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Lisa Rinna called the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills the “f**king titanic.” She also shared why she believes Bravo is “courting the s**t” out of Lisa Vanderpump to return, and if she thinks Vanderpump will do it.

Back in 2019, Vanderpump failed to show up at the reunion amid rumors that she had leaked a negative story about her friend Dorit Kemsley. At the time, Vanderpump announced she was quitting. Rinna herself quit three years later.

Since Rinna’s exit, some fans have claimed the show declined. However, the ratings are still higher than those of many other ‘Housewives’ franchises. Rumors have surfaced that Vanderpump could return, though host Andy Cohen hasn’t directly confirmed it.

“I heard that [Vanderpump might return],” said Rinna on ‘Gay A** Podcast.’ “They’re always looking to save [the show]. They know it’s the titanic. I’m just gonna say it. And we all know it’s the f**king titanic.”

“And so I would imagine that they are courting the s**t out of [Vanderpump] right now,” Rinna continued, “because, like who else? They know I’m not going back.”

“I’d be interested to see if she actually does it,” Rinna went on. “My guess is she will.”

But Rinna shaded the idea.

“You don’t want to be in your sixties on the f**king Housewives,” said Rinna. “Okay? That’s always what I envisioned in my mind. You don’t want to be a 60-f**king-year-old Housewife.”

Nearly four years ago, executive producer Chris Cullen seemed to confirm that Vanderpump leaked the story about Dorit, despite Vanderpump’s denials.  

“When Lisa lost the narrative in the show, and she realized that it wasn’t going the way she wanted, that’s when she leaked the story to the press,” said the producer in Dave Quinn’s book, Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Inside Story of The Real Housewives from the People Who Lived It.

Alex Baskin, another executive producer, added that Vanderpump asked him to “sit the cast down and tell them they needed to believe her.”

New episodes of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills air Tuesday nights on Bravo.