Kyle Richards is teasing major surprises ahead for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The longtime Bravo star says fans should be ready for unexpected twists when the hit reality series returns on December 4.
“The dynamics between everybody has just changed so much, and things you just would not expect, and a lot of people are changing,” Richards told PEOPLE while attending the Anastasia Soare and Oprah Winfrey in Conversation at Raising Brows event in Los Angeles on October 23.
She added that the new season will bring some fresh energy to the group. “And we have a lot of new blood in the group, so I think the audience is going to be very excited this season.”
As one of the original cast members who has never missed a season, Richards also reflected on her long tenure and hinted that her time on the show could eventually come to an end. “Listen, that day obviously will come,” she said. “It’s been a long time. Fifteen years. It really is. It’s a long time. I don’t know how long this can go on, how long I can go on for.”
Richards admitted that she’s considered walking away more than once. “There have been different times, season 5, I think maybe even before,” she recalled. “I can think of a number of seasons where I almost walked away.”
After more than a decade on reality TV, she’s open about how challenging the experience can be. “It’s very difficult for your life [to be] out there and have the world weighing in on analyzing things and people not knowing you know the full scope of full details,” Richards said. “And judging you without being able to explain everything, it’s very difficult. So it depends on what year and what season, whether I can handle it or not.”