Regardless of the drama it could have added to season 11, Andy Cohen helps Rachel “Raquel” Leviss‘ selection to not come again to Vanderpump Laws.
“I think it’s a personal decision. If that was the healthiest move for her, I respect looking at it and saying, ‘This was not something that brought out the best in me so I’m going to choose something else,’” Cohen, 55, solely advised Us Weekly on Tuesday, January 9, whilst selling his partnership with Walmart+.
Cohen made it transparent his toughen extends to each and every Bravo manufacturing he produces, including, “I really respect that decision always across all shows.”
Regardless of Leviss’ absence, Cohen hinted that the impending episodes can be a wild experience.
“[I’m] very excited for people to see Vanderpump Rules [season 11]. Listen, it picks up where we left off,” he famous. “I think seeing the shifting relationships and platelets and growth in some — and stagnation in others — is really going to be interesting for people.”
Season 11 filming began months after Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix referred to as it quits following just about a decade of courting because of his affair with Leviss, 29. Many of the forged participants in the long run returned to movie together with Madix, 38, Sandoval, 41, Katie Maloney, Tom Schwartz, Lala Kent, Scheana Shay, James Kennedy, Best friend Lewber and Brock Davies.
Leviss, alternatively, checked herself right into a psychological well being facility in April 2023 after the scandal made headlines. She remained in remedy for 90 days sooner than confirming she had no plans to go back to the Bravo sequence.
“Oh, hell no. No, because I refuse to not respect myself on that level where I would endure that emotional abuse any longer,” Leviss stated on Bethenny Frankel‘s “Just B” podcast in August 2023. “I can’t do this to myself.”
Leviss claimed the community shutting down her request for a larger paycheck contributed to the general choice.
“One of the things that producers also told me is that you get paid based off of your performance from the season prior,” she claimed. “The mistakes that I’ve made on camera live on forever. And you mentioned something about the addiction of doing reality TV and the way that they always dangle that carrot in front of you. Like, [they say], ‘You need to tell your side of the story, otherwise it’s gonna be written for you.’ And that’s terrifying.”
Leviss used to be apparently the one forged member with reservations about coming again. Sandoval, for his phase, endured to movie the display even supposing maximum of his forged participants selected Madix’s aspect after the drama.
Right through his interview with Us, Cohen stated he isn’t certain whether or not season 11 of Vanderpump Laws will redeem Sandoval.
“It’s up to the folks on the show. I think the question is, ‘How long do we keep this guy on an island?’ And it’s up to the fans,” he endured. “We’ve known him through television for 10 years, so where is he? What place does he hold with us now?”
Along with making ready for Vanderpump Laws‘ highly-anticipated return, Cohen is also focused on Walmart+’s Save Your Resolutions marketing campaign. He teamed up with the corporate as they target to “save” any New Yr’s solution.
“I spent a lot of time thinking about what are my resolutions going to be, and I, like millions of Americans, ditch mine every year,” Cohen shared. “So, we’re trying to get you to save your resolutions, and if you sign up with Walmart+, it’s kind of the ultimate savings membership. It saves you time and money on things like free grocery delivery, free shipping, discounted fuel, all these ways to help kind of kickstart and save your resolutions.”
If fanatics join Walmart sooner than the top of January, they are going to obtain $50 greenbacks in Walmart money. “Who’s going to say no to that?” Cohen added.
With reporting via Christina Garibaldi