Kyle Richards Gets Mini Cowboy Hat Tattoo amid Relationship Rumors with Country Star Morgan Wade

The image was tatted in the middle of Richards' arm and debuted on tattoo artist Amanda Merkatz's Instagram page on Sunday

Kyle Richards Gets Mini Cowboy Tattoo amid Relationship Rumors with Country Star Morgan Wade
(L-R) Morgan Wade and Kyle Richards, Kyle's new tattoo. Photo:

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Kyle Richards' new tattoo has fans buzzing!

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 55, got an inking of a cowboy hat amid ongoing rumors that she's dating country singer Morgan Wade.

The image was tatted in the middle of the reality star's arm and debuted in a Reel on tattoo artist Amanda Merkatz's Instagram page on Sunday. "Cowboy Hat for @kylerichards18," the post was captioned.

Although it isn't clear when Richards, who shared the video on her Instagram Story, got the new piece of ink, she's previously been vocal about her love of hats.

She and her three oldest daughters —  Farrah, 35, Alexia, 27, and Sophia, 24 — met Rihanna while shopping at Kemo Sabe, a western apparel store in Aspen, Colorado, in December 2023.

"Beautiful inside and out @badgalriri 💫🤍 making new memories at @kemosabe1990," Richards wrote on Instagram next to the photo.

In January, she wore a wide-brim forest green hat created by Teressa Foglia for an Instagram photo, writing, "My love for hats run deep 🎩 💚."

Morgan Wade Shuts Down Kyle Richards Relationship Rumors: 'The Internet's a Dumb Place'
Kyle Richards and Morgan Wade.

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Most recently, she wore a blue western hat as she posed for a photo with Elle King at the Extra Innings Festival in Tempe, Arizona, on Saturday. Richards was also seen sitting front row during Wade's performance at the event.

During season 13 of the RHOBH, Richards and Wade, 29, were seen visiting a tattoo shop together in Los Angeles. While Richards decided to get an intricate inking of Saturn surrounded by four stars on her hip, she also tattooed a 'K' initial on Wade's arm.

"You taught me that I can't judge the book by the cover," Richards told Wade.

Fans also saw Richards' husband Mauricio Umansky confess he didn't know how many tattoos his wife had as they discussed her inkings.

Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky
Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umanksy.

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“Well, maybe you should be looking at my body closer,” Richards replied. She added in a confessional, "“Years ago, he would’ve noticed a freckle on my body. Now, he doesn’t know that I have two more tattoos."

PEOPLE confirmed that Richards and Umansky, 53, had separated after 27 years of marriage in July 2023.

A month later, Wade denied rumors that their friendship had become something more, telling PEOPLE, "We're friends. The Internet's a dumb place." The two poked fun at the rumors that same month by costarring in Wade's "Fall in Love with Me" music video.

Morgan Wade and Kyle Richards walk the red carpe
Morgan Wade and Kyle Richards at The Fleur Room in April 2023.

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"I've done several music videos and every time there's someone in it they always assume we're dating or something's going on. If you go on the Internet, you'll see people are obsessed with us being friends," Wade explained in an Instagram video.

"We thought it would kind of be a good idea to kind of poke fun at that and troll the trolls a little bit. The Internet is going to be popping off about this one I'm sure," she added.

After declaring that she would date a woman during a RHOBH episode in January, Richards explained during an after show segment on Bravo that she is ready to start from "scratch of my own beliefs."

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"You know what, two reasons I said that," said Richards. "A, for shock value. B, because I’m at a place in my life where, I don’t know. I have zero judgment. Do you think I would ever get a tattoo before? So I was like, ‘Who am I to say? I don’t know!’ I’m not judging anything. Like, who knows? Whatever!"

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion part 2 airs Wednesday, March 6 at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo.

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