Andy Cohen is tipping his hat to Lisa Rinna’s run on The Real Housewives ofBeverly Hills.
Following Rinna’s decision to leave the beloved franchise, the Watch WhatHappens Live host gave the longtime Housewife a nod on his Instagram Story bysharing a cartoon celebrating the Rinna’s signature lips and most iconic showmoment.
“An iconic run,” Cohen, 54, captioned the image by Instagram user DrunkDrawn.
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On Thursday, PEOPLE exclusively confirmed that Rinna, 59, was bidding farewellto the Bravo series after eight seasons.
“This is the longest job I have held in my 35 year career and I am grateful toeveryone at Bravo and all those involved in the series,” Rinna said in astatement. “It has been a fun eight-year run and I am excited for what is tocome!”
ew Season Press Junket in New York City on Monday, May 16, 2022 — Pictured:Andy Cohen, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Bravo
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The decision was made as Rinna’s contract expired at the end of last season.After weighing her options and business obligations, she and Bravo mutuallydecided that she would not return to RHOBH.
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After the announcement, Rinna’s former castmate Lisa Vanderpump — whom Rinnaaccused of orchestrating storylines in 2019 — seemingly threw shade at thestar with a simpletweet thatread, “Ding dong.” (Presumably, fans were encouraged to mentally fill in therest of the line from The Wizard of Oz : “The witch is dead.”)
Rinna joined the franchise in its fifth season, which premiered in 2014. Inher debut season, the actress was involved in one of the show’s mostmemorablefightswhen she hurled a wine glass at then-costar Kim Richards, who’d alluded Rinnadidn’t want something to get out about her husband Harry Hamlin.
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Over the years, Rinna has continued to find herself entangled in drama on theshow.
On the latest season of RHOBH , the Rinna Beauty founder raised her voicerepeatedly at Sutton Stracke after her costar claimed to have never receivedthanks for purchasing Rinna and Hamlin’s tickets for Elton John’s annualcharity benefit. Later, fans — and current RHOBH stars — took issue with howRinna continued to leverage over Kathy Hilton’s alleged meltdown during thecast’s Aspen trip.
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS — Season:12 — Pictured: (lr) DianaJenkins, Crystal Minkoff, Erika Girardi, Kyle Richards, Garcelle Beauvais,Dorit Kemsley, Lisa Rinna, Sutton Stracke
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For her part, Rinna has appeared to be unbothered by the backlash — even whenshe received loud angry from fans at BravoCon 2022.
“I got booed! It was fabulous,” Rinna told PEOPLE exclusively. “I’m like awrestler. The wrestlers get booed. The most famous wrestlers in the world getbooed. The Rock [Dwayne Johnson] got booed for God’s sake. I loved it. I’vebeen in this business for 32 years.”
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Rinna also said at the time she was happy to “have the number one show oncable on Bravo of the Housewives ,” and noted that she was not fazed by_RHOBH_ fans who called her hypocritical for her onscreen behavior.
“It’s a TV show, for God’s sake,” she shared. “Call me whatever you want,believe whatever you want, I tell the truth. I always have. Go back to that.”