Anitta Opens Up About Those Viral Ski Photos with Mauricio Umansky and Whether Their Friendship Has Gone Romantic

Mar. 15, 2025

Anittais opening up about herDecember 2023 ski outingwithLele PonsandMauricio Umansky.

During a March 13 appearance onWatch What Happens Live!, the Brazilian superstar, 31, shared details behind the viral photos of her and Pons, 28, wearing only towels as they sipped champagne on the slopes with Umansky, 54, months afternews broke of his separationfrom estranged wifeKyle Richards.

“I knew this was coming,” Anitta told hostAndy Cohen, executive producer of theReal Housewivesfranchise, which introduced fans to Richards and Umansky. “I realized this was coming, like, five minutes ago.”

Lele Pons, Anitta and Mauricio Umansky via Instagram in December 2023.Mauricio Umansky/Instagram

Mauricio Umansky/Instagram

The “Envolver” singer added, “If I realized it before, I would have called him and said, ‘What do I say?’”

Anitta said Umansky is a “great person,” whom she met on the ski trip to in Aspen, Colorado and now remains “very good friends” with, noting that they continue to “always talk.”

Cohen then repeated her words and said, “Very good friends?”

“No, we became good friends,” replied Anitta.

TheWatch What Happens Live!host urged that Umansky is “single” at the moment before wondering if “anything romantic” happened between him and the “Lose Ya Breath” artist.

Anitta in September 2024; Mauricio Umansky in March 2023.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty; JC Olivera/WireImage

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty; JC Olivera/WireImage

“No,” she insisted.

Cohen also inquired about whether Anitta is “dating anyone” at the moment, to which she responded, “I don’t know.”

In December 2023, Umanskyshared videos on his Instagram Storyof his time on the slopes with Pons and Anitta — including one of them stripping down from clothes to bath towels. “Okay, so I’ve been officially asked to be the videographer for these two girls' shenanigans,” he said at the time.

“Ay, ay! We are the funnest girls in the world, in the mountains! We know how to have fun, it’s time,” shouted Anitta in the clip.

Kyle Richards in April 2024; Mauricio Umansky in April 2023.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty; Jesse Grant/Getty

Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty; Jesse Grant/Getty

Earlier this week, Richards and Umansky had an emotional, yet awkward chat onThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsabout the July 2024 photos of him kissing another woman.

He apologized for the moment, and she noted that they “are separated, and we’re allowed to do what we want in this time. It’s just strange.”

A new documentary about Anitta, titledLarissa: The Other Side of Anitta, is now available on Netflix.

source: people.com