Vanderpump Rules alum Stassi Schroeder revealed in a new interview with Marie Claire that she and co-star Katie Maloney “had a falling out for years” behind the scenes.
“Nobody knows,” the reality star told the magazine. “We are now rebuilding our friendship after growing in two completely different directions.”
Schroeder said her new show, “House of Stassi,” will delve deeper into the rise and fall of these friendships.
“I’ve never seen a TV show that explores how everyone chooses different paths in life once they reach a certain age, how that affects their friendships, and how they get back together afterward,” she teased.
Schroeder appeared on Vanderpump Rules for the first eight seasons, while Maroney remained a main cast member for 11 seasons.
During his time on the show, Schroeder experienced ups and downs in his friendships not only with Maroney, but also with other cast members, including Kristen Doute and Shayna Shay.
Viewers also saw how she split from ex-boyfriend Jax Taylor and is happily living with husband Beau Clark, whom she married in September 2020.
The couple later had two children, a 5-year-old daughter, Hartford, and a 2-year-old son, Messer.
Elsewhere in the Marie Claire interview, Schroeder promised fans that “it’s my birthday” and that they would see a new side of her, forever forgetting her “bossy Stassi” days.
“The last time people saw me, I was this crazy girl… crashing and picking up passengers in the dark,” she said. “I work really hard. I always try to build the best for my family. I’m proud of what I’ve done over the past five years.”
“I still crash,” she reassured them. “It just looks different.”
Schroeder also addressed the treatment of Vanderpump Rules castmate Faith Stowers, the show’s only black cast member, and how she has grown in the years since leaving the show after losing brand sponsorships and being dropped by her PR firm after past racist comments came to light.
“There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about cancellation,” she told the magazine. “I’m going to live with this for the rest of my life.”
“If I was still on ‘Vanderpump Rules,’ I probably would have been the same person,” she added. “This time away from reality TV shaped me into the person I am today.”
Despite a shocking season that contained all the fallout from the previous season’s scandal, Bravo opted to drop the entire cast of Vanderpump Rules and reboot the show with fresh faces for season 12.
“House of Stassi” will premiere on Hulu on July 29th.
