Vanderpump Rules

The ninth season of Vanderpump Rules got under way this week, and alas, it seems the show has prematurely entered the Jersey Shore Family Vacation portion of its tenure.

What we mean to say is that it looks as though producers are under the impression that viewers will continue to tune in out of affection for the remaining cast members, despite the fact that we clearly won't be seeing any more of the bonkers drama that made the series a hit in the first place.

In the wake of her well-deserved firing from The Real Housewives of Orange County, Kelly Dodd hasn't gone away.

In fact, given her recent out-of-nowhere feuding with Lala Kent, it looks like she's desperate for attention.

For Scheana Shay and Brock Davies, first came love.

And then came the baby carriage.

Last month, it was finally announced that Bravo fired Kelly Dodd. It was welcome news.

With Housewives fans breathing a collective sigh of relief, it looks like she's not getting as much of the negative attention that she craves.

Well, we have good news and bad news for Vanderpump Rules fans.

The good news is, the show will be returning to Bravo for a ninth season.

Summer has come early for Scheana Shay and her boyfriend, Brock Davies.

The couple welcomed its first baby on Monday, April 26 in Los Angeles, as the Vanderpump Rules star revealed on Instagram that she's named the child daughter Summer Moon Honey Davies.

Vanderpump Rules?

Not anymore for Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor. But better yet, the dynamic duo is about to find out that parenthood also rules. Just as much, if not more.

Reality TV stars are often encouraged to engage in outrageous behavior, but there's a fine line between actions that are scandalously amusing from a distance, and those that are unacceptable under any circumstances.

And that's a lesson that the cast of Vanderpump Rules is learning the hard way these days.

As previously reported, Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright are preparing their first child.

This is very exciting news.

Right now, the whole Vanderpump Rules world is abuzz with the news that Jax and Brittany are expecting.

But to some, this news is just a reminder that Jax Taylor hasn't been fired. Is sexism protecting his reality career?

The cast of Vanderpump Rules has suddenly become the Duggars.

We have Lala Kent, who is expecting her first child with fiance Randall Emmett.

SURver and aspiring standup comic Dayna Kathan was one of the four full-time newcomers added to the cast of Vanderpump Rules last season.

A gig like that can be great exposure for someone in her position -- unfortunately, it didn't come at a great time.

You could confidently say that Lala Kent and Randall Emmett's impending baby sure knows how to make an entrance.

Before he or she is even born.

Earlier this week, Stassi Schroeder appeared on The Tamron Hall Show in order to apologize and accept responsibility for the race-related scandal that led to her dismissal from Vanderpump Rules.

Stassi and Kristen Doute were fired from the show back in June after it was revealed that they had called the police on a Black co-star named Faith Stowers.

For weeks, Vanderpump Rules fans have been expecting an announcement from Lala Kent about her split from fiance Randall Emmett.

Instead, they just got hit with a very different kind of announcement:

Earlier this week, Vanderpump Rules star Danica Dow filed for an emergency protective order against her ex-boyfriend, accusing him of stalking her.

Brett Willis is firing back, accusing Danica of multiple violent attacks - one of which over his watching an episode of 90 Day Fiance.

Embattled Bravo star Kristen Doute has sat down for her first interview since being fired last month from Vanderpump Rules.

And she had a lot to say.

Kristen Doute wants everyone to know something.

She wants you to stop what you're doing and to listen up, okay?

To millions of people out there right now, Black Lives Matter.

To a handful of others, however, this may be true...

Tom Sandoval still can't believe it.

He's still in shock over what has transpired.

Last week, 90 Day Fiance star Ashley Martson called for Jax Taylor to be fired for making an appalling racist comment about her husband, Jay Smith.

Now, she is exposing even more vitriol that he sent her way ... in messages that we have actually seen before.

Stassi Schroeder, Kristen Doute, Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni are ALL out.

These four cast members have been fired by Bravo in the wake of racially-charged scandals that have resurfaced during an especially sensitive and important time across the country.

Earlier this week, Vanderpump Rules stars Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute were fired from the show that made them famous - and that they in part made famous.

The women were canned amid allegations of racially-motivated harassment directed at a black co-star.