Lisa Vanderpump has revealed that the forthcoming season of Vanderpump Rules is set to feature some ‘very interesting characters.’
This comes after it was revealed by Bravo that the hit reality series axed its cast and announced it would hired a completely new cast for the highly anticipated season 12 — which is slated to begin production this year.
On Tuesday, the 64-year-old star told Us Weekly she is convinced that the show’s new stars will prove to be just as popular as the originals.
‘I got some very interesting characters for sure, but SUR (her restaurant) has been around a long time, and as I say, it’s a show we could have shot 12 months of the year,’ she told the outlet.
The show’s original cast included the likes of Scheana Shay, Katie Maloney, Tom Sandoval, Kristen Doute and Jax Taylor, and the restauranteur is convinced that the new cast will create lots of drama, too.
She shared: ‘When you have a restaurant, especially in Hollywood, with a revolving door of beautiful people who are all kind of normally rather large personalities because they come to Hollywood for a reason, it’s always complicated.’
The British TV personality went on, ‘I am sure it’s gonna be very different with these young little minxes when they get to work, but we shall see.’
Lisa previously predicted that Vanderpump Rules would return with a ‘different energy’ for season 12.
The reality star told E! News: ‘I think everything we do is going to have a different energy to it.
‘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.’
Lisa shared that she had a ‘wonderful experience’ filming with the show’s original cast. But she recognizes that now is the perfect time to make a change.
She said: ‘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.’
Some of the show’s alums have also broken their silence on the shock announcement that the entire series would be recast.
In late November, Tom Sandoval took to Instagram to share snaps from his time on the series and pen a lengthy note where he described feeling ‘overwhelmed’ with emotions.
‘Where do I begin… I’m overwhelmed with so many emotions right now… The unbelievable series of events that brought this group together still blows my mind to this day,’ he began.
After years of being a fan-favorite, Sandoval fell out of public favor in March 2023 when his bombshell affair with co-star Rachel Leviss was exposed. At the time, he was in a nine-year relationship with Ariana Madix, who joined VPR back in season two.
Sandoval added: ‘From a random meeting with Jax while modeling in Miami, to responding to a Craigslist ad for another Tom looking for a roommate. ‘Who would’ve thought that a stop along the way while chasing our dreams would turn into the cultural phenomenon that is Vanderpump Rules.’