure from either side that we needed to do that."