Lisa Rinna's lips were made for talking. But on a recent day in Los Angeles, her lips weren't her main focus.
She's on her way to the dentist – "It's very glamorous today," she jokes – to get a new mouth guard made after her dog chewed it up. Yes, "The Traitors" contestant and former "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star grinds her teeth. Celebrities, they're just like us.
You learn plenty about the inner workings of all things Rinna (as her "Housewives" castmates fondly called her) in her new memoir "You Better Believe I'm Gonna Talk About It" (Dey Street Books, out Feb. 24).
For a book she didn't want to write in the first place – her team pushed for it, she says – she leaves nary a stone unturned. She writes about her childhood in Oregon; her parenting of daughters Amelia, 24, and Delilah, 27, with husband Harry Hamlin; her acting and modeling careers; and of course, reality TV.
"I don't think anyone owes anybody any explanation about anything unless they want to talk about it," she says. "So that's one reason why I wrote this book. I thought, it's really great to tell my side of the story. Say how I feel, how I felt, what my opinion is. You can feel and think however you want, but this is my book, and my opinion and my feelings."
