Lisa Vanderpump is spilling the tea on how the new Vanderpump Rules cast was chosen for season 12’s reboot.

“I felt that Vanderpump Rules, it was at its high, being nominated for Emmys. We had great ratings, but I felt like we told the story. And I thought at some point that it became a little bit more complicated to film,” Vanderpump, 65, exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the show’s Tuesday, December 2, premiere, adding that she was honest with production about “not wanting to go down on a sinking ship.”

After news broke that Tom Sandoval was cheating on his longtime live-in girlfriend Ariana Madix with friend and fellow castmate Rachel (Raquel) Leviss, Vanderpump told Us the “dynamic” among the OG cast — including Tom Schwartz, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, Lala Kent and James Kennedy

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