Lisa Rinna Claims Kathy Hilton Hired Marketing Pro To Manufacture Online ‘RHOBH’ Cast Feud!

Lisa Rinna is accusing her Real Housewives of Beverly Hills co-star, Kathy Hilton, of hiring a marketing manager to manufacture the cast feud that’s playing out online, as Season 12 unfolds.  

Rinna posted screenshots of a direct message exchange that seemingly occurred between marketing pro, Patrick Somers, and Bravo fan account “Your Moms Are Watching” in which he implied that Kathy had hired him to smear Rinna in the press. 

“I have tea. I just DMed with Patrick Somers, that kid that sent Rinna a text last weekend threatening her,” the fan account wrote on Instagram on Thursday, June 2. “Rinna then posted the text and the kid posted Rinna’s number and it became a big thing. Well, he just admitted to me KATHY HILTON PAID HIM TO DO THIS.”

Rinna has since deleted the posts. 

The account claimed—“Turns out he made everything up just to divert focus from the fact that Lisa was calling out Kathy for the slurs she made in Aspen.”

Kathy was accused of firing off a homophobic remark while speaking about Sutton Stracke’s assistant, Josh, during a cast trip to Colorado. Sutton later denied the claim on social media.

“Did Kathy Hilton really use a slur when talking about your assistant?” a fan asked, to which Sutton responded—“No.”

Sutton then posted a selfie snapped with Josh and Kathy, announcing that Josh had scored a promotion. 

“He executes everything we do around here with grace and style, and we have fun while doing it!” Sutton wrote, via Instagram, on March 30.

She added—“And @kathyhilton has been nothing but kind and respectful to him.”

Patrick did not confirm that he was hired to distract from the alleged Aspen incident but did reveal that he was asked to “pull attention away from my client. I did that.”

On Thursday, the since-deleted Instagram post explained the terms of Patrick’s alleged arrangement with Kathy, 63. 

“My latest assignment was executed against Lisa Rinna. I never reveal a clients [sic] personal information per my NDA agreement,” he wrote. “My latest marketing campaign was to draw attention away from my client … That’s exactly what I did. All narratives associated with my latest campaign are false. I was compensated $27,527.72 for my work.” 

Patrick also claimed that all of the negative stories about Rinna were “planted” and that she was not embroiled in lawsuits or involved with any new reality shows.

He added—“And frankly I’ve never met Lisa Rinna.”

The drama kicked off last week after Rinna took aim at Patrick, Kathy’s reported assistant. The Bravo veteran posted a screenshot of a text, in which Patrick threatened to “expose” her. 

The text read— “Lisa, you need to stop with your rumors and lies about me. There’s plenty I can expose about you.”

The reality star left Patrick’s phone number visible to her millions of followers, writing—“you exposed yourself,” and “hey expose away can’t wait to see what you’ve got.” 

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Wednesdays at 8 pm, ET, on Bravo.  

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