Richards told Bunnie one of the biggest mistakes she made was agreeing to let Phypers help with her finances, even adding him as a signee to one of her accounts. "He made me believe he was taking care of me and wanted to build a life with me. The Drop Dead Gorgeous star said the last straw came when Phypers allegedly slapped her while she was still hospitalized after undergoing surgery. "But when he did that to me, when I was that vulnerable, I knew, 'He's going to kill me,'" Richards claimed. Richards claimed Phypers filed for divorce behind her back shortly after she underwent a 2025 facelift, and she learned about it from Sami after it made the news.