Kim Richards: RHOBH Kinda Ruined My Life!

Anyone battling substance abuse knows that calling it an “uphill battle” is an understatement.

Kim Richards acknowledged this in a feature for People Magazine.

“Yes I’ve made mistakes, but I try and try again,” she said.  “Because I do love myself, and I love my children and I want to get this right.”

Richards told the magazine that her battle against alcoholism started when she was 24 and dealing with the end of her second marriage to oil heir Gregg Davis.

Prior to that, Richards said she had “sips” of alcohol “every now and then,” but it was at that age when she admits she had her “first real drink.”

Growing up in show business, Richards said she took care of herself.

“I was always disciplined and driven about my body and what I put into it,” she explained.

“But the pressure with the divorce and the custody battle, it got to me.”

Richards said she would have a glass of wine at night, but her alcohol consumption increased gradually.

“I started noticing I was drinking a lot,” she remembers. “That’s when my issue started.”

Over the next twenty years, Richards struggled with the addiction, and went to rehab in 2011.

Joining The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2010 was “disorienting” for the actress.

“The drama started, and there was fighting and traveling, and I got overwhelmed.”

Things came to a blow with her sister, Kyle in the season one finale, when Kyle told Kim inside a limo she was sick and “an alcoholic.”

After an April 2015 arrest at the Beverly Hills Hotel, as well shoplifting charges at a Van Nuys Target a few months later, Richards is now “in a very good place.”

She tries to keep the guilt at bay.

“I’m sorry for people I’ve let down,” she told the magazine. “But my concern is to myself and to my children, first and foremost.

“I don’t beat myself up because it makes it worse. I have to own it and accept it and move on.”

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RHOBH Cast Shake-Up: Who"s Getting Fired?

If you’re hating season six’s cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, then we have good news for you.

It appears that producers are thinking about replacing two cast members in order to bring in some fresh blood and newer, more interesting storylines.

“Producers are casting two more housewives,” a source told Radar Online.

The plan right now is to get “rid of Kathryn Edwards” and test out replacements.  Edwards only just joined the cast this season, and she’s kind of a pain in the ass.

This decision, we’re fine with.  We did not, however, see the next one coming…

Kyle Richards is also on the chopping block.

“The whole situation with the sibling drama between Kyle and Kim is getting old,” the source said of the Richard sisters (Kim isn’t a full-time cast member this season).

“That really is Kyle’s only storyline, so they may just invite Kim back.”

No decision has been made yet, though.

“They are taking it day by day because they don’t know how Kim is going to behave now that she’s taking care of herself,” the source explained. “But they are conflicted and not sure they want to explore her story again, either.”

It’s a dangerous game to play, especially because Kim “is known for always demanding more money.”

Producers “aren’t playing that game” anymore, because it’s a huge hassle, and a new face will hopefully change things.

“They are going to have an extra new cast member on hand to replace anyone who isn’t working out,” the source added.

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RHOBH: Yolanda Foster Storms Off Reunion Set After "Vicious" Attack

These b-tches are awful.

Taping for this season’s reunion of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills turned out to be a disaster emotionally, if the reports are anything to go by.

But hey, RATINGS.

Yolanda Foster has had to defend her battle against Lyme disease while Lisa Rinna, Kyle Richards and Lisa Vanderpump continue to fling accusations that she’s exaggerating her illness.

A source from the set told Radar Online that Foster “initially didn’t want to participate in the reunion taped last Thursday.

“But Bravo reminded her that it’s part of the contract.”

In the real world, people don’t often search for clues that someone is faking an illness because that’s just wrong.

In Bravo’s world, everything is fair game.

“She knew the women were going to be coming at her, but she had no clue how vicious it was going to be,” the source continued.

“Yolanda was getting very defensive, and started crying, as if that might stop the barrage of questions.

“It didn’t, and it ended with Yolanda storming off the set.” 

This is a complete 180 from the way Foster was treated at last year’s reunion, when she stayed for only a short amount of time because she wasn’t feeling well.

At last Thursday’s taping, Foster “said she felt ganged up on, and it took more than twenty minutes of producers cajoling Yolanda to get her to agree to come back to the set and finish filming.”

Rinna, Vanderpump and Richards had no sympathy.

They “didn’t feel sorry that Yolanda felt attacked,” the source pointed out.

“Lisa Rinna said she felt Yolanda used her as a scapegoat all season to deflect from what was going on in her failing marriage to David Foster.”

Andy Cohen tried to strip Foster of any dignity she had remaining by pushing her “to confess what wrong with the marriage to David.

“Yolanda blamed her illness as a contributing factor leading to the divorce.  But she refused to reveal any details beyond the barest of details about the divorce to David.

Yeah because she has respect for her ex-husband.

“It was frustrating for everyone else, because she just wasn’t willing to discuss the personal details of her life,” the source said. 

Erica Girardi was the only one sticking up for Foster while the others (Kathryn Edwards and Eileen Davis were not mentioned in the report) went HAM on their co-star.

Girardi got “very defensive about Yolanda and felt it was her duty to stand up for her friend,” the source said.

It sounds like things went well.

RHOBH Reunion Drama: Yolanda Foster Comes Under Attack!!!

We’re not even close to ending this conversation about Lyme disease.

Yesterday, Lisa Rinna Instagram’d a photo from the set of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion special with the caption, “Gametime.”

Rinna has been extra dramatic this season, feeling the need to defend any doubts she’s had about Yolanda Foster’s Lyme disease.

Sources at the reunion taping told Radar Online that the ladies are far from burying the hatchet.

“Expect Lisa Rinna to ask Yolanda why she is continuing to color her hair after she previously said said she would no longer be doing so because of toxic concerns,” a source squealed.

Foster is still pissed at Rinna, Kyle Richards and Lisa Vanderpump.  And guess what? They’re pissed at her.

A source describes all three women as being “hot under the collar because of Yolanda‘s antics involving the Lyme disease diagnosis.

“Yolanda has been playing the sick card for way too long, and they are all sick of it. While the group believes Yolanda was sick, no one believes it was as serious as she made it out to be.”

What a nice thing to say about someone who’s been poked with needle after needle over the last three or so years.

Meanwhile, Erica Girardi still loathes big-mouth Kathryn Edwards for playing the worst game of telephone EVER with Lisa Vanderpump.

“Erika Jayne is is going to call her out for blabbing things the two discussed in confidence to the other women,” the source added.

The women have been told by production that filming could go on for as long as twelve hours a day, which probably makes for at least two parts of the reunion special (damn you, Andy Cohen).

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Yolanda Foster and Muhamed Hadid Slam "RHOBH" Co-stars

After watching Lisa Vanderpump say that her ex-husband, Muhamed Hadid doesn’t believe their children have Lyme disease, Yolanda Foster had to once again defend herself and her family.

On last night’s episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Foster joined the ladies at Kyle Richards’ home for a BBQ.  Since she was still recovering from breast implant removal surgery, Foster only stayed a brief time.  

It wasn’t until after Foster left that the women started talking about how two of her children, Bella and Anwar, had contracted Lyme disease as well.

Vanderpump, who is a friend of Hadid’s, told the other women that he didn’t believe his children were affected.

This prompted Hadid to speak out via Instagram.

“I do not wish to make public my family’s private matters, but I would like to make it clear that I completely and unequivocally support my children and their mother,” he wrote last night.

“I can only imagine that my response to a question at dinner asking how my kids are doing with ‘fine’ was misconstrued. I have too much respect for all 5 of my children to speak about them publicly in a restaurant or otherwise. 

“I will not speak further on something that should be put to rest now.”  

Foster couldn’t hold back after watching the episode.

“Tonight’s show was disheartening,” she wrote on her BravoTV blog.

“Still, I am the subject of conversation amongst ‘friends.’ Looks like I got out of dodge right on time at that barbecue. The only thing I saw grilling was gossip…I have nothing to prove and know that my journey is public due to the job I’ve chosen as a Housewife, but I can’t accept something so delicate as my children’s health being talked about in such a way.

“I know I’m not the only mother who would speak to this…It’s one thing when your integrity is doubted, spoken of behind your back, but it strikes another cord when it’s your children.”

To further drive her point home, Foster posted a 2015 photo of herself with Bella in bed as the model was receiving IV fluid.

“Watching my brave babies stuffer in silence in order to support me in my journey has struck the deepest core of hopelessness inside of me, it is because of them that I continue to fight relentlessly,” Foster wrote.

“I will not allow them to live a life of pain and suffering, I will prevail and walk to the end of the earth to find a cure for them and millions of others debilitated by this invisible disease!!!!

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Erika Jayne Unleashes "Inner Bad Girl" on RHOBH

We"ve been waiting to meet the woman who"s never said no to a body stocking.

I"m not much of a techno-lovin" dance club kid, so I"m not familiar with singer Erika Jayne, also known as Erika Girardi.

Jayne, 46, has been on the club scene since 2007, with a string of hits to show for it.  She"s been married to "uber famous" lawyer Tom Girardi for 15 years.

Tom defended residents of Hinkley, CA after their water was contaminated, earning them a $ 333 million settlement; the case inspired the movie Erin Brokovitch.

Erika and Tom are friends with Yolanda and David Foster, whom Tom calls "two extraordinarily terrific people."

Tom"s happy with Erika appearing on the show, but don"t expect to see him in any episodes.

"I told them they could photograph the back of my head twice,” Tom told The National Law Journal. “Hopefully, I dodge it.” 

Anyhoo, Jayne"s big introduction features her rehearsing for an upcoming show, which involves gyrating, trying on aforementioned body stockings, and talking about how "sassy" she is.

"She"s class and ass and heels, all woman all the time and curvy," Jayne explained. "She"s over the top fabulous."

"Erika Jayne is a total rebel," she says. "If I don"t honor my inner bad girl, I"m not going to be happy."

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs tonight at 9pm ET on Bravo.

Brandi Glanville"s Awesome Reason For Returning to RHOBH

Wait a minute…is she coming or going?

Brandi Glanville showed up at the W Hollywood last night for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ season six premiere party (why the party was held two days after the show’s premiere is anyone’s guess).

Either Glanville can’t make up her mind or Andy Cohen & Co. are screwing us around, because we can’t figure out if Glanville is back on the show or just felt like showing up to the party.

We do know that Glanville has shot a few upcoming scenes with Yolanda Foster and Kim Richards, and the reason she agreed to filming was plain and simple.

“Money” she told People on the red carpet.

Glanville was just as offended by Kyle Richards’ and Lisa Vanderpump’s attitudes towards Foster on December 1st’s premiere episode; both were critical of Foster’s appearance when she attended Lisa Rinna’s birthday dinner without wearing makeup.

“#Rhobh tonight was both mean and boring,” Glanville tweeted.

“Breathe breathe …” she wrote soon after.  “So If you fuck with @YolandaHFoster you fuck with me!She is prettier than all the women on the cast ten fold inside &out.”

Glanville is currently filming a new reality series, Famously Single for E! alongside Pauly D, Aubrey O’Day and Calum Best, whom she’s been linked to recently (and has denied).

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