{"id":29106,"date":"2026-08-05T23:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29106"},"modified":"2026-08-05T23:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:33:03","slug":"rhocs-vicki-gunvalson-slams-rumor-her-kids-briana-michael-are-estranged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29106","title":{"rendered":"RHOC&#8217;s Vicki Gunvalson Slams Rumor Her Kids Briana, Michael Are Estranged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/vicki_gunvalson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Vicki Gunvalson<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s latest family update deserves a major &#8220;woohoo!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/the_real_housewives_of_orange_county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\">The Real Housewives of Orange County<\/a><\/em> star shut down speculation that her kids <strong>Briana Culberson<\/strong> and <strong>Michael Wolfsmith<\/strong> are estranged after Michael recently revealed he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1434564\/rhoc-vicki-gunvalsons-son-michael-not-seen-sister-briana-for-8-years?query=vicki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\">hasn&#8217;t seen his older sister in nearly a decade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re not estranged,&#8221; Vicki exclusively told E! News\u00a0Aug. 4 at\u00a0<em>The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th<\/em> premiere party in NYC. &#8220;They talk all the time, they just haven&#8217;t seen each other. He lives in Spain, she lives in another state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Michael, 40, is busy working for Vicki&#8217;s Coto Insurance company in Europe, Briana, 39, has her hands full raising three kids with husband <strong>Ryan Culberson <\/strong>out of the spotlight. And the distance between them doesn&#8217;t equate to bad blood between the siblings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ve always been good,&#8221; the 64-year-old reiterated. &#8220;They love each other, we&#8217;re family. 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