Dorit Kemsley Shares Update on Her Reconnection with Erika Jayne

Dorit Kemsley is providing an update on her relationship with fellow Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member Erika Jayne following a rocky period between them.

The two stars found themselves at odds during the most recent season, with a particularly fraught encounter taking place during a cast trip to Italy. Now, as Kemsley promotes her new memoir, Unburdened, she's revealing that the two have been in touch.

Speaking on SiriusXM's Page Six Radio, Kemsley explained how the reconnection began. "I had reached out to her when I had seen there were some headlines about her upcoming trial and that firm that bought her trial. I got really upset and I reached out," she shared. "She messaged me right back with the same warmth that we would even before we ever had any issue. And then she reached out to me weeks later, also when the headlines in the press and we talked about getting together very soon and there's a lot of love there. There's a lot of love. There's a lot of history."

Kemsley went on to address what happened during the Italy trip. "Prior to that one moment in Italy, Erika and I didn't have, we never had a cross word," she said. "We've always been good. So there was a lot of emotions. It's been a really challenging couple of years."

She reflected on the personal struggles she was navigating at the time. "I, by no means, feel like the only woman going through a divorce, of course not, but when you have a camera that is tracking your every move and I'm living real time, you know, and I really wanted things to be good with PK, but we were not communicating and things were difficult," Kemsley explained. "And then obviously to have the issues with Kyle, which I did not expect going into the season. I thought we really turned a corner."

Kemsley recalled the events leading up to the Italy confrontation in detail. "I felt blindsided, and that's exactly how I felt by Erika in Italy, because I had just been in her room at 2:00 in the morning the night before, sitting on her bed, in the pitch black. She was getting ready to sleep or I think I may have even woken her up," she continued. "We talked and everything was good and everything was fine. And then the next day, just out of nowhere in this desolate town, I think her intention was to kind of get Kyle and I back together, but then it felt like an ambush."

During an appearance on the podcast Untraditionally Lala with Lala Kent, Kemsley reiterated that she and Erika have "had some text messages" and that they plan to get together.

When discussing the possibility of mending her friendship with Kyle Richards, Kemsley outlined what would need to happen. "That she would like to meet, speak. All she needs to do really is want to make things better, because I think you need two people. I'm always open to making things better, mending fences, that's just my nature anyway," she told host Lala Kent. "I don't like to be on opposite ends."

She emphasized the significance of their long-standing bond. "Even if you mend fences and you discover that your friendship has taken a different shape, that's fine, but being in this situation that we're in now, no, it doesn't feel nice. This is a long standing friendship. We've known each other for almost ten years. We've been through a lot, and even whether we've had our ups and downs, it doesn't matter," Kemsley said. "When you do a show together, you go through an experience that the only people that understand that are the people that are going through it. And it's really something special. So, I'd hate to see Kyle and I not be able to fix things."