Kiki Barth has finally broken her silence on why she blocked fellow Real Housewives of Miami castmate Guerdy Abraira, and according to her, it had nothing to do with the reunion.
In a new interview with Decider, Kiki set the record straight on the real reason for their social media fallout. Fans had speculated about bad blood between the two, especially after Guerdy publicly acknowledged being blocked. But Kiki says the decision came much earlier, and it was all about self-protection and maintaining peace.
When asked directly if she blocked Guerdy, Kiki didn’t hesitate.
“I feel like the speculation out there is, ‘Oh, I blocked Guerdy right after the reunion.’ No, that’s a lie. I actually blocked her way before the reunion,” she explained.
The breaking point, she said, came after season 7, episode 3 aired. Kiki says the way the episode was edited caused a shift, not just in fan reaction, but in Guerdy herself.
“I feel like she and I were good. Then right when that edited third episode came out, I just saw a different side of her. I was getting all this backlash. We didn’t have any problem. We did not. I think she just saw how the show was edited and she decided to go with the fans and I was like, ‘Wow, OK.’”
According to Kiki, she was dealing with online negativity, and instead of trying to manage it all, she chose peace.
“Sometimes I need a break because I was getting a lot of craziness and I just didn’t want to deal with it at the time. I said, ‘You know what? Eff it. I just need to find my peace, get back to focusing on my children going back to school. And it is what it is.’”
For fans wondering if her closeness with Julia Lemigova played a role in the tension, Kiki addressed that too. She says there was never any deep alliance there, and she never tried to choose sides.
“I was always close to everyone throughout the whole season. I’m always the one who’s like the middle child. A lot of the time, some of the girls, they’ve been mad at me for calling them out. I’m always the voice of reason who’s always getting along with everyone from Season 4 until now.”
On her dynamic with Julia, Kiki made it clear their After Show pairing wasn’t a reflection of new best-friend status.
“Julia and I, we were never even that close. Julia and Guerdy were best friends, so my main thing with both of them was, ‘OK, now that I’m cool with both of them, they’re not talking. I’ll try to bring them together.’ Of course, that backfired in the worst way possible. But it was coming from a good space to try to bring two best friends who were closer at one point to each other than myself.”
As for being paired with Julia?
“They could have paired me with anyone and I would have been OK with it, because I feel like at that moment I was fine with everybody.”
In the end, Kiki made it clear that blocking Guerdy wasn’t an act of drama, it was a choice to protect her mental space in the face of social media chaos. Whether or not the friendship is repairable remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: Kiki is standing by her decision.
What do you think? Should Kiki have handled it differently—or was she right to prioritize her peace?
