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Kyle Richards Wants Chrissy Teigen to Replace Lisa Vanderpump on ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards knows it’s “too preliminary” to replace former costar Lisa Vanderpump, who quit the show earlier this month, but she already has a dream castmate in mind.
“We’ve fantasized and talked about things,” Richards, 50, told Us Weekly while celebrating Paris Hilton’s partnership with The Glam App on Wednesday, June 19. “People always ask. I would say Chrissy Teigen, but I know she won’t do it, so I gotta think of somebody else now, because I know she’s never going to do it.”
Richards also dished on filming without Vanderpump. “We have 21 episodes without her so, I mean it’s different, but you know, the show is doing well. So, you know it’s exciting,” she told Us. “And there’s a lot going on with all the women. I miss her as a cast member, and a friend, but the show is doing well.”
Kyle Richards, Chrissy Teigen, and Lisa Vanderpump Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for City Harvest; Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images
Though Richards and Vanderpump have been on the outs in recent months, the Little House on the Prairie alum told Us she “would like to think” that they’ll rekindle their friendship in the future. “I’m sure one day it will be OK,” she said.
Vanderpump exclusively confirmed to Us that she was leaving the Bravo series after nine seasons. “I made the decision to leave. It was a very difficult year for me, personally and professionally. I had wonderful things happen this year, opening up TomTom and the cocktail garden in Vegas,” the SUR owner explained. “The Housewives, it’s just, it’s emotionally too difficult to deal with.”