Lisa Vanderpump Fires Back at Teddi Mellencamp’s Claims She Paid the ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Cast to Sleep Together: ‘They Do That on Their Own’
usmagazine.comSetting the record straight. Lisa Vanderpump clarified that she had no part in Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ affair.“Oh and no I didn’t pay cast members to sleep together for ratings #pumprules they do that on their own … #fake-news,” the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 62, tweeted on Wednesday, March 15. “Have a beautiful day everybody.”Vanderdump’s remarks come after her former RHOBH costar Teddi Mellencamp theorized that the U.K.
native may have orchestrated the Pump Rules drama to increase their ratings.“[Lisa] probably paid Raquel [Leviss] to do this,” Mellencamp, 41, suggested to Melissa Gorga and Tamra Judge during a March 9 episode of the Real Housewives of New Jersey star’s “On Display” podcast.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesThe former housewives have a feud-filled history of their own.
The two started as friends but had a falling out during season 9 of the Bravo series, which aired in 2019. Their friendship hit a snag when Dorit Kemsley adopted a puppy from Vanderpump Dogs, only for the pooch to end up at a kill shelter.
The drama, also known as Puppygate, led Vanderpump to leave the show. Mellencamp, for her part, exited the series in September 2020.Vanderpump found even more success with her Bravo spinoff series, Pump Rules, which premiered in 2013.
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