RHOM’s Larsa Pippen 'Was in a Great Place' Filming House of Villains amid Marcus Jordan Breakup (Exclusive)

• Larsa Pippen joined House of villains season 2 as a latecomer on the October 17 episode following Larissa Lima’s elimination
• The The Real Housewives of Miami star tells PEOPLE she’s in House of villains wanting to “be friends with everyone” and make “everyone think I don’t care about winning”
• “In the beginning, I’m not a villain. However, if pushed, I can be a supervillain,” says Pippen

Larsa Pippen may have entered House of villains late, but she made it known.

When is it The Real Housewives of Miami star, 50, joined Season 2 on the Oct. 17 episode, immediately arguing that she didn’t want to take the only available bed in a room with two male contestants.

“I just wanted to be welcome to House of villains,” Pippen tells PEOPLE. “I was the new girl in the house. I wanted them to show me a little more love before we started stabbing each other in the back. I asked myself, ‘Can I just get one night of fun energy before I start really playing?’”

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Ultimately, BachelorVictoria Larson gave her bed to Pippen and took a room with him Challenge‘s Wes Bergmann and Big brotherJessie Godderz, who Pippen says gave Larson, 31, some goodwill.

“I wanted to be friends with everybody,” Larsen says. “But I didn’t know who would keep their word and who would just play really hard. I didn’t want anyone to think Teresa and I were in a good place, so basically my strategy was to make friends and let everyone think I didn’t care about winning: ‘I’m just here to have a good time, guys. I don’t care if I win. I don’t really need the money. Who needs $200,000?’”

Despite wanting to keep his friendship with fellow Bravolebrity Teresa Giudice under wraps, Larsen says seeing her The Real Housewives of New Jersey star on House of villains “he helped me feel at home.”

“We’re a Bravo family, but we’re really good friends,” Pippen adds. “We definitely aligned.”

Teresa Giudice at the D’Amelio Footwear Launch Party in LA on May 18, 2023.

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The alliance worked, keeping both Pippen and Giudice, 52, off the hit list afterward Bad Girls ClubThe show’s Camilla Poindexter won Supervillain of the Week on the October 17 episode. Poindexter, 38, put Godderz, also 38, at his side Survivedis Richard Hatch and Love and Hip Hop: Atlantais Safaree.

Pippen feels like she didn’t get into House of villains as a typical villain. “I’m not a villain at first,” she says. “However, if pushed, I can be a supervillain. If you poke a bear, I’m definitely that person. If you do come for me, I have a sharp tongue, so I’m a villain sometimes, I guess.”

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The mum-of-four says she felt “up for the challenge”. House of villains thanks to her experience at Traitors season 2, “but at the same time I was ready for conflict” because of her age RHOM.

But Pippen found living under the same roof with her castmates “really challenging,” she says. “It’s not easy. It is challenging not to have a door in the room. You have no privacy. I knew people were going to go crazy, so just being cool with everybody and being able to be a butterfly and move between different groups of people, I think that’s Housewives angle.”

Larsa Pippen at the launch of the Xerjoff perfume collection at The Ned in New York on March 25, 2024.

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The reality star says she drank most of it after two days House of villains costars got it.

“When you live under the same roof, you fast forward. You can learn so much about people and their personalities and their strategy,” Pippen continues. “If you’re too nice, I think he’s definitely a silent killer. You’re a killer because you’re definitely not this nice in real life. I feel like I basically showed everyone the right way.”

After done Traitors and now House of villainsPippen says he wants to participate in “all” reality shows.

“They are so much fun!” she says. “House of villainsI had the best experience. It’s so fun to meet other people who are in the same space as you and to be in a house with other people who are in the same industry as me that I would never have had the opportunity to connect with. When would I ever hang out with Wes or Jessie? They are not in my same world.”

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Pippen’s positive experience at House of villains came despite filming in the midst of her breakup with Marcus Jordan, who went public with their relationship in January 2023.

“I was really in a great spot,” Pippen says. “I wanted to work on the show, so it was just a good experience for me.”

Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan on ‘Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen’.

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When it comes to her love life these days, “I’m not really looking for anything,” Pippen says. “I already feel full from the last relationship. I just have to focus on other things at the moment. I work, I enjoy my family time. I’m fine.”

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House of villains airs Thursdays at 10:00 PM ET on E! and the first two episodes are now available to stream on Peacock.

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