#RHOBH Lisa Rinna Is Not Vindicated (yet)

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I do not know what has gotten into Eileen Davidson these days. She seems to have a one track mind to make Lisa Vanderpump look like this bad guy and wants to believe any claims that make Vanderpump look bad. Eileen acts like she and Lisa Rinna are vindicated for exposing Vanderpump for the evil manipulative person that she is. Newsflash, Eileen: Rinna is NOT vindicated! Vanderpump has yet to be caught in a lie in regards to the “m” word or any other conflict with Rinna!

Now I am not saying that Rinna is lying intentionally nor that Vanderpump is the innocent victim (but I do admit that this blog may come across that way). Ultimately, the truth is still up in the air and Eileen should not simply believe Rinna because Rinna is throwing Eileen’s nemesis, Vanderpump, under the bus.

Now, I will not deny that Vanderpump has been accused of being manipulative by others in the past. Like Rinna has said in her March 29, 2016 Bravo blog, “We have seen it all played out here for six years, and if I were LVP, I think I would take a look at myself and ask why are all of these women [are] saying this about me?”. Now, have this not been a Hollywood reality show with one star being more popular than the rest and I have had the opportunity to be a fly on the wall to watch all of this organically, I would 100% be with Rinna on this one. Now, I do not completely disagree with Rinna, but I am left questioning motives. And it is not like everyone is saying Vanderpump is manipulative; she still has friends, and former and current co-stars who will denounce this and praise her integrity.

Now back to the main point of this blog regarding Rinna not being vindicated (like Vanderpump). I will pick apart the claims and evidence that Rinna has against Vanderpump.

• Kyle backs Rinna’s claim that Vanderpump threw Kyle under the bus: while in Dubai, Rinna tells Eileen and then Kyle that after bringing up the “m” word, Vanderpump goes to Rinna (possibly off camera) to ask her why she would not “bring Kyle into this”. Vanderpump denies Rinna’s claim and says that she actually says to Rinna “I thought you were going to bring ALL OF US into this, especially Kyle”. Kyle says to Rinna that she “knows” about Rinna’s talk with Vanderpump despite not being an actual witness to that conversation and adds that Vanderpump has come to her after talking to Rinna and says “I thought Rinna was going to throw you [Kyle] into it” as if she is relieved though Kyle believes Vanderpump has been sneaky in that moment. Eileen acts as if Vanderpump has been caught in a lie?!

  How is Vanderpump caught?! First of all, Rinna is the only witness to that conversation to make that claim; the other witness, being Vanderpump, is saying that the conversation did not happen that way. Second of all, just because Eileen and Kyle have been on the property on that day, that does not mean that they have witnessed the conversation. It sounds like they both want to believe that Rinna is saying the truth because it satisfies their belief that Vanderpump is sneaky. Third of all, what Kyle claims to have witness echoes what Vanderpump claims to have told Rinna, which is a reason why some of my twitter buddies are wondering if Rinna may have misheard Vanderpump. If you pay close attention to Rinna’s history, she does not always remember things exactly how it’s said so she ends up giving a subjective interpretation (I should write a blog about that).

• Rinna has phone records to prove that Vanderpump has indeed called her about Munchausen : In the first reunion episode of the season, and in and earlier episode and blogs, Rinna says that Vanderpump has called her to encourage her to bring up Munchhausen. Vanderpump denies such phone conversation saying that she rarely calls Rinna but does acknowledges that she has spoke to Rinna “4 or 5 times” on the phone. Rinna pulls out her phone records “proving” that there are 10 phone calls. We have to wait and see how this will unfold but, at the moment, the nature of those calls are unknown (made, received, answered, voicemail, how long, etc.). The piece of paper also would not go into detail of the context of those calls so they could have been talking about anything. And most importantly, Vanderpump does not say she “never” calls Rinna but rather “rarely”, but Rinna is putting words in Vanderpump’s mouth which helps her own argument.
• More phone talk; Rinna says Vanderpump has lied in Malibu about “never” calling Rinna: Some of my twitter buddies have brought this up so I have recently transcribed this scene (from season 6, episode 16). In this scene, you see that Vanderpump is denying calling and texting Rinna in wake of Yolanda Hadid calling Rinna “bipolar”, but she does acknowledge speaking to Rinna on the phone earlier in the day. Rinna insists, in her talking head, that Vanderpump has in fact called her in regards to “bipolar”. Vanderpump asks, “When have I spoken to you on the phone?”, and Rinna does not come with an answer.

  In her April 12, 2016 Bravo blog, Rinna makes reference to that scene, denying Vanderpump’s claims of “never” speaking to her on the phone. Instead of talking about the phone calls where Vanderpump talks about bipolar, she talks about phone calls about Munchausen? Rinna writes, “While we were at dinner in Malibu at the Malibu Farm, the night Kyle invited all of us to Dubai, LVP said she had never spoken to me on the phone, and I can say without a doubt that she has indeed called me…many times! Let’s break that down a bit. In one phone bill cycle, I spoke to LVP on the phone 10 times and within a specific 24-hour period, she called me five times to infer that others knew I had brought up the “M” word and further hinted that, in her opinion, I should, sooner or later, admit this.”. Okay, it looks like Rinna has gotten herself confused, as has the audience. The phone calls here definitely fall in line with the calls mentioned in the previous point, and Vanderpump’s claim of only calling “4 or 5 times” makes more sense. As for Vanderpump denying to have called and text Rinna about Yolanda using the “bipolar” label, she has yet to be proven a liar on that note.

• There goes our f*cking story line: Going back to that scene in the season’s first reunion epsidoe, you would notice that Rinna claims that when the cast have been discussing Yolanda’s make-up free face at Rinna’s birthday dinner, Rinna’s husband, Harry Hamlin, supposedly tells the other that they should support Yolanda “whether she’s sick or not” (Harry has since said that he may have been misquoted), which would get Vanderpump to say “There goes our f*cking story line!”  I do not know how long the cameras may have been rolling, but if it is said on camera, I would expect the footage to be used, or at least a flashback footage during the reunion episodes to back Rinna’s recollection (we must watch and see, but I doubt it will happen).  Whether it has happened on or off camera, Kyle’s reaction strikes out to me; I am not a body language expert but, to me, Kyle appears shocked as if she is wondering how the hell Vanderpump would manage to insert that comment.  I also want to give a shout out to Chay Eday for pointing out that after Harry arrives to Rinna’s birthday dinner, he ends up sitting in between the Lisa’s, so if Vanderpump has said it, it would not have just been Rinna who would hear it, and it is not like Kyle seems to remember Vanderpump saying it.
• Eileen is NOT a witness: I feel like Eileen expects the audience to take her and Rinna’s word for it when throwing Vanderpump under the bus. As far as the audience is concerned, Eileen has not been there for the alleged “Munchausen” and “Bipolar” phone calls (unless she has yet to claim witness).  As far as the audience is concerned, Eileen has not been there when Vanderpump has supposedly told Rinna “You should bring Kyle into this” (yes, Eileen was at the property on the day of, but unless Eileen comes forward saying that she has been eavesdropping that conversation or has a secret recording of it, she cannot give herself too much credibility on this). It’s alright if she simply believes that Rinna is telling the truth and feels that Rinna has good evidence (that I would beg to differ) but she needs to acknowledge that the truth is still up in the air. Like my title says, Rinna is not vindicated, yet (at this rate, she may never be vindicated, but you never know).

 

I have said this before and I will say this again, I do not believe that Rinna is lying intentionally.  As Rinna continues to share more evidence, to me, it is looking more like her conflict with Vanderpump has started from a misunderstanding and subjective persuasion from Eileen.  Those two obviously have their issues with Vanderpump, and I understand confiding in each other over outside conflict; it probably would have been better if Eileen would not have gotten so overly involved in Rinna’s issue with Vanderpump and have just stuck to her own issue with Vanderpump.  If anything, I think Eileen has done more damage to Rinna than help in regards to Rinna’s relationship with Vanderpump.  Now, I should not get carried away and give Eileen too much credit for the demise of the Lisa’s. At the end of the day, it is Rinna’s choice to turn against her long time friend regardless of the advice of another close friend.  I also do not want Rinna to flip and blame Eileen for ending her friendship.  As we see, Rinna’s story line is that she is being “manipulated” by Vanderpump which is a convenient way to distance oneself from ownership.

 

I hope these ladies come to a positive resolution. They do not have to be friends but if they can at least stop trashing each other publicly, that would be a huge step up.

 

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