Is Lisa Vanderpump drumming up drama between Kyle Richards and Erika Jayne to promote the return of ‘Vanderpump Rules?’
Kyle Richards certainly thinks so — and says that Lisa’s claim that she spread rumors about Erika Jayne’s financial issues at Andy Cohen’s baby shower are false.
via Page Six:
Richards’ response, a series of crying-laughing face emojis, came after Bravo fan and “The Sl*t Pig” podcast host Christian Gray Snow shared a screenshot of Page Six’s story about Vanderpump’s comments.
Snow threw shade at Vanderpump, 61, in his caption, implying that she made the allegation in an effort to promote the new season of her long-running spin-off, “Vanderpump Rules.” The social media personality also mocked the restauranteur’s Peacock series “Vanderpump Dogs,” which premiered in June to little fanfare.
“When your show premieres tomorrow but your last spin-off only averaged 6 weekly viewers,” Snow sniped. “Pathetic lmao ???”
Vanderpump’s frenemy Dorit Kemsley also commented on the post with crying-laughing face emojis, expressing her own amusement at the allegations and support for her close friend Richards, 52.
Vanderpump, 61 — who exited “Beverly Hills” in 2019 after a turbulent Season 9 — claimed that the hearsay about Jayne’s personal miseries began with Richards in a recent interview with DailyMailTV.
“It didn’t surprise me when Camille told me that it was Kyle that had told her the gossip about her supposed friend Erika Jayne,” she said. “That’s how Kyle works.”
Vanderpump’s comments came after fellow “RHOBH” alum Camille Grammer claimed via Twitter that a West Coast-based “Housewife” and “good friend” of Jayne’s circulated stories about the now-embattled Bravolebrity at Cohen’s star-studded celebration.
Jayne, 50, is currently facing a series of lawsuits over allegations that her luxe life with estranged husband Tom Girardi was funded by money funneled to her from the disgraced attorney’s former law firm, Girardi Keese. She was later accused of using the couple’s November 2020 divorce filing to hide assets from victims of Lion Air Flight 610.
A source who attended Cohen’s splashy fête — which took place at The Palm Beverly Hills — exclusively told Page Six that Vanderpump’s claim about Richards “doesn’t seem to add up.”
“Kyle organized the event and was so busy, running around the room like a chicken with her head cut off. Why would she go out of her way to start gossip?” the insider questioned, adding that Vanderpump “wasn’t even there.”
“She’s playing from a tired playbook and looks desperate. Lisa loves to throw gas on the fire and then run away,” added the partygoer, who has known Vanderpump for years. “She should stay in her lane and worry about promoting her own show.”
‘Vanderpump Rules’ is back on Bravo, if you care. Meanwhile — we’re waiting for the ‘RHOBH’ 4-part reunion!
