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.
If you're a Vanderpump Rules fan, then by now, you've probably heard about the latest in a long line of casting shake-ups that have led many to wonder if the show will ever return.
Over the weekend, Jax Taylor was fired after eight seasons as the show's pre-eminent villain.
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.
If you're a Vanderpump Rules fan, then you're probably aware that the show has been embroiled in a series of ugly scandals for several months now.
Most of the controversy has had to do with producers' decision to fire Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute after it was revealed that the women harassed and threatened Faith Stowers, their only Black castmate.
Ever since Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute were fired from Vanderpump Rules, the rest of the cast has been keeping a low profile on social media.
We don't blame them, since most of them are guilty of equally problematic behavior, and calling attention to themselves would mean calling attention to the fact that they somehow still have jobs.
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.
When Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute were fired from Vanderpump Rules earlier this month, fans immediately began to speculate about the future of the show.
After all, Stassi and Kristen were not alone in their problematic behavior -- in fact, at least one Vanderpump star seems to have committed far worse misdeeds.
The third and final segment of the Vanderpump Rules Season 8 reunion aired on Bravo Tuesday night.
The cast didn't know it at the time they were filming, but this might have been the last time they'll all participate in any sort of project together.
Another day, another indication that Jax Taylor will soon be fired from Vanderpump Rules.
If you're a fan of the show, then you're no doubt aware that the entire cast has become embroiled in conflict in recent weeks.
These are strange times in the lives of the Vanderpump Rules castmates.
Last week, Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute were fired from the show after it was revealed that they had engaged in what appeared to be targeted, racially-motivated harassment of a black co-star, Faith Stowers.
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.
Earlier this week, Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute were fired from Vanderpump Rules after incidents from their past were brought to the public's attention and re-evaluated in light of recent events.
Back in 2018, Schroeder and Doute called the cops on their former co-star Faith Stowers and falsely accused her of a series of crimes.
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.
As you've likely heard by now, Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute were fired from Vanderpump Rules today amid revelations of racially-motivated harassment of a fellow cast member.
The decision comes one week after their former Vanderpump co-star Faith Stowers stated in an interview that she was bullied by Schroeder and Doute during her time on the show.
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.
This was supposed to be Jax Taylor's season of redemption on Vanderpump Rules.
Much has been made of Jax's "changed man" narrative, and fans hoped that his fairytale wedding to Brittany Cartwright would finalize his transition into a loyal spouse and sane, sober(-ish) adult.
You know homemade skin flicks are becoming commonplace when there's a sex tape controversy on a reality show, and it's not even the biggest storyline of the episode.
That was the case on Tuesday night's episode of Vanderpump Rules, in which Kristen Doute's amateur p0rn was overshadowed by Jax Taylor undergoing one of the most severe midlife crises ever caught on camera.
