Vika Abbyaeva and Richard Chang Wiki, Biography
All episodes of Bling Empire: New York season 1 were released on Netflix on January 20 at 3:01 am ET. This season, Richard Chang, Calvin Klein’s director of merchandise planning, revealed that he was dating a girl named Vika Abbyaeva. The duo has an age difference of 11 years and viewers rooted for them to have a happy ending.
Richard confessed that he had been on thousands of dates before he met Vika and fell in love with her. With the support of his brother and her mother, Richard decided to propose to Vika after dating her for over a year.
Vika stopped Richard mid-proposal in Bling Empire: New York because it was not a “good time” for her to get married.
Vika wasn’t ready to get married at the age of 26 and she wanted to hang out with all the amazing people around her. However, she knew about the pressure Richard had to deal with.
She informed her friends that if he proposed to her, she would not accept the same.
While he was proposing to her, Richard said that Vika gave him unconditional support and compared her to her mother. He said that he could imagine being with her when he was old and wanted to buy her a house with a garden.
That’s when Vika interrupted him and asked him to stop mid-proposition. She revealed that she did not want to get married because it was not a “good time”. She mentioned that she didn’t want to rush into anything.
Richard was heartbroken after this and he didn’t know what to make of the “overflowing” love he had for Vika. According to the couple’s Instagram posts, they are still together, a year after filming Bling Empire: New York.
Vika and Richard’s intense fight in Bling Empire: New York season 1
Richard had a hard time connecting with other cast members like Tina and Dorothy. So when Vika mentioned that she was planning an all-girls trip to the Bahamas, Richard told her not to go. He didn’t trust this particular group of girls and he didn’t want Vika to be alone with them.
However, Vika told him that the other girls thought that he was trying to “outshine” her. Richard asked her why he wanted to hang out with that group of people and called her “stupid”.
He immediately regretted what he said and Vika didn’t speak to him the entire weekend while he was in the Bahamas. He also informed the girls about the same, who felt that he was in an emotionally abusive relationship. Richard apologized to Vika after she returned and received the flowers from her.
Richard confronted the other cast members about his comments.
Richard was surprised to hear what others thought of his relationship with Vika. He believed that those who barely knew anything about them should not have the authority to comment on their personal lives.
At dinner, Richard asked the others not to make assumptions about their relationship. However, the cast members said that they were simply expressing what they felt after hearing about his conversation with Vika.
All episodes of the Bling Empire: New York series and other spin-off shows from the Bling Empire franchise are now available on Netflix. It is currently unclear if Bling Empire: New York will return for a second season.