Kyle Richards is setting the record straight about her headline-making encounter involving a woman walking her dogs—a moment that quickly escalated and went viral. Now, she’s addressing claims that she hid behind her friend Teddi Mellencamp during the ordeal, and according to Kyle, that’s simply not true.
Speaking candidly on her Amazon Live, Kyle Richards walked fans through the incident, which took place after a hike and lunch outing with Teddi.
“We’d gone on a hike, then went to eat, and we were walking back. We see this lady who has her three dogs, and they’re all tangled… Next thing you know, the one dog is, like, choking and it’s under the other dogs… And I said, ‘Excuse me, your dogs are all tangled up.’ She said something kinda rude, like mind your own business or something,” Kyle recalled.
Things escalated quickly. “She started crossing the street, and the dog is, like, being choked on the cement… I was like, am I going to be that person who just doesn’t say anything and just says that’s horrible?”
That’s when Kyle Richards stepped in. “So I start chasing her. I’m like, ‘Quit dragging your dogs.’ I’m literally yelling at this woman… The woman was threatening me. I was filming her just in case she hit me.”
Kyle also responded to online claims that she was “hiding” behind Teddi during the incident, which took place while Teddi is publicly battling brain cancer.
“Of course, the paparazzi were like Kyle is hiding behind Teddi. I’m not hiding behind Teddi. She was threatening me,” Kyle stated firmly.
She didn’t hold back her opinion of the woman, either: “Long story short. She should not own animals. That’s all I can say. I just didn’t want to be that person that didn’t say anything. My mom was not like that. My mom always taught me to speak up especially [since] animals don’t have their own voice.”
The Amazon Live session ended on a lighter note when Kyle’s daughter, Alexia, jumped in to answer a fan question about possibly joining The Real Housewives franchise. “If they’re taking applications, absolutely,” she joked. Kyle, however, wasn’t on board, saying no—though Alexia added with a smile, “Do you know how much fun that would be?”
From standing up for animals to pushing back against false narratives, Kyle made one thing clear: she’s not afraid to speak up.