Things Ain't So Hunky Dory in Aspen

 

 

For what it's worth, I'm filing this one under "pre-season buzz", but here goes.  The blogs are reporting that Kathy Hilton has fans worried after she sent her husband, Rick Hilton, an alarming message on his Instagram over the weekend.  Kathy was (is?) in snowy Aspen, CO filming a "girl's trip" on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills when evidently, things went to shit.  Apparently Rick wasn't answering his phone, so the ditzy 62-year-old socialite, step sister of the Kyle and Kim Richards, and mother of Paris Hilton, took to his Instagram, telling him that she needed to get out of Aspen, and for him to call her.  Apparently the "woman who works for her" wasn't available. 

 

A local who allegedly witnessed filming at a coffee shop Saturday, tweeted that “some s–t clearly went down” between the ladies.  The fan claims to have found out that Erika, Dorit and a new cast member left the house where they were all staying, and haven’t been in contact with the any of the other ladies, but they are still in Aspen, just in a different location. It’s unclear what situation Kathy was trying to escape from.

 

Kathy recently re-negotiated her contract as a “friend of” the cast, agreeing to make several appearances in Season 12, presumably for a higher paycheck. The deal was said to have been hammered out just in time to start filming after the holidays. Sources also confirmed at the time that production had been well underway without Kathy for several weeks, but Kyle insisted that her sister was just busy with her daughter, Paris Hilton’s, Nov. 11 wedding.

 

I'm skeptical about this story for a few reasons.  First of all, security is tight, and "locals" are not even able to get near production when they are filming, let alone close enough to hear conversations.  In fact, most filming locations are shut down while they are filming.  Who appear to be other diners  in restaurants or shoppers in stores etc;, are often production people or employees of the establishments in which they are filming.  In short, this story smells like pre-season buzz to me.