Vanderpump Rules

We can safely say this about Vanderpump Rules Season 7 Episode 1:

It did not lack for drama.

Despite Nev Schulman's accuser filing a police report, they're keeping him on Catfish, but the show is still looking for a new cohost.

Many thought that Vanderpump Rules star Kristen Doute would be a shoe-in for a host of reasons.

Vanderpump Rules star Stassi Schroeder has been notoriously unlucky in love.

Sadly, Stassi typically attracts guys like Jax Taylor and Patrick Meagher, who are almost impossibly douchey, even by the standards of GNC-junkie West Hollywood Zoolander types.

LaLa Kent once said she has no problem blowing her boyfriend to get jewelry.

On Friday, however, the Vanderpump Rules star was able to nab herself a gigantic diamond ring without getting down on her knees.

It may be very warm and sunny in California at the moment.

But try telling that to Kim Kardashian and her sisters.

Last month, Vanderpump Rules star Jax Taylor got engaged to Brittany Cartwright.

Fans of the series were more than a little surprised, not because Jax has never really seemed like the marrying kind (although there is that), but because he's seemed to go out of his way to make Brittany's life markedly worse throughout their time together.

Folks, be happy that the cameras are currently rolling for Vanderpump Rules Season 7 because it sounds like sh-t is really hitting the fan in West Hollywood this week.

The drama began with rumors that Kristen Doute had been fired from the show due to her inability or unwillingness to stir up unnecessary drama with her castmates.

Jax Taylor isn't exactly a favorite amongst Vanderpump Rules fans.

Taylor takes a lot of flak for his behavior on the show, and rightfully so -- he's pretty much effed up in every imaginable way over the course of the show's six seasons.

Vanderpump Rules is unique among Bravo shows, in that the cast has endured very little restructuring over the course of their six seasons on the air.

Producers added Lala Kent and James Kennedy, and certain SUR folk have seen their roles diminished over the years (we miss you, Peter), but with the exception of flash-in-the-pan Vail Bloom, no one has been full-on fired from the show.

In December, Jax Taylor's father died following a cancer battle. Cancer is the actual worst, folks.

Months later, on his late father's birthday, Jax has taken to social media to share his thoughts on his dearly departed dad.