Stassi Schroeder is likely one of the many “Vanderpump Guidelines” alums that is still in good graces with Lisa Vanderpump. That is a lot the case that in a current episode of the Hulu present, “Vanderpump Villa,” Schroeder defended the 65-year-old businesswoman after Scheana Shay slammed her in her 2025 memoir.
Now, throughout a current podcast look, Shay responded, claiming that Schroeder was purported to return to “VPR” however in the end refused.
Shay took to her “Scheananigans with Scheana Shay” podcast in Might 2026 to react to the clips of Schroeder blasting her so as to defend Vanderpump. Notably, she recalled that Schroeder was requested to return to “VPR” for the present’s twelfth season. Nevertheless, she turned it down.
In keeping with Shay, “I really feel like I’ve a little bit of a degree of understanding along with her as a result of it wasn’t too way back we had been at a birthday celebration.” She went on to set the scene, saying it was throughout filming for season two of “The Valley,” on which Shay appeared as a good friend of the present.
She went on, “Vanderpump Guidelines… we nonetheless suppose it’s coming again for season 12, and Jeremiah [perhaps a producer] was speaking to Stassi, they usually had been attempting to get her again. Trigger we had been considering [there] is perhaps one last season.”
Scheana Says Stassi Didn’t Return to ‘VPR’ Due To Lisa Vanderpump
She went on to debate a few of the different forged earlier than saying, “Stassi and I had been in a great place then. And so we’re at this birthday celebration, and I used to be like, ‘Okay, so like what do you suppose? Is it a name-your-price [situation]? Like, would you come again?”
Shay continued, “She was like, ‘Truthfully, Scheana, I can’t do it. I’ll by no means sit down and have a dialog with Lisa Vanderpump.’ And I used to be like, ‘Actually?’ And she or he goes, ‘That’s what it could be. It might be me coming again to the present, and I’ve to have a sit-down [with Lisa] like I did season three or 4 … And I’ll by no means do this.’”
After that, she reacted to her fellow “VPR” alum showing on one other Vanderpump present. In keeping with her, “So then think about my shock once I hear she’s happening ‘Vanderpump Villa.’”
She added, “You do what you gotta do to get your bag, get your present picked up, all of that. Respect. Truthfully, [I] might need achieved the identical factor.”
Elsewhere within the episode, Shay denied slamming Vanderpump in her e-book, saying that she “spoke very extremely of Lisa. I’ve had a lot respect for Lisa as a businesswoman. As a mom.”
Followers Are Not On Scheana Shay’s Aspect
Followers reacted to this part of Shay’s podcast, with many expressing adverse opinions about what she stated relating to Schroeder. One particular person wrote, on X, “Scheana is de facto such a choose me. She needs to be the focal point for every little thing. Go discover Sandoval, how’d that work out for you?”
One other particular person stated, “She’s pissed that everybody has moved on to larger issues, however she hasn’t.” Another person associated to Schroeder, writing, “I wouldn’t return to a present I used to be fired from both.”
Lastly, a unique Bravo fan said, “At this level, Scheana simply must preserve her mouth shut. She simply digs a gap for herself each time she speaks.”
Scheana Beforehand Known as Out Stassi
Shay appeared on Web page Six’s Digital Actuality Tea in 2025. Whereas on the present, one of many hosts requested how she felt about Schroeder becoming a member of “Vanderpump Villa,” which was introduced in 2024. She stated within the clip, “I imply, it made sense as a result of, you already know, she had a improvement take care of Hulu. So, attempting to get her personal present, I really feel like that’s part of the deal.”
Nevertheless, she went on to explain Schroeder’s casting as “stunning,” noting that her former costar didn’t need to communicate with Vanderpump on digital camera.
Stassi Has A New Present
Scheana talked about in her podcast that Schroeder’s look on “Vanderpump Villa” was achieved partly to “get [her] present picked up.” She additionally talked about her former co-star having a improvement take care of Hulu. Now, in line with Deadline, Schroeder will headline her personal present, “Home of Stassi,” on Hulu and Freeform.
Along with Schroeder, “Home of Stassi” will characteristic Katie Maloney, Beau Clark, Kristina Kelly, Taylor Strecker, Georgianna Aubin, Rob Evors, and Taylor “Teddy” Donohue.
The primary two episodes of the sequence will premiere on Freeform on July 29, earlier than the complete season, then stream on Hulu and Disney+ beginning the next day.
