What’s up y’all, it’s Emile Ennis Jr. with Clevver News, and there is a lot of drama
happening with the cast of Vanderpump Rules.
Many cast members from Bravo’s reality series Vanderpump Rules are under fire for their
past racist remarks toward their black castmate Faith Stowers, there have been MULTIPLE firings
and even Brittany Cartwright is sharing her side of the story.
As if we don’t already get our share of reality TEA each week on Bravo’s hit reality
show, we’ve got a LOT of Pump Rules pieces to unravel today, but this drama has taken
a much more serious turn as some of the show’s cast have come under fire for past racial
remarks.
In order to dive deep into the entire story, let’s take it back to last week when the
show’s only black cast member, Faith Stowers, came forward to address her negative experience
with co-stars Stassi Schroeder, Kristen Doute and Brittany Cartwright.
During an Instagram Live with MTV star Candace Renee Rice, Faith opened up about the time
Stassi and Kristen reported her to law enforcement over a false stealing claim, as well as the
incident involving Brittany and her now-husband Jax Taylor.
For those who need a quick refresher, Jax admitted to cheating on Brittany with Faith,
which aired on the show back in 2017.
Faith recalled Brittany's friends, which likely included Stassi and Kristen, placing all the
blame on Faith and none on Jax.
“I feel like after their friend did something that we both were involved in that he's done
like, a thousand times…they wanted to attack me instead of him.
It was like they wanted to attack, attack, attack, attack, attack.
‘I was wrong and I was this and I was that,’ calling me names, saying my hair was nappy,
which is weird coming out of their mouths.”
She added QUOTE, “It was a lot.
But I feel like now I’m in a way better position anyway, so it’s fine.”
Following the interview, Brittany, who has since forgiven Jax for his adultery, came
forward to issue a statement regarding Faith’s claims, to which she clarified that she was
not part of the racially charged attacks.
In a response captured by a Reddit user, Brittany responded to a fan who asked if she could
address the racism regarding Faith, to which she started out by writing, “I had NOTHING
to do with that.
She knows I don't have a racist bone in my body.
She hurt me really bad and never once apologized.”
Brittany went on to add that she hasn’t spoken to Faith since the night she found
out that Jax had slept with her, and did not say anything about nappy hair.
She did, however, say, “I yelled at her and did that rightfully so like any other
human being would if they had just found out what I did.
If she ever even tried one time to apologize to me I could have forgiven her like I did
Jax but she never did or even showed remorse for how bad she hurt me.”
Brittany also confirmed that she had NOTHING to do with the situation involving the police,
adding, “She knows that I have NEVER once spoken publicly about her.
It’s a shame I’m getting dragged into this whenever I have finally been able to
move on with my life.”
As for Stassi and Kristen, it was just reported Tuesday by Variety that they were fired from
Vanderpump Rules, along with newcomers Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni for their past racial
tweets and remarks.
Stassi has also been dropped by her publicist and talent agency UTA due to her actions,
as the two companies didn’t think twice about the severity of the situation.
Faith detailed the incident surrounding the false stealing claims to Candace, saying,
“There was this article in the Daily Mail where there was an African American lady.
It was a weird photo, so she looked very light-skinned and had these different, weird tattoos.
I guess this woman was robbing people.
And they called the cops and said it was me.
This is, like, a true story.
I heard this from, actually, Stassi during an interview.”
That interview, in question, was back in 2018 during an appearance on the Bitch Bible podcast
when Stassi confirmed that she and Kristen had both called the cops on Faith.
At the time, Kristen also seemingly bragged about doing so via a now-deleted tweet that
read, “hey tweeties, doesn't this ex #pumprules thief look familiar?
someone put her on mtv & gave her a platform for press.
I didn't wanna go there but I'm going there.”
Stassi also faced backlash during one of her own Straight Up With Stassi podcast episodes
while voicing her anger that Moonlight had won the coveted Oscar award in 2017:
“Why is it always JUST about African Americans?
Like, why aren’t the Asians being like, ‘We’re not represented.’
Why aren’t Native Americans and Latinos being like, ‘We’re not represented.’
And whenever they get upset, everyone has to go above and beyond to then make them happy.”
At the time, Stassi was dropped from many brand sponsorships, however, in the aftermath
of this resurfacing, Stassi has lost what seems to be ALL of her brand deals, including
shaving brand Billie, vitamin brand Ritual and Secret Deodorant.
Both Stassi and Kristen have since issued public apologies, as Stassi claimed she has
since grown from the person she was then, but that she will continue to take this time
to listen, learn and take accountability for her own privilege.
She addressed the incident that happened with Faith adding, “My emotions over something
that happened between our friends outweighed my logic, and there is no excuse for that.
I did not recognize then the serious ramifications that could have transpired because of my actions.
What I did to Faith was wrong.
I apologize and I do not expect forgiveness.”
Kristen issued a similar statement, saying, “Although my actions were not racially driven,
I am now completely aware of how my privilege blinded me from the reality of law enforcement’s
treatment of the black community, and how dangerous my actions could have been to her.
It was never my intention to add to the injustice and imbalance.”
Faith spoke to Page Six after learning the news of the firings and said QUOTE, “I feel
so vindicated studios and production are able to see blatant racism and make these positive
changes and help move the race forward—help with the fight forward."
I know this may be a lot to take in, however, it is VITAL that we continue to educate ourselves
on the racial injustices that have been happening for years in this country and hold each other
accountable.
For ways that YOU can educate yourselves and get involved with the Black Lives Matter movement,
we’ve linked resources down in the description below.
To see which celebs have spoken out against the racial injustice happening throughout
the country, click right over here for another Clevver video.
And feel free to share all your thoughts on the Vanderpump Rules cast and the result of
their actions down here in the comments.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., see you next time.