Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Lisa Rinna outed her Days of Our Lives co-star, Robert Kelker-Kelly, for being a bully.
According to the author of You Better Believe I’m Going To Talk About It, she and Kristian Alfonso received full-time security for three weeks after RK-K “disappeared” from the set.
For context:
In case Days of Our Lives wasn’t one of your “programs,” Rinna appeared as Billie Reed from 1992-1995.
Billie dated Bo Brady (played by Robert Kelker-Kelly) after Kristian left the show for maternity leave. Kristian’s character, Hope Williams, married Bo in 1985. Hope’s character was allegedly killed in 1990, but returned in 1994 when she was brainwashed into thinking she was ‘Princess Gina.’
What a time to be alive!
On-set bully:
Lisa wrote, “Six months in, the audience started loving Billie Reed and rooting for her. I got so much juju from the fan base. That kind of validation meant so much to me. Even more than being awarded Newcomer of the Year at the Soap Opera Digest Awards. I thanked my frequent scene partner, Robert Kelker-Kelly, even though behind-the-scenes we hated each other.”
“Remember when Kathy Hilton said I was the biggest bully in Hollywood? Not true. Not even close! I have legit stories about the real bullies in this town. Robert Kelker-Kelly is one of those bullies. He made my life a living hell on the set of Days. He was horrible to me. I’d go so far as to say verbally abusive. He was passive aggressive, manipulative, and played weird mind games.”
“I had to work with him every day, often half naked to do love scenes. If I didn’t do what he wanted, he’d give me the silent treatment. He was a ticking time bomb. I never knew when I arrived on set each morning if I’d get nice Robert Kelker-Kelly or dark Robert Kelker-Kelly. He was unpredictable and it was exhausting.”
“If Robert Kelker-Kelly was in my Housewives orbit today, he never would never have gotten away with his behavior. I would have at least had a glass of wine thrown in his face. But, back then, I used to let him walk over me like a doormat.”
Lisa says she wasn’t the only cast member who caught RKK’s wrath:
“Suddenly, one day, he disappeared from the Days set. Next thing I knew Kristian and I had our own full-time security detail. I wasn’t worried about physical harm, but NBC had to cover their ass. We had rent-a-cops parked outside out houses and trailers for three weeks and were driven to and from work.”
“Kristian and I commiserated (iykyk, lol), and looked out for each other. All the women on Days did. Christie Clark, Alison Sweeney (who, it turns out, is Harry [Hamlin]‘s second cousin), we all had each other’s backs.”
