Vanderpump Rules is officially going the Real Housewives of New York route and getting a complete reboot for season 12.
Earlier this week Bravo confirmed that the show would return with all new cast members. The season will still feature former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Vanderpump and “a close-knit SUR-vers who are as complicatedly involved with one another as their iconic predecessors.”
After the shocking announcement, most of the cast have released a statement.
Ariana Madix took to Instagram writing, “vanderpump rules, you will forever be that girl ? i was up til 4am looking for all the right pics and the right words, but there’s no post or caption that could ever encapsulate everything.”
Our sources tell us that the reboot happened after all the demands from the cast, “They knew everyone was watching the show but a lot of them were getting tons of backlash on social media. Every one on the cast wanted a huge pay raise and some didn’t want to film with each other. Bravo knew the best thing to do was to get a younger cast that they could pay a lot less and still having the backing of Vanderpump Rules.”
Tom Sandoval seems very disappointed by the decision. Not only did he recently announce the closing of his restaurant but now he is left out of a huge pay day with the show. Tom told US just last month, “I feel like we still have a lot of story to tell. But it’s not up to me. I’m not the EP. I’m not the network. I’m hopeful it continues on. We’re just gonna wait and see what happens.”
Katie Maloney wrote on her Instagram story, “It’s a mixed bag. But I wouldn’t change a thing. Thank you for the memories and the love the last 11 years.”
Lala Kent reminisced writing about her Vanderpump Rules experience writing, “Where to begin. I was a young girl from Salt Lake City who made her way to L.A. I would introduce myself as Lauren, but because my childhood best friend referred to me as Lala, my nickname quickly stuck. Sur was a place that became home. I found myself not only sipping on vodka sodas there, but behind a hostess stand… it still to this day is the most intimidating job I’ve ever had. A short time later the opportunity to be on a show called Vanderpump Rules landed in front of me. I have such mixed feelings right now.”
Stassi Schroeder commented on Lala Kent’s post writing, “This post made me feel some feelings” Andy Cohen also took to X with a brief statement
James Kennedy wrote that he was holding back some tears as he wrote his statement via Instagram
Tom Schwartz: