Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘ newest addition, Rachel Zoe, told PEOPLE how different her life is now than when she filmed The Rachel Zoe Project a decade and a half ago.
Seasons of change:
“I have full-blown children now,” began the stylist-turned-designer. “And, obviously, I’m getting divorced. That’s a whole ‘nother thing.”
Rachel continued, “Life is life-ing really hard on all sides right now, so I just have a lot.”
“I compartmentalize what I can’t process in the moment, and I move” to stay in a positive headspace.” She said, “It’s a juggle” to balance “my mom life, my work life and my personal life, and my brand life. And I have to stay positive because if I break, everything breaks. So there’s no breaking.”
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Rachel is starting her tenure as a Real Housewife during a trying time in her life. She filed for divorce from husband Rodger Berman in July, after 26 years of marriage. They share sons Skyler and Kaius.
“The Rachel Zoe Project ended when Sky was 1 and I was about to give birth to Kaius,” she remembered. “And then this one started when Sky was graduating from middle school. So it’s actually really wild. It’s like this giant circle that happened.”
When asked about RHOBH last year, Rachel remained tight-lipped. “I’d have to kill you if I tell you, but I can’t tell you anything.” Still, she added, “We had fun. I think it’ll be interesting.”
“I loved being an ensemble,” Zoe, 54, said about the difference between the two shows. “It was really nice to it not just be on me and about me and always me. And I’m so much more interested in other people’s lives than I am my own, so that was really nice to kind of be with the other women all the time.”
She added, “And listen, we’re all going through stuff, so I think it’s nice that we kind of had each other to do that with.”
