Despite the disastrous end for the 11th season of Vanderpump Rulesthe show doesn’t say goodbye for good.
However, in the final moments of Tuesday, a producer declared: “This is the end.” VPR In the episode titled “Plot Twist,” ET confirmed that the episode was a season finale. not a series finale.
While Bravo isn’t commenting on the cast, a source tells ET, “There’s always the possibility of a cast shakeup or a change of old cast members.” The valleybut no decisions have been made yet.
Ariana Madix And Tom Sandoval were at the center of the drama this season after his affair Rachel Leviss. Ariana’s refusal to film with her ex was a big problem, especially for some of her friends Scheana Shay and her husband, Brock Davies.
Lala Kent, Tom Schwartz, James Kennedy and Ally Lewber also had to toe that line Katie Maloney was the only cast member to fully support Ariana’s no-contact rule.
This all came to a head during the season finale when Sandoval became angry when he found out his ex called him a “performer” in his apologies.
“That’s awesome,” Sandoval said. “Ariana keeps saying that I’m not honest, that I’m performative. Do you know what that is? Ariana is performative as hell. She doesn’t like any of these motherfuckers. So she can.” Fuck saying I’m performative.
Meanwhile, Ariana told the cameras: “He never tried to talk to me off camera. He could have written something in a damn letter and left it on my kitchen counter and I could have read it at my leisure. But “If you only did it in front of the camera, you would just show me your true colors.”
Scheana and Lala were on Sandoval’s side, and he finally spoke out after biting his tongue all season.
“I understand! He fucking cheated! You did a really fucking shitty thing! It was weird how you looked all of us in the eyes and said a lot of shit,” Lala said. “But he didn’t kill anyone! She moved on eight days later! Eight days! I have never seen anyone in my life be deceived and suddenly become God. OK.”
In a confessional, Lala criticized Ariana for not showing her “deep lows” like much of the cast had done over the last decade.
“I don’t think Tom and Ariana were ever honest about their relationship until Tom was caught cheating,” Lala said. Do you believe that you can be honest for a moment and then put it all away and everything will be fine? Fuck it all.
After the drama, ET learned this VPR is taking a production break before Season 12 and skipping summer filming for the first time ever.
Andy Cohen said he agreed with the idea of a break during a recent live episode of Andy Cohen Live from SiriusXM.
“I talked to Ariana about it on the aftershow last night,” Cohen said. “I said people forget – especially when it comes to Ariana being cheated on – people forget that we picked up some cameras three months after she found out about this affair, that’s why she is “It’s still in the violently angry phase and you can understand that, so I always think it’s great.”
There’s currently no word on when cameras will be back up, but ET’s source says the cast has commitments to other projects – including Ariana’s Hosting tasks Love Island And her return to Broadway in Augustas well as Lisa Vanderpump a second season will likely be filmed by Hulu Vanderpump mansion– “are factors that play a role in this decision.”
Amid the possible changes to the series, Lisa told ET what she thinks about the future of the series VPR.
“I just think that the people of this cast are so connected and that there is always a story to tell,” she said. “So we’ll see. We will know when the time is right.” [to shake things up].”
Vanderpump Rules‘ Three-part reunion starts on May 14th, the remaining episodes will be broadcast on May 21st and 28th. Extended and uncensored versions of the shocking reunion will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
Then, on May 29th, a special Vanderpump Rules: Secrets Revealed Featuring unexpected, never-before-seen moments from the season, the episode will be available to stream on Peacock.
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