Real Housewife Kim Richards Checks Into Rehab

Posted on Dec 05, 2011 @ 10:30AM

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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards has checked into an undisclosed rehab facility, ET is exclusively reporting.

Star Magazine was first to report Richards would be seeking treatment. In its November 28 issue (which actually hit newsstands November 21), Star reported that the blonde beauty’s brazen behavior was causing show officials to think about giving her the boot, unless she sought treatment.

“She may have to go to rehab in order to save her job on the show,” a source close to Richards told Star. “People involved with the show are concerned and might have to step in ... friends and family don’t talk about what’s going on with Kim.”

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Richards, 47, has admitted on the show to taking a cocktail of prescription pills, including Lexapro, Trazadone and Topamax.

She famously fought with her sister Kyle in last season's finale during an episode centered around castmate Taylor Armstrong's birthday bash, where a tipsy and teary Kim told off the other housewives before retreating into a limo.

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Kyle then laid in with the heavy ammo, calling Kim a delusional and demented alcoholic, adding, "Mom had to die and leave this on my shoulders ... we are done!"

The complex personal lives of the cast has made for some of reality TV's most dramatic real-life storylines, as viewers have sat in on Camille Grammer's break-up with husband Kelsey; Eddie Cibrian's ex Brandi Glanville struggling to mesh in with the sometimes-catty cast members in her first season; and Armstrong's troubled marriage to late husband Russell, who killed himself in August before this season began airing.

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Mondays at 9/8c on Bravo.

Tune into Entertainment Tonight Monday for more details on this breaking story.

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Kim and Taylor need to be tossed off the show. Neither one has any money or social status. Neither is married and neither is qualifed financially to be what the show is supposed to be about.

by jlb32
Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 3:00am

Kim is a wrinkled old alkie pig. She is self-centered lonely old lady who stays drunk and high. Kyle is an insecure "mean girl" who is jealous of every attractive woman within her sights. Both are unemployed gold-digging losers.

by jlb32
Posted Tue, 12/06/2011 - 2:59am

i don't watch real housewives but i remember watching her movies when i was a kid. I wish her all the best to overcome whatever it is that's holding her back.

by Jill09
Posted Mon, 12/05/2011 - 3:36pm

I watch the housewives and heard them say she was a child star but what was she in? I don't remember her in anything.

by tellme
Posted Mon, 12/05/2011 - 6:06pm

I used to like her but after this years drug induced confidence binge to attack everyone on the show, I changed my mind.

by psychomama
Posted Mon, 12/05/2011 - 3:15pm

She and her sister act like immature "mean girls" when they get together and start sniping about the other housewives. Kim's ramblings were odd too, to Adrienne and her husband on a few occasions on the show.

by CriCkeTT
Posted Mon, 12/05/2011 - 3:26pm