Crystal Kung Minkoff is opening up about her exit from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills!
The 41-year-old now former housewife announced back in April that she would not be returning for the Bravo show’s upcoming 14th season, after three seasons on the reality series.
In a new interview on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live on Friday (May 24), Crystal talked about her exit and revealed why she thinks she wasn’t asked back.
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“I was in talks [in April]… Honestly, I was going down the path and, you know, things happen,” she said on the radio show. “Usually… It’s just like the past few years for me, it’s like, ‘Oh, let’s start next year, let’s go again, renew your contract,’ [and] this [year] was more of a conversation with me, and so it was like, ‘How are you feeling about it? And I was honest about how I felt about the show, and it’s hard for me.”
“I think for me, my family is the most important and more important than any job I could have and, you know, the show is tough and it reveals a lot and I just want to be protective of my family, my kids, and that’s all,” Crystal continued.
Adding on to why she wasn’t asked back, she noted that she’s always had boundaries, saying, “I think that’s always probably been their struggle, I imagine.”
“Yeah [they wanted more from me], and I think the audience does too, and I get that. You know, the girls on the show and I had texted them after. I was like, ‘You guys deserve a bajillion dollars for how much you give,’ and it was hard for me. That’s all I can say,” she said. “But it was a good decision.”
Crystal confirms that she didn’t quit, and it was primarily more of them not asking her to return. She also said that the only person on the show that didn’t text her was Dorit Kemsley, but notes, “I think also she was probably dealing with her own contract.”
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