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.
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?
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.
Let's give Kristen Doute some credit, shall we?
The disgraced reality star isn't just talking the talk.
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?
When Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute first got fired from Bravo's Vanderpump Rules, it looked as though the former reality stars would go through the usual stages of celebrity scandal.
They laid low for a couple days and offered unconvincing apologies, and the expectation was that they'd disappear for a year or two, attempt some sort of lame comeback, and then fade into obscurity.
Earlier this month, Vanderpump Rules stars Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute were fired from the show that made them famous after it was revealed that they had bullied and harassed Faith Stowers, their sole Black co-star.
To millions of people out there right now, Black Lives Matter.
To a handful of others, however, this may be true...
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, 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.
Tuesday night's Vanderpump Rules reunion special was different from any in the show's history, and not only because it was conducted over video conference in accordance with social distancing guidelines.
For one thing, it may have been the most exciting episode of the season, so we guess the stars of the show have been searching the #PumpRules hashtag and realizing that viewers have been bored to tears lately.
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.
If you've been watching Vanderpump Rules this season, you probably noticed a pair of alarming trends:
1. The formerly-addictive series is showing signs of age in a major way.
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.
Sometimes, when two adults are involved in a petty conflict, you might hear someone remark that the situation is "just like high school."
Sadly, at a certain point you realize that for many people, life is like high school, and grades 9-12 were just their first exposure to all that back-biting and social manipulation.
Well, another summer is almost at an end.
It's a bummer in many respects, but fall offers much to look forward to -- the return of football, memes about how much pumpkin spice flavoring sucks, and of course, a new season of Vanderpump Rules.
It was a night of splits on Vanderpump Rules this week.
Lala Kent split with Randall Emmett and then parted ways with her sobriety; Tom Sandoval nearly split with Lisa Vanderpump over an argument that apparently involved fairy dust ... and then there was Kristen Doute and her bizarre relationship with Brian Carter.
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.
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.
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.
