Michael Larsen/BravoKim Richards and her sobriety has been the hot topic of conversation on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills this season and the reality star is now opening up about her fight against addiction.
New cast member Lisa Rinna—aka the best thing to happen to RHOBH in a while—seems to be leading the charge, asking questions viewers have been asking themselves for years. But Kim's not too happy with it, as she revealed in her Bravo blog, asking why almost every scene of the episode was focused on conversation around her.
"I just don't get it," Kim wrote. "It's getting to a point where I actually feel bad for them—I would hate talking about me all the time. Haha!"
During the most recent episode, Lisa Rinna discussed Kim's sobriety with basically everybody…but Kim. All this stems from the incident where Kim took a pain pill prescribed to her cancer-stricken ex-husband Monty and acted pretty loopy at Eileen Davidson's poker party. To Kim, that's not relapsing.
"…I wish people would just stop trying to intrude in my life and ‘fix' a problem that doesn't exist. Would it break their hearts terribly to know and accept that I am healthy and well? I hate to sound like a broken record, but yes, I made a mistake when I took Monty's pain pill to relieve the chronic pain from my injuries, and yes, I am still sober and strong mentally and physically. However, that one situation did not give anyone the right to spread the rumor that I had relapsed and been drinking," she wrote.
"According to the recovery programs, a relapse is when someone preeminently abandons their recovery plan completely by choice. I didn't do that, and these women know I didn't, because they interacted and had spoken with me many times following the poker night, and they'll tell you I had been and am fine," Kim said in her blog. "Their constant chatter about me honestly feels like they're belittling all the hard work I've put into my recovery for the past three years. Now, this has only become a big deal because they made it a big deal."
But the ladies do think it's a big deal. Brandi Glanville's friend, Jennifer Gimenez, an addiction specialist, said Kim did relapse by taking the pill. Lisa Rinna wants to have some kind of intervention of sorts, but the other ladies are hesitant to get involved, Lisa Vanderpump cited the time she brought up concern when they were all in Paris and had her head chomped off.
"What is everyone so scared of? That is what I want to know," Lisa Rinna said. "Why is everyone scared of Kim Richards?" In the episode, the ladies asked Kim if she goes to meetings or has a sponsor, some kind of support system to rely on as she copes with Monty's health problems. Kim shrugged them off.
"Throughout my sobriety, I have shared much of my journey with you all. As part of my recovery program, I work with a great life coach, Gary, who is accessible to me 24/7 as well as a close-knit group of sober friends and family I speak to everyday. My support system isn't just Brandi and [Kyle Richards]...The reason why these ladies don't know everything about this integral part of my life is because I don't shout it out on the rooftops, and I choose to be private about some things (because this is what works for me)," she wrote.
Head over to Kim's blog to read her full statements.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Tuesdays, 9 p.m. on Bravo.
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