Lisa Rinna isn’t ruling out a return to The Real Housewives, but it would come with a hefty price tag.
Speaking at the LA Times Festival of Books, Rinna revealed what it would take to get her back on reality TV, joking that her husband Harry Hamlin has even higher expectations.
“You guys are gonna laugh and think I’m ridiculous, but I was like, ‘I might do it for $5 million,’” she said. “He’s like, ‘No, 10. $10 million, you can go back.’”
While the comment was lighthearted, Rinna also reflected more seriously on her final season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which was filmed shortly after the death of her mother.
“Rage was the first emotion that came. I didn’t expect that,” she explained. “You think you’re going to be in shock, and then you think you’re going to be really sad? Well, I went immediately into rage, and that’s not really very cute.”
She admitted that her grief impacted not only her behavior but also how she was perceived by others.
“I think my being in grief triggered the housewives, and it triggered the audience.”
Since leaving RHOBH, Rinna has taken a different approach to reality TV — most notably on The Traitors, where she quickly became a standout.
“So when I decided to do ‘Traitors,’ I was like, ‘Self, listen. You’re gonna go in there and just be you. No Housewives s—, none of that reactionary stuff.’”
She even joked about how much she enjoyed playing the villain.
“I could kill people, I could lie, I could deceive, I could backstab. Heaven.”
Rinna also made a clear distinction between her experience on the two shows.
“‘Housewives’ is not a game. ‘Traitors’ is a game,” she said. “‘Housewives,’ you just try to protect yourself from the drama and the toxicity… you’re dealing with real relationships and real conflict.”
For now, a return to RHOBH doesn’t seem imminent, but if Bravo is willing to meet her price, Rinna is clearly open to the idea.
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