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OKMagazine.com: Do you think they’re harder to deal with than romantic breakups?

MR: They’re completely different but equally as painful in the sense that both can be incredibly isolating. Last year I went through a friend breakup with a guy friend and it was really complicated because we were all in the same group of friends and suddenly it's like I didn’t want to be where he was and he didn’t want to be where I was. I eventually just picked up the phone and was like, this is ridiculous. And we’ve become friends again but the parameters and depth of the friendship are very different.

OKMagazine.com: Is there anything coming up this season on the show that you’re excited for viewers to see?

MR: A lot goes on. I mean, my mother and I have a huge blowup towards the end of this season…

OKMagazine.com: There was mention of a zombie apocalypse?

MR: Yes! That has to do with my big falling out with my mother. It’s one of those things you never would’ve expected to be the straw that broke the camel's back with me.

OKMagazine.com: Did you have any interest in the items on your mom’s "F*ck It list", were they things you wanted to do too or did you just think she was a crazy person?

MR: Well, it’s all degrees of crazy. And I don’t really think of my mother as having a bucket list because she does exactly what she wants to do. The problem is, where there was so little filter before, now there’s none. So it’s like a juiced up version of her normal attitude.

OKMagazine.com: Is there anything you’ve done that you found to be overrated?

MR: Well, it's more that there’s certain jobs I wouldn’t do again.

OKMagazine.com: Was there any year you went all out and threw a big party?

MR: No I’ve never really done that because, passage of time for me is denoted not by my age but where I’m working. Like, "Oh yeah those were the E! years, or those were the TV Guide years, and now we're at the E! years again. Where was I, what year was that, was I on the red carpet?" Also when you have a child, everything is chronologically based in your life about what was going on with your child.

OKMagazine.com: Your son Cooper might be the most normal child on reality TV, how do you keep it that way?

MR: Well that’s because he is, and I think it's all recessive genetics to be honest. First of all, I’m very lucky, I have intrinsically a good kid. And I know how lucky I’ve been since day one. He’s always been fairly easy. I had Cooper in December and was back on the red carpet in January. I picked him up and took him to work with me, you know took him to my dressing room. So he’s been raised the same way I was, which is that work is such a big part of our lives. I’m so blessed because he’s so normal. You know what? I’m just lucky. And I do try to keep very clear delineations about what is TV and what is private. I’m very clear on what he participates in and what of his life is shown, much more than I am with mine. I know clearly where the line is with him.

MR: That when she relaxes, like when we're on our family vacation every year, she’s incredibly quiet. When she really relaxes and just stops, she’ll get into bed for a weekend and watch TV and not answer the phone. When she’s recharging her batteries, she’s recharging.

OKMagazine.com: When do you find her the most funny?

MR: Oh, I find her funny all the time. I find her funny when the two of us find ourselves in these absurd situations and we look at each other like, are you fucking kidding me? But I think I very much have my father’s humor, I’m very much like my father and that was a 20-something year marriage so we definitely connect through humor. And people will ask my mom who she thinks is funny and she always says me. I do make her laugh.

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OKMagazine.com: Obviously we get a good look at fashion on red carpets, but where else do you like to see what people are wearing?

MR: I love seeing what people wear out to dinner in different cities. I know how differently I dress in New York than I do in Los Angeles. And I grew up in LA, I’ve been there since I was 3. I'll go out to dinner in LA in something that's the same casual level, but that I would never think of in New York. I love seeing people on their off times. Or when you see them out shopping. In "civilian wear", as I call it.

OKMagazine.com: Now that it's springtime, is there anything you are excited to wear? 

MR: I’m still waiting for winter in LA to wear my freakin' sweaters! It's been so warm in LA it's crazy. But I will be happy to not have to travel in boots. Yeah, I can now travel in flats or my tennis shoes. I’m a big fan of the laceless Converse for travel, with cute jeans and throw on a little jacket and you look presentable. I’m looking forward to being able to travel in them and not stand in my closet and think of all layers I have to take east, so I can peel them off when I travel back west.