Candiace Bassett Praises Lisa Rinna Despite Porsha Williams’ Claims

In a brand new interview, Bassett opened up about her time filming “The Traitors” in Scotland with different actuality TV legends and in addition revealed how her notion of Lisa Rinna modified after attending to know her.

Talking with PEOPLE about season 4 of the treacherous actuality competitors collection, Bassett shed somewhat mild on her relationships with a number of the different forged members, together with Rinna, who starred on “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” for eight years.

In keeping with Bassett, who rose to fame after showing on “The Actual Housewives of Potomac,” she was stunned by how approachable Rinna truly was.

“Earlier than this, I didn’t know Lisa Rinna properly. I met her in passing at BravoCon,” Bassett stated. “Individuals hate her like they hate me. She has the identical villain moniker as me, cracking that wine glass on the desk [in season 5 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2015]. That was iconic.”

Bassett defined that whereas Rinna had “this villain cloud over her,” the “Days of our Lives” alum was a “flower little one.” She added, “She was all the time sitting on the ground, stretching. Her vitality is so chill.”

In the meantime, Williams wasted no time criticizing Rinna for getting her fingers soiled within the second episode and breaking the “Actual Housewives” bond.

In the course of the intense roundtable dialogue, Rinna voted to eradicate the “RHOA” veteran from the sport after different forged members incorrectly pegged her as a Traitor.

Williams was bothered by Rinna’s choice, stating, “… actually, the vote that Lisa made for me—it did not need to occur in any respect. Once more, as a fellow Housewife, she may’ve caught to the sisterhood”

She added, “Even when I [were] the Secret Traitor, she nonetheless did not need to vote me out as a result of I used to be no risk to her. It was all for her advantage of self.”

Within the premiere episode, host Alan Cumming selected Bassett and Rinna to be the Traitors. Throughout her confessional, Bassett spoke with producers and expressed her pleasure about being one of many present’s titular characters.

“The sport is known as The Traitors — it’s not known as The Faithfuls,” she stated. “The sport is about fundamental characters, and I’m clearly a fundamental character.” Rinna expressed the same sentiment, sharing, “This feels very proper.”

The 2 Bravo veterans have been joined by “Love Island” star Rob Rausch, who defined why he would make the proper Traitor. “I have been informed that by each woman I’ve ever dated, and I’m extraordinarily aggressive. I prefer to win,” he stated.

Elsewhere in Bassett’s interview with PEOPLE, the mom of 1 shared what she hopes followers of the present will find out about her. “I used to be a villain on the present [as a Traitor], however I actually did love virtually everybody,” she stated.

Bassett acknowledged that persons are typically “devoted to misunderstanding me” following her six unstable seasons on “RHOP.”

“… my hope is that in increasing my attain and being uncovered to folks from all totally different microcosms, that individuals see, ‘Oh, she’s not a b-tch.’ And perhaps simply perceive that Black girls as an entire aren’t monoliths. We’re layered,” she stated.