Mauricio Umansky was noticed getting cozy with a thriller girl weeks after he made headlines for holding fingers with Dancing With the Stars associate Emma Slater.
An eyewitness solely tells Us Weekly that Umansky, 53, was flirting with a blonde at Soho Home Austin within the Texas capital on Saturday, November 11. “He was all over her,” the insider says. “There was no kissing, but they were getting very close.”
In response to the supply, Umansky and the thriller girl sat subsequent to one another and had been half of a bigger group. “He was flirting with her and holding her hand at one point,” the witness provides. “They were whispering to each other. He had his arm behind her. They were definitely having fun together, and she was into it. They left together with the group.”
Sooner or later earlier, Umansky shared an Instagram picture of himself with Lauryn and Michael Bosstick, noting that he’d been in Austin to file an episode of The Skinny Confidential’s “Him & Her Show” podcast. “I just had so much fun recording for @tscpodcast with @laurynbosstick and @michaelbosstick,” Umansky captioned the snap. “We had a really great conversation.”
Umansky’s journey to Texas comes weeks after he and Slater, 34, denied rumors that they’re relationship following Umansky’s separation from spouse Kyle Richards. Umansky and Slater — who had been companions on season 32 of DWTS earlier than his October 31 elimination — had been noticed holding fingers whereas out to dinner in Beverly Hills final month.
In response to Umansky, the PDA was purely platonic. “For full clarity we are not dating,” he stated in an Instagram Story video on October 26. “We’ve been dancing together now for six weeks, four hours a day every single day.”
He went on to say that the duo went out for a meal after an “intense” and “emotional” week of rehearsals. “We were talking about the week during the dinner and when we came out of dinner we were recapping, and I reached out to grab Emma’s hand,” Umansky continued. “She grabbed my hand and then we walked to the cars, just recapping.”
Slater added that she and Umansky developed a “very special bond” whereas filming the ABC dance competitors collection collectively. “We [share] similar personalities,” she stated within the video. “We’ve got a super supportive relationship. … We’re definitely there for each other and it’s beautiful. That’s a great thing.”
Whereas Umansky claimed nothing romantic was taking place between him and Slater, Richards stated it was “very hard to see” the images of the duo holding fingers. “That hurt my feelings,” the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 54, stated throughout an October 25 look on Watch What Occurs Reside With Andy Cohen.
Us Weekly confirmed in July that Richards and Umansky separated after 27 years of marriage. The estranged couple share daughters Alexia, 27, Sophia, 23, and Portia, 15. Richards beforehand welcomed daughter Farrah, 35, throughout her marriage to first husband Guraish Aldjufrie.
Earlier this month, an insider informed Us that neither Richards nor Umansky have employed legal professionals or formally filed for divorce.
“While they are separated, they want to keep their lives as normal as possible for the kids,” the supply defined. “When and if they do decide to file, neither of them will be bitter or coming after the other. … Neither of them wants a long and vengeful divorce.”
Days earlier, Richards broke down on stage throughout the RHOBH panel at BravoCon as she mentioned the cut up.
“I have so many people that don’t know us weighing in on our relationship and people saying things like, ‘Don’t do this, You’re going to regret it,’” Richards informed Us on the purple carpet on the conference. “I’m like, ‘Do you think I wanted this? Do you think that this was my fairy tale?’ Think about what you’re saying to me.”
With reporting by Andrea Simpson