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Denise Richards addressed the top of her 20-year friendship with Lisa Rinna, who appeared to activate the actress on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills when Brandi Glanville accused Denise of getting an affair along with her.
The Wild Things star additionally appeared to shade a latest Vanity Fair article as Bethenny Frankel urged why the publication allegedly left “crumbs on the floor.”
In an interview for Bethenny’s Just B podcast, through PEOPLE, Denise addressed the scenario with Lisa.
“My experience with Lisa Rinna was so bad that I thought, ‘OK, what would happen next season?’” she stated. “I did have a s—- experience. … It wasn’t good with Lisa Rinna and it was sad to me.”
The actress went on to say, “I had a 20-year friendship with her, and to see how she could sacrifice a friendship of 20 years for a show that isn’t gonna last forever — obviously, she isn’t on it anymore — like, at what cost?”
Denise expressed her perception that she and Lisa would nonetheless have a friendship if Denise hadn’t joined the present. “I think that you learn a lot about people when you live with them, travel or work with them. I had never worked with Rinna before,” she stated.
Regarding whether or not she’d think about returning to the present, Denise acknowledged, “We’ll see whatever happens … I don’t know if they’ll ask me back, I just did a few episodes [as a guest in season 13]. I didn’t call to say, ‘Hey, can I come back?’”
She added, “After my second season, I also — because I wanted it to be real — thought, ‘How would [coming back] make sense, if all the women f—ing hate me?’ … Almost everyone did, except for Garcelle [Beauvais] and Sutton [Stracke], but everyone else was such an asshole to me.”
On the identical podcast, in a clip shared by TV Deets on X (previously often called Twitter), Denise seemingly shaded the latest Vanity Fair article, which uncovered allegations of alcohol abuse and racism inside the franchise.
“I was surprised by it,” stated Denise. “Only because I didn’t understand the article. I didn’t think there … was new information. I didn’t know what the point of view of the article was because leading up to it, I did see stuff on social media that this big article was gonna come out.”
Bethenny, who was featured within the piece, stated Vanity Fair “knows” they left “a lot of crumbs on the floor,” and he or she urged that a part of the reason being that Vanity Fair is owned by Warner Brothers, who additionally owns Shed Media — an organization that produced Real Housewives of New York.
When Denise requested why the article was even created, Bethenny answered, “I don’t know.”
Denise Richards tells Bethenny Frankel that she “didn’t understand” the Vanity Fair exposé on Bravo:
“I didn’t understand the article… I didn’t think there was new information, I didn’t know what the point of view of the article was… Leading up to it, I did see stuff on… pic.twitter.com/dDfSzut2V4
— TV Deets (@tvdeets) November 11, 2023
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