Alexia Nepola thinks Mauricio Umansky looks mighty fine in his new ARI campaign pictures, but there’s a reason she doesn’t believe the fellow Bravolebrities are compatible: her age.
“I’m very proud of him. I know people will be haters and they’ll criticize, but I’m rooting for him. I feel like he has a lot to celebrate, and you’re never too old to be the face of a brand,” the “Real Housewives of Miami” star, 58, exclusively told Page Six Wednesday night at the fashion label’s Miami Beach location.
“And I think he looks really hot and sexy in it!” she blurted out, quickly adding, “I don’t know if you can use that or not. In a respectful way! Kyle, don’t get mad at me!”
Umansky, 55, has been estranged from “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Kyle Richards since 2023, but they remain best friends.
Noting that Nepola — whose divorce from Todd Nepola was finalized in March — had just “opened up that can of worms,” we asked whether Umansky was her “type.”
“No,” she replied. “I don’t have a type, right? I don’t have a type. No, but he’s not my type — especially lately with, like, his behavior. He’s not my type.”
Alexia seemed to be referring to Umansky’s new life as a bachelor, which has been marked by paparazzi-captured outings with much-younger women.
“I think I’m a little too old for him, also, by the way, ’cause we know he likes [them] very young,” she quipped, noting that she hadn’t “had a drink yet.”
Umansky was last photographed looking cozy with 34-year-old “FBoy Island” alum Celisa “CJ” Franco, but the luxury real estate broker — and the man of the hour — insisted to us in his own interview Wednesday night that the two are just “good friends.”
As for how he knows Alexia, she told us they met over a decade ago at NBCUniversal’s Upfront and bonded over one of his and Richards’ daughters having the same name.
“We’ve seen each other at Bravo things,” she explained. “Always Bravo-related.”
Following her on-again, off-again divorce from Todd, 53, Alexia is now focused on herself, her sons — Peter Rosello, 33, and Frankie Rosello, 28 — her friends, her co-stars and her business: Alexia + Frankie’s Beauty Bar.
We ended up inadvertently breaking the news to her that Todd — who is also a luxury real estate broker —had included a photo of her in his Instagram carousel in honor of Thanksgiving last week.
In the caption, he gushed over how “grateful,” “thankful” and “blessed” he feels as he “look[s] back on this past year.”
Alexia informed us she doesn’t “follow him on social media” but understands why he feels that way.
“I can see that. I can see him being thankful for me. I brought so much love and happiness to his life, so I wanna thank that, too,” she said cheekily, making sure to add that the exes are “in a good place.”
“I think we got divorced really quick — probably too quick,” she confessed. “Sometimes, you’re not ready, but he’s very impulsive and reactive. That’s Todd.”
Asked whether they would ever reconcile romantically, Alexia replied, “I’m in a different chapter in my life right now, and I’ve done a lot of healing. But sometimes, distance is good, so I feel like we both needed that.”
