Lisa Rinna Says 'Grief' Over Mom's Death Is Cause of Her Online Rants: 'Sorry If I've Raged on You'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Lisa Rinnais acknowledging that recent bad behavior was rooted in emotional turmoil since thedeath of her mother.

“I have had a really rough timeof it I think you’ve seen how hard this has hit me. I’m sorry if I’ve raged on you, about you — it really has nothing to do with any of you,“she wrote, sharing a photo of a quote on the challenges of overcoming grief.

“I never thought I would feel this way. I really thought grief would be about sadness and pain but it’s so much more,” she explained. “I am really struggling, I just never thought it would feel like this but here it is. Losing my Mom has really hit me hard. Thank you for your patience with me I know it’s not easy to have warm fuzzies for me right now but I’ll get through this and hopefully come out the other side stronger and better. Thank you for your support and your love. I so so appreciate it. 🙏🏻❤️🕊🕊🕊”

Rinna recently came under fire after facing racism allegations for her beef with costarGarcelle Beauvais. The accusations surfaced shortly afterThe Realalum, who is the Bravo hit’s first and only Black lead, callednewcomer Diana Jenkins"uneducated"over a remarkshe made to another Black womanon Instagram.

“We fight on our show if we fight with Garcelle we are all of a sudden called racist,” the soap actress wrote ina since-deleted Instagram Story post. “That’s bulls—. I will not accept that. I will express myself when and how I want and I am not afraid of any of you hoes.”

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“Rinna Africa called and they want their lips back! Keep Dubai out of your mess and your mouth,” Chanel Ryanwrote on Twitteras Lesa Milanalso tweeted, “She does not want this heat, we’re notBH.. we will drag her from right up off that doctor’s table to the desert!”

Caroline Brooks shared inan extensive Instagram Story statement: “I was told this is the third timeLisa Rinnamentioned our show in a shady/negative way. Keep your posts and aggression directed at the women on your show.”

“Tread lightly Rinna! Your words/posts are reckless and disrespectful,” she added. “Calling people ‘p—–s and hoes’ on your public Instagram page 🥴 not so classy.”

After Rinna’s apology, Brooks toldE! Newsshe hoped it was “genuine.”

“I was surprised that that’s the route she went while apologizing rather than being more direct, like, ‘I messed up.’ But it could be grieving. I’m not gonna say she’s not grieving, I have no clue,” she said, noting that she wasn’t aware of Lois’s death becauseRHOBHis not shown in Dubai.

Brooks continued, “But I read the apology, it wasn’t very direct. She could have directed it at the people she offended. She made a very general statement but at least she acknowledged her wrongdoing, which is important. That shows a little bit of growth.”

She added of Rinna: “I hope she’s being genuine and I hope she really means it, because she shouldn’t just go around offending people she doesn’t know. It’s not very nice, it’s mean-spirited. And we didn’t take it well at all.”

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Rinna’s mother suffered a stroke in November and died days later. Since then, the actress hasfrequently opened upabout the difficulties she’s faced in coping with the loss.

“I find it so interesting that rage has been so ever present for me during this time,” she wrote on her Instagram Story in May. “I wonder if any of you have felt like that during the grieving process? I am having a very hard time but I’m trying to just allow space for all of the feelings.”

source: people.com