Kyle Richards screamed and cursed in panic at the sight of a rat nesting just outside the window of her parked car.
In a hilarious video on her Instagram page, the 55-year-old saw the rodent peering at her and wondered: ‘Why is it looking at me like that?’
The rat pressed its paws against the glass and then hid behind the side mirror as Kyle breathlessly begged, “I need someone to help me out here!”
She added a “disclaimer” to the caption, explaining that “my passenger side window was DOWN at first,” which is why the Real Housewife of Beverly Hills was so scared.
Viewers playfully teased Kyle in the comments, including Chrissy Teigen, who said the rat was “so damn cute I would die of happiness!!”
Kyle Richards screamed and cursed in panic at the sight of a small rat nesting just outside the window of her parked car; pictured at home in a recent Instagram video
In a hilarious video on her Instagram page, the 55-year-old saw the rodent peering at her and wondered: ‘Why is it looking at me like that?’
The rat pressed its paws against the glass and then hid behind the side mirror as Kyle breathlessly begged, “I need someone to help me out here!”
At one point in the video, the rat’s whiskers began to twitch as he stared at Kyle, prompting the Halloween actress to repeatedly scream, “What do I do?”
She then knocked on her window to get the attention of a passerby so he could come and help her, but he didn’t notice.
Kyle couldn’t drive because she had to adjust her side mirror, but was terrified she would “crush” this thing in the process.
“So this happened to me today. “I stopped for coffee and sat in my car looking at emails,” she wrote in the caption of her Instagram post.
‘Before you judge my response (yes, there will be a disclaimer), know that at first my passenger side window was DOWN and I was afraid to put my car in reverse because my rear view mirrors would move, potentially creating a worse scenario would create. ‘
She noted that she was “too scared to put my legs where the accelerator is, in case there was an access point down there,” adding, “I couldn’t feel my legs either.”
One of the commenters wanted to know how Kyle’s encounter with the rat ultimately ended, so the former child star filled in the details.
Kyle spilled: ‘he wouldn’t leave!!! Maybe five minutes after I stopped the video it dropped and I didn’t know where to go! So I zoomed out and had to park for twenty minutes until I felt my legs again.’
At one point, the rat’s whiskers began to twitch as he stared at Kyle, prompting the Halloween actress to repeatedly scream, “What do I do?”
She then knocked on her window to get the attention of a passerby so he could come and help her, but he didn’t notice.
She noted that she was “too scared to put my legs down where the accelerator is in case there was an access point down there,” adding, “I couldn’t feel my legs either.”
Kyle spilled: ‘he wouldn’t leave!!! Maybe five minutes after I stopped the video it dropped and I didn’t know where to go!
Other viewers had hilarious reactions to the video, with Chrissy writing: ‘Oh my god he’s so damn cute I would die of happiness!! I would also pretend it was a deceased loved one coming to visit me lol.”
Paulina Porizkova agreed: “I agree with Chrissy here, so damn cute! I would find it hard not to pet him. Look at those sweet little paws!’
“This really made my day,” wrote former Real Housewife Of Beverly Hills Teddi Jo Mellencamp. ‘Very busy Googling to see if that is the case [rat emoji]’blinking…’
Kyle’s own sister Kim Richards, who had a heady run on The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, added her voice to the choir.
“I thought it was fake at first…haha,” Kim wrote. ‘He looks very pleased as he drives around poking at you!!! He doesn’t even look scared!!’
Viewers playfully teased Kyle in the comments, including Chrissy Teigen, who said the animal was “so damn cute I would die of happiness!!”
A slew of celebrities posted their responses, including Kristin Chenoweth, Paulina Porizkova, Teddi Jo Mellencamp, Octavia Spencer, Maria Menounos and Kyle’s sister Kim Richards
‘This might be the best video. Someday,” Kristin Chenoweth wrote, while Maria Menounos noted, “I am dead. This little cutie wanted to be your friend. I love him.’
Kyle is currently filming season 14 of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills – in the wake of her divorce from husband Mauricio Umansky, 53, last year.
There are rumors that Kyle has moved on with country singer Morgan Wade, 29, but the two women have refrained from confirming the suspicion.
Now a source has told DailyMail.com that Bravo has given Kyle an ultimatum, demanding she be more forthcoming about her equation with Morgan if she wants to stay on The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills.
“The producers believe that Kyle has said all she can say about her breakup with Mauricio and now it’s time to tell the truth about her relationship with Morgan,” the insider said.
“Kyle gave Morgan a good beating and it’s getting old. It’s time she finally admits it’s more than just a friendship.’