Crystal Kung Minkoff, Lisa Rinna. Getty Images (2)
Crystal Kung Minkoff had an unexpected run-in with former The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills costar Lisa Rinna at Paris Fashion Week.
“This is wacky, I ran into Lisa Rinna,” Kung Minkoff, 42, said on the Monday, February 17, episode of her and Cynthia Bailey’s “Humble Brag” podcast. “I [run] into her sometimes but the time … we had not a good exchange [in the past.]”
Kung Minkoff explained that she was invited by a friend to go to Paris to attend some events. While the RHOBH alum shared that she doesn’t consider herself a “fashion girly” she decided to accept the invitation.
“So I get invited. I land at 5:30 p.m. I get to the hotel at 7 and I’m supposed to be at the [Hotel] Plaza Athénée at 7:30,” she recalled. “So I’m getting ready really fast.”
While under the time crunch, Kung Minkoff had to “rush off” to meet her friend and others who came with them on the trip. As the group arrived at their destination, Kung Minkoff noticed that Rinna, 61, was in attendance as well.
“I’m like ‘Grab me, oh my God, Lisa Rinna is here.’ And we’re in a small room, it’s a small thing,” she reflected, explaining there were maybe “40 people” there in total.
Since it was a small affair, Kung Minkoff and Rinna both knew that there was no way to avoid each other. While Kung Minkoff didn’t want to go into details, she shared that the exchange was “a very nice thing.”
“We walked in with it not expecting to be a good exchange, I will say that. We were not in a good place,” she said. “But she wanted to make it good and I appreciated that. She came right up to me.”
Kung Minkoff joked that she was ready to be “tough” when Rinna approached her. However, the actress surprised her with her “intention” for the pair to “have a good time together.”
“It was actually very cathartic. She expressed a lot of stuff, a lot of apologies,” she said. “I apologized for all the stuff we said under the veil of negative Housewife energy that — we would’ve never been like that.”
Both Rinna and Kung Minkoff starred on RHOBH for multiple seasons. During season 12, the pair ignited a feud after Rinna accused Kung Minkoff of being “too sensitive.” The twosome never worked out their problems on the show due to Rinna exiting the series that same season. Kung Minkoff departed one season later.
Kung Minkoff acknowledged that she and Rinna are able to move forward since they’re both off the Bravo series.
“As much as I want to blame the show experience, I have to be responsible for what I do and say and what I don’t say and don’t — you know,” she admitted. “And I’m like, ‘That’s on me.’ And it was really nice. We texted each other after. So nice. I just need peace in my life.”
