90s TV favourite Lisa Rinna has branded one of her former co-stars as Hollywood’s “biggest bully” in her new book, You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About it. Despite working on The Real Housewives of Beverley Hills for many years, the 62-year-old reality star revealed that none of the divas stood out as troublemakers in Tinseltown. Instead, Rinna confirmed that her worst showbiz encounter occurred in the early 90s when she starred on the popular soap opera, Days of Our Lives.
The mum-of-two, who played Billie Reed on the long-running show, revealed the culprit was none other than her on-screen love interest Bo Brady, portrayed by Robert Keller-Kelly, who made her life “a living hell” on set. She wrote in her book: “Behind the scenes, we hated each other.
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“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 Keller-Kelly is one of the biggest 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.”
She added: “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 Keller-Kelly or dark Robert Keller-Kelly. He was unpredictable, and it was exhausting.”
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It’s fair to say the actress was relieved when the actor abruptly left the show and was replaced by Peter Reckell, who had originally played Bo Brady from 1983 to 1992. Rinna went on to claim that after he left the show, both she and her co-star Kristian Alfonso, who played Keller-Kelly's other love interest, Hope Brady, received extra support from the network.
She explained that NBC provided a security team for the duo, but reassured readers that she didn’t think he was a threat and implied that the added security was not needed. She alleged: “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 a***s. We had a rent-a-cop parked outside out houses and trailers for three weeks and were driven to and from work.”
Express.co.uk has reached out to Keller-Kelly and NBC for a comment. Rhinna played Billie Reed on Days of Our Lives from 1992 to 1995, before she quit the show and was replaced by Krista Allen.
Meanwhile, Keller-Kelly remained a successful soap star for many years, starring in Another World and General Hospital after leaving Days in 1995. Years later, he left Hollywood to become a professional pilot and flight instructor.
