“Vanderpump Rules” is so back, this time with a new cast of trouble makers.

Ten years into its original run, Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules” was at the height of its fame. Tom Sandoval cheated on his girlfriend of nearly a decade, Ariana Madix, with their mutual friend Raquel Leviss, and the affair heard ’round the world, dubbed “Scandoval,” dominated headlines, podcasts and social media.

The news of Sandoval and Leviss’s relationship broke in spring 2023, as season 10 was airing. The aftermath was an explosive reunion confirmation, followed by heartbreaking fallout that characterized season 11. It became apparent to viewers, production, and the cast that this show, which had once been focused on a friend group working at a popular restaurant in West Hollywood, had been fractured beyond repai

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