Lisa Rinna Says She Burned Andy Cohen’s Book in New Memoir
Lisa Rinna says andy cohen gave her a heads-up that she appears in his memoir, and she writes in her new book that she responded by burning his book in her fireplace — an episode she has been discussing while promoting the memoir.
Rinna revisits the book exchange in a new memoir
Rinna, 62, devoted a chapter of her tell-all to the moment she learned she was mentioned in Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up, writing that “Andy had given me a heads-up that I was in his new book. When anyone gives you a heads-up that you’re in their book, you know you’re f—ked. ” She added that the revelation felt “so shady, so Andy, so Bravo, so unnecessary, ” and that after reading it she “threw his book in my fireplace and watched it burn gleefully. ”
Andy Cohen and the private-text fallout
Rinna says the exchange began when she broke the news of leaving Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after Season 12 to andy cohen in a text — a text she says he later published in his memoir. The pair discussed the episode on Watch What Happens Live on Wednesday, where Rinna called the sight of the book burning “beautiful” and told Cohen the moment was an “honor. ”
From The Traitors in Scotland to a book tour
The memoir comes as Rinna has returned to reality TV with The Traitors Season 4, where she filmed in Scotland and was one of the titular killers on the show. She announced that her memoir officially hit bookshelves on Tuesday and has been promoting it with candid revelations, including calling out a former co-star she labeled a bully and addressing rumors about her husband, Harry Hamlin.
Rinna wrote that no topic was off-limits, and she gushed on Instagram that “my memoire is officially OUT TODAY 💋” and “yes… I spill ALL the tea. ” During the press tour she repeated the claim that Cohen published private text messages about her 2023 RHOBH exit in his book, and she has leaned into the drama as part of her book push.
Her discussion of the Cohen passage ties directly to her RHOBH exit: Rinna left the series after Season 12 and has been outspoken about how that moment was handled, including the text she said she sent to Cohen to break the news. That text’s publication in Daddy Diaries prompted her fireplace reaction, which she describes in the memoir.
Fans are already talking about how the memoir will shape Rinna’s public relationship with Cohen; the pair publicly addressed the episode on Watch What Happens Live, where the host, 57, and Rinna exchanged barbs and praise as part of the conversation about the book excerpt.
Beyond the Cohen episode, Rinna’s book contains other high-profile revelations — she called a former Days of Our Lives co-star the “biggest bully in Hollywood” and defended her husband’s heterosexuality after long-running public speculation tied to a 1982 role — items she’s been discussing while on her press tour.
The Traitors airs new episodes Thursdays on Peacock as part of the 2026 TV schedule, and Rinna’s memoir has already hit shelves this week; the next confirmed moments for readers and viewers are the ongoing book tour stops and the upcoming Traitors reunion episodes that fans are gearing up to watch.
