{"id":85916,"date":"2026-04-28T16:57:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/rhobhs-pk-kemsley-says-show-changed-his-marriage-to-dorit\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T16:57:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:57:40","slug":"rhobhs-pk-kemsley-says-show-changed-his-marriage-to-dorit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/rhobhs-pk-kemsley-says-show-changed-his-marriage-to-dorit\/","title":{"rendered":"RHOBH&#8217;s PK Kemsley Says Show Changed His Marriage to Dorit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em>\u2019 <strong>PK Kemsley<\/strong> is opening up about his divorce from <strong>Dorit Kemsley<\/strong>, revealing how the show affected their marriage.<\/p>\n<p>PK, 58, and Dorit, 49, announced their separation in May 2024, with Dorit filing for divorce from the talent manager and entrepreneur in April 2025. The exes share son Jagger, 12, and daughter Phoenix, 10.<\/p>\n<p>In a wide-ranging interview with relationship expert <strong>Paul C. Brunson<\/strong> on the latter\u2019s \u201cWe Need to Talk\u201d podcast on Tuesday, April 28, PK revealed how appearing on the Bravo reality show changed both him and Dorit and their relationship, leaving him to wonder about his wife, \u201cWho are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not blaming that show [for] my divorce or my relationship or who I think Dorit is now versus who I think she was, or who I am now,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cI think the biggest question that I have that will never be answered is that, is Dorit where she was always going to be and always going to end up, or was I responsible for putting her in that world and then that world created what happened now?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dorit-Kemsley-and-Husband-PKs-Relationship-Timeline11.jpg?crop=0px%2C90px%2C1469px%2C830px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Dorit Kemsley and Husband PK\u2019s Relationship Timeline I'd Like to Stay Married for the Rest of My Life\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Dorit-Kemsley-and-Husband-PKs-Relationship-Timeline11.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">RHOBH&#8217;s Dorit and PK Kemsley\u2019s Relationship Timeline<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tNot long after Dorit Kemsley met real estate developer Paul \u201cPK\u201d Kemsley in 2011, romance flourished \u2014 but their journey has had its obstacles over the years. \u201cWell, we met and we didn\u2019t really have our first official date for a couple of months,\u201d the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star recalled during a September [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBecause there\u2019s no question that before we did that [show] \u2026 If you talk about happy times, I remember living in Tribeca, we had a beautiful apartment, and then we had the baby, and life was pretty f***ing good,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>PK said that it was his idea for Dorit to go on <em>RHOBH<\/em> after the couple moved to Los Angeles. Looking back, he said, \u201cWho drove the bus into the wall? Me.\u201d (Dorit and PK joined the cast during season 7, which aired from December 2016 to April 2017.)<\/p>\n<p>He explained, \u201cThe show likes to go back and only talk about bad things. They build up this vision of who you are as a person, as a couple, and then you start repeating it, you start believing it, and suddenly you find yourself [saying], \u2018What are you talking about? I\u2019m nothing like that guy. I\u2019m nothing like the person they\u2019re showing.\u2019 And I\u2019m looking at my wife and saying, \u2018Who are you?\u2019 It\u2019s scary when you look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview, PK said that he doesn\u2019t \u201cwant that period of my life to define me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:149.9%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full credit-added wp-image-4305316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"'RHOBH' Stars Bring the Va-Va-Voom in Glam Season 15 Reunion Looks Including a 74-Lb Dress and More\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/NUP_210044_00556_Dorit.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Trae Patton\/Bravo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat show\u2026 it\u2019s not my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a TV show that shows snippets of my life based on the premise of the show,\u201d he went on to allege. \u201cAnd they cut it, they edit it, they allow story lines that even the producers know are not true to grow, because that\u2019s the brilliance of the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PK said that he has chosen not to address Dorit\u2019s claims about their separation and divorce on the show for the sake of their children. (During season 14, Dorit claimed her ex was a \u201cfull-blown alcoholic,\u201d which he denied at the time. During the currently airing season 15, Dorit alleged that PK \u201cdoesn\u2019t give me any money\u201d and that she was paying all the household bills for their family home.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been very clear that I do not want to litigate my divorce publicly. I don\u2019t think it serves in the best interests of the kids,\u201d PK said during Tuesday\u2019s interview.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Real-Housewives-Legal-Troubles-Through-the-Years-landing-01.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2008px%2C1135px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Real Housewives Legal Troubles Through the Years\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Real-Housewives-Legal-Troubles-Through-the-Years-landing-01.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Real Housewives\u2019 Most Scandalous Legal Troubles Through the Years<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBeing a Real Housewife isn\u2019t all diamonds and ros\u00e9 \u2014 just ask the many Bravolebrities whose legal woes have played out in the spotlight. While some franchises tackle the lawsuits on air \u2014 including Real Housewives of New Jersey\u2019s Teresa and Joe Giudice\u2019s fraud case, Real Housewives of New York City\u2019s Sonja Morgan\u2019s bankruptcy filing [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to come out and say, \u2018That\u2019s not true. That\u2019s not true.\u2019 How about the whole lot ain\u2019t true? The only real victims are going to be the kids, so I\u2019m going to do all I can to protect them,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Although PK didn\u2019t pinpoint what he disagrees with about his portrayal on <em>RHOBH<\/em>, he alluded that he doesn\u2019t think some of Dorit\u2019s televised actions have been in her best interest.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI know that I\u2019m not free from blame, but I\u2019m not controlling the last two years, and I wouldn\u2019t have encouraged it and I would have strongly recommended \u2014 in any capacity, my capacity as a manager, as a business guy, father and husband \u2014 if I\u2019d have had somebody who would listen, I\u2019d say, \u2018That is the wrong thing to do.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills\u2019 PK Kemsley is opening up about his divorce from Dorit Kemsley, revealing how the show affected their marriage. PK, 58, and Dorit, 49, announced their separation in May 2024, with Dorit filing for divorce from the talent manager and entrepreneur in April 2025. 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