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Crystal Kung Minkoff is clapping back at her “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” co-star Dorit Kemsley for calling her a “child bride.”
Kung Minkoff, 40, took to Instagram Wednesday after the scene in question aired to share a short list titled, “Keys to a successful marriage.”
The Real Coco co-founder — who was 24 when she wed Rob Minkoff — explained, “Set aside quality time together,” “Express love and appreciation,” “Manage conflict constructively” and “Buy, don’t borrow diamond necklaces for your wife.”
The dig was a reference to Dorit’s husband, Paul “PK” Kemsley’s, “Pretty Woman”-inspired anniversary surprise, during which the businessman presented his wife with a $5 million Peter Marco diamond necklace and told her, “Don’t get too excited about this because it’s on loan.”
Crystal Kung Minkoff is shading Dorit Kemsley for calling her a “child bride.” Bryan Steffy/BravoFans instantly flooded Kung Minkoff’s comments section with praise for the shade and criticism of Dorit’s insult.
“The fact that Dorit does not recognize the problematic phrasing of ‘child bride’ when referring to you at 24 is mind boggling,” one person remarked, going on to add, “Oh yeah…wasn’t Kyle [Richards] 19 when she got married 🤔.”
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Subscribe to our weekly “Housewives Hangover” newsletter Listen to our “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast Shop our exclusive merchSomeone else argued that “there’s no way Dorit wasn’t aware of how blatantly microaggressive her comment was.”
Kung Minkoff said one of the “keys to a successful marriage” is to “buy, don’t borrow diamond necklaces for your wife.” Bravo The dig was a reference to Dorit’s husband, Paul “PK” Kemsley, giving her a $5 million Peter Marco diamond necklace “on loan.” doritkemsley/InstagramAnother netizen wrote, “[Dorit] called crystal a child bride which is insulting to crystal and rob. So crystal calling her cheap husband out is the nicest thing she could have said.”
During the episode, Annemarie Wiley put Kung Minkoff on blast for allegedly mocking her castmates’ level of intelligence and superficiality.
“The first thing Crystal said to me about this group of women was that you ladies were not intelligent, nobody was educated and you’re all shallow,” Wiley announced during a group dinner, prompting Kung Minkoff to reply, “Shallow and uneducated? That’s ridiculous. That’s ridiculous.”
Dorit called Kung Minkoff a “child bride” for marrying Rob Minkoff at the age of 24. doritkemsley/InstagramThe Beverly Beach by Dorit co-founder, 47, took offense to the alleged jab and shaded Kung Minkoff in a confessional, saying, “You’re nowhere near more educated than the rest of us. And by the way, child bride, while you were busy getting married at 12, the rest of us were building businesses, graduating college, doing things — you know — to educate ourselves.”
Kung Minkoff — who obtained degrees in biology and history, plus a culinary education, from the University of California, Irvine — tied the knot with Minkoff in September 2007. The “Lion King” co-director, who is 21 years her senior, was 45 at the time.
Meanwhile, Dorit — who graduated from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut with degrees in marketing, design and communication — said “I do” to PK in March 2015 when she was 38 and he was 47.
