As the drama in Dubai continues this week on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, on-again BFFs Lisa Vanderpump and Kyle Richards will find their relationship challenged thanks to the continued claims from Lisa Rinna that LVP orchestrated all the on-camera Munchausen's talk regarding co-star Yolanda Hadid—and tried to throw Kyle under the bus in the process.
Rinna's shocking allegations made waves last week when they came to light, but even more shocking was Kyle's admission that she already knew about it—and she was over it.
"It was something that happened four months ago, which is why I didn't understand why Lisa Rinna was bringing it up now and why she wanted me to get involved with it," Kyle explained as she sat down with E! News to chat about the rest of season six on Tuesday. "I had already had a conversation with Lisa Vanderpump in the moment when I was upset and we handled it then."
If that's the case, then why all the fireworks at dinner on their last night in Dubai? "Honestly, I feel like our friendship has come so far and we both really care about each other. I just didn't want to back and bring it all up again and cause more problems, but I did want her to acknowledge that it happened. So that's kind of what that's about."
During the argument, Kyle references some nearly-ancient history (a season two skirmish involving Taylor Armstrong and talk of LVP's ego), but she's got a good reason for it: "I was using the example of what happened way back with Taylor just to say, 'It's OK, it happened. Our friendship can handle this. Just be honest about this.'"
So, does Kyle think her BFF was bullied during their time away from Beverly Hills? Not exactly. "No, I do not think that at all. I think that Lisa Rinna and Eileen [Davidson] obviously had a bone to pick with Lisa Vanderpump and I was just not going to jump on that train," she said. "I think that obviously it was difficult with her, but we all go through difficult times on this show. There's not one season where somebody gets by unscathed, so it happens to all of us."
As Rinna continues to make claims this week that all the drama this season is one massive game between LVP and Yo, "two highly-narcissistic individuals battling it out to be queen," as she lovingly refers to them, Kyle admits there may be a bit of a rivalry between the two (though nothing at the level of Rinna's hysteria). "I think that Yolanda and Lisa Vanderpump, there's definitely something there that's gone on for a long time. I don't know exactly what it is. I've even said this to Yolanda," she admitted. "I don't know if it's a friendship with Mohamed [Hadid, Yolanda's ex-husband,] or what it is, but there's definitely been an unspoken—I don't know. There's something there."
For more from Kyle, including her candid comments on Brandi Glanville's appearance during the season six reunion and whether she hopes sister Kim Richards returns to the series for season seven, be sure to press play on the video above!
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on Bravo.
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