Julia Lemigova is questioning her friendship with Lisa Hochstein after the latter star made a shocking parenting dig on “The Real Housewives of Miami.”
“How could we possibly be friends moving forward?” Lemigova asks during an exclusive chat with Pvnew, reflecting on a comment made by Hochstein that invoked the memory of her late infant son.
During last week’s episode of “RHOM,” the women got into it over concerns that Lisa left her children at home — after police were called to the property during a May 2023 incident with her estranged husband, Lenny Hochstein — to attend Lemigova’s “F—k Cancer” party for wife Martina Navratilova.
Lemigova, 41, wondered aloud if it would have been a choice she’d make herself, while Lisa, 51, asserted that her son Logan, 8, and daughter Elle, 4, were put to bed by the time she departed.
As their discussion of the situation became increasingly heated during a Mother’s Day-themed brunch hosted by Dr. Nicole Martin, Lisa shouted at Lemigova, “You have three baby daddies, OK?”
Lemigova is the mother of daughters Victoria, 22, and Emma, 18, from previous relationships. Notably, she welcomed a son named Maximilien in 1999, but he tragically died as a baby under suspicious circumstances.
The former Miss USSR didn’t initially hear Lisa’s comment during the cast event but was alerted of the vitriol by “Miami” Instagram fan account @rhom.bravo.
“Wow – Thank you for bringing this to my attention,” she wrote in a comment. “I was so taken aback by Lisa’s rage that I did not even hear her hateful words.”
Lemigova, who admitted that it was “heartbreaking and horrifying” to hear Lisa’s remark, took to her Instagram Story to share a more fervid take.
“Attempting to frame the way my children came into this world as anything but joyful blessings is disgusting and impermissible,” she wrote.
“The unspeakable viciousness of invoking the memory of my late son in an attempt to attack me is simply unforgivable.”
After catching wind of Lemigova’s post, Lisa responded in a public Instagram comment, claiming she personally apologized while accusing her new adversary of drumming up drama for the upcoming “RHOM” reunion.
“On your end, it was calculated because next week we tape the reunion,” she wrote in a lengthy message.
The FLY by Lisa fragrance founder added, “I asked you to take the post down after you said you didn’t want this to escalate any further, but now it’s posted, and I believe this is your intention.”
But such a response has only stoked Lemigova’s pain, she tells us, explaining that any assumption she’d create conflict for the sake of camera time couldn’t be more inaccurate.
“Lisa’s hurtful efforts to mischaracterize my emotions are completely dismissive of the pain I’m experiencing,” the Bravolebrity says.
A source close to Lemigova emphasizes that she never meant to hurt Lisa.
“Lisa apparently misunderstood that Julia was coming from a place of concern [when she asked] how Lisa’s children were doing when she arrived to the ‘F—k Cancer’ party,” the insider tells us, noting that Lemigova has requested space from Lisa despite the “Miami” OG’s attempts at saying sorry.
“Julia has asked Lisa to please give her a little space and time to process her emotions,” the source elaborates. “Instead, Lisa took to social media, compounding Julia’s pain … It all feels like a desperate attempt by Lisa to save her own reputation while diminishing Julia’s real life pain.”
“The Real Housewives of Miami” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
