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Bethenny Frankel has weighed in on Kathy Hilton and Kyle Richards' feud.
Their decade-long drama first began in 2010 when Hilton's husband, Rick Hilton, reportedly refused to make Richards' husband, Mauricio Umansky, a partner at his real estate firm, according to E! News.
Their relationship got worse after co-star Lisa Rinna claimed that Hilton had a "psychotic break" where she made nasty remarks about Richards and their fellow Real Housewives of Beverly Hills castmates during a trip to Aspen, Colorado.
The Days of Our Lives actress, 59, claimed Hilton called Crystal Kung Minkoff and Sutton Stracke "pieces of s***" who should be "f***ing fired." Hilton—who is a mom to Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Barron Hilton II and Conrad Hilton—also allegedly said that Dorit Kemsley was a "stupid, useless idiot."
Since then, the pair has gotten into a heated exchange on Instagram, with Hilton wondering why Richards appeared to be crying in the RHOBH season 12 reunion trailer when she was the one who was "bullied."
"Why [am I upset and crying]? You know exactly why," Richards shot back.
Luckily, Frankel, 51—a Real Housewives of New York City alum—assured fans the sisters "will make up" during Tuesday's episode of her Just B With Bethenny Frankel podcast.
The Skinnygirl CEO added that the siblings "did not play it the Kardashian way," meaning their relationship soured due to the Bravo series.
"These are siblings that have divided because [of] this toxic show. The difference is the Kardashians produced their own show," Frankel explained. "They control the edit, they control the content, they control the producing, they control the program."
The mom—who shares daughter Bryn Hoppy with ex-husband Jason Hoppy—continued, "When you're just a pawn in the Bravosphere, you don't control the storyline. So, if the Hiltons could control the way that the show was produced, like the Kardashians, [there] wouldn't be these rifts."
In an interview with E! News on Monday, October 10, Richards revealed where her relationship with Hilton stands today.
"Things are not great right now," she admitted, adding that she has "high hopes" for a reconciliation.
"We're a family and we'll always come back together. I know that's why I was so emotional at the reunion," she said. "For me, I don't think people realize how much it affects my family and the relationships, and I have been holding that in for so long, and that's why I felt so emotional."
Part one of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 12 reunion begins on October 12 at 8 p.m. EST on Bravo.
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