Lala Kent is dishing on the new season of Vanderpump Rules and how the original cast could have returned.
The 35-year-old former star, who joined the cast in season four, revealed on a new episode of her Untraditionally Lala podcast that the original cast was offered a shorter, final season before moving on.
If you recall, the show’s 11th season served as the OG stars’ final, but up until a week before the reboot announcement, there were still talks for one more round with the old cast.
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While speaking with one of the show’s new stars Natalie Maguire, Lala asked about when she knew they were getting picked up and shared that production was still talking to the OG cast while interviewing the new cast.
Natalie revealed that she and her fellow cast members started knowing for sure they might be cast on November 26, 2024 when it was announced the cast was being rebooted, and Lala said they got the call they wouldn’t be returning a week before.
“I think we got the call maybe a week before the official announcement was coming out, and it was no surprise to me that they were,” she said. “There was a conversation of, ‘We’re thinking about bringing you all back for a final season, season twelve. None of you guys have to film together if you don’t want to, we’ll just show you guys in your own, you know, where you’re at in life, and it’ll be maybe six to eight episodes.’”
She continued, “I think that they were feeling it out. I know that I said, “I don’t see a point in doing that,’ and I’m sure the rest of the cast when we were reached out to, was like, that sounds great, I don’t have an interest.”
Back in September 2024, it was reported that Vanderpump Rules season 12 would start filming and a new SUR spinoff was in the works, and this lines up with the timeline Natalie was saying they were in talks and early casting.
However, she noted that they didn’t find out they would be cast until about six months after that they knew who was cast.
Filming took place earlier this year and the new season with the new cast has already debuted!
