Andy Cohen reveals the truth behind the "toxic relationship" of Lisa Rinna with the "home women"

Cohen wrote about her release from the franchise in her book, and Rinna challenged her story.


After eight seasons on the series and countless memorable moments and quotes, Lisa Rinna LEFT Real Beverly Hills housewives in January. She had had a difficult duration of the previous year - both loss in her personal life and her intense drama in the series - and decided to go ahead of the 13th season of the reality series.

"It is the longest work I have occupied in my 35 -year career and I am grateful to everyone at Bravo and to all the people involved in the series", the 59 -year -old man said in a press release For People at the time. "It was an eight -year -old fun race and I am delighted with what is to come!"

NOW, Real housewives executive producer Andy Cohen shared its side of history and said Rinna has in fact changed her mind. In his new book, The Daddy Diaries: The year I grew up , THE Look at what's going on live The host also explains why he thinks the Housewives Star has a "toxic relationship" with the show. Read the rest to find out what Cohen said else about how Rinna's departure took place and the declaration she made in response.

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Cohen says Rinna resigned ... then reconsidered.

Andy Cohen at opening night of
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According to E! News, in Dad newspapers, Cohen wrote that Rinna sent her a text that she wanted to leave the show after filming the reunion of season 12 in September 2022. But she then seemed to change her mind.

"It seems that Rinna does not leave, on the basis of correspondence with the team. It will be a trip, on both sides," he wrote ( via reality ). AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

He hopes and expects her to come back one day.

Lisa Rinna at the premiere of
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Cohen said in the book he thought at the time that the star of reality "should take a break but come back absolutely". He also said that the two parties were in favor of his distance. "We have mutually agreed with Rinna that she should take a break in the show (it's a real break)" Dad newspapers Read.

Taking a "break" has become a common joke in the Housewives world, since Real New York housewives star Dorinda Medley insisted after his 2020 shot That Cohen had used this phrasing with her and that she expected to come back. In this case, the executive producer clearly indicated that he hoped that it is only a hiatus for Rinna.

He also said that shortly after the announcement of Rinna's departure. "She was really a large part of Beverly Hills , and I really hope it's a break. I hope she will come back, "he said in January on his program Siriusxm, Radio Andy ( via Today ).

Cohen says that Rinna's relationship with the show had become "toxic".

"It looks like she has a toxic relationship with the show at this stage, and resuming good could do good everyone," Cohen wrote about the 59 -year reality star in her memoirs.

While Rinna was a housewife who was never afraid to get involved in the drama or stir the pot, season 12 took a particularly dark turn. During the season, which was broadcast in 2022, Rinna had a conflict with a part -time actor Kathy Hilton , who is the sister of the longtime housewife Kyle Richards . Rinna said she had seen Hilton had an "depression" out of camera which she said Post-traumatic stress disorder (SSPT).

During the final episode, Rinna said that she "would get cancer" and "fall ill and die" if she kept the supposed Montbreakdown of Hilton and did not share it with the group. His statement was denounced by the American Institute for Cancer Research and by viewers. ( While Hilton admitted That she had become upset on a group band, her memory of events did not align with her co-star.)

Rinna also frequently posted on the program on social networks, in particular her scenario with Hilton. It has even been subject to that it used secret accounts on social networks for these purposes, What she denied .

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Rinna disputes Cohen's account.

Andy Cohen, Lisa Rinna, and Garcelle Beauvais at Cohen's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in 2022
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In a statement to E! News, a representative of Rinna, said that the former soap actor was "not" in "break", and added, "there was no discussion with anyone on this concept".

"His contract has ended and the parties have mutually agreed not to engage in a new one," continued refutation. "She felt that her time in the show had followed her course and she was more than happy to move on. And she still doesn't regret it."

She also said that Housewives The Fandom had become "unhealthy".

Lisa Rinna at the MTV Movie and TV Awards: Unscripted in 2022
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In a January conversation with Interview , Rinna has opened its doors When she decided to leave .

Her version of the story is the same as Cohen in the sense that she also said that she made the appeal after the meeting. "What happened is that I left, really, just after the reunion. People don't know it," she said. "But I made everyone know just after the meeting that I was going to move on, it was going to be that."

She also said that she had a "difficult year" and found that "the way fans reacted to the world of Housewives "had become" unhealthy ".

"I [explained] hated this year," said Rinna. "For many reasons. My mother has died, we all know it. But that is not the greatest reason. The story simply was not told also on two sides as I would have liked. And that ? "

As for being put on the bench by Bravo, the star said Interview That the word "break" did not apply to its situation.

"I'm ready to take a break," she said. "It's time for a break. Not a break, I don't take a break. You don't put Me On a break. I'm going goodbye. Do you know what I say? "


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