Denise Richards.Photo: Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Denise Richardsknows her latest appearance onThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hillswasn’t her finest moment.
While appearing on Podcast One’sOn Display with Melissa Gorga, Richards, 52, acknowledged that what was supposed to be her “comeback moment” on the hit Bravo show turned awry when she incoherently went to blows withErika GirardiatKyle Richards' THC dinner.
TheTwo and a Half Menalum explained that she had debated skipping out on the dinner after she came down with a virus. After three negative COVID tests, she “stupidly” decided to show face, but told producers she would not be imbibing in the cannabis on the menu.
“I didn’t want to not go because I didn’t want [the housewives] to say, ‘Oh, she didn’t show up,'” she added. “But whatever… I made an asshole out of myself.”
Denise Richards returns to ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’.Nicole Weingart/Bravo
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Richards touched on the headlines that broke after her appearance on the reality show, nothing how other housewives have also had their fair share of embarrassing moments.
“So why did everyone make such a big deal with me?” she asked beforeMelissa Gorgaassured her that her “superstar” status and her “bubbly personality” had made her a subject of interest amongst Bravo fans.
“When I got home [my husband]’s like, ‘What the f— is wrong with you?'” she laughed.
OnRHOBH, Richardsshocked viewers and her former cast memberswhen she grew increasingly intoxicated at the group’s THC dinner. With her facial contortions, slurred speech and her failed attempt at confronting Girardi, Richards left the party wearing her pink fur jacket upside down.
Elsewhere in the podcast, Gorga asked Richards to clarify her confrontation with Girardi and the answers she was looking for. TheScary Movie 3star revealed that she wasn’t “mad” at Girardi and began the evening noting that the “XXXPEN$IVE” singer was a lot kinder without the presence ofLisa Rinna.
Richards claimed she wanted to know what changed and why she had come after her so fiercely during her time onRHOBH.
Erika Girardi and Denise Richards.John Tsiavis/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images (2)
In her own appearance on theMeghan McCain Has Entered the Chatpodcast in October 2023,Girardi shared her perspectiveon her interaction with Richards while filming the latest season.
“Denise came looking for a fight,” she explained. “We were having a THC dinner at Kyle’s house… I was feeling very good and Denise came there to pick a fight and I very graciously did not [engage].”
Girardi claimed that she “didn’t know what the f— she was saying” and added that she felt Richards should have saved the drama for “Teddi [Mellencamp], orBrandi [Glanville]or Lisa Rinna” which she “did not have the balls to do.”
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“I just apologized and she was very inarticulate,” she recalled, adding that she eventually “let her have it” after failed attempts to let things go. “And that’s what you see in the trailer was just that, you know, in the first dinner, I apologized. I took the high road.”
“She called me names,” the singer continued. “She called me like a f—ing bot monster, saying that I had sent these bots toGarcelle [Beauvais]’s son and that was not true. I said I’m really sorry, I’m not quite sure what you’re speaking about and what you did to my family.”
source: people.com
