Stassi Schroeder isn’t becoming a member of her fellow Vanderpump Regulations alums at the upcoming by-product The Valley, however she doesn’t really feel like she’s lacking out.
Stassi, 35, spread out about her involvement within the new sequence (or lack thereof) all through an look on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Reside on Wednesday, January 24. When host Jeff Lewis printed he was once “mad at Bravo” about Stassi’s absence from the by-product, she insisted, “It’s not Bravo’s fault.”
Consistent with Stassi, she was once “asked to film the sizzle reel” to provide a glimpse of what The Valley can be like. “Once this idea was brought up and they were like, ‘OK, we’re gonna film a sizzle with all the people that would be on it. Will you be on it and film the sizzle?’ and every fiber of my being voted no, like, truly,” she stated.
Stassi famous that there have been “a lot of different reasons” for her hesitation. “First of all, it wouldn’t be a reflection of what my reality is. … It’s not my group of friends,” she persevered. “I’m friendly with some of them. I’m acquaintances with some of them and some of the new ones, too, I think are lovely, but it’s not my crew.”
Whilst “playing devil’s advocate,” Jeff, 53, identified that Stassi wouldn’t “have to pretend” to be buddies with the remainder of the solid and argued that the crowd “probably would become closer” through the years — however Stassi wasn’t satisfied.
“I don’t want to have to go and do things that I normally wouldn’t do. I don’t want to disrupt the life that I have right now, because I really like my life right now,” she defined. “When they filmed the sizzle, I was still friends with everyone and I still was like, ‘No.'”
An respectable teaser for The Valley was once launched previous this month that includes Vanderpump Regulations OGs Kristen Doute and Jax Taylor and his spouse, Brittany Cartwright. Along side bringing again previous favorites, the solid contains a number of new faces — Danny Booko, Nia Booko, Jesse Lally, Michelle Lally, Jason Caperna and Janet Caperna — and Kristen’s boyfriend, Luke Broderick.
Stassi famous on Wednesday that she’s nonetheless buddies with “a few of” her former costars, together with Lala Kent and Katie Maloney, however she’s comfy residing a quieter existence with husband Beau Clark and their two youngsters: daughter Hartford, 3, and son Messer, 4 months.
“My life is not the way that it used to be,” she stated. “I’m not in this group. I don’t have time to just be in this group of friends that goes out all the time and gets to do whatever they want it.”
Stassi close down Jeff’s prediction that The Valley would possibly have “a different vibe” than the early days of Vanderpump Regulations, pronouncing, “I know what [those people] do on a regular basis and that’s not what I do.”
Following 8 seasons at the Bravo hit, Stassi and Kristen had been fired in June 2020. A number of months later, Jax and Brittany introduced their very own exits. The couple in the past hinted at being able for his or her fact TV returns after recapping season 10 of Vanderpump Regulations for Peacock’s Watch With sequence.
“We’re definitely getting the itch ’cause it was fun to have the cameras over and have crew over,” Brittany, who were given her get started on Vanderpump Regulations in 2015 when she began relationship Jax, solely advised Us in June 2023. “Going through that whole lifestyle again was so fun. Like, when we did Watch What Happens Live [With Andy Cohen], I got a little teary backstage ’cause this was such a big part of my life for six years basically — and for Jax, like, nine. So, it just felt really good to do those things again.”
The Valley is anticipated to premiere on Bravo this spring, kicking off with a backdoor pilot on episode 8 of Vanderpump Regulations season 11.