Katie Maloney isn’t holding back — and this time, her target isn’t Tom Schwartz, Raquel Leviss, or even Lisa Vanderpump. It’s the entire new cast of Vanderpump Rules.
In a brutally honest and unapologetically shady interview given to a small podcast earlier this week, Katie finally broke her silence about Bravo’s decision to reboot the iconic reality series for Season 12 with an entirely fresh cast of SUR employees, effectively sidelining the OGs who turned the once-little show into a cultural juggernaut.
And to put it mildly? She’s not impressed.
“They’re just a bunch of TikTok waiters,” Katie quipped, audibly scoffing. “Like… what are we even doing here? This show used to be real — messy, chaotic, raw. Now it’s just ring lights and thirst traps.”
Sources close to production tell DailyMail+ that Katie has been quietly seething since being informed she wouldn’t be returning full-time for the reboot. While Bravo allegedly extended “guest appearance” offers to original cast members, insiders say Katie viewed it as an insult.
“She built that show with her blood, sweat, tears — and tequila,” a friend close to her shared. “To reduce her to a cameo while casting a bunch of 22-year-olds who haven’t even had a full meltdown in a parking lot yet? She wasn’t going to play that game.”
Katie didn’t stop there. In her most damning statement yet, she called the upcoming season “clout-chasing garbage,” claiming Bravo had “sold out the soul of the show” for viral fame.
“You can’t recreate lightning in a bottle just by hiring hot people with ring lights,” she said. “We weren’t trying to be famous. We were trying to survive brunch shifts hungover, sleeping with the wrong people, and screaming in alleys at 1am. You can’t fake that.”
While Bravo has remained tight-lipped about the full new cast, leaks suggest the reboot includes a handful of younger SUR servers, a bartender with a modeling contract, and two content creators with existing TikTok followings. “We’re leaning into the next generation of West Hollywood,” one Bravo exec reportedly told staff. But not everyone is buying the pitch.
“This isn’t Vanderpump Rules anymore — it’s SUR Influencers: The Series,” Katie joked. “Where’s the heartbreak? The scandals? The deep-rooted resentments from five years ago? These kids just got here.”
Though she hasn’t ruled out future cameos, Katie made it clear she won’t be propping up what she sees as an inauthentic reboot.
“If I wanted to watch a bunch of Gen Zs dance in the back alley of SUR for likes, I’d open TikTok,” she said bluntly. “Good luck to them, but I’m out.”
As fans brace for an entirely new era of Vanderpump Rules, one thing is certain: Katie Maloney may be stepping back from the cameras — but she’s not going quietly. And if the reboot flops? She’ll be the first one with a front-row seat and a perfectly chilled glass of rosé, ready to say: I told you so.
