‘I f***ing hated this year’: Lisa Rinna gives candid interview about her shocking exit from RHOBH

Lisa Rinna has opened up about her shocking exit from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, speaking her truth to Interview.

The veteran actress, 59 – who shocked the Housewives Universe earlier this month when she announced her exit from RHOBH after eight seasons – gave an extremely candid interview to journalist Mel Ottenberg, which was published on Friday.

Rinna revealed her raw feelings behind the tumultuous season that she ‘f***ing hated’ and spoke about an alleged ‘smear campaign’ against her online.

Lisa unleashed: Lisa Rinna, 59, has opened up about her shocking exit from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, speaking her truth to Interview

From the death of her beloved mother Lois, to her vicious war with Kathy Hilton, Rinna acknowledged that she ‘had a rough year.’

The Bravo icon began her candid interview by noting that she had just come from ‘pilates, then therapy.’

‘The story just didn’t get told as two-sidedly as I would’ve liked,’ lamented Lisa. ‘It was unfortunate that there weren’t cameras in Aspen. It was something that happened so spontaneously.’

Referring to Kathy Hilton’s alleged breakdown during a cast trip to Aspen, the reality TV flamethrower snarked: ‘In the moment, I didn’t think to turn on my voice memos. When somebody’s having a nuclear breakdown, you don’t think, ‘Oh, I should be filming this.’ ‘

Crushing her diamond: Rinna revealed her raw feelings behind the tumultuous season that she ‘f***ing hated’ and spoke about an alleged ‘smear campaign’ against her online

Owning it: The former soap star dug her heals in when it came to accusing Hilton of slandering Kyle Richards during a drunken off-camera tirade. ‘All I ever did was tell the truth,’ declared Rinna, later saying of Kathy, ‘You got to see the tail of the monster. She just showed her tail’

The former soap star dug her heals in when it came to accusing Hilton of slandering Kyle Richards during a drunken off-camera tirade. 

‘All I ever did was tell the truth,’ declared Rinna, later saying of Kathy: ‘You got to see the tail of the monster. She just showed her tail.’

Lisa coyly inferred that a behind-the-scenes coverup was orchestrated by ‘certain people’ who ‘could make certain things go away’ and ‘make sure that [Kathy Hilton] was protected.’ 

She also alluded to a ‘very calculated’ online ‘smear campaign’ against her that was perpetrated by ‘someone on payroll.’ 

But the Days of Our Lives alum did give Kathy props in the end: ‘I give her a lot of credit for showing up to the reunion, because she could have run like Lisa Vanderpump did.’

Rinna went on to say that Hilton’s ‘got balls’ before branding Vanderpump a ‘p**sy.’ 

Covert operations: Lisa coyly inferred that a behind-the-scenes coverup was orchestrated by ‘certain people’ who ‘could make certain things go away’ and ‘make sure that [Kathy Hilton] was protected.’ She also alluded to a ‘very calculated’ online ‘smear campaign’ against her that was perpetrated by ‘someone on payroll’

Bye-bye to an Icon: As she embraces her post-Housewives life, the Bravo icon shared that ‘everything Housewives has to go away for a while.’ ‘I’m good to take a break,’ she said. ‘It’s time for a break. Not a pause, I don’t go on pause. You don’t put me on pause. I go bye-bye’

While Rinna’s exit came as a major shock to RHOBH fans, the polarizing star told her fellow Housewives ‘right after the reunion’ that season 12 would be her last.

As she embraces her post-Housewives life, Lisa shared that ‘everything Housewives has to go away for a while.’

‘I’m good to take a break,’ she said. ‘It’s time for a break. Not a pause, I don’t go on pause. You don’t put me on pause. I go bye-bye.’

Calling RHOBH ‘a brutal gig,’ Lisa went on to definitively state what it takes to be a great Housewife: ‘You’ve got to be a more hardened b••ch like we are to do this show.’

Noting how ‘grateful’ she is for her time on the series, the legend added: ‘I wouldn’t change any of it. I’m grateful for the experience. I am who I am before it, during it, after it. I learned a lot, man.’ 

‘The tools that it gave me as a bad b**ch,’ she mused. ‘You can’t really cross me. I mean you can, but…. you shouldn’t.’

Bad b**ch: ‘The tools that [RHOBH] gave me as a bad b**ch,’ mused the legend. ‘You can’t really cross me. I mean you can, but…. you shouldn’t’