Lisa Vanderpump Denies Fired Pump Rules Castmembers Are Racist

Lisa Vanderpump is reflecting on the “Vanderpump Rules” firings.

Whereas showing on Monday’s episode of Dear Media’s “The Skinny Confidential Him & Her” podcast, the Pump proprietor, 50, defended fired “Vanderpump Guidelines” stars Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute, denying that any of her former workers are racist.

“It wasn’t proper what they did in any respect, however do I feel they’re racist? A thousand % not. As a result of I’ve numerous various individuals working for me that they [were] very near through the years,” Lisa mentioned. “Do I feel it was a racist motion? No, in no way.”

“I simply suppose it was simply terrible timing and silly and ignorant,” she added.

Whereas Lisa admitted that she would not watch or hearken to a lot of the interviews the “Vanderpump” forged does, she mentioned, “You may’t be cavalier simply since you’re younger and unaware.”

As for Stassi, particularly, Lisa mentioned, “there was a lack of understanding,” including that her former worker “lived in her personal bubble.”

“Bravo did what they needed to do on the time,” Lisa continued. “I feel all the things was so infected on the time, but it surely was an accumulation of issues she’d performed as nicely.”

Again in June, Stassi, Kristen, Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni had been fired from “Vanderpump Guidelines.”

The 2 girls had been axed for his or her remedy of a Black former co-star, Religion Stowers, whereas the boys had been let go after racist tweets utilizing the N-word had been uncovered.

In early December, Jax Taylor — who has also been accused of racist conduct prior to now — and his spouse and co-star Brittany Cartwright introduced their departure from “Vanderpump Guidelines.”

Though LVP mentioned individuals ought to be held accountable for his or her actions, she famous that actuality TV is “fairly an excellent place to study.”

“I do not like this cancel tradition, both,” she mentioned on “The Skinny Confidential Him & Her” podcast on Monday. “After all, I do suppose typically individuals ought to be punished … and actions do have penalties, however I feel individuals can develop from their errors. I feel actuality tv is sort of an excellent place to study, to see the expansion.”

Lisa introduced up busboy-turned-DJ James Kennedy’s journey for example.

She defined, “It was an entire nightmare and you then see instantly he comes out of that, like, a butterfly popping out of a cocoon the place he is instantly — he is not precisely a butterfly — however he is undoubtedly, you see him making progress and I feel [to] see progress in kids is a marvel.”