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Andy Cohenis tipping his hat toLisa Rinna’s run onThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
On Thursday, PEOPLE exclusively confirmed that Rinna, 59, was bidding farewell to the Bravo series after eight seasons.
“This is the longest job I have held in my 35 year career and I am grateful to everyone at Bravo and all those involved in the series,” Rinna said in a statement. “It has been a fun eight-year run and I am excited for what is to come!”
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The decision was made as Rinna’s contract expired at the end of last season. After weighing her options and business obligations, she and Bravo mutually decided that she would not return toRHOBH.
After the announcement, Rinna’s former castmateLisa Vanderpump— whom Rinna accused of orchestrating storylines in 2019 — seeminglythrew shadeat the starwith a simple tweetthat read, “Ding dong.” (Presumably, fans were encouraged to mentally fill in the rest of the line fromThe Wizard of Oz: “The witch is dead.")
Rinna joined the franchise in its fifth season, which premiered in 2014. In her debut season, the actress was involved inone of the show’s most memorable fightswhen she hurled a wine glass at then-costar Kim Richards, who’d alluded Rinna didn’t want something to get out about her husbandHarry Hamlin.
Over the years, Rinna has continued to find herselfentangled in dramaon the show.
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On the latest season ofRHOBH, the Rinna Beauty founder raised her voice repeatedly atSutton Strackeafter her costar claimed tohave never received thanksfor purchasing Rinna and Hamlin’s tickets forElton John’s annual charity benefit. Later, fans — and currentRHOBHstars — took issue with how Rinna continued to leverage overKathy Hilton’s alleged meltdownduring the cast’s Aspen trip.
The cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 12.Tommy Garcia/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
“I got booed! It was fabulous,” Rinna told PEOPLE exclusively. “I’m like a wrestler. The wrestlers get booed. The most famous wrestlers in the world get booed.The Rock[Dwayne Johnson] got booed for God’s sake. I loved it. I’ve been in this business for 32 years.”
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