Lisa Rinna is on the defense, and rightly so. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star has been left holding the bag in the whole Yolanda Foster’s Friends Question Her Lyme Disease debacle. She took to her Bravo blog to straighten the viewers out on a number of things – the Munchausen mess, the Lisa Vanderpump mess and more.
Lisa starts out explaining once again that she didn’t say that Yolanda Foster had Munchausen, but once she dipped her toe into the Lyme controversy, Lisa Vanderpump and Kyle Richards left her holding the bag. The flaming bag of shit. “This whole situation is not black and white, it’s very gray, and yes, there were speculations, questions and concerns among all of us. LVP and Kyle certainly played their part in questioning Yolanda’s illness and the motives for her Instagram posts, and I felt once I said Munchausen they both back-tracked and let me just take all the sh– for it, which I did. And I own that. But that’s all it was, a conversation. Not a diagnosis or a label as none of us is a doctor.”
She continued, “Before I ever brought up the M word, LVP and Kyle were both questioning Yolanda’s illness, her Instagram posts, whether it really was Lyme or if it could possibly be fibromyalgia, depression, menopause…or possibly something triggered by a terrible event, much like Kyle’s symptoms after her mother died.”
And yes, Rinna is sick to death of Yolanda picking and choosing what events she is up for and getting a pass every single time, no matter what the excuse. “OK, I used the word “enraged”. Big deal! I was mad, pissed off and frustrated that Yolanda was getting a pass every time she decided to not show up at an event or a dinner or some other gathering that the rest of us rearranged our lives for. She chose to spend that afternoon with Brandi and Kim instead of showing up for her good friend Erika’s introductory dinner party. I thought it was bullsh–, and even though Erika said she didn’t mind, it pissed me off. It pushed a button in me and let loose the “rage” Kraken! It was more “frustrage” than “outrage” or outright rage, but let’s remember a few other words and phrases that have been used this year: I will ANNIHILATE her; why did you let that ORANGUTAN out of her cage; F—ING C—; F—ING B*TCH; I could say she is BI-POLAR but I never would; the very popular C—Y and C— but my favorite is…I’ve got a lot in my VAULT, honey! So zip it about the word enraged and it being a big word already.”
On her chat with Eileen, “I may have gone too far with Eileen on the beach. I admit that it was in the heat of the moment, but boy did it feel good to release it and free myself!”
On her shifting view of Lisa Vanderpump, “Eileen has been pushy about me talking to LVP to her face. Maybe rightfully so, but maybe not. I have been reluctant to get on the LVP manipulation train, and I have been one of the last holdouts. Until something happens directly to me, I always give that person the benefit of the doubt, and I did that here with LVP. Until I didn’t because she did it to me. Game changer.”
She asserts, “Everyone from Camille, Adrienne, Taylor, Kyle, Kim, Brandi, Eileen, Erika, and Yolanda has said very strong things about LVP being manipulative. Calling her Bobby Fischer, a puppet master, that she pits people against one another, etc. We have seen it all played out here for six years, and if I were LVP, I think I would take a look at myself and ask why are all of these women saying this about me? What part do I play in all of this? What is my responsibility in all of this? Wouldn’t you look deep within yourself and take some sort of responsibility for an issue that continues to rise to the surface again and again?”
Lisa tries to break down the confusion over who said what, “LVP did come out after me when I left her house after the Munchausen convo and she said, “Why didn’t you bring Kyle into it?” I thought that was so odd. According to Kyle, LVP went back in the house, ran upstairs and said to Kyle, “Whew, I thought Rinna was going to bring YOU into it!” Now why would LVP do that? Why would she want Kyle involved in the Munchausen convo? I’m going to leave it up to you, the audience, to figure that out.”
She concludes, “What went down in Dubai was a long time coming. I would much rather have had a great time playing in Dubai. In the long run, I don’t care about any of this nonsense, but after traveling 17 hours, going non-stop, we had reached our boiling point and this had to be addressed. Now, if you notice LVP’s demeanor in Dubai, she is rather passive. She plays the “poor me” victim very well. Well you’re only the victim if you want to be, and that is strictly your choice. I think if you watch her and her body language, it says it all. She’s conveniently having trouble remembering what really happened, and she will never admit to it. Never. That’s just how she rolls.”
And for one final time (we hope), she explains that Munchausen conversation,”Now let’s set the origination of Munchausen record straight: I had a conversation with Faye Woods. Faye has colored my hair for 15 years, she has a private salon at her house and we were chit chatting like you do with your hairdresser. She said that she has a friend that she believes has Munchausen and has had it for 30 years. In her opinion, she thought Yolanda’s symptoms seemed similar. It was a conversation and just that. A conversation. The rest has taken on a life of its own.”
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