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Now that Lisa Rinna has made it clear she’s not returning to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, she’s acquired a factor or two to say about why. “I think everything Housewives has to go away for a while, which is good,” the truth TV icon, 59, instructed Interview for an article printed January 13. “I don’t need to hang out with anybody.”
Lisa additional clarified that the time away from the franchise was not what she’d time period a “pause.” “It’s time for a break,” she stated. “Not a pause, I don’t go on pause. You don’t put me on pause. I go bye-bye. You know what I’m saying?” By approach of clarification, Lisa stated in a press release given to HollywoodLife (and initially offered to PEOPLE) on January 5 that she’d be leaving the sequence after no fewer than eight seasons.
“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. It has been a fun 8-year run and I am excited for what is to come!’” Lisa’s contract expired on the finish of the earlier season; she and Bravo “mutually decided” that she would sit out the subsequent season (13, for individuals who are counting), in response to the TV persona. A confluence of occasions appear to have occurred to push Lisa to the dramatic determination, nevertheless it did appear to return to a head with castmate Kathy Hilton known as Lisa “the biggest bully in Hollywood.”
Things devolved from there, with followers even booing her at BravoCon in October. Ever the truth TV star, she flipped them off. Lisa additionally struggled to take care of the loss of life of her mom Lois Rinna in November 2021. “I had a rough year,” she admitted to the outlet. “I never think, ‘Oh wow. It’s just such a rough year, and I’ll never be able to handle it again.’ I can always come back and handle something. But something has gotten to the Housewife Universe because of what’s going on in the world, and it’s reflected in the way the fans react to the world of Housewives. And I just think it’s unhealthy. It wasn’t working for me. It wasn’t right for me.”
At least one castmate has her again, nonetheless. When requested about Lisa’s departure by TMZ, Erika Jayne didn’t mince phrases. “They can’t [replace her]. She’s the GOAT. She’s the f****** GOAT,” she stated on Friday, January 6.