Kyle Richards Says She Doesn’t Understand Why People Keep Questioning Her Relationship With Morgan Wade (Exclusive)

Kyle Richards is over the chatter about her friendship with Morgan Wade, she exclusively told The Messenger.

"I don't really understand," she said Tuesday, while at the "DIRECTV Celebrates Christmas at Kathy’s" event at Kathy Hilton's home in Los Angeles, which served as a toy drive for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California.

Added the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star: "I mean, I kind of do," referencing remarks she made about their relationship during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, where she called Wade "one of my best, best friends in the world."

"If she didn't have the tattoos she has, people wouldn't have that reaction," she told The Messenger of the dating speculation, adding, "So that's always interesting to me. But if they knew who she was as a person, I don't think people would think twice about it."

A source previously told The Messenger that Wade and Richards, who announced her separation from Maurico Umansky over the summer, are not an item.

"There was no cheating. Kyle and Morgan are not together and have not hooked up. They are just friends." 

Richards herself has denied the rumors on many occasions, and said in July that she and the singer are just "very good friends," according to Page Six.