The stars of Vanderpump Rules are no strangers to controversy.
The staff of Lisa Vanderpump’s West Hollywood restaurant SUR made their debut on Bravo in 2013 as part of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills spinoff. The season 1 cast included Vanderpump, Stassi Schroeder, Jax Taylor, Katie Maloney, Tom Sandoval, Kristen Doute and Scheana Shay.
As season 8 wrapped up, Faith Stowers, who made her final appearance on the season 6 premiere after word got out that she had an affair with Taylor, spoke out about being treated unfairly by her former costars.
“I did a show with an all-white cast. I was the only black person on the show. … It was a lot,” Stowers told Floribama Shore’s Candace Rice via Instagram Live in June 2020. “I felt like after their friend did something that we both were involved in that [Jax has] done, like, a thousand times, they wanted to attack me instead of him. They wanted to attack, attack, attack, attack, attack. I was wrong, I was this, I was that, calling me names, saying my hair was nappy, which is weird coming out of their mouths.”
The former SURver went on to claim that Schroeder and Doute tried to turn her in to the cops for a crime she didn’t commit. As a result, Schroeder and Doute were fired from the show. Sources told Us at the time that their costars were surprised by the move, which they learned about online.
While Schroeder’s comments about Stowers caused her to lose her job, the incident was hardly the first time she made headlines for her off-camera remarks — and she isn’t the only cast member who has issued an apology in the past.
Scroll through for a recap of the biggest Vanderpump Rules controversies:
