“Real Housewives” Star Kim Richards Says She 'Really Wanted' to Go to Rehab

Joe Pugliese/Bravo(LOS ANGELES) — Kim Richards is talking about her struggle with substance abuse. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar confirmed she went to rehab after her April arrest — something she said came at a good time.

“I love sobriety. I’ve always loved sobriety, and relapsing was very hard for me. It was not easy,” she told Entertainment Tonight Wednesday. “I have to say, don’t take this wrong, but I really wanted to go to treatment because I needed a break from what I was going through at home.” 

Three months ago, Richards was arrested for public intoxication, trespassing, resisting an officer and battery on a police officer after an incident at the Beverly Hills Hotel. In June, she pleaded not guilty to the charges.

“My arrest was my ‘a-ha I get to go away now and rest and take a break from all this,” she said. “I don’t want anybody to take this wrong, but I truly needed a break from hospitals, family, the pressure. I needed to go away.”

“I went in and I got to learn a whole lot about myself,” Richards continued. “I dug deep into my past, things that happened to me as a child, good and bad, teenage years, relationships with all my loved ones, where they need to be mended, where they’re very powerful. I worked on me.”

In June, it was reported that Richards won’t be returning to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills due to her sobriety issues.

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