All Signs Point To Ariana Leaving "Vanderpump Rules" After This Explosive Season 11 Reunion Trailer
Haley Sprankle is B+C's Content Editor, leading coverage across pop culture, beauty, style, home, and beyond. You can find her previous work at WIRED, Wirecutter, and VH1. Outside of work, she's probably drinking a dirty martini, walking her french bulldogs, or quoting School of Rock somewhere.
While Vanderpump Rules season 11 could seemingly be in a slump after last year's bombshell ending, it's actually been quite an intense slow burn leading up to the reunion. Tensions, while not as viscerally explosive, are at an all-time high — and not just with Ariana. Katie's over anyone who crosses her boundaries, James isn't interested in Sandoval's BS return campaign, Ariana obviously can't stand Tom, and Lala and Scheana are not only caught in the cross fires — they're starting their own declarations of war. While everyone firmly stood their ground, wavering here and there to regain a semblance of the friendships they once had, the tension continued to rise to this very emotional boiling point — the reunion.
Instead of the typical reunion format, Andy has the cast watch the final episode together, gauging their reactions to the sum of the season in real time — and it's tough. There are tears across the board, big accusations, and even bigger surprises. Here's what we know so far.
We're no strangers to this cast's emotive facial expressions in their reaction shots, but this is on another level. From their crocodile tears to their WTF's, it's clear nobody held back during this reunion — and that's to be expected. What's the most surprising — and potentially proving my Vanderpump Rules theories to be correct — is how much talk there is about "real life" and "walking away."
The first mention of leaving, is in a conversation between Tom and Scheana where she says, "You should have walked out the f--king door." This is likely in regards to either the #Scandoval of it all, or some of Tom and Ariana's few arguments this season. Okay, that's par for the course given the drama of the last year.
It's the next couple of comments that really get my gears turning about what happens at this year's reunion, though. Through tears, Lala says, "Everyone wants to live their real life — I wanna live my real life now!" Out of context, this doesn't make much sense. She could be talking about moving on from Randall and living her "real life" with her children, but I don't think that's it.
Think about it...what have we heard about this reunion so far? That Ariana never "eviscerated" Lala, but that the two aren't friends anymore — all of which is basically confirmed by Lisa, Lala, and even Ariana herself. So with that in mind, what could Ariana have possibly said or done that would both end their friendship and have Lala so upset about getting to her "real life"? Leave the show for her own real life.
While this is all obviously speculative, even Lisa gives credence to this theory. Towards the end of the trailer, she says, "Sometimes, it's okay to walk away." And while the audience could tie this back to Scheana's conversation with Tom (we all know the producers love to work their editing magic on these teasers), I think she's talking about Ariana knowing when it's time to leave.
All of this to say? I can't wait to watch this three-part reunion, snacks and chardonnay in-hand!
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Haley Sprankle is B+C's Content Editor, leading coverage across pop culture, beauty, style, home, and beyond. You can find her previous work at WIRED, Wirecutter, and VH1. Outside of work, she's probably drinking a dirty martini, walking her french bulldogs, or quoting School of Rock somewhere.
