Dorit Kemsley Recalls 4-Hour Therapy Session with Husband PK Where He First Threatened Divorce: 'I Felt Blindsided'

01/08/2025 11:25 AM

"We were so amicable a few weeks ago, the whiplash is hard to take," Dorit confessed, sharing how their separation has affected their relationship

Dorit Kemsley and her husband Paul "PK" Kemsley are growing further away from reconciliation.

During the Jan. 7 episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the reality star, 48, revealed that things between her and her estranged husband, 57, were progressively growing worse while confiding in her fellow Housewife, Bozoma "Boz" Saint John.

"PK and I, we had a four-hour therapy session on Monday," Dorit sighed. "He went in very much with, like, [a] coming to battle [attitude]. So much so in therapy, he throws out, 'This is why I want to divorce and I don't want to be married to this woman.'"

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As Boz gasped at the sudden declaration, the mom of two admitted the heated exchange was the "first time" PK had mentioned divorce.

"I feel blindsided. Boom, there's a bomb," she confessed to the cameras. "We were so amicable a few weeks ago, the whiplash is hard to take."

Dorit revealed that PK eventually ended up "storming out of the office and slamming the door." Once the session was over, she recalled facing the harsh reality of what was next.

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"I walked out of that therapy session and I thought, 'Oh, no, no, I need to start preparing. I know I need to have a plan for every possible scenario because he's too unpredictable," she said.

In May 2024, Dorit and PK announced their separation after nine years of marriage with a joint statement shared on their Instagram Stories. At the time, the pair said they "made the mutual and difficult decision to take some time apart and reevaluate our relationship while we prioritize our children," adding that they "appreciate your love and support while we continue to do the work necessary throughout this journey."

The Bravolebrity also opened up about the couple's decision to go their separate ways in the season 14 premiere of RHOBH.

While she loved PK, Dorit confessed she wasn't quite sure he was willing to put in the "work" for a "healthy, happy, peaceful marriage." When asked if the duo had told their children — Jagger, 8, and Phoenix, 8 — she told Kathy Hilton that they had no plans to share the news.

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"We can be doing things as a family, like we're not in a toxic place. He's got a sober coach that I'm not privy to," she said of their dynamic, before claiming, "He's a full-blown alcoholic."

Shortly after the episode aired, PK hit back at Dorit's "descriptions" of what led to the end of their relationship and her claims he was an "alcoholic."

"Obviously, alcoholism had an element of responsibility in relation to the breakdown of our marriage, but that was just a component, right?" he said on the Bravo's Hot Mic Podcast, adding that alcoholism was a "symptom" not a cause. "So the reality is is you have to get to what the cause was underneath. So it's just not as simple as to say he was a fully blown alcoholic. That's why we're separated."

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