Lisa Rinna says this soap costar was the 'biggest bully in Hollywood' to her: 'A ticking time bomb'
Lisa Rinna says this soap costar was the 'biggest bully in Hollywood' to her: 'A ticking time bomb'
Raechal ShewfeltSat, February 28, 2026 at 1:54 AM UTC
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Lisa Rinna in 2026Credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty
For Lisa Rinna, her days on Days of Our Lives in the 1990s weren't without their share of stress — particularly when she was dealing with one frequent scene partner.
In her new memoir, You Better Believe I'm Gonna Talk About It, the actress and reality TV personality writes that her onscreen love for DOOL costar Robert Kelker-Kelly was strictly for the camera. In real life, she found him difficult.
"If I didn't do what he wanted, he'd give me the silent treatment," Rinna writes, per PEOPLE. "He was a ticking time bomb. I never knew when I arrived on set each morning if I'd get nice Robert Kelker-Kelly or dark Robert Kelker-Kelly. He was unpredictable and it was exhausting."
Lisa Rinna and Robert Kelker-Kelly on 'Days of Our Lives'Credit: NBC
To stress her point, the star of The Traitors and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills references the latter show.
"Behind the scenes, we hated each other," she says of Kelker-Kelly, who played Bo Brady to her Billie. "Remember when Kathy Hilton said I was the biggest bully in Hollywood? Not true. Not even close! I have legit stories about the real bullies in this town. Robert Kelker-Kelly is one of those bullies."
Rinna also alleges that he "made my life a living hell on the set of Days. He was horrible to me… He was passive-aggressive, manipulative and played weird mind games."
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Rinna was part of DOOL from 1992 to 1995, although she's returned to the daytime show for multiple stints since then. Meanwhile, Kelker-Kelly was also on the show from 1992 to 1995.
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to Kelker-Kelly for comment on Rinna's remarks. A rep for Days of Our Lives declined to comment.
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Published this week, Rinna's book is billed as spilling "ALL the tea!"
The author was confronted on the air by talk show host Tamron Hall on Thursday about all the drama she brought to Housewives while she was there, and with her new book. Hall predicted that Rinna would never again talk to some of the people she had mentioned.
"Probably not," Rinna replied. "I've tried. Everyone I talk about — just about — in here, I have tried to make amends, or I have made amends. There are some people in our lives, you've probably all come across it, where amends are not able to be made. So, what do you do about that, when you want to move on, but that other person is like, no?"
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