Riley Burruss Says She's Shopping in Mom Kandi Burruss' Closet After Her Weight Loss Journey

Mar. 15, 2025

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Riley Burrussis taking some fashion inspiration from her momKandi Burruss' wardrobe.

Riley, 20, caught up with PEOPLE atBravoConwhere she reflected on her weight loss journey. Four years ago she opened up about losing52 pounds, and now she says she’s not looking at the scale. But she is looking through her mother Kandi’s closet.

The daughter of the Xscape singer is even inspiring her mom: “Now I think that she sees me shopping in her closet, she feels a bit more pressured,” Riley jokes with PEOPLE.

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These days, however, Riley isn’t too focused on numbers. “Honestly, I will say after the first time you lose weight, you try not to look at the numbers because it’s more about a mental thing, so I tried not to do the number thing,” she tells PEOPLE. “… I feel like when you’re bigger, you don’t realize what size you are until after, so I don’t even really remember. It’s been a minute, so I’ve had to keep getting new clothes.”

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As Riley explained, it’s been a while since fans of the show got a glimpse of her, despite her updating hersocial media accountspretty regularly. “Everyone saw my process when I was younger, like 16,” she explains. “I feel like it’s a lot more shocking for people because I haven’t been in the spotlight recently.”

“So I’m not saying no one’s been paying attention to me, but no one’s been checking. But I’ve just been working, trying to figure things out. I’ve done it before, so it was more about getting my own goal.”

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Kandi is also the mother ofBlaze, 2, and sonAce Wells, 6, and reached out toRHOBH’sGarcelle Beauvaisas a fellow mother, sinceJax, one of her 14-year-old twins, has continued to endure hateful online bullying. As she explained to PEOPLE, she even noticed “somebody was posting that [Riley] was pregnant and she was so upset about it.”

source: people.com