Kyle Richards is admitting that when it came to her time on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills with former friend Lisa Vanderpump, the restauranteur wasn’t always pleasant.
While appearing on Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge‘s podcast on Thursday, Kyle admitted that things were “terrible” before LVP left after season nine, discussed the supposed salary demands of her sister, Kathy Hilton, and shared what she regrets the most about her time on the show.
During the December 9 episode of Two T’s in a Pod, Teddi brought up a moment in which “Lisa Vanderpump flipped out,” prompting Kyle to share some behind-the-scenes details about Lisa’s alleged demands for the center diamond of the opening credits.
“She said she wasn’t going to hold the diamond off to the side… Do you remember they used to make us [hold it out in each direction] and then you didn’t know [who would end up in the center]?” Kyle asked the ladies, giving a nod to the pre-season shoots. “She would only do center because she didn’t want to be on the side.”
Teddi also shared her experience with an unnamed diva of the series.
“There are people when you go to dinners that only want to be filmed from certain sides of their faces. There’s all different types of things that go into this. We did, for sure. ‘Do you mind if I sit on this side? I like this side better?’ She’s in the Fox Force Five. That’s all I’m saying,” Teddi revealed.
After then noting that she doesn’t think she and Lisa will ever be friends again, Kyle said that she is “sad” about the end of their years-long friendship.
“If I care about somebody and we have a falling out, I lose sleep over that. I get very upset over things like that,” Kyle confessed.
That said, Kyle believes RHOBH “changed” for the better after Lisa quit.
“In doing a show like this, there’s always somebody you think, ‘Oh, I gotta watch my back. This one could be doing this or that.’ And we don’t have that anymore,” Kyle explained. “I don’t feel like anybody is home digging up stuff. And when it felt like that, it was terrible. It was so anxiety-provoking.”
Moving onto the swirling rumors regarding Kathy’s potential return, Kyle said Kathy is “embarrassed” by the reports suggesting she’s asking Bravo for millions.
“She said to me, ‘I’m so embarrassed. Where do they come up with these numbers?’ They always do that. They always say the craziest things. They say who’s making what. It’s never right,” Kyle pointed out. “She did not ask for that. She was shooting [Paris Hilton]’s show, planning Paris’ wedding, all at the same time. It would have been impossible [for her to film].”
Although Kyle and her castmates have been filming season 12 since October, and Kathy has been absent from a number of group events, Kyle said if she had to guess, she’d say, “yes,” to Kathy’s return.
Also during the interview, Kyle was asked about her biggest RHOBH regret.
“There’s so many. If I’m going to start with season one, it’s obvious: The limo scene with my sister Kim. That 100 percent, would be the first thing,” she confirmed.