Mauricio Umansky, Paris Hilton. Getty Photographs(2)
Mauricio Umansky is reacting to his niece Paris Hilton’s newest feedback about Shopping for Beverly Hills after a trailer for the present teased discussions of household drama.
“Look, it’s unhappy that she obtained so upset about that, however on the finish of the day, it’s two businessmen making two enterprise selections,” Umansky, 53, informed Leisure Tonight on Monday, March 18. “I felt like I deserved one thing. I requested for one thing, he didn’t need to do it after which I selected to go off by myself. I wished to handle my household. I wished to achieve success. I wished to go ahead. I wished to do essentially the most I might and on the finish of the day, I made that call simply to go ahead with this factor.”
In a preview for season 2 of Shopping for Beverly Hills launched March 12, Umansky — who left Rick Hilton’s Hilton & Hyland in 2011 to ascertain his personal actual property firm referred to as The Company — candidly mentioned his departure and the affect it had on his household relationships.
“I believe I obtained type of f–ked by Hilton & Hyland,” he mentioned within the preview. “And once I say f–ked, you recognize like as we speak, I’m blissful. However, there have been 100 brokers at Hilton & Hyland. They did $1 billion for the primary time a 12 months. I used to be 19.6 p.c of their manufacturing.”
In a confessional, Umansky added, “I believe Hilton & Hyland is a tremendous firm and I might by no means be caught lifeless talking poorly about them as a result of I don’t assume poorly about them. And I’m Rick’s brother-in-law. However sadly, it obtained bitter as a result of it actually affected the household, [my wife] Kyle greater than anyone. You understand, her household stopped talking to her.”
The clip caught the eye of Rick’s daughter Paris, who determined to converse out on social media and criticize Umansky’s determination to air household drama.

Alexia Umanansky, Farrah Brittany and Mauricio Umansky from Shopping for Beverly Hills. Courtesy of NETFLIX
“My father is a consummate gentleman and has all the time taken the upper highway,” Paris, 43, commented on the Queen of Bravo Instagram account after the trailer unfold on-line. “He would by no means converse negatively about his household — particularly within the press. Frankly we’re all sick of him utilizing the Hilton identify each likelihood he will get to plug his lame present. It’s sufficient already.”
Umansky’s stress with Rick has been hinted at on The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills through the years because it brought about points for Kyle Richards, whom Umansky married in 1996, and her household, particularly sister Kathy Hilton (Rick’s spouse and Paris’ mother).
In his newest interview, Umansky reiterated that his feedback weren’t out of spite. As he defined, “There may be definitely no unhealthy blood on my aspect.”
This isn’t the primary time Umansky has shared perception into his relationship with Rick, 68. In his e book The Dealmaker, launched in April 2023, the fact star touched on when Rick and Kathy stopped talking to him after he began The Company. Over time, issues have been in a position to heal.
“Rick and I’ve an excellent working relationship as we speak,” he informed Us Weekly on the time. “I simply hope that as Rick and the household learn my e book, they notice that my tales are details and actual, and I’m definitely not throwing something at them, as a result of I like them greater than something and I believe that what they do is unbelievable. So, I simply hope that that’s the way in which it’s learn.”
Shopping for Beverly Hills season 2 begins streaming Friday, March 22, on Netflix.