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.
Lisa Vanderpump has broken her silence.
And, in the process, the reality star and Beverly Hills restaurant maven has admitted that her heart is basically broken from the stunning news that has broken in regard to her hit show.
On Tuesday, it was announced that Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute were fired from Vanderpump Rules for appalling racism.
Now, 90 Day Fiance star Ashley Martson says that Jax Taylor is due for a reckoning for racist comments the he made about her husband.
On Tuesday, Bravo fans were shocked by the news that both Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute had been fired from Vanderpump Rules after eight seasons on the hit show.
Last week, former Vanderpump Rules cast member Faith Stowers opened up about the racism and bullying she encountered during her short time on the popular Bravo show.
Now, the two people are paying the price.
While there have been very few changes within the show's core group of frenemies, several newcomers have come and gone from the Vanderpump Rules cast over the years.
Few lasted more than a season, which is not good, as they often represented attempts by producers to address the series' diversity problem.
On Tuesday night's Vanderpump Rules reunion, a whole bunch of dirty laundry was aired publicly. Some dating back long before its cast members were on Bravo.
Newcomers Max Boyen and Brett Caprioni apologized for making racist remarks in their youth that were brought to light when they were first cast on the show.
Just weeks after Scheana was COVID-shamed for her cavalier attitude towards the lockdown, she's facing another PR nightmare.
On Vanderpump Rules, she appeared to be flirting with or even actively hitting on an underage boy ... and she is furious with the editors.
Last year, Vanderpump Rules stars Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney revealed that their first wedding was fake, if only by accident.
This week, viewers saw their second wedding. Let's hope that this one sticks.
