It felt very pointed towards me. It felt like, ‘Well, we have her trapped in this room now. So we didn’t get what we wanted to get [in the finale],
Madix said. We didn’t get to break her down IRL [in real life] in the moment. So we’re gonna retaliate by doing that right now, in a place where she’s contractually obligated to be here, and try to force this moment now.
Ariana Madix slammed producers for allegedly setting her up during the Vanderpump Rules reunion. During an episode of Disrespectfully, a podcast hosted by Katie Maloney and Dayna Kathan, she expressed her frustration at being forced into a conversation with Tom Sandoval.
Madix criticized producers tactics
Reflecting on the incident, Madix described how producers withheld crucial footage from her until the final moments of the season. While the cast was given screeners of the remaining episodes of VPR ahead of them filming the reunion, producers withheld the final minutes of the Season 11 finale — which saw Madix walk away from cameras after she felt cornered into having a conversation with her ex-boyfriend, Tom Sandoval — and screened it during the reunion to get the cast’s live reactions,
Madix noted.
Ariana’s revelations on Disrespectfully
In her podcast appearance, Ariana shared more about how manipulated she felt by the production team’s actions. They did not do what they thought they were gonna do,
she said. As she watched the scene unfold during the reunion taping, Ariana admitted to crying and felt that producers aimed for a breakdown.
The Miami girl connection
Ariana compared her predicament with past drama involving Kristen Doute and ‘Miami girl’, suggesting that producers were trying to recreate such dramatic encounters. They wanted the [Kristen Doute]-Miami conversation [re-done], like 2.0,
Ariana elaborated.
The show’s future questioned
The trailer for Vanderpump Rules reunion has dropped amidst rampant fan speculation about whether the chaos signifies an end for the show. This particular season has had its share of intense moments leaving fans questioning if it could sustain its momentum.
The discussion among cast members during this turbulent reunion involved Ariana Madix directly calling out production strategies as retaliatory, worsening speculations about the series’ long-term viability.
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