Kathy Hilton Reveals the Sweet Secret of Her 44-Year Marriage to Husband Rick (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Kathy and Rick Hilton.Photo:Rodin Eckenroth/WireImageKathy Hiltonis revealing the secrets of her 44-year marriage toRick Hilton.Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE atThe Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDSon Thursday, Sept. 26, Kathy, 65, opened up about how she and the entrepreneur, 69, have managed to keep the flame alight for more than four decades.“We have not been away from each other for two weeks in [all our] years of marriage,” theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar tells PEOPLE of her relationship with theHilton & Hylandco-founder.“I don’t think you go to bed without saying, ‘I love you,’ and giving each other a kiss and never in a fight or anything,” she continues at the event, held at The Beverly Hills Hotel. “If you have had a disagreement, you always make up before you go to sleep and keep a little mystery and always keep it exciting and fun.”Earlier this year, Kathy revealed that she and Rick have asurprising date night spotthat they visit weekly.Kathy Hilton at The Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS on September 26, 2024.Jon Kopaloff/Getty"We go there once a week," she toldPage SixofThe Cheesecake Factory. “All their food is good," she continued. “Actually, you walk in there, and there are people. We love that! We don’t want to sit in a restaurant with nobody in the room."“It’s local, it’s right there and fresh and busy all the time,” she added.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Kathy also revealed that while she usually orders the meatloaf, her husband “really likes the chicken [alfredo]. And then also the one that you dip with the sauce.”However, Kathy tells PEOPLE that the duo hasn’t visited the chain “in a month.”“So we got to get back there,” she says. “We’ve been on an Italian kick.”Kathy and Rick Hilton in 1985.Ron Galella Collection via GettyKathy and Ricktied the knotin 1979 when she was 20 years old. They will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on Nov. 24.Together they share four children,Paris, 43,Nicky, 40,Barron, 34, andConrad, 30, and have eight grandchildren.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Kathy tells PEOPLE that she often tries to give her kids advice that they can take into their own marriages.“I always say, ‘Listen,’ " she tells PEOPLE. “I think they get it. They’ve been around their dad and I for a long time, and they really wanted to find somebody that they could have for their rest of their life.”While eldest daughter Paris ismarriedtoCarter Reum, Nickytied the knotwith husbandJames Rothschildin 2015 and BarronmarriedTessa Hiltonin St. Barts, two years after meeting the 30-year-old there.

Kathy and Rick Hilton.Photo:Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage

Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage

Kathy Hiltonis revealing the secrets of her 44-year marriage toRick Hilton.Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE atThe Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDSon Thursday, Sept. 26, Kathy, 65, opened up about how she and the entrepreneur, 69, have managed to keep the flame alight for more than four decades.“We have not been away from each other for two weeks in [all our] years of marriage,” theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar tells PEOPLE of her relationship with theHilton & Hylandco-founder.“I don’t think you go to bed without saying, ‘I love you,’ and giving each other a kiss and never in a fight or anything,” she continues at the event, held at The Beverly Hills Hotel. “If you have had a disagreement, you always make up before you go to sleep and keep a little mystery and always keep it exciting and fun.”Earlier this year, Kathy revealed that she and Rick have asurprising date night spotthat they visit weekly.Kathy Hilton at The Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS on September 26, 2024.Jon Kopaloff/Getty"We go there once a week,” she toldPage SixofThe Cheesecake Factory. “All their food is good," she continued. “Actually, you walk in there, and there are people. We love that! We don’t want to sit in a restaurant with nobody in the room."“It’s local, it’s right there and fresh and busy all the time,” she added.The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Kathy also revealed that while she usually orders the meatloaf, her husband “really likes the chicken [alfredo]. And then also the one that you dip with the sauce.”However, Kathy tells PEOPLE that the duo hasn’t visited the chain “in a month.”“So we got to get back there,” she says. “We’ve been on an Italian kick.”Kathy and Rick Hilton in 1985.Ron Galella Collection via GettyKathy and Ricktied the knotin 1979 when she was 20 years old. They will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on Nov. 24.Together they share four children,Paris, 43,Nicky, 40,Barron, 34, andConrad, 30, and have eight grandchildren.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Kathy tells PEOPLE that she often tries to give her kids advice that they can take into their own marriages.“I always say, ‘Listen,’ " she tells PEOPLE. “I think they get it. They’ve been around their dad and I for a long time, and they really wanted to find somebody that they could have for their rest of their life.”While eldest daughter Paris ismarriedtoCarter Reum, Nickytied the knotwith husbandJames Rothschildin 2015 and BarronmarriedTessa Hiltonin St. Barts, two years after meeting the 30-year-old there.

Kathy Hiltonis revealing the secrets of her 44-year marriage toRick Hilton.

Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE atThe Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDSon Thursday, Sept. 26, Kathy, 65, opened up about how she and the entrepreneur, 69, have managed to keep the flame alight for more than four decades.

“We have not been away from each other for two weeks in [all our] years of marriage,” theReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar tells PEOPLE of her relationship with theHilton & Hylandco-founder.

“I don’t think you go to bed without saying, ‘I love you,’ and giving each other a kiss and never in a fight or anything,” she continues at the event, held at The Beverly Hills Hotel. “If you have had a disagreement, you always make up before you go to sleep and keep a little mystery and always keep it exciting and fun.”

Earlier this year, Kathy revealed that she and Rick have asurprising date night spotthat they visit weekly.

Kathy Hilton at The Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS on September 26, 2024.Jon Kopaloff/Getty

Jon Kopaloff/Getty

“We go there once a week,” she toldPage SixofThe Cheesecake Factory. “All their food is good,” she continued. “Actually, you walk in there, and there are people. We love that! We don’t want to sit in a restaurant with nobody in the room."

“It’s local, it’s right there and fresh and busy all the time,” she added.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

Kathy also revealed that while she usually orders the meatloaf, her husband “really likes the chicken [alfredo]. And then also the one that you dip with the sauce.”

However, Kathy tells PEOPLE that the duo hasn’t visited the chain “in a month.”

“So we got to get back there,” she says. “We’ve been on an Italian kick.”

Kathy and Rick Hilton in 1985.Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Ron Galella Collection via Getty

Kathy and Ricktied the knotin 1979 when she was 20 years old. They will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on Nov. 24.

Together they share four children,Paris, 43,Nicky, 40,Barron, 34, andConrad, 30, and have eight grandchildren.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Kathy tells PEOPLE that she often tries to give her kids advice that they can take into their own marriages.

“I always say, ‘Listen,’ " she tells PEOPLE. “I think they get it. They’ve been around their dad and I for a long time, and they really wanted to find somebody that they could have for their rest of their life.”

While eldest daughter Paris ismarriedtoCarter Reum, Nickytied the knotwith husbandJames Rothschildin 2015 and BarronmarriedTessa Hiltonin St. Barts, two years after meeting the 30-year-old there.

source: people.com