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Two weeks before Rinnaannounced her departurefrom the Bravo series, the 71-year-old actor told PEOPLE that Rinna, 59, often got in hot water onRHOBHbecause she was not afraid to speak out.
“She does her job. Her job is to show up on time, interact with the people on the show in an honest and authentic way,” he said, while talking about his upcoming projects,80 for BradyandAnne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, in this week’s issue of PEOPLE.
“Her hot button issue, I suppose, is injustice or when somebody else is not behaving honestly, she’ll call it out,” Hamlin added. “And that gets into a lot of trouble. But it also helps the show.”
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Hamlin also revealed the biggest misconception about his wife — with whom he shares daughters Delilah, 24, and Amelia, 21 — since she joined the cast ofRHOBHin 2014.
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“I’ve known her for 30 years… She has never once, in all of that time, uttered an untruth,” he said. “And something that wasn’t absolutely and honestly true.”
“And yet she’s being accused of being a liar on the show,” he continued. “And I don’t pay much attention to that becauseI know she isn’t.”
Hamlin added that he knows that there is no way for Rinna tomake everyone happy, saying, “There’s always going to be 50 percent of the people who like you, 50 percent of the people who hate you. I think the like-hate factor is much more — like 80 percent [of] people like Lisa, 20 percent don’t.”
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On Rinna’s final season ofRHOBH, she raised her voice repeatedly atSutton Strackeafter her costar claimed tohave never received a thank youfor purchasing Rinna and Hamlin’s tickets forElton John’s annual charity benefit.
Later, fans — and currentRHOBHstars — took issue with how Rinna continued to leverage overKathy Hilton’s alleged meltdownduring the cast’s Aspen trip.
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“I got booed! It was fabulous,” Rinna told PEOPLE exclusively. “I’m like a wrestler. The wrestlers get booed. The most famous wrestlers in the world get booed.The Rock[Dwayne Johnson] got booed for God’s sake. I loved it. I’ve been in this business for 32 years.”
After the intense fan reaction, the reality star was eager to tell Hamlin saying, “I’ve never gotten booed in my life. I can’t wait to tell Harry Hamlin I got booed.”
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Nearly four months after BravoCon, Rinna announced her decision to leave the Bravo series.
“This is the longest job I have held in my 35 year career and I am grateful to everyone at Bravo and all those involved in the series,” Rinna told PEOPLE exclusively. “It has been a fun eight-year run and I am excited for what is to come!”
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