“She seems to be doing a lot better, she looks healthier,” Richards said of Hadid to People Now. “She told me that she was feeling better and I’m hearing even better now.”
“She’s busy with her daughters,” added the 47-year-old.
When asked if she thinks Hadid will ever make a return to the hit reality show, Richards responded, “I doubt that.”
“I think it’s really hard with what she’s going through and she’s really focused on her health,” the reality star added. “I don’t think she has the energy, physically, or the time to do that right now.”
Yolanda, 52, who has long been open about her own struggle with the tick-borne disease, recently spoke at this year’s Global Lyme Alliance Gala in New York City in October and said she’s not backing down in her fight to find a cure.
“This disease has brought me and many others to our knees, often wishing to die of utter hopelessness and exhaustion. Like I always say, you don’t get it until you get it,” she said at the event. “It’s hard for people to understand the invisible disability that owns our life especially behind the beautiful face that shines so bright on the covers of magazines.”
“I promise you I will find a cure,” she vowed.
On Wednesday, June 15, the mother-of-three took to Instagram to announce her departure from the Bravo hit reality series.
"I would have loved a more graceful exit then "Season 6" but sometimes we don't get to control the ending of the chapters in our life............ I am leaving what's over without denying its past importance in my life," wrote Yolanda.
She continued: "I believe that every exit is an new entry and with that in mind I say goodbye to my @Bravotv Family as I continue to focus on a my recovery, my children and bring back the privacy within our Home........... Thank you to all the fans for your love and unwavering support these past 4 years."
She added: "I am grateful for the housewife experience and all it has thought me. I'am excited about this choice and look forward to the next chapter of my life.................. #RHOBH #TimeToSayGoodbye with #Gratitude @evolutionusa @bravoandy @bravotv #WWHL"
Yolanda joined the RHOBH cast in Season 3. Throughout the series, she opened up to viewers about her marriage to legendary music producer David Foster, the rise of her supermodel children Gigi, Bella, and Anwar Hadid, and her struggles with Lyme disease. The latest season of RHOBH chronicled Yolanda's fight for a cure for Lyme disease as well as the challenges in her relationship, which culminated in the announcement of her and David's divorce after four years of marriage in early December 2015.
Yolanda's upcoming tell-all memoir Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisible Disability of Lyme Disease, is set to be released in February 2017.
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