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Lisa Vanderpump is opening up about Lala Kent‘s emotional experience at last month’s taping of the Vanderpump Rules season 11 reunion.
While also commenting on the future of the show, Jax Taylor44, and Brittany Cartwright‘s separation, and Tom Schwartz‘s new girlfriend, Sophia Almost23, the 63-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum revealed if she thinks Tom Sandoval41, learned from his affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss29, and described the reunion as “fractious.”
“(Lala) did (cry) at the end. She was very upset,” Lisa recalled on the April 25 episode of Access Hollywood‘s Housewives Nightcap. “Lala makes out she’s so tough but she’s vulnerable underneath. She kind of puts on this big show. But I’ve always seen through that show. She’s a tough girl. She’s very bright but I think she felt very emotional.”
After being asked to sum up the reunion in one word, Lisa could not, saying, “There’s so many words to describe it… It wasn’t just, there (were) funny moments. It was fractious. It’s a very long day.”
Although there have been reports suggesting season 11 could be the last, Lisa noted that those sorts of rumors have been swirling “for years.”
“I don’t know why the wheels keep churning. I’m super busy, I have to admit, Vanderpump Villa is taking up, Gordon Ramsay’s taking up my time but there’s always a story to tell,’ she confirmed. “Those guys, you could film them all year. Lala’s having a baby…”
Moving on to Jax and Brittany, 35, Lisa said that while she’s heard about their separation, she doesn’t know any of the details. She then confirmed she’s not rooting for a reconcilation.
“No. I don’t know why she left him but it’s Jax,” she explained.
In addition to proclaiming Pump Rules was scripted (before walking back on the comment) earlier this month, Jax also revealed he won’t be bowing down to Lisa any longer.
“Since when has he bowed down to anybody?” Lisa asked in response. “Look, I gave him his chance to show the world how amazing he is and he took it whether it fully agrees with him or not.”
Over the years, Lisa has faced challenges with numbers of the Pump Rules cast, namely Jax. But when asked which cast was easier to manage, out of Pump Rules or Vanderpump Villashe couldn’t decide.
“On one level, Vanderpump Rules is more difficult but then I’ve never lived with my staff before so they’re equally, but different, living with them is a very different experience,” she reasoned.
As she played a game of “Sip or Spill,” Lisa was asked if she’d open another restaurant with Schwartz and Sandoval. In response, she took a drink.
She was then asked about Schwartz’s much younger girlfriend.
“Twenty-three? Well, how can I be a hypocrite and say that?” she wondered, giving a nod to Sophia’s age. “There’s 16 years between (Ken Todd) and I and we’ve been married forever so let him have it. Also, he needs a diversion from Tom Sandoval, which is like his girlfriend.”
As for whether or not Sandoval has learned and grown from his affair, Lisa doesn’t seem too convinced.
“Tom finds it difficult to portray some kind of humility, we’ve seen that, but I do think he was very contrite,” she stated. “But he just didn’t handle it right all the time. He went through a lot, he did, I can’t minimize that.”
Vanderpump Rules season 11 airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.