‘Vanderpump Rules’ cast will be replaced with new group for Season 12
“Vanderpump Rules” is getting a fresh start.
The Bravo reality series will return for Season 12 with Lisa Vanderpump and a new cast, the network announced Nov. 26.
The upcoming season will have a fresh batch of restaurant employees whose lives promise to be “as complicatedly involved with one another as their iconic predecessors,” according to a press release.
“Under Lisa Vanderpump’s watchful eye, the West Hollywood mainstay SUR — and now TomTom — welcomes the next batch of servers, hosts and bartenders rife with plenty of drama, situationships and frenemies,” the release said.
The new season will begin production next year. Its premiere date and cast will be announced at a later date.
“The last 12 years of filming have been an extraordinary run full of laughter, tears and everything in between. I can’t thank enough those who have shared their lives. How I love you all,” Lisa Vanderpump said in a statement.
She added, “In the restaurant business, one shift always gives way to another. Cheers to the next generation of ‘Vanderpump Rules.'”
“VPR,” which debuted on Bravo in 2013 as a spinoff of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” originally followed the lives of Vanderpump and employees at her restaurant SUR.
The cast began with Tom Sandoval, Kristen Doute, Jax Taylor, Stassi Schroeder, Scheana Shay and Katie Maloney, and over the years, it introduced series regulars like Ariana Madix, Tom Schwartz, Raquel Leviss, James Kennedy, Lala Kent and Brittany Cartwright.
Last year, “VPR” was at the center of the headline-making pop culture scandal dubbed “Scandoval.” In March 2023, news broke that Sandoval cheated on his longtime girlfriend Madix, with their mutual friend Leviss.
The messy drama made its way onto the show, resulting in record-breaking ratings and earning “VPR” its first Emmy nomination.
“VPR” also inspired its own spinoff, “The Valley,” which premiered on Bravo earlier this year and stars former couple Cartwright and Taylor. Cartwright filed for divorce from Taylor in August.
