On her recent reality show, Stassi Schroeder got brutally honest about how she thought Vanderpump Rules protected the boys over the ladies.
“I loved Vanderpump Rules however it is also literally what we’re gonna have PTSD about and need to refer to therapists about for the remainder of our life,” Stassi, 38, told Katie Maloney within the series premiere of Freeform and Hulu’s House of Stassi.
Stassi called the Bravo show out, adding, “It was at all times, ‘Make the ladies look psychotic, make the ladies appear to be they’ve issues. They covered for the boys, they covered for the boys.”
In a confessional Stassi elaborated on her “mixed feelings” for the show that made her a household name.
“I’m so appreciative of it, and it’s given me so many opportunities. However it normalized a lot darkness,” she continued. “It rewarded a lot darkness until it didn’t. After which coming back to reality TV, I’m like, ‘Are you being a dumb bitch?’”
Stassi continued: “I’m frightened of reality TV however it’s all I do know. I like it but I’m also traumatized by it. But I can’t steer clear of it. But I used to be not gonna let Vanderpump Rules be my legacy. I needed to make this occur. I needed to.”
Stassi made her reality TV debut as a contestant on season 8 of The Amazing Race. She also starred on the short-lived show Queen Bees, which aired two years before Stassi took a job as a waitress at Vanderpump’s SUR restaurant.
It didn’t take long for Stassi to change into the fan favorite on Vanderpump Rules after it premiered in 2013. While documenting her life for the hit Bravo series, Stassi began to expand her empire by releasing her first book, Next Level Basic: The Definitive Basic Bitch Handbook, in 2019.
When viewers were introduced to staff at Lisa Vanderpump‘s restaurant during Vanderpump Rules‘ 2013 premiere, it was clear everyone was intertwined in each other’s love lives. From Stassi Schroeder‘s rocky relationship with Jax Taylor, which took a turn when he connected along with her best friend Kristen Doute, to Peter Madrigal’s casual connections to several […]
The next 12 months, nonetheless, Stassi was fired from Vanderpump Rules alongside Kristin Doute at the tip of season 8 following controversy with their former costar Faith Stowers. She has since authored a second book, Off With My Head, and shifted her focus to her podcast.
“Even after I began Vanderpump Rules, the goal was then to at all times do something even greater after that,” Stassi told TV Insider earlier this month. “Granted, Vanderpump Rules was huge. We didn’t even know the way big it was. We still, I don’t think, understand how big it was or whatever, but I never thought it could be Vanderpump Rules or nothing. Anyone who goes on Bravo, they’re like, ‘Oh, I would like to get a derivative out of this.’ Everyone will inform you that. And so it was at all times like, ‘OK, what can I do after this?’”
In her personal life, Stassi found love with Beau Clark. The couple exchanged vows in 2020 before welcoming daughter Hartford in 2021. Two years later, Stassi and Beau expanded their family with son Messer.
House of Stassi premieres Thursday, July 30, on Hulu.