Lisa Rinna Says Former “Days of Our Lives” Costar Robert Kelker-Kelly ‘Made My Life a Living Hell’

Liza EsquibiasFri, February 27, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC

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In her memoir, You Better Believe I'm Gonna Talk About It, Lisa Rinna alleged that Robert Kelker-Kelly "was horrible to me" when they worked together on Days of Our Lives

The two appeared on the soap opera from 1992 until 1995 as love interests Billie Reed and Bo Brady, even winning a Soap Opera Digest Award for Hottest Soap Couple

Rinna further called Kelker-Kelly a "ticking time bomb" and claimed he made her life difficult while on set

Lisa Rinna is opening up about a negative experience with one of her costars while working on Days of Our Lives.

The actress, 62, appeared in the popular soap opera in her breakout role as Billie Reed in the ‘90s alongside Robert Kelker-Kelly, who portrayed her love interest Bo Brady. In her new memoir, You Better Believe I'm Gonna Talk About It, Rinna revealed that she and the actor, 61, did not get along in real life.

“Behind the scenes, we hated each other,” The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum wrote, adding, “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," she continued. "I’d go so far as to say verbally abusive. He was passive-aggressive, manipulative and played weird mind games."

Robert Kelker-Kelly and Lisa RinnaCredit: Joseph Del Valle/NBCU Photo Bank

The Traitors star explained that the pair filmed together “every day, often half naked” for their scenes as a couple, which she struggled to navigate.

“If I didn’t do what he wanted, he’d give me the silent treatment," she claimed. “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.”

Rinna and Kelker-Kelly both joined the daytime show in 1992, which later earned them a Soap Opera Digest Award for Hottest Soap Couple in 1995. That same year, they both exited their roles.

Over the years, Rinna made several brief returns to the series before reprising the role in Peacock's Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem in 2021. Kelker-Kelly went on to play Stavros Cassadine on General Hospital.

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Kelker-Kelly did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

Robert Kelker-Kelly and Lisa RinnaCredit: NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

You Better Believe I'm Gonna Talk About It marks Rinna’s first-ever memoir, and her first book in over a decade, succeeding Rinnavation: Getting Your Best Life Ever (2009) and The Big, Fun, Sexy Sex Book (2012).

"From her career, to her personal life, to spilling all the tea," an official synopsis reads. "If she’s experienced it ... you better believe she’s gonna talk about it!” The same synopsis also quotes the author, who teases: “This mouth has gotten me in so much trouble.”

In September, she teased the book’s contents in an exclusive statement to PEOPLE: “I don't know if everyone is ready for all of the truth I am unloading in this book," she said. "But I was certainly ready to tell it.”

"Life comes with a lot of ups and downs, and so much of it gets lost 'in the editing,' if you will. It was time to share the director's cut,” Rinna added. “I put so much of myself into this book; the good, the bad and the wackadoodle. It feels really good to see it finally come together.”

In other words, she concluded, “The vault is open, honey!"

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