Lisa Rinna’s eight-season run on the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” has come to an end.
News of Rinna’s departure was announced on January 5th, and the longtime Bravo star announced her departure via a statement. She commemorated her time on ‘RHOBH’ by expressing her gratitude for everyone at Bravo, and “everyone involved with the series,” she said in the statement.
On Friday afternoon, the entrepreneur would make her departure official on social media.
The 59-year-old commemorated her time on the series by posting an Instagram photo of herself serving one of her iconic side-eye smirks!
Rinna Officially Closes The ‘RHOBH’ Chapter Of Her Life After Explosive Season
Rinna’s time on the series came to an end following the expiration of her contract with Bravo, People reported last night.
Her exit from the series comes a few months after the conclusion of the series’ twelfth season. Rinna would take issue with the series a number of times while season 12 was airing, and she would also go head-to-head with several cast members.
She faced criticism for her behavior following the reunion episode airing in October. Andy Cohen would question Rinna about the emotional rollercoaster behavior she displayed on camera during the season, and she would attribute her mother’s death as being the catalyst. (via The Blast)
Former cast member Denise Richards would call Rinna out via Instagram for her behavior.
“I WATCHED #RHOBH LAST NIGHT. WHILE I HAVE EMPATHY FOR LISA RINNA LOSING HER MOM, WHAT IS HER EXCUSE ALL THE OTHER YEARS ON THE SHOW FOR BEING SO CRUEL & VINDICTIVE?” Richards asked.
Rinna also spoke out about her irritation over how her mother’s passing in November of 2021 would be portrayed on the show.
“I’m shocked we spent 3 episodes on the word ‘dark,’ but only a few scenes on real human grief,” Rinna would write in an Instagram story in July.
She and Kathy Hilton would memorably clash during the aforementioned reunion. Hilton would call Rinna “the biggest bully in Hollywood,” and her statement was teased in trailers for several weeks before the reunion aired.
“You fight with everybody,” Hilton would tell Rinna. “What you did to my sister [former cast member Kim Richards], and you drove Lisa Vanderpump off the show. “I mean, the list can go on and on.” (per The Blast)
Rinna Is Ready To Move On From Her Years Spent On The Bravo Series!
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Rinna happily bid adieu to the series in her Instagram post from Friday.
“We had a good run,” the Rinna Beauty founder would caption her photo, “Love you! See you soon,” she wrote. She also included a number of emojis.
Rinna’s co-star Erika Jayne sent her pal off with good wishes. Jayne commented “GOAT. Love you Lisa” with three kissing face emojis.
Entertainment correspondent (and Chris Harrison’s fiancée) Lauren Zima commented “You gave us so much!”
Reality TV reporter Zachery Reality wrote, “It took me awhile to come around to you, but you were housewives hall of fame & no one can deny that.”
“Real Housewives of Atlanta” alumna Kim Zolciak-Biermann wrote, “we [heart] you”
Perez Hilton commented, “You queen!!!”
Rinna called her experience on the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” “a fun eight-year-run” in her statement and would express her excitement for the future. “and I am excited for what is to come,” she concluded. (per People)
As of this writing, Jayne is the only cast member to explicitly commemorate Rinna’s exit from the series.
Ding dong.
— Lisa Vanderpump (@LisaVanderpump) January 6, 2023
Many Twitter users believed Vanderpump may have been referencing Rinna’s exit in a tweet from yesterday, simply reading “ding dong.” She would also retweet a link from Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live” from a recent interview with Jessica Chastain, wherein the “Inside Tammy Faye” actress expressed her wishes for Vanderpump to return to the series.
