{"id":2301286,"date":"2026-02-26T15:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2301286"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:01:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:01:38","slug":"reality-star-lisa-rinna-claims-actor-is-one-of-the-biggest-bullies-in-hollywood-and-details-verbally-abusive-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/reality-star-lisa-rinna-claims-actor-is-one-of-the-biggest-bullies-in-hollywood-and-details-verbally-abusive-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Reality star Lisa Rinna claims actor is one of the \u2018biggest bullies in Hollywood&#8217; and details \u2018verbally abusive\u2019 incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:contents\">\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong><em>Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em> star Lisa Rinna has released scathing accusations about one of her former<em> Days of Our Lives<\/em> co-stars, alleging they&#8217;re one of the &#8216;biggest bullies&#8217; in Hollywood &#8211; although they have since stepped out of the spotlight. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Rinna has made the bold claims in her new book, titled &#8216;You Better Believe I&#8217;m Gonna Talk About It&#8217; &#8211; and talk she does.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In the book, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/celebrity\">Rinna<\/a> reflects on her time starring on <em>Days of Our Lives<\/em>, where she played Billie Reed for a lengthy run from 1992 to 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Her co-stars included <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/sex-and-relationships\">love<\/a> interest Bo Brady, played by Robert Kelker-Kelly, and Kristian Alfonso, who played Brady&#8217;s other love interest; both actors are mentioned in Rinna&#8217;s new <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/books\">book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/film-and-tv\"> reality TV<\/a> star has gone so far as to claim that, while she and Kelker-Kelly had a romance on screen, when they were away from the camera, it was a very different story, as they allegedly &#8216;hated each other&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Lisa Rinna made the explosive claims in her new book (Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin\/FilmMagic)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Doubling down on her allegations, as reported by the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15592205\/Lisa-Rinna-Robert-Kelker-Kelly-bully.html\">Mail Online<\/a>, Rinna continued: &#8220;Remember when Kathy Hilton said I was the biggest bully in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/hollywood\">Hollywood<\/a>? Not true. Not even close! I have legit stories about the real bullies in this town. Robert Kelker-Kelly is one of those bullies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;He made my life a living hell on the set of <em>Days<\/em>. He was horrible to me. I\u2019d go so far as to say verbally abusive. He was passive aggressive, manipulative, and played weird mind games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Rinna has alleged that she would receive the &#8216;silent treatment&#8217; from Kelker-Kelly if she &#8216;didn&#8217;t do what he wanted&#8217; in scenes, adding: &#8220;He was a ticking time bomb. I never knew when I arrived on set each morning if I\u2019d get nice Robert Kelker-Kelly or dark Robert Kelker-Kelly. He was unpredictable and it was exhausting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Kelker-Kelly ultimately left the series in 1995; however, Rinna implied NBC then hired a security team to protect her.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img alt=\"Kelker-Kelly played Rinna's on-screen love interest (Joseph Del Valle\/NBCU Photo Bank\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 33vw, (max-width: 768px) 50vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 33vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/unsafe\/rs:fit:256:0:0:0\/g:sm\/q:70\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OTQ5ZWE4ZTE2ZTQ2MzA0OS9ibHQ2NTMwNzg4OTQ2NDhkM2ZiLzY5YTAyYjNiZjVjYjEyMDAwODU4MzFmMC9yb2JlcnQta2Vsa2VyLWtlbGx5LmpwZw.webp 256w, https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/unsafe\/rs:fit:384:0:0:0\/g:sm\/q:70\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OTQ5ZWE4ZTE2ZTQ2MzA0OS9ibHQ2NTMwNzg4OTQ2NDhkM2ZiLzY5YTAyYjNiZjVjYjEyMDAwODU4MzFmMC9yb2JlcnQta2Vsa2VyLWtlbGx5LmpwZw.webp 384w, https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/unsafe\/rs:fit:640:0:0:0\/g:sm\/q:70\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OTQ5ZWE4ZTE2ZTQ2MzA0OS9ibHQ2NTMwNzg4OTQ2NDhkM2ZiLzY5YTAyYjNiZjVjYjEyMDAwODU4MzFmMC9yb2JlcnQta2Vsa2VyLWtlbGx5LmpwZw.webp 640w, https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/unsafe\/rs:fit:750:0:0:0\/g:sm\/q:70\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OTQ5ZWE4ZTE2ZTQ2MzA0OS9ibHQ2NTMwNzg4OTQ2NDhkM2ZiLzY5YTAyYjNiZjVjYjEyMDAwODU4MzFmMC9yb2JlcnQta2Vsa2VyLWtlbGx5LmpwZw.webp 750w, https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/unsafe\/rs:fit:828:0:0:0\/g:sm\/q:70\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OTQ5ZWE4ZTE2ZTQ2MzA0OS9ibHQ2NTMwNzg4OTQ2NDhkM2ZiLzY5YTAyYjNiZjVjYjEyMDAwODU4MzFmMC9yb2JlcnQta2Vsa2VyLWtlbGx5LmpwZw.webp 828w, https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/unsafe\/rs:fit:1080:0:0:0\/g:sm\/q:70\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OTQ5ZWE4ZTE2ZTQ2MzA0OS9ibHQ2NTMwNzg4OTQ2NDhkM2ZiLzY5YTAyYjNiZjVjYjEyMDAwODU4MzFmMC9yb2JlcnQta2Vsa2VyLWtlbGx5LmpwZw.webp 1080w, https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/unsafe\/rs:fit:1200:0:0:0\/g:sm\/q:70\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OTQ5ZWE4ZTE2ZTQ2MzA0OS9ibHQ2NTMwNzg4OTQ2NDhkM2ZiLzY5YTAyYjNiZjVjYjEyMDAwODU4MzFmMC9yb2JlcnQta2Vsa2VyLWtlbGx5LmpwZw.webp 1200w, https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/unsafe\/rs:fit:1920:0:0:0\/g:sm\/q:70\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OTQ5ZWE4ZTE2ZTQ2MzA0OS9ibHQ2NTMwNzg4OTQ2NDhkM2ZiLzY5YTAyYjNiZjVjYjEyMDAwODU4MzFmMC9yb2JlcnQta2Vsa2VyLWtlbGx5LmpwZw.webp 1920w, https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/unsafe\/rs:fit:2048:0:0:0\/g:sm\/q:70\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OTQ5ZWE4ZTE2ZTQ2MzA0OS9ibHQ2NTMwNzg4OTQ2NDhkM2ZiLzY5YTAyYjNiZjVjYjEyMDAwODU4MzFmMC9yb2JlcnQta2Vsa2VyLWtlbGx5LmpwZw.webp 2048w, https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/unsafe\/rs:fit:3840:0:0:0\/g:sm\/q:70\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OTQ5ZWE4ZTE2ZTQ2MzA0OS9ibHQ2NTMwNzg4OTQ2NDhkM2ZiLzY5YTAyYjNiZjVjYjEyMDAwODU4MzFmMC9yb2JlcnQta2Vsa2VyLWtlbGx5LmpwZw.webp 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/resizer.ladbiblegroup.com\/unsafe\/rs:fit:3840:0:0:0\/g:sm\/q:70\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OTQ5ZWE4ZTE2ZTQ2MzA0OS9ibHQ2NTMwNzg4OTQ2NDhkM2ZiLzY5YTAyYjNiZjVjYjEyMDAwODU4MzFmMC9yb2JlcnQta2Vsa2VyLWtlbGx5LmpwZw.webp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><cite class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">Kelker-Kelly played Rinna&#8217;s on-screen love interest (Joseph Del Valle\/NBCU Photo Bank<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She claimed: &#8220;Suddenly, one day, he disappeared from the <em>Days<\/em> set. Next thing I knew, Kristian [Alfonso] and I had our own full-time security detail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t worried about physical harm, but NBC had to cover their a**. We had rent-a-cops parked outside out houses and trailers for three weeks and were driven to and from work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Kelker-Kelly didn&#8217;t disappear from Hollywood straight after leaving <em>Days of Our Lives<\/em>, and instead went on to play Stavros Cassadine in dozens of episodes of <em>General Hospital.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">However, according to his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/social-media\">social media<\/a>, the actor transitioned into a different career in the early noughties as he began working as a pilot, and is now a captain and aircraft manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">UNILAD has reached out to Kelker-Kelly, Alfonso and NBC for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.unilad.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna has released scathing accusations about one of her former Days of Our Lives co-stars, alleging they&#8217;re one of the &#8216;biggest bullies&#8217; in Hollywood &#8211; although they have since stepped out of the spotlight. 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