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Topics: Real Housewives, Paris Hilton, Celebrity
Kya Buller
Topics: Real Housewives, Paris Hilton, Celebrity
Paris Hilton has spectacularly hit back at her uncle after he shared the details of his falling out with the Hilton clan on a Netflix show.
For those who don’t know – Paris Hilton, reality star and heiress of the Hilton fortune – is the niece of Mauricio Umansky, real estate agent who was catapulted to fame by appearing in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Mauricio now stars in Buying Beverly Hills - a series that follows the real estate agency he founded, The Agency.
A teaser trailer for season two of the Netflix show has just dropped, which sparked the row between Mauricio and Paris.
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You can listen to the less-than-complimentary things Mauricio had to say about the Hiltons below:
Mauricio previously worked with Jeff Hyland and Rick Hilton - the latter of whom is his brother-in-law, and Paris’ dad.
Mauricio is filmed drinking wine with friends, and he reminisces: “Remember when you joined Hilton & Hyland, and I was still there… then I left, I don’t know if you know that story.”
A friend interjects to ask: “Was your goal to be brought on as a partner there and it just didn’t work out?”
Mauricio confirmed: “That’s exactly what happened. So I got kinda f**ked by Hilton & Hyland.
“Today, I’m happy, but there’s 100 agents at Hilton & Hyland, they did $1 billion for the first time a year - I was 19.6% of their production.
"I went to Rick and I said ‘I’d really like equity and to be a partner.’ He went back, talked to Jeff, then got back to me, and I was told no.
“I got home, I talked to Kyle [his wife, though they separated in 2023], I said ‘this is really going to cause a lot of stress between you, your sister, and your family, and I don’t want to do this move of leaving and starting a company if you’re not comfortable. She was 100% supportive.”
He continued: “And I remember they said ‘why didn’t you give us any warning or any issue?’ And I was like, ‘Warning?’”
Mauricio then clarifies: “I would never be caught dead speaking poorly about them because I don’t think poorly about them.
"I think that… I am Rick’s brother-in-law, but unfortunately it really affected the family, Kyle more than anybody. You know, her family stopped speaking to her. But she understood that what had been done to me was wrong.
“She stood by me, and at the end of the day, I needed that.”
Paris has since weighed in on the footage to offer her perspective - taking to the comments of Queens of Bravo's post to vent.
The heiress fumed: “My father is a consummate gentleman and has always taken the higher road. He would never speak negatively about his family — especially in the press.”
She continued: “Frankly, we are all sick of him using the Hilton name every chance he gets to plug his lame show. It is enough already.”
Tell us how you really feel, Paris.
Buying Beverley Hills season 2 airs on Netflix in the UK on 22 March.