Is Lisa Vanderpump Actually Leaving 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'?
A collective gasp rang out in certain corners of the Internet on Wednesday, November 14, when Radar Online published a report that Lisa Vanderpump, one of the original cast members of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, would be leaving the show after eight years.
According to Radar’s source, the decision came because Vanderpump was grieving over the death of her brother and overwhelmed with various professional projects. “She was dealing with grief, filming Vanderpump Rules, opening [new restaurant] TomTom, and running the Vanderpump Dog Foundation,” their source says. “She was not equipped to handle Housewives, even before the drama happened.”
But a source close to the Bravo show, however, tells Glamour she’s still a key player. “Lisa will appear in the majority of episodes this season. She has not been filming at every event, but fans can expect to see her throughout. The show will return to Bravo in early 2019.” And we’ve already seen her play a large role in the trailer for the upcoming season of Vanderpump Rules, her spinoff show centered around the staff at her restaurant S.U.R.
That’s not to say that there isn’t drama afoot on the show. (Would you want it any other way?) Fellow members of the cast, like Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley, have been posting on Instagram from a trip in Europe…and Vanderpump is noticeably absent. The Bravo spinoff handle of the popular Comments by Celebs noticed a snarky comment about the absence from Richards. Again, though, it’s not unheard for a Housewife to miss one of their famous getaways. That said, nothing is ever quite the same without LVP is it?
Fans of the franchise expressed their shock and dismay on social media.
https://twitter.com/breanna_monique/status/1062858050577616897
For her part, Vanderpump kept it simple on Twitter writing, “Let’s just focus on the important things right now.”
https://twitter.com/LisaVanderpump/status/1062783934734323712
Let’s just hope we get to the bottom of all of this during a juicy new season of RHOBH.