Mauricio Umansky Claps Back: DM Screenshots Prove Lala Kent Read His Message

When Mauricio Umansky, 55, heard that Lala Kent claimed she’d never opened his direct message, he decided the receipts needed to tell the real story.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star went off on Wednesday, May 13, telling TMZ that the Vanderpump Rules alum was lying through her teeth about ignoring his February 2024 Instagram message. On the May 6 episode of her“Untraditionally Lala”podcast, Kent, 35, insisted she never cracked open the DM—but Mauricio’s got a smoking gun that suggests otherwise.

Here’s where it gets spicy: Mauricio’s message wasn’t some random thirst trap. He explained he reached out because Kent had been talking about him publicly, and he wanted to have an actual conversation. The kicker? His message ended with an invitation to grab coffee. When Kent recounted the story on her podcast, she mentioned that exact coffee invite—the one she supposedly never saw. Mauricio caught the contradiction immediately.“The only way she knew that I invited her to have a coffee is if she would have opened the f***ing text,”he said, with the directness only someone armed with proof can manage.

TMZ obtained the actual Instagram message, which reads:“Hey Lala how are you? Hey l am wondering since you seem to have an opinion and speculations about me as to whether l am a player or not I would like to talk to you. Let me know if you are up for that. By phone or happy to get a coffee?”The message shows no“seen”indicator and no reply from Kent, but Mauricio’s confidence that she did read it—matched with her own words—paints a different picture.

The whole thing plays against the backdrop of Mauricio and Kyle Richards’July 2023 separation after 27 years of marriage. Since then, Mauricio’s become something of a hot topic on reality TV and podcasts alike. Kent suggested on air that multiple podcasts had been discussing him, and she wasn’t about to meet up for coffee to“win him over,”as she framed it. But that logic falls apart if she never actually read the message in the first place—which her knowledge of its contents now contradicts.

This isn’t just about a DM anymore. It’s about credibility, and Mauricio clearly believes he’s got the evidence to back his version of events.