Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 12 Kathy Hilton Will Return in Season 12

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 12 Updates: Kathy Hilton is preparing for her big moment! The matriarch of the Hilton family is slated to return for the new season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

ET has learned from a source. For season 12, Hilton has signed a deal to return to Bravo as a “friend of” the cast. Following a pre-planned holiday break from filming that spans Christmas and New Year’s Day, Paris and Nicky Hilton’s mother will join the women.

She reunites with her sister, Kyle Richards, as well as Lisa Rinna, Garcelle Beauvais, Erika Jayne, Dorit Kemsley, Sutton Stracke, and Crystal Kung Minkoff, who all appeared in season 11.

After a brief hiatus, production on the new set of episodes has resumed with the cast members who were not affected by the recent COVID-19 scare, which apparently forced Jayne, Beauvais, and Rinna to leave the show. In 2022, all of the women are scheduled to return to the RHOBH cameras.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 12 Kathy Hilton Shares Return Details

This is the second time the show’s production has been put on hold owing to COVID concerns. The previous stoppage occurred in November 2020, little over a year ago, after a crew member tested positive. Kyle Richards, Kemsley, and Hilton had also contracted the coronavirus at the time of the halt, it was later determined.

Hilton hinted at her return earlier this month, telling ET that she had “not been with the girls” for a handful of Season 12 events, but that something was in the works.

“I just got back, so we’re trying to figure things out,” Hilton remarked of her journey to Paris following her lavish wedding. “Isn’t it true that it all relies on…? Whatever it is intended to be, it will be.”