Lisa Vanderpump detailed the end of Vanderpump Rules – as we knew it – and teased the “hot” and “complicated” new cast.
In an interview with US Weekly, LVP gave her opinion on some of her former SURvers and bartenders.
The end of an era:
Lisa declared “It didn’t make sense anymore” to continue VPR as it was.
“I’d always said I would rather quit when we’re on top. I do not want to go down on a sinking ship. The group was splintered. It was done.”
“There were internal conversations” about recasting. Thankfully, “Most of them had been smart and built something on their own,” explained the grandmother of two.
LVP on The Toms:
“It was hard to see the boys go through the whole thing with Schwartz & Sandy’s,” explained Lisa. ICYMI, Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval‘s restaurant and bar shut down in December 2024.
“But,” continued Lisa, “Tom [Sandoval]’s had a little bit of a revamp on The Traitors, so that’s good.”
“I saw [Sandoval] go through a hard time, so I tried to bolster him up even though he was a thousand percent wrong.” She continued, “I saw Ariana [Madix] having bouts of depression. I was very worried she would flounder with Scandoval, but she didn’t. She came right back, and I couldn’t be happier for her. I always say, “Don’t get mad, get even … and then some.”
“I hope he does well.”
LVP teased the re-vamped Vanderpump Rules:
“It’s very rare that you see behind the scenes of a restaurant.” The restauranteur noted, “No other restaurant is crazy enough to do that.”
“When you get a lot of young, hot people, it always gets complicated.”
