Kristen Doute weighs in on the future of ‘Vanderpump Rules’: Season 11 felt ‘very final’

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Season 11 finale gave many fans the impression that the show is ending for good.“The nostalgia was so real — especially that very ending moment where Lala [Kent] is giving her finale confessional moment, and then they’re showing all the photos from everyone’s season one,” Doute said about the finale. “That was really crazy and took me way back to 2012 when we shot the pilot.”The reality star — who was fired from “Vanderpump Rules” in 2020 but now stars in the spinoff “The Valley” — admitted that the Season 11 finale “did feel very final.”“However, I have said that about other finales of ‘Vanderpump Rules,'” Doute added. “I thought that even my last season felt kind of final.

They did the sad music and the black and white. So, I don’t know.”Doute said she thinks the news that production for Season 12 has been put on pause is a good thing for the Bravo franchise.“I think that’s the gonna be the best thing for everyone’s mental health right now,” she explained. “I don’t think the cast nor the fans want to watch Season 11 over again.

If we think about it, they filmed Season 10, they jumped right back into filming when “Scandoval” happened, and then they only had a few months until they had to start filming Season 11.

I think everyone needs to take a beat and take a break. Let them live their lives for a little bit so we can all watch what’s happening a few months from now.”“So that’s my hope,” Doute said.