Lisa Rinna's Horrifying Casting Couch Admission

By Rob Shuter Posted Oct 11th 2010 07:50AM

Exclusive: Lisa Rinna tells me her dishy new novel, 'Starlit,' is an inside look at "life on and off the red carpet, full of scandalous backstabbing and lots of sex." She describes it as a "roman à clef," or a novel that describes true events but is disguised as fiction. However, the most shocking real-life event that Lisa left out of the impossible-to-put-down read is a true story about herself and the infamous Hollywood casting couch.

"I lost a role on a BIG TV series because I wouldn't bend over a chair in a producers office for 'just a quickie,'" Lisa admits to me for the first time. "'Just pull your panties down and bend over and the role is yours,' he said to me."

Lisa was just 24 years old at the time and walked away in tears after the disgusting encounter, but that hasn't stopped her from thinking about the producer or that moment every day.

A friend tells me that Lisa has never revealed the producer's name to anyone, including husband Harry Hamlin, but many years later, during the height of her 'Melrose Place' success, she saw the man that propositioned her all those years ago on an industry red carpet. He stopped to say congratulations and she told him, "I know everyone in this town and if you ever do what you did to me again to anyone else I will tell everyone your dirty secret."

So far, Lisa's lips are sealed and so it seems are the producer's pants. For a real insight into the glamour and darkness of Hollywood, pick up Lisa's new book 'Starlit.'

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Monday 11 October

By john

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Oh, she's just a conspiracy theorist! There isn't a casting couch (or chair, in her case) any where in Hollywood! She's making it all up! (And if you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you!)

By JoJo

Wow, you seem to think you know so much. Do you actually know any of these people? Do you work in show business?

By Roy

LOL! I know, nice headline... was it supposed to be "coach"?

By Will

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Just did the math. Those lips are unsealable. They just don't fit each other anymore. What a gruesome looking couple. I'm thinking Denny's 4am just outside of Vegas. A 2006 Caddy parked out in front.

Stop with these people already.

By hahahaha

I wonder if the guys name was BEN OVER???

By Bob

no, his name was Ben Dover.

By wlh1923

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Could that event be any more horrifying that those grotesque "enhanced" lips?!?

By Mark

What is the social significance of this show and all the others that we are expected to watch? I am at the point where I look for people and events that make a positive light on people. This form of entertainment is self-serving in the wrong ways. The people on these shows and about these shows are praying on your ignorance and hoping you will be sucked in to their warped lives. It is just about making money - and that is all. These shows could care less about you or your lives.

Turn off the TV and do something nice to someone. You will feel a whole lot better.

By abeth118

Mark, I'm with you. I see no value in any of these "reality" shows which, in fact, have nothing REAL in them. Lisa continues to spew the fact that it's so difficult to be married in Hollywood but the most difficulty is keeping their children grounded. How does one keep children grounded when you are doing a stupid TV reality show and exploiting your children AND your husband. Isn't there some way to get these shows off the air? The studios continue to remove all the well-done shows to make way for this crap.

By Mike

You mean "preying."

couldn't care less... could care less means they could care less, like they care.

By Amaecook

Good for you, Lisa. No one should be put through that for a job.

By Jezzebelle

I HATE TO SAY THIS ABOUT PERSON RINNA, SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO GET ATTENTION. THERE IS ALWAYS TWO SIDES OF THE STORY BUT SHE SEEMED TO BE THE TYPE TO BEND OVER FOR A QUICKIE JUST TO GET THE JOB BUT WHO ARE WE TO JUDGE? SHE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE ERE FOR PUBLICITY
MARK SEEMED TO BE A NICE GUY BUT THERE IS A POINT IN HIS LIFE TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK OF HIS WIFE BUT IT SEEMS TO BE HE IS TRYING TO REBOUND HIS FADING CAREER.

By donna r

never knew "there is two sides to every story". always thought "there are two sides to every story". did many of you people pay attention in school? doubtful, very doubtful.

By Cheryl

First, I have no doubt that there are plenty of folks in Hollywood and New York willing to take advantage of young, ambitious performers who may be desperate for any advantage at all in the casting process. Second, what makes her think that she was the first or last that this particular crumb ever propositioned? She absolutely ought to have thrown the book at him when it happened--publishing a fictionalized version years later doesn't cut it!

By ROD

Her lips are sealed; HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. now THAT is hilarious,.

By fatherdjohnson@aol.com

Boo hoo! When will she-of-the-90-psi-lips be able to put this ghoulish nightmare behind her???

By Dal

Exactly!

By Tammy

how sick is that. omg i would never do that just 2 get ahead .

By Terry

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she has weird-looking lips, I wonder what it would be like to receive oral from her..

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