Crystal Kung Minkoff Is The Newest Real Housewife Of Beverly Hills
Welcome the newest cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – Crystal Kung Minkoff! She joins the show on the heels of Teddi Mellencamp’s firing (but, but, who will hold them all accountable and give them the evil eye when they eat carbs?!) and Denise Richards departure (awww RIP). Crystal is the first Asian-American Housewife on RHoBH. The Real Housewives of New York recently added their first Black cast member, Eboni K. Williams, and last year Beverly Hills welcomed Garcelle Beauvais. Over the weekend Crystal posted a photo to her Instagram that showed her gussied up to film. She captioned it: “All dressed up with somewhere to go”, and Kathy Hilton (Paris’ mom and Kyle and Kim Richards’ sister), who is joining the cast as a “Friend of the Housewives”, commented, “Oh yes you do!!! Looking like a boss Mama.” OK, Mama.
Here’s the post:
35-year-old Crystal is the founder of some shit called Real Coco, a coconut-based food company. She’s married to 58-year-old Rob Minkoff, the director of the original Lion King, the Stuart Little movies, and Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Apparently, they met at a party in 2003, which would have made Crystal… 18ish? And Rob 41. Huh. HUH. The couple has two kids, 8-year-old Max and 5-year-old Zoe (hmmm, it would be more “Housewives” if one of those kids were named some variation of Cruise/Cruz or Jagger).
Apparently, Crystal is a 76th-generation descendant of ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius. Confucius was big on the Golden Rule: “Do not do unto others what you do not want done to yourself.” Welp, that logic spits in the eye of everything the Housewives stand for, so hopefully, Crystal didn’t inherit any of her descendant’s philosophies.
Although she’s the first Asian-American Housewife on Beverly Hills, there have been a few others in the Housewives franchise; New York’s Jules Wainstein, Atlanta’s Lisa Wu, and Dallas’ Tiffany Hendra. What’s weird is that all three of these ladies only lasted one season. Unfair! Jules Wainstein was loony Housewives gold! As soon as she was booted off RHONY, her marriage imploded, and the cameras missed the deadbeat dad child support accusations, physical attacks (by Jules), restraining orders, and drug tests. Damn you, Andy Cohen! Hopefully, Crystal Kung Minkoff brings the drama and breaks the one-season Asian-American curse once and for all!
EDIT: Apparently Lisa Wu was on Atlanta for two seasons. I have brought shame to the Housewives superfans.
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