My daughter’s first car cost £50k – trolls say she’s spoilt but she’s doing well at school AND it matches her name
MOST of us were driving around in beaten up Fords and Hondas for our first cars – or a Volkswagen Golf if you were lucky.
But one teen was just gifted a Porsche Macan worth over £50,000 for her 16th birthday… And her famous mum is now coming under fire for buying the big motor.
Reality TV queen Kyle Richards and her ex-husband Mauricio Umansky gifted their youngest daughter the car to mark her sweet 16th.
But after sharing the lavish gift on social media, the proud parents were hit with criticism.
Trolls called the teen “just another spoiled little rich girl” and accused Kyle, 55, of making her daughter “entitled”.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star has since hit back at critics.
When asked about the birthday gift by TMZ, mum-of-four Kyle insisted the vehicle wasn’t as expensive as believed.
She cited her daughter’s good grades and driving skills as reasons she deserved the vehicle.
But she also cited her name as one of the reasons.
The teen, who turned 16 in March, is called Portia.
“She’s a very good driver, she’s a straight A student, she’s a good kid,” Kyle said, adding she believed her daughter deserved the vehicle.
“I said to my husband, ‘she works very hard’, and you know you can talk to him about that – that was his purchase.
“[Her name] may have had something to do with it.”
Kyle and her husband Mauricio, a Los Angeles-based estate agent, separated after 27 years of marriage last summer.
They began dating in 1994 and tied the knot two years later.
On January 20, 1996, the two tied the knot after almost two years of dating.
Who is Kyle Richards?
Born on January 11, 1969, Kyle Richards is an American reality star and actress from Los Angeles, California.
With her early life centered in Hollywood, she is the daughter of Kathleen Mary Richards and Kenneth Edwin Richards.
Through her mother, Kyle is the sister of fellow reality stars, Kathy Hilton and Kim Richards.
She also has three older siblings from her father Kenneth’s first marriage.
Reality TV runs in the family, Kyle is also the aunt of her sister Kathy’s famous daughters, Paris and Nicky.
As a child actress during the 1970s, Kyle appeared in Little House on the Prairie, The Car, Down to Earth, and the original Halloween film from 1978.
Her later work includes Days of Our Lives, ER, 7th Heaven, and Beverly Hills, 90210.
In October 2010, the actress turned to reality TV and began starring on the Bravo network’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
They have three children together: daughters Alexia, 28, Sophia, 24, and Portia, 16.
Kyle has one older daughter named Farrah from her first marriage to Guraish Aldjufrie, whom she was married to between 1988 and 1992.
What is Kyle’s net worth?
Due to her decades of experience on-screen, Kyle’s net worth is a frequent topic of discussion.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, she amasses a fortune of $100 million (£79 million).
She is reportedly the third richest of the RHOBH cast members.
While Kyle takes third, her sister Kathy takes first, and Diana Jenkins is in second place.