“Denise found her second season of ‘Housewives’ to be much more stressful and different than her first season,” a source close told HollywoodLife. “She feels it’s unfortunate that there have been so many allegations from other cast members in the press about her already and the season hasn’t even started yet. It’s upsetting to her because she loved her first season and found it to be really natural for her once she got going.”
“She always loved doing reality [TV], and she really does like the other women on the cast,” the insider says, explaining, “Despite any reports of feuding, she talks to several of them often. In fact, this season, she only filmed one time with Brandi and her interaction with her was pleasant with no feuding.”
The news comes after it was reported that Brandi and Denise had sexual relations in the past. While the Richards initially “laughed it off,” a source told Us Weekly, Denise now “wants all of that footage taken out of the show.”
“It’s one thing for the drama to be directed or even scripted in certain situations, but to have blatantly false lies spewed as if it were fact is just wrong and shouldn’t be allowed,” the source revealed. “Brandi wanted to confront Denise at the finale of the cast party, but Denise already had other plans that evening and she didn’t want to give her a platform to make those allegations. … Brandi needs to provide proof that she hooked up with Denise. Text messages, dates, specifics.”
A second source claimed that Denise and Brandi “hooked up one more than one occasion.”
“Denise was not married to Aaron [Phypers] when they first hooked up. Another time Brandi was under the impression that they had some openness to Denise and Aaron’s relationship and that Aaron was aware of what was going on,” the second insider claimed, adding that Brandi has the “backup” she needs.
While Denise’s rep publicly denied the allegations. Brandi first hinted about the feud when she revealed on Twitter, writing, “I just got ‘Denised.’ … 1-blackmail is illegal. 2-I have no skeletons in my closet (they’re all on the internet). 3-slut shaming is soooooo last year.”
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