Lisa Rinna is sharing her side of the story after Colton Underwood reportedly unfollowed her on social media following their The Traitors drama.
When asked who she is still “friends” with from the season 4 cast, Rinna, 62, replied, “Pretty much everyone.”
“Except maybe Colton is mad at me because he unfollowed me,” Rinna said at the Saturday, February 21, event at a Barnes and Noble in Los Angeles, per fan footage. “He unfollowed me like a boyfriend, girlfriend thing. I was like, ‘Wait what?’ Don’t exes unfollow each other? Anyway, guess I might have said something at the reunion that got him mad.”
Rinna noted that it “was all in game play,” adding that she “never went anywhere other than game play.”
“So don’t think I was poking at that stalker thing, because I wasn’t,” she said, referring to Underwood’s ex-girlfriend and former Bachelor contestant Cassie Randolph being granted a restraining order against him in 2020. (Randolph, now 30, claimed Underwood, now 34, planted a tracker on her car and was harassing her. She ultimately dropped the restraining order two months later and the pair settled their case privately.)
“I didn’t even know about that, until I did,” she continued. “I kept it to game play so don’t think I ever said anything about that stalker past.”
When Rinna detailed their drama during an interview with Variety earlier this month — and further claimed that Underwood unfollowed her on social media — the outlet shared that when asked for comment, a representative for Underwood said, “Lisa has always been privately kind to Colton, which makes some of her public behavior all the more confusing — it doesn’t match their private communications, and it seems like she’s trying to manufacture conflict that doesn’t exist. Colton feels incredibly grateful for the overwhelming support he’s received from the cast.”
Rinna and Underwood, who were at odds during The Traitors season 4, have since made headlines for their off-camera dynamic. After the show started airing, Rinna called Underwood a “stalker” via social media.
“It’s come to my attention that my post that I responded to in my Housewife mode is taking on a life of its own,” Rinna said in a January 24 social media video. “It’s causing real problems for Colton and I do not want this because Colton and I are great. He was a great, and is a great, nemesis for me on the show in the game.”
Rinna added, “Now, as you know, if you ask me to be a Housewife I’ll bring it to you, right? That’s what I was doing, all in the name of the game. But just so you know, I am totally great with Colton. I have been texting with him. We talk. Everything is great.”
Rinna shared that she felt “horrible” for the comments she made about Underwood.
“I am here to play the game, to have fun, and Colton is a great nemesis for me. We had so much fun,” she stated. “I always, always had a great time with him. So please guys, be gentle. It’s a game. It’s a TV show. We’re all doing the best we can. Don’t send death threats or do anything to jeopardize somebody’s family.”
The Traitors season 4 finale airs on Peacock Thursday, February 26, at 9 p.m. ET.
