Lisa Rinna Playboy: 'RHOBH' Talks Yolanda Foster Lyme Disease [VIDEO]
Lisa Rinna and Yolanda Foster have been butting heads for weeks, but when it came to her recent gala celebration in New York City, Rinna wished she could have been there.
During Monday's episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Rinna missed out on the event, while other cast members, including Kyle Richards and Kathryn Edwards, were in attendance.
"I do wish I could have been at the Global Lyme Alliance in NYC to see Gigi present Yolanda with her award, but I had to remain in LA to work on a new talk show pilot," Rinna explained to readers of her Bravo blog on Tuesday. "I wanted to be there, because I always want to support a friend when asked, but even more to just soak up the entire experience."
While listening to the stories of Foster and others who have experienced Lyme disease, Richards teared up, and after hearing all Foster had to say, she apologized for engaging in conversations about the authenticity of her and her children's diagnosis.
"It looked like a lovely, inspiring event and quite informative, too," Rinna said. "Up until recent months, Yolanda wasn’t around us very much, nor was she forthcoming with giving us information when questions would come up."
"I want to make it quite clear and go on the record to say that I in no way doubt anyone’s chronic illness or severity of what they go through on a daily basis," Rinna continued. "My deepest sympathy and compassion goes out to everyone suffering with their health. What has gone down between Yolanda and me is in no way associated to anyone else suffering from chronic illness, and I apologize to those of you that took any part of my questions meant for only Yolanda and attributed them to your own personal journey to wellness. My intentions were to never insult or slight any community of people that are suffering in any way, shape or form. Chronic Lyme is confusing for most doctors I have spoken to. So for us to be confused is quite normal, I believe. I have always been concerned for Yolanda and what she is going through."
For more Lisa Rinna, tune into The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season six, airing on Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. on Bravo, and check out a sneak peek at this week's new episode below.
