Lisa Rinna has reflected on some of her most infamous moments on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, after quitting the series.
The former soap star announced her exit from RHOBH at the beginning of the month, after eight years on our screens.
The move raised eyebrows with shocked fans, with former castmate Lisa Vanderpump and Hollywood icon Sharon Stone also reacting.
In a candid chat about her time in the cast, the 59-year-old explained that she ‘f**king hated’ her last season – as she battled against Sutton Stracke, Garcelle Beauvais and Kathy Hilton while also dealing with personal issues.
However, hitting back at the backlash she received from viewers, the mom-of-two insisted that she was ‘no more terrible’ than she’s ever been, recalling her explosive argument with Kim Richards in Amsterdam.
‘To single out my behavior this year as being horrific. I mean, did you see me in Amsterdam? I think it was just a conscious effort where people went, “Okay, you know what? We’re tired of her.” Because I wasn’t that bad. I was no worse than I’ve always been,’ she said.
The fateful dinner in Amsterdam, in season five, has become one of the most discussed moments in Housewives history – when Lisa and Kim launched into a full-blown argument just moments after sitting down for a meal.
Things escalated almost instantly when Kim appeared to mention rumors surrounding Lisa’s husband, Harry Hamlin, and uttered the infamous words, ‘Let’s talk about the husband’.
This led to the Melrose Place actress reaching over to her co-star across the table and shattering a wine glass, while others tried to calm the situation down.
When asked if the anger she felt was authentic, Lisa continued to Interview Magazine: ‘One million percent. Just so you know, we sat down not five minutes before that. We hadn’t even ordered. We’d gotten our drinks. They even pre-ordered our drinks, I think.
‘But you get into that bubble and things are bubbling up and she had p***ed me off and I had p***ed her off so much up until that point. And this is the final trip. So you already have three-and-a-half months, almost four months of stuff.
‘That will never happen again. I don’t even know what happened in that moment, but I’m just glad I didn’t f**king strangle her, because I cross over that table and I remember thinking to myself, “Don’t touch her. You’ll go to jail and you’re in f**king Amsterdam. You’ll never get out.” That’s what stopped me. And remember, I go for her neck.
‘I can’t even believe I’m saying this. I went for her neck. And somehow I pulled myself back thinking, “I’m going to prison if I touch her.”’
Lisa joined the Bravo program as a full-time Housewife in season five, which aired in 2014, and has been a staple of the cast ever since.
There’s no denying that she divided many during her tenure, and was met with deafening boos during an appearance at BravoCon last October.
Amid speculation over her future on the hit show ahead of season 13, she recently confirmed in a statement: ‘This is the longest job I have held in my 35 year career and I am grateful to everyone at Bravo and all those involved in the series.
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