The “Bravoverse” is erupting in a war of words between a real estate mogul and a reality TV veteran. Mauricio Umansky has officially broken his silence regarding claims made by The Valley star Lala Kent, branding her a “liar” after she suggested he slid into her DMs with flirty intentions following his split from Kyle Richards.
The conflict ignited when Kent claimed on her Untraditionally Lala podcast in May 2026 that Umansky had reached out to her privately. She implied the message was a social “reach-out” and stated she never opened or responded to it. However, the Mauricio Umansky Lala Kent DM drama 2026 took a sharp turn on Wednesday, May 13, when TMZ obtained and published the full text of the message sent on February 24, 2024.
The message read:
“Hey Lala, how are you? Hey I am wondering since you seem to have an opinion and speculations about me as to whether I am a player or not I would like to talk to you. Let me know if you are up for that. By phone or happy to get a coffee?”
Umansky maintains the message was a direct response to Kent “talking s—t” about his personal life and marriage on her public platform. Speaking to paparazzi in Los Angeles, a frustrated Umansky said, “She’s such a f—king liar. I did message her because she was talking s—t and I said, ‘Hey, you want to talk s**t, I’ll talk to you.'”
Mauricio Calls Out the “Unopened” Claim
A major point of contention in the fallout is Kent’s claim that she never opened the message. Umansky pointed out that since the invitation to get coffee was at the very bottom of a long text block, she would have had to open and scroll through the entire message to know about the coffee request something she discussed in detail on her podcast.
“She’s a liar,” Umansky reiterated, noting that he felt she misrepresented his attempt to confront her as an attempt to date her. “I’m going to tell you she’s a liar… she portrayed it as [salacious].”
Kent’s original comments were rooted in her surprise that other Housewives stars, specifically from the Potomac franchise, were flirting with Umansky. She argued there is an “unspoken sisterhood” where stars should not date within the “crew.”
While Kent has yet to officially respond to Umansky’s “liar” labels, the reveal of the actual DM suggests the interaction was more about professional damage control than a romantic overture. As Umansky navigates his high-profile separation from Kyle Richards, this latest spat highlights the tension between his desire for privacy and his status as a permanent fixture in reality TV headlines.
