'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Kyle Richards reacts to Diana Jenkins saying she'd head butt Sutton Stracke: 'You can't justify that'

• Kyle Richards said she "can't justify" costar Diana Jenkins' saying she'd head butt Sutton Stracke.
• "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star told Insider why she feels bad for Jenkins.

"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" season 12 took a dramatic last week when new cast member Diana Jenkins declared she was ready to be the "new villain" in an argument with Sutton Stracke. Now, original housewife Kyle Richards is telling Insider all about the blowout.

In season 12, episode eight, Jenkins and Stracke got into a back-and-forth at Garcelle Beauvais' birthday party, with Jenkins calling Stracke "boring" and "fake," and Stracke calling Jenkins "soulless."

At one point during the conversation, Jenkins told Stracke: "Do you want me to butt head you?" Jenkins used similar language in the previous episode, too, while describing an altercation with Stracke to costars Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley. "She could have gotten headbutted," Jenkins said.

The drama between Jenkins and Stracke stemmed from the cast's trip to Punta de Mita, Mexico, in the previous episodes. In a heated dinner table scene in episode six, Stracke shouted down Jenkins in order to finish making her point, prompting Jenkins to cry. Later, in episode seven, Stracke claimed Jenkins didn't allow her to sit with her on the plane ride back to Beverly Hills.

Fans on social media have criticized Jenkins' use of threatening language, and now Richards is weighing in.

"Obviously, someone saying head butting, you can't justify that. Never," Richards told Insider exclusively.

"I can't justify a lot of things people say and do on this show," the reality TV star added, explaining that a lot of the events on the show are a matter of perspective.

"That's the thing. When the burglary with Dorit happened, you saw Sutton's reaction," said Richards. "She said she had her designer coming in. In a situation like that, I was like, 'Wow, that was offensive to me.' And some people were like, 'Well, you can't expect her to feel the way you feel.'"

Kyle Richards feels "bad" for Diana Jenkins after episode eight of "RHOBH."

Jenkins appeared to take the mantle of the new "RHOBH" villain, telling Stracke in episode eight: "You need a new villain? Here I am."

Richards said she is aware that Jenkins is "getting a lot of hate after last week's episode" on social media, but explained to Insider why she feels bad for the new cast member.

"The thing is with reality television, you can love someone who is not such a great person, and hate someone who is actually a decent human being," Richards said. "I always feel bad… Diana's new to the show, I don't know if it doesn't always translate well on camera, or what it is exactly… all I know is, me personally, she's been nothing but kind and lovely, thoughtful, and extremely generous to my charities."

Richards added: "I just feel bad when someone's new and I'm like, oh my gosh, you signed on to do this and you're just being dragged, and these people have never met you."

The conclusion of the argument between Jenkins and Stracke will air this week after episode eight ended on a cliffhanger.

"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" airs Wednesdays on Bravo in the US, and is available to stream on Hayu in the UK and elsewhere the next day.