Crystal Kung Minkoff is clapping back at her “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” co-star Dorit Kemsley for calling her a “child bride.”
Kung Minkoff, 40, took to Instagram Wednesday after the scene in question aired to share a short list titled, “Keys to a successful marriage.”
The Real Coco co-founder — who was 24 when she wed Rob Minkoff — explained, “Set aside quality time together,” “Express love and appreciation,” “Manage conflict constructively” and “Buy, don’t borrow diamond necklaces for your wife.”
The dig was a reference to Dorit’s husband Paul “PK” Kemsley’s “Pretty Woman”-inspired anniversary surprise, during which the businessman presented his wife with a $5 million Peter Marco diamond necklace and told her, “Don’t get too excited about this because it’s on loan.”
Fans instantly flooded Kung Minkoff’s comments section with praise for the shade and criticism of Dorit’s insult.
“The fact that Dorit does not recognize the problematic phrasing of ‘child bride’ when referring to you at 24 is mind boggling,” one person remarked, going on to add, “Oh yeah…wasn’t Kyle [Richards] 19 when she got married 🤔.”
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Someone else argued that “there’s no way Dorit wasn’t aware of how blatantly microaggressive her comment was.”
Another netizen wrote, “[Dorit] called crystal a child bride which is insulting to crystal and rob. So crystal calling her cheap husband out is the nicest thing she could have said.”
Kung Minkoff went on to post a photo of her and her brother, Jeffrey Kung, posing with products from their beverage line.
“So many of you have asked about the coconut water company I co-founded with my brother and best friend 12 years ago,” she captioned the picture. “I welcome you to check out our page @enjoyrealcoco and head over to our website enjoyrealcoco.com and learn all about our organic, farm to bottle, coconut products! Because our website actually works! 🥥🌴.”
The jab was a reference to Dorit’s swimwear company’s website, beverlybeachbydorit.com, which appears to be inactive.
“Not bad at all for a 12 year old child bride!” one supporter commented beneath Kung Minkoff’s upload, while another noted, “And this is how you check a hating heifer.”
During the episode, Annemarie Wiley put Kung Minkoff on blast for allegedly mocking her castmates’ level of intelligence and superficiality.
“The first thing Crystal said to me about this group of women was that you ladies were not intelligent, nobody was educated and you’re all shallow,” Wiley announced during a group dinner, prompting Kung Minkoff to reply, “Shallow and uneducated? That’s ridiculous. That’s ridiculous.”
Dorit, 47, took offense to the alleged statement and shaded Kung Minkoff in a confessional, saying, “You’re nowhere near more educated than the rest of us. And by the way, child bride, while you were busy getting married at 12, the rest of us were building businesses, graduating college, doing things — you know — to educate ourselves.”
Kung Minkoff — who obtained degrees in biology and history, plus a culinary education, from the University of California, Irvine — tied the knot with Minkoff in September 2007. The “Lion King” co-director, who is 21 years her senior, was 45 at the time.
Meanwhile, Dorit — who graduated from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut with degrees in marketing, design and communication — said “I do” to PK in March 2015 when she was 38 and he was 47.
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