Mauricio Umansky had himself a side of awkward along with his Thanksgiving turkey this year.

Chatting exclusively with Page Six Wednesday night in Miami Beach, the luxury real estate broker, 55, revealed that those paparazzi photos of him looking cozy with a 34-year-old reality star hit the internet just as he was sitting down to eat with his estranged wife, Kyle Richards, and their children.

“That [story] was released during Thanksgiving dinner, which kinda sucked,” Umansky admitted of the images showing him embracing “FBoy Island” alum Celisa “CJ” Franco on a Los Angeles sidewalk the night before.

“So we’re all having Thanksgiving dinner, and Sophia’s like, ‘Dad, what the f–k is this?’ I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?'”

Umansky gave us the same explanation he gave Richards,

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