Mauricio Umansky is able to cha cha for the mirrorball on Dancing With the Stars — and his household are his No. 1 cheerleaders.
“All people was tremendous supportive,” Mauricio, 53, solely informed Us Weekly on Wednesday, September 13, of becoming a member of season 32. “They’re all going to be there cheering me on. I can’t wait.”
Mauricio shares three daughters — Alexia, 27, Sophia, 23, Portia, 15 — with spouse Kyle Richards. The Shopping for Beverly Hills star can be stepfather to Kyle’s eldest daughter, Farrah, from a earlier relationship. Mauricio additional gushed to Us that his women — and the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills character, 54, are excited to look at him dance on dwell TV.
“They’ll’t wait. They’ve already put it of their calendar. All people’s prepared,” he mentioned on Wednesday. “All people’s already adjusted their calendars for them, significantly Kyle ‘trigger she’s so busy. The remainder of the ladies are all in L.A. and simply ready.”
Mauricio is likely one of the 14 DWTS contenders on season 32, and might be competing with professional Emma Slater.
“Studying the choreography, with the ability to do the strikes, the steps. I imply, it’s laborious,” he confessed to Us about what he was essentially the most nervous about. “Folks don’t understand how laborious this really is. It’s really actually [challenging], significantly for us who are usually not professionals at this. I imply, these guys have it down. I imply, they’re like, ‘1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.’ … However studying all of the choreography is tough.”
Mauricio did word that he believes that he would positively win the mirrorball over Kyle if she additionally signed up for DWTS. “I’m the higher dancer of us, one hundred pc. She doesn’t like to bop,” he quipped. “I imply, she likes to bop, however this [show] isn’t one thing that she’s, like, [interested] in.”
He continued: “She doesn’t have any curiosity but to compete. I maintain telling her she ought to; I’ve been pushing her [and] possibly after [my season] she’ll get the itch. So hopefully she does. I feel it’d be superior.”
Mauricio and Kyle tied the knot in 1996 earlier than asserting in July that they confronted the “most troublesome yr” of their marriage and had separated. Later that month, a supply informed Us that they had been constructing “again up their basis.”
Mauricio added on Wednesday that Kyle is “doing nice” and is presently having fun with a getaway with a good friend, seemingly referring to nation star Morgan Wade. “She’s really touring proper now, having time [and] procuring,” Mauricio, who was sporting his marriage ceremony ring on Wednesday, mentioned. “She’s with a girlfriend. I’m not going to say the place she is. I feel she desires her privateness.”
DWTS premieres concurrently on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesday, September 26, at 8 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi