There are lots of stories about Lisa Vanderpump floating around today. One site says LVP will not be returning to RHOBH next season. There was no confirmation of that, it is just sort of common sense since she is refusing to film with the cast and hasn’t filmed with them for several weeks now. We are probably only going to see her filming with Ken or a dog for most of the upcoming season. They have pushed the debut date to “early January.” The season is either going to be great without her, or a clusterfuck. I expect to be pleasantly surprised by how much we like the upcoming season where the rest of the cast seems happy. I feel like Dorit will be scarce this season too. I’ve completely forgotten about her every time I do a check in on their IGs. Everyone except for Denise, Camille and LVP are heading back from their whirlwind tour of France today. I’m so excited to see that trip! They all seem so happy.
The other story of the day is that LVP is opening a cocktail garden at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. According to the Daily Mail exclusive:
Vanderpump Cocktail Garden will combine the sexy atmosphere of our other establishments injected with the Vegas energy that brings millions of guests who visit year after year,’ the entrepreneur said. It will feature an indoor patio that combines ‘natural elements with industrial touches’ that will transport guests to an al fresco-style garden with towering trees and romantic lighting. Lisa’s signature color, pink, will be featured inside the cocktail garden and contrast with ‘masculine details’ in the decor. The lounge area will feature booths as well as a full bar that focuses on craft cocktails, Vanderpump branded Sangria and Rosé as well as a carefully selected wine list. The menu will consist of small bites that are perfect to pair with the drinks and share with friends during a night out.
Am I the one that wonders who is financing all of this? Especially since LVP may be losing her Bravo checks very soon. She’s been trying to sell Villa Blanca for years and the lawsuits have really hit them in the pocketbook.
So, Vegas people, do you expect Vanderpump Cocktail Garden to be the next big thing? Do you think RHOBH will be better without LVP?
I hope BHs is better without LVP and hope it does well in the ratings. I thought she didn’t want to film because of the death of her brother. She’s able to open a cocktail lounge and film VPR. Maybe I just don’t get it. I’ve been dense lately.
To be fair, on VPR she is in charge and doesn’t have to worry about looking bad. Same with opening the restuarant, she is in control in that situation, she gets to design and do what she loves etc… I think it was a nice distraction. Where as on RHOBH its a lot of arguing and fake drama, a lot of petty stuff that probably just seems less tolerable since her brothers passing. Although I’m sure a bigger problem was that she wasn’t getting her way, there was no one to bow down to her and she was being held responsible for her actions.
Considering the vibe of her LA bars, LVP’s new venture at Caesars has a promising future. Keep in mind that Las Vegas Strip bars and restaurants cater to tourists, and keep in mind that many of those tourists either visit California as well or are from California themselves, so at least give her credit for knowing her shtick.
Btw, sorry I haven’t commenting as much lately. I’m having a great time in Hawaii, and I’m sure I’ll be ready to chat some more with everyone here when I’m back on the mainland.
Lucky you!! Enjoy!
You made it! Have fun.
Ah, Maui is my fav place in the world. We’ve summered there for years. Hope you’re having fun wherever you are-is it Oahu? Brilliant.
Am I the only one who loves LVP????????? I don’t want her to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You aren’t the only LVP lover here. I’ve read all of TT’s posts about her but still like what she brings to BH and hope she doesn’t leave. I hope Erika and Rinna leave instead but I can’t see that happening anytime soon
No, you’re not alone. I read all these posts and they don’t change the fact that I find her more watchable, interesting, and intelligent than multiple other housewife options on the buffet.
I love the lifestyle, over the top events, perfect decorations, pristine home aspect she brings to the show.
Her humor and her lame jokes I can do without.
I loved her back in the day. I will miss her if she leaves. If she does leave she will pull a Nene to wrestle her crown back. She may claim she doesn’t need the Bravo check , we know otherwise.
I like her too. She’ll be missed by me anyway. Luckily there is still Vanderpump Rules. I haven’t watched it much the last couple years maybe it’ll be interesting this season. RHOBH should have gotten rid of Dorit. I think Tori Spelling is trying to get on RHOBH. Teddi is now her accountability coach as well and I’ve heard Tori was filmed once or twice for the upcoming season while working with Teddi. I can’t stand Tori though.
Tori would make a great housewife since she’s broke & in debt past her eyeballs
Ha! I think Tori would be a much better grifter than Dorit.
I am so devastated. What about Rumpy and Pumpy, Gigi, the ponies, and those swans? I will miss seeing grumpy Ken and Rosia. Oh, and shaggy dog. I mean I feel like I know that whole animal family.
And let’s face it, Ken and Lisa have a great marriage by BH standards, maybe even more. I will miss seeing that on TV for once! Like them or hate them, that is highly unusual.
Love her. I would go to the Vanderpump bar in Vegas in a second! Awesome idea. Hope/believe LVP will do very well!
I love what she’s doing to rescue dogs – LA is all kill shelters.
The good thing about LA is we have a LOT of really good rescue groups here and are able to to take a lot of pressure off the shelters. Part of the reason LA get so many animals is due to people. Backyard breeders, hoarders, irresponsible dog owners. I’ve worked with LA Shelters for years with the group I volunteer for. Some of the shelters have good people who work with the rescue community to save what they can. Some, not so much.
Since Lisa’s bar is within Cesar’s, my guess is they are her financial partners. She probably cut herself a licensing and management deal. Cesar’s is most likely the majority owner. This should give her a nice check each month assuming the bar is successful. My hairdresser had a salon in the Mirage Hotel and had a similarly structured deal.
I like her too!!!! I like BH because I wanted to see ‘rich ‘ people in their daily lives. I just can’t now. Lisa Rinna & Erica have just ruined it for me. Maybe if they go, I’ll come back
I like LVP, too & wonder what the season will be like with her basically on her own.
I don’t know; when I hear about folks without money opening businesses in Vegas, I automatically think things like “silent partner” & “mob” and stuff like that. It’s my imagination. I see nefarious doings everywhere, it seems, and there’s no telling who it could be that would be backing them.
I like the picture of the ladies above. I especially like Erika’s stance. I’ll have to remember that one for my next group photo, lol.
I’ve always loved Lisa and will miss her if she leaves but she is more in her element on Vanderpump Rules. She’s the Captain Lee of the restaurant/bar business.
Of course I’ll watch but I don’t know how I will be able to stand another season of Dorit’s fake accent and her grifter husband.
Rinna didn’t have much of a storyline last season so I hope she brings it this year. Erika will be more of the same and will need to switch things up to keep the viewers interested.
From what I’ve seen and heard on the two tv shows, they don’t usually put up the money themselves. They always seem to have various partners involved in all of their businesses, presumably that’s where the money comes from. The cocktail garden is likely a licensing deal with the name, more than anything. That’s how most of these ‘celebrity’ places are in Vegas.
Congratulations Lisa Vanderpump – would be awesome if this crew would get off her jock. Apparently Lisa Vanderpump is prospering after grieving her loss.
Whether Lisa Vanderpump stays or leaves #RHBH it will always be of her own accord and decision. I’m sure the crew in the pic were kinda happy to read about Lisa Vanderpump leaving, would have been awesome to see their botox faces explode when reading a variety of stories stating both staying and leaving are “exclusives” ????
Those women look terribly desperate. Trying to hang onto their teens is never a good look but I would bet their combined IQ doesn’t get out of the double digits. If I were to watch them I bet I could feel my brain cells melting. Such trash.
You make a lot of ridiculous assumptions for someone who doesn’t watch them.
Venom attacks! Jeez, chill out.
I immediately thought the same thing TT, who is bankrolling this project?
Opening a bar in Caesars is super expensive. The upfit to the space alone will cost her millions before she buys the first glass or bottle of wine.
If I had to guess, conservatively it would cost $5 million just to get her doors open.
I’m gonna co-sign with Jen and say it’s a licensing deal. There are plenty of casinos where I live and that’s typically how it goes. I could be totally wrong but this is my midnight best!
Nice! I go to Vegas several times a year and can’t wait to check it out!
Absolutely love her !! Won’t watch if she goes. The lies, nit picky crap isn’t why I started watching the hw shows. When you look at porsha, Nene, Phaedra, sheree, kim, Brandi, lisa r. There is no comparison. She has worked endlessly for animal & human rights. And now what they are doing concerning the fires. Yeah I get if ya don’t like her, but something legit not made-up gossip crap. How things get twisted & spun for their own agenda is so irritating on all the series now that I’m hardly watching any. Sorry lot of errors that won’t correct. Yeah tt know ya don’t care for her, but hey……
LVP lies more than probably any housewife on any franchise. People believe it because of the English accent that delivers it. She allegedly lied UNDER OATH at one of her trial and wound Scheana up to do the same, then Scheana got a wedding by Bravo.
Hopefully things don’t catch up to her because some of y’all are just so gullible the truth would be devastating.
And I always thought Sheree was the biggest liar…
If Sheree was white and had a British accent, the stooges would feel the same way about her.They are falling for the shit stained moat.
Yeah, it’s not at all that I don’t believe you; it’s that your background info just makes her even more watchable. Trying to observe and determine when and where the machinations are more or less obvious, with any of them, makes them more interesting.
TT when do we start the bets of LVP filing bankrupty ? or having some tax situation ?
I think it more likely to be problems with her “charity” or an audit of her restaurants books that will be her big comeuppance. I’m not sure if they ever applied for citizenship but they were here on a visa that requires them to generate a certain number of jobs if I recall correctly.
There is a green card that you can get as an investor, you only have to maintain your status for either 3 or 5 years (I can’t remember which) to apply for citizenship. That being said, I can see them possibly not getting citizenship because they have money overseas, like Joe Giudice. Once you become a citizen, you still have to file and pay US taxes on your overseas holdings, even if you move away from the US. It’s one of the main reasons that people don’t become citizens.
I definitely think that there is a good chance of there being some shady stuff going on with their business, mainly because they are so close with PK and he definitely has shady business going on. PK was bankrolled by his ‘friends’ when he first left the UK to try to escape his debts. I doubt any of the money and favors that were handed to him came without some strings.
IMHO this is what separates OG’s like Bethenny from LVP.
When Bethenny had the entire cast (except Sonja and Tinsley) against her at the NY reunion, she showed up and handled her business like a champ.
LVP whines, plays victim and threatens or in this case refuses to film(wash, rinse and repeat since season 5). She’s done this “I’m going to leave the show” crap one too many times which is why she needs to just go already and take Dorit with her. I loved LVP in seasons 1-3(before I took my blinders off) but I think RHOBH will do just fine without LVP because she’s never shared much of her real life anyway.
That said, I wonder if Bravo will do a show about LVPs new Vegas venture?
I agree! I’m looking forward to rhobh without her.
It may not be up to LVP whether or not she stays. She’s violated the conditions of her contract and made so many headaches for production who can’t stand her and her dramatics.
Have loved Lisa since the beginning of RHOBH. She’s not perfect but . . . always a “lady”! I thought she should have left years ago when Kyle and Brandi worked together to try to take her down. Kyle’s friendship has been Lisa’s “achilles heel” from the beginning. In every friendship/love connection, one person always invests more than the other. So sad this has ended so badly. Good luck, Kyle! You won! You’re the Queen Bee now. Lisa has more important things to do!
IDK-I have a love/ hate relationship with her. Love her humor and her taste is exquisite, but she does play victim a whole hell of a lot of the time. Kinda sad, she’s the OG-but I totally understand she’s over the drama and bullshit. But she creates a lot of it so I’m very conflicted. I live for her house and especially her closet. I’m dying to know what Kyle and Ken were fighting about!!
Maybe they found an investor?
OMG, it’s about fucking time that LVP leaves this show! And she should please take Dorit with her!
I’ve had no confirmation that LVP is leaving from my source. I do have confirmation that her producers left to go film the remake of The Hills and that the new ones do not kiss her ass or give in to her demands and that is probably most of her issue this season.
Hi TT, do you know if rhobh producers are filming her relief efforts with those devastating fires? Or are they completely dunzo with her? And did they film denise and Camille after they evacuated? Real stories and so sad?
Too many questions?
Not too many questions, I just don’t have the answers. I PRESUME that Denise and Camille will talk about it on the show. Denise first and Camille just doesn’t seem ready for all of that and I believe she is in San Diego but I could be wrong about that.
As for LVP, because if and when she films it is a very small crew I don’t have a lot of insight into what is going on there either. Information is scarce and it is believed that she is not filming much at all. It’s hard to prove someone is NOT filming if you know what I mean.
As for the Dog Gala today, that was already planned to coincide with filming. It will be interesting to see if any of the other RHOBH show up to her event today…. But you can bet LVP will be shown working tirelessly to save cute dogs and that a PORTION of the proceeds will go to something charitable like, Vanderpump Dogs.
Thanks, TT!
I knew nothing of a dog gala! Seems kinda ridiculous when there’s fire and destruction so close to home ?
She going to donate some of the proceeds to….. SOMETHING! lol.
Like I said
In the words of Mrs Kasha Davis – “there’s always time for a cocktail!”
Yes, nor confirmations yet, but you only have to look at LVP’s social media to see that she has removed all traces of her being a housewife.
Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t handle Lisa Rinna as it is, can you just imagineeeeeeee????????????
2019 that says it all.
The servers will be sporting togas fashioned from the repurposed Villa Blanca. Casa Threadbear.
Ooo with no LVP around they can bring Brandi back! I love to see a housewife return trip. Adrienne would be the only other option and she was never that interesting.
I think Kyle still doesn’t like Brandi, but I’d like to see her back if LVP leaves. Rinna and Brandi may get along for five minutes at a cocktail party, but that’s not going to last an entire season. Plus Brandi would not get along with Dorit at all.
Well, this stooge is getting her flamingo float & lazing around crappy pool. I still can’t grasp the hate when seeing what other hw have done. If this is about dog non story, I’d be pissed too. Something so trivial to blow up like this ? Kyle/dorit got your back friends , not even. Why should any hw share everything
About their life ? Most gets twisted any ways. Aren’t the British more tight lipped than Americans ? Anyways did enjoy your site while it lasted tt. Will I get a nose bleed in the wls section ? Gonna go pout now
Why would you be going to the WLS? There some of my favorite people here are LVP stooges. The light will shine on all of LVP’s ways eventually. I used to really like her too. I was so furious after one reunion when everyone came after her a few seasons ago my blood pressure was probably through the roof.
Everyone learns at different speeds…
You know she will blame Kyle for whatever is happening. Lisa Rinna will be so vindicated. LVP it’s time to give up the ghost. I love seeing Ken, Pandora & the beautifully maintained animal menagerie but LVP no thank you. It’s the end of an era. Crown Rinna. She has earned the spotlight.
Well, just figured I was such a rabid fan & some of my comments. But ok cause enjoy your site, not all the other commentors tho. Lisa r. Is the biggest liar on this show , just ask kim, yolanda, kyle etc.
Camille lost her Malibu home in the fires. 2 days prior her assistant of 20 years passed away. This was a particularly devastating fire, THERE ARE OVER 1,000 PEOPLE “missing” and the death toll is likely to rise. Despite what has been reported, this Woolsey fire (which included Malibu) was NOT in a Forrest (mismanaged or other wise). It was in the Santa Monica Mountains. I fear for the loss of wildlife. We had a commodity of mountain lions there, including a mother with 2 cubs. 🙁
I’m a “Vegas people”. With enough fame, even reality fame, people will want to stop in and check it out. We’re a tourist extravaganza here – many more visitors than LA. I envision a big success the first few years. If she fades from TV, the fans will decrease. Though of course lots of younger fans from VPR too.
I’ll check it out when it opens. My only investment is a cocktail (not dinner or a show $$$). And I’m only about 5 miles from Caesars 🙂