We all know Vanderpump Rules raised a new bar for reality TV amid 2023's ill-fated Scandoval. Cast members like Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval moved on to new ventures and became household names in pop culture as they continued to film. After they wrapped season 11, it was revealed that the future of the Bravo series would follow a whole new cast in season 12. Now, SUR owner (and the show's namesake) Lisa Vanderpump has officially entered the chat after fans' shocking response to the announcement.
"I think everything we do is going to have a different energy to it," Lisa told E! News at the grand opening of her new restaurant Pinky's by Vanderpump at Flamingo Las Vegas. "Not gonna try and compete with the old Vanderpump Rules. It's just gonna be totally different there. Still, we'll go back to the premise of the complications of running a restaurant and the staff in it. And that always has a story to tell."
She fondly reflected on working with the former cast as "a wonderful experience," but added, "It was time to do something different. Stories were kind of closing up a little bit. I think people, they weren't that shocked that we decided to do this now."
