Vanderpump RulesIs Being Rebooted! Bravo Scraps Entire Cast in Favor of New Group for Season 12

Mar. 15, 2025

It’s a fresh start forVanderpump Rules.

On Tuesday, Nov. 26, Bravo announcedVPRhad been renewed for season 12 — but the upcoming season will look different from past years. According to the press release, a new cast will take overLisa Vanderpump’s West Hollywood ventures as servers, hosts and bartenders at SUR and TomTom.

“The last 12 years of filming have been an extraordinary run full of laughter, tears and everything in between,” Vanderpump, 64, said in the release. “I can’t thank enough those who have shared their lives. How I love you all. In the restaurant business, one shift always gives way to another. Cheers to the next generation ofVanderpump Rules.”

(l-r) Katie Maloney, Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, Lisa Vanderpump, James Kennedy, Lala Kent, Tom Schwartz, Scheana Shay.Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo

Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo

It is unclear when the new cast or premiere date will be released, but PEOPLE has learned that formerVPRstarsLala Kent,Scheana ShayandTom Schwartzwill make appearances onThe Valley,which followsBrittany Cartwright,Jax TaylorandKristen Doute— among others — who got their start onVPR.

(l-r) Luke Broderick, Kristen Doute, Jax Taylor, Nia Booko, Danny Booko, Brittany Cartwright, Jason Caperna, Janet Caperna, Michelle Lally, Jesse Lally.Felix Kunze/Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo

Felix Kunze/Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo

VPRfirst premiered on Bravo in 2013, starring Doute, Shay, Taylor, Schwartz,Katie Maloney,Tom Sandoval, Stassi Schroeder, Peter Madrigal, Mike Shay, Laura-Leigh, Frank Herlihy andAriana Madix. Over the years, cast members have come and gone, with others like Cartwright, Kent, andRachel Levissstarring on the series.

Fansbegan speculating that the show had been canceledwhen filming for season 12 was delayed over the summer, but PEOPLE confirmed Bravo still planned to bring the series back at the time.

Seasons 10 and 11 also followed an altered filming schedule after the bombshell news that cast members Leviss and Sandovalwere having an affairwhile Sandoval was involved in a decade-long relationship with Madix.

On May 1, Andy Cohen explained that hiatuses are not uncommon in the Bravo world when a major event has happened, saying onSiriusXM’sAndy Cohen Livein May that “we used to do this all the time with theHousewives.”

“We would say, ‘You know what? Let’s put cameras down for, you know, four or five months and come back to them.’ And they will have lived life. Things will be different,” Cohen said.

Vanderpump further confirmed withE! Newsthat the show would not be going anywhere.

“Vanderpump Rulesis on hiatus just for a little bit,” theVanderpump Rulesnamesake said. “Let it breathe. I think we were going around in circles for a little bit."

(l-r) Ally Lewber, Lala Kent, Katie Maloney, Lisa Vanderpump, Scheana Shay, Ariana Madix.Todd Williamson/Bravo via Getty

Todd Williamson/Bravo via Getty

Rumors continued to swirl as time passed, however, and Kent recently added fuel to the chatter whenshe revealed she no longer speaksto most of the cast on a Nov. 19 episode ofWatch What Happens Live.

Cohen then named several of Kent’s past costars, asking if she was in contact with any of them. She joked that Sandoval texts her but she doesn’t often respond, she had to block Taylor and she and Madix “don’t speak.”

“She’s killing it and I’m thrilled about it,” she said. “And I mean it!”

Kent added that she hasn’t talked to Madix, 39, nor Maloney, 37, since theVPRseason 11 reunion, which aired in May.

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Seasons 1 through 11 ofVanderpump Rulesare streaming on Peacock.

source: people.com