While Kathy Hilton and Kyle Richards share different biological fathers, they were raised by the same man. Per Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Hilton and Kyle’s mother, Kathleen Dugan Avanzino Richards Catain Fenton aka Big Kathy (say that five times fast), was married at least four times.
Most know that Kathy Hilton and her two sisters don’t share the same father, but many would be shocked to hear the details surrounding how Kyle and Kim’s mom, snagged their father. Diane Richards, Ken Richards’ daughter from his first marriage, opened up to Oppenheimer, and described how the nightmare known as “Big Kathy,” entered their lives.
Hilton’s parents later divorced, and her mother married Kenneth E. Richards (1917–1998), who already had three grown children from a previous marriage, and had Kathy’s two maternal half-sisters: actresses Kim and Kyle Richards.
The story goes that Hilton was born during her first marriage to Larry Avanzino but it was Kenneth Richards, Big Kathy’s second husband and Kyle’s father, who went on to adopt Kathy and raise her as his own, according to Show Biz Cheat Sheet. In 2018, Kyle took to Instagram to honor her late dad with a father’s day post.
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Ken Richards was married with three children, when he crossed paths with Kathleen Dugan. He was two decades older, and his marriage of twenty years was rocky, due to his wife Evelyn’s serious drinking problem. When Kathy set her eye on Ken, he was making big bucks as a consultant to the president of Mohasco Industries Inc, a carpet manufacturing giant. Richards owned several homes, and the family enjoyed luxury, which attracted Kathy. Ken and Kathleen first met at a party, but didn’t become intimately involved until later, while canoodling at a Long Island restaurant and bar, where Kathleen worked. Kathleen worked as a hatcheck girl, while a sitter cared for three-year-old Kathy, at home. Diane Richards told Oppenheimer of a disturbing incident, that took place at that very restaurant, when she was sixteen years old.
Ken and Kathleen first met at a party, but didn’t become intimately involved until later, while canoodling at a Long Island restaurant and bar, where Kathleen worked. Kathleen worked as a hatcheck girl, while a sitter cared for three-year-old Kathy, at home.
There had been an altercation between the women, and their mother, Evelyn, had been rushed to the hospital. The siblings learned that their mother had gone to the restaurant, to confront Kathy over the affair, and some sort of verbal confrontation took place.
Diane noted that she later learned that Kathy was skilled at such manipulation. Ken Richards embracing Kim Richards. Diane Richards adored her father, and because of some problems with her mother, later moved in with her father and Kathleen.
Jerry Oppenheimer busted their sordid history wide open in his epic book, House of Hilton. Most know that Kathy Hilton and her two sisters don’t share the same father , but many would be shocked to hear …
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