RHOBH recap: Jennifer Tilly opens up about divorce from Simpsons creator

RHOBH recap: Jennifer Tilly opens up about divorce from Simpsons creator

“RHOBH” newbie Jennifer Tilly got “a piece” of “The Simpsons” in her divorce from the show’s creator

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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Newbie Jennifer Tilly is certainly grateful for her ex-husband’s success, Sam Simon.

“My ex-husband was Sam Simon, who created it The Simpsons. I was married to him for seven years. We were together for about 10 years,” Jennifer, 66, revealed during her confessional on the episode of RHOBH. “When we divorced, I got a piece of it The Simpsons in the divorce agreement.”

Jennifer was married to Sam, now 59, from 1984 to 1991. (She has since moved on with her Phil Laakwith whom she has been together since 2004. Sam married Jami Ferrell in 2000.)

“Nobody knew that The Simpsons would last trillions of years,” she added. “Every day, honestly, every day I say, ‘Thank you, Sam.'”

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The conversation about Jennifer’s previous marriage took place during RHOBH Female cast trip to Oceanside. During their picnic lunch on the beach Dorit Kemsley confided Bozoma Saint John about her separation from PK Kemsley after nine years of marriage. (The couple announced their split in May, and the Season 14 premiere focused on the aftermath.)

“It seems like things just go on and on,” Jennifer said of Dorit. “It must be terribly stressful.”

The newbie also noted in her confessional that it “takes a really long time to get over a divorce.”

While Dorit and PK have yet to file for divorce, it appeared on Tuesday’s episode that things turned upside down in their relationship after a dinner that took place during the previous week’s show.

“When PK and I separated, we decided to have very open communication with the children,” Dorit said in her confessional. “That was the only way we could protect them from what was happening.”

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However, she knew “nothing” that PK had signed a rental agreement for an apartment. She said the decision was “impulsive” and felt she was “not very considerate” of him.

Dorit told me Us weekly exclusively during advertising RHOBH last month that “things between her and PK will not remain amicable as the season progresses.”

“Don’t forget, we had just broken up when I was filming the show. Now here we are, a few months later,” she shared. “You will definitely see this trip in the season and that will give you a very good insight into what we are dealing with.”

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo and streams the next day on Peacock.

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