I realize that Dorit Kemsley is not exactly the voice of truth, but Erika Jayne and Kyle Richards all seemed to know what happened.
Here’s the real story…
Come for the tea. Stay for the shade.
Come for the tea. Stay for the shade.
I realize that Dorit Kemsley is not exactly the voice of truth, but Erika Jayne and Kyle Richards all seemed to know what happened.
Here’s the real story…
Sorry. Dorit should have taken Lucy back to the Van der Pump shelter, as agreed, and could have introduced the other woman to them so that they could have handed Lucy over properly. To me, Dorit is embroidering her story in this recording and glossing over that she did the wrong thing. She seems to have been attracted to the idea of owning the next Gigi, even though she made sure to dob Sessa in about that story. Loathesome woman.
I completely agree. Dorit absolutely should have returned the dog to Vanderpump Dogs per her contract. That is not an uncommon requirement for some adoption agencies. It protects the pet because the agency is responsible for doing just that.
Because everyone is in such an uproar about how Lisa behaved in the aftermath, Dorit has been able to capitalize on that and play the victim. I don’t believe half of her story. I think, as you said, she glosses over the bad part, and everyone is so eager to paint her the victim so they can continue hating Vanderpump.
That being said, Lisa is lying, as well. She jumped at the opportunity to smear Dorit’s name. She over exaggerated many elements of the story for her benefit. She thought she would come out looking like a saint because she was the one with the animal’s best interest at heart. Only the animal was not her motivation. It was causing drama and making Dorit look bad.
Overall I dislike both of them now, and I loathe how Dorit has come out of this smelling like roses. I can thank Lisa for that. Dorit did the wrong thing by that dog. Lisa did the wrong thing period.
I would have dragged Dorit all over Beverly Hills for her actions. I would have done it publicly and privately. She had the contract and still did everything wrong. Sure she got 2 dogs who managed to nip at her children’s faces. It could not possibly have been that her unsupervised children got in the puppies faces. Sorry, on the puppy’s side and have been all season. I wish I had the chance to sell the story, nothing less than LA Times would do.
THIS ??. You don’t give a dog away and all the bullshit coming LVP way is beyond me. I think a friend does say you’ll need to get in front of this. And don’t forget- Teddy was the one to carry the story, Kyle too:
That is why Kyle went to Lisa’s house. She went as a friend to tell another friend what was being said. She was met with screaming and yelling and a man in her face.
No she went to tell her that she was a liar. She believed the that Lisa put the story out. No one ever called Dorit on her wrongdoing and that was messed up to me.
@Natalia please let me know where Kyle called Lisa a liar. That would be like me saying Lisa went to Kyle’s house to call Mauricio an adulterer in front of Portia.
@Jaded- Someone arrives to your home and accuses you of something. You deny the very thing(s) they are accusing you of. That person then says…in Kyle’s case, screams at you-that not only do they NOT believe you and also goes on and on and on telling you to admit that the accusations are true–are they not in essence stating that they believe that- YOU are not telling the truth? The opposite of truth telling is lying – no? One who lies is labeled as what…A LIAR! While she may not have used the word LIAR in reference to Lisa during their argument- she absolutely called Lisa a LIAR.
Dorit was wrong from the start. Children adapt to the dogs personality not the other way around,. Ive had dogs and babies were brought into the house. I knew my dogs and the few times there was a problem the child was corrected not the dog.
I was sick of puppy gate almost immediately. I assumed there was a back story and really did not care much. Hard to understand women with these type of problems as their focus.
Never heard one of them mention the Flint city residents still not having clean water to drink.That makes me mad every time I think of it.
I agree, but my problem with LVP is that she lied. Had she dragged her using only the truth, I would have supported her, but she lied. That’s why she came out looking so bad, not because she was wrong being angry at Dorit.
At what phase of this madness did Lisa lie? Lol That the alleged non-kill shelter is not an alleged kill Shelter? Lisa was given the info of the surrendered Dog’s location by her business partner and their staff. The only consistency in any of their (LVP and Dorit) versions of events is that Lisa’s business partner-John Cesnu (spchk) is an opportunistic attention seeking who hyper dramatizes most everything in life. Lisa received most of all that she learned about this foolishness- direct from John.
That is the problem with Lisa Vanderpump, if she has an issue with someone she doesn’t address them about it. Instead she leaks it to the tabloids and has her underlings do it for her, all the while she can sit back and not get her hands dirty and still pretend that she has no issue with Dorit.
Dorit didn’t do the right thing and she should have honored her contract. However, nobody wants a friend like Lisa that is sneaky and underhanded and behaves like she does.
Lastly, Lisa Vanderpump isn’t the “star” that everyone makes them out to be. She attaches herself to people or groups of people to bolster herself. Season 1 when Camille was acting crazy and Kyle was the fan favorite she attached herself to Kyle. She looked like such a supportive friend to Kyle…
Season 2 when Brandi joined the crew and Kyle and Kim ganged up on her, she knew the fans did not like that. Lisa dumped Kyle and went in Brandi’s corner. When Brandi started getting drunk and acting a fool, she dropped Brandi and started being friends with Kyle again.
When Lisa Rinna joined the show and took over Brandi’s role of blurting stuff out. LVP used Rinna to spread the rumor that Yolanda had Munchausen. I think she did it, because Yolanda was stealing her thunder. Yolanda with the beautiful Malibu home and the model daughters that were becoming this generations Paris Hilton/Kim Kardashian.
She uses her staff on Vanderpump Rules as well. Many of them have said that both she and Ken stir things up behind the scenes.
She uses people… It’s clear as day. Honestly, I don’t see the appeal of her and Ken. They are disgusting. Ken is an old grumpy and quite frankly ugly man. His hair looks atrocious and those tight pants that he wears is not flattering and neither are his shirts that look two sizes too small and his belly protruding from them. The way he talks to women, is worse than the way Peter Thomas behaved on RHOA.
People like Lisa because she has a beautiful home, talks with an alluring accent and surrounds herself with cute dogs and other animals.
I find her to be one of the most boring and over rated housewives out of the entire franchise.
I’m sorry her mom has died, but if she comes back to RHOBH expect her to MILK that the entire season just like she did her brothers death.
I know people that have had family members killed and guess what, they show back up to work (all Lisa has to do is show up to social gatherings for RHOBH) and they don’t use their loved ones deaths in order to not take responsibility for their underhanded actions.
I’m sorry for the rant, but LVP grates on my last nerves! I know people like her in real life and they are so full of BS and see people fall for their nonsense all the times. Drives me insane.
With you 100%
This!! All day long!
Your analysis is so clearly laid out. Thanks for putting things about LVP and Ken in focus for those who still worship the ground they walk on. They are both posers and your comments are spot on. Well done!
I agree 100%. Dorit was in the wrong and anything else just doesn’t mean a thing to me. Cheers to whoever leaked the truth!
Late on a weekday, in a busy shopping center, I sat out on the ground in pouring down rain while wearing a $150 business suit trying to coasting a scared dog/puppy over to me so I can rescue her, get her out of traffic; so I share LVP passion when it comes to dogs. Most dogs live to please their humans, therefore, “MOST” dogs will respond well to training and adapt easily to a new house rules; typically, if you see a bad or unruly dog look at the “human”. Like children, animals behavior usually mirror the behaviors of the adults in the family. If a dog is surrendered to shelter and is labeled as a nipper/bitter, a danger to children, the odds of that dog getting adopted is “Drastically” reduced. If a dog is not adopted or rescued by a program like LVP’s Dog adoption charity, that dog/puppy “Will” be “euthanized”. Like children, rescued dogs/puppies require a lot of time, attention and repetitive training. Droit and her husband appear to be to self centered and self absorbed to be good dog/cat owners.
Well said Simone and I agree 100%
I have one small caveat with what you have written. The adults training a dog are not always at fault — but, often are. The shelter I work with tests all of dogs before placing them, and will let people know that certain dogs will not do well in a home with young children, or will not do well with other dogs, etc. Sometimes dogs have a low tolerance for kids and/or other animals.
Dorit hired someone to help her with Lucy, that person spotted something in Lucy that wasn’t able to tolerate small children, I think the best thing to do was to go ahead and let Lucy live somewhere where she wouldn’t have to tolerate small children each and every day. JMHO.
My dog goes to the office with me and sees customers all day 5 days a week. She loves people and children were always her favorite. I have an autistic nephew. My Mom puppysat for me. When I picked up my dog from my mom I saw my nephew playing with her and suddenly hit her. She ran to her cage. At work she started hiding from kids. The second she saw a child instead of pouncing around hoping they come over to her she ran to her cage. She was maybe 2 then and is 12 now. It took her a long time to trust kids again. I’m not saying Dorit’s little one did anything to Lucy but it is possible that a 2 year old doesn’t always know how to “touch nice” (that is how my dad has always taught kids to play with dogs). Imagine being so small and defenseless. It is 100% possible that Lucy didn’t have the temperament for children and/or was given a reason to be untrusting. The professional trainer caught it and gave a recommendation that was best for Lucy and also would keep the situation from turning into a negative situation for Dorit’s family.
Both LVP & Dorit are wolves in sheeps clothing. I dont believe either of them. Lucy Lucy Apple Juicy got away from both of them. Happy ending all around. Hope Giggy sues for defamation of character. Are they sure John S was not referring to Kim ? Giggy is sickly but if John S did say that he needs a good old British thrashing !
Who said that? John said that? John didn’t say that! Maybe John did say that, Oopsey. John is sorry and he owns it!
I do not miss LVP at all. The minute she came on I didn’t want to hear her voice, it is so whiny. On another note the whole thing is ridiculous and I don’t really believe anyone. The dog ended up in a shelter because Dorit didn’t want to deal with a hyper dog. I get the dog was nipping at the kids but as someone who has had a lot of dogs and some from puppies and all of them rescues, puppies are playful and they nip to play. The dog was just playing with the kids and it really would have just been properly training the dog not to nip when playing. I am sure she didn’t really want to train the dog. She should have just not gotten a dog.
I have said this from the beginning. The nipping is normal with puppies, little children that age shouldn’t have puppies that aren’t trained, or else they should be supervised. As for giving her to this mysterious women I call BS. Where is she? Why has she never spoken up? And why has she never shown these pictures she is talking about. It was interesting how Erika chimed in to remind her of things. Dorit is telling HER truth, that doesn’t mean it’s the actual truth.
Agree. Dorit is a liar. And am I the only one who is sick of this recent trend of people telling “their” truth? WTF does that even mean? And Erika was certainly happy to help Dorit trash LVP.
Although she would protest to the contrary- Erika is one unhappy and miserable soul. Bitter, mean and hella messy and it shows. Her scowls and forehead always scrunched up looking like a walnut each and every time she shamelessly judges and shades someone. Oh and one can thank my other least favorite on the show-Lisa blabber mouth Rinna for that “tell your truth-own your s*it’s” overly saturated usage on this show.
Eleven years ago, when my son was 3, I wanted to get a little dog – under 10 lbs. I first started by calling breeders and two of them refused to sell me a dog when they learned my son was so little. They both believed that little kids and dogs didn’t mix because of the potential of accidental injury to the dog or the kid.
I REALLY resent this whole story line because I can’t stand Dorit and she appears sympathetic. I don’t doubt that Dorit made mistakes but they don’t appear duplicious or malicious while LVP has been cold and calculating. I’ve enjoyed LVP for years, even when I knew what she was doing but she got caught red handed this season and she should have put on her big girl panties and owned it.
Did anyone else wonder who this woman who took Lucy is? She talked as if she barely knew her so why was she in Dorit’s house in the first place? That whole bit stunk to high heaven.
I am really surprised that LVP scenes was cut already. Congratz to Kyle 🙂 – winner of the musical chairs of BH
I am not sure how crazy I am about the storylines on the trip but I do enjoy the more relaxed vibe the ladies has and the fact that there now are room to let other dynamics unfold. I keep thinking if Erika is so quiet on the trip bc of the recent rumors about lawsuits. She doesn’t seem present or relaxed and I dont believe its all about her issues with female friends, its like Lisa reason is taking some episodes off and I really dont think a Teddi is a good look on Kyle. I think the cast really is better when Denise is around, hell even Camille, its just painfully uneventfull considering all the great possibilites for some real talk.
I think LVP did the right thing by leaving and I hope she wont return. However they do need some more crazy rich ladies bc right now there are none, bc even though Erika has a glam team etc we do need the full package that reeks of wealth, not just new money and living beyond your means. I still think the good old days when Camille had 100 houses and an attidtude problem, and Adrienne and LVP lived in those monstrosities in BP were the golden years. I wonder if they would consider Kimora Lee Simmons or even Caitlyn Jenner. Hope the reunion is good bc these recent episodes have been lackluster
Ohhh Kimora! She would be an amazing addition!
Kimora Lee Simmons would be a Fabulous(its) addition to this show.
Fabulosity.
I never liked Dorit. I actually loathe her because of her fake accent. Gotta say, I’m on her side though. She seems very authentic in what she says happened.
I agree. I believe her when she says she felt pressured by VP dogs to adopt, that she hired this highly recognized trainer and they told her not to leave the dog alone with the children, and that she felt she had found proper home for the dog. She’s annoying but after listening to her explain the full story I think she did make a mistake but had the best of intentions and couldn’t have foreseen it would’ve played out that way. I think she deserves a little slack for her mistake.
Oh come on, anyone in their right mind (responsible parent ) wouldn’t leave kids, let alone a 2 yr old alone with a new dog. You always supervise kids. Puppies nip and are mouthy. Dorit said she spent 3 hrs with the trainer. Puppies need consistent training. You don’t do 1 session for 3 hrs and the dog is trained. That is such bullshit. The dog should have gone back to VPR…Period. Dorit fucked up by giving the dog to another person. Kyle and Erica are just agreeing with what Dorit said. They were not there and don’t know.
Mmmmmia, I agree with you. I felt Dorit was believable and thought she was doing the right thing. I also remember that LVP acted like she had no idea that Dorit didn’t have Lucy, when, in fact LVP knew it from the time Dorit gave the dog to a woman — with doggie seats, a doggie stroller, enjoyed taking dogs to a dog beach. It was a perfect fit. I don’t think Dorit did anything wrong at all.
If I had small children and a dog trainer expressed concerns I know I would do everything within my power to find the dog a new home better suited for the dog. That is a 100% normal reaction.
Lawd have mercy! Enough with the dogs.
Ikr!
What a load of BS. Why is Erika helping Dorit tell the story when she wasn’t there? And again Dorit says John talked her into getting another dog, she didn’t mention LVP at all in her exaggerated story until after she gave the dog away. She also herself used the word nipped when, according to Dorit, that was a dead giveaway that LVP sold the story.
People have dogs with children of all ages, but they are responsible pet owners and parents. If you don’t teach a puppy anything because you are too lazy and self absorbed, the puppy will develop undesirable habits that three hours of training will not fix.
This clip made me realize why I dislike Dorit so much.
They couldn’t possibly let Dorit do the interview on her own because she takes so damn long to tell a story they’d run out of tape. Erica is the best at keeping Dorit on track. I think I caught myself rolling my eyes at the same time Erica did. Why is Bravo still shoving this down own throats? The women got what they wanted. LVP is out. What an insufferable lot
And didn’t Dorit tell this bullshit story ages ago? Why is it now relevant — isn’t everyone happy that LVP left? Isn’t that enough?
I just watched the first 3/4 but I only heard Erika speak briefly twice-maybe a sentence each time. I don’t like Dorit but she was handling it on her own. She shared info I’d never heard before.
Dumb storyline. I tried to watch the last episode and Kyle was so annoying I couldn’t finish it. Her girl crush with Cougar Mellencamp is a little over the top. Is she trying to get Meg Ryan to a white party?
Couldn’t the dog trainer Dorit references give her advice about the right breeds and dog maturity for a young family before this damn dog imploded the whole universe that is Beverly Hills? Still think this is a stupid storyline, Dorit has some responsibility for the situation, John, whichever one or both, planted the story in the tabloids, the foundation may be in Lisa’s name only, doing business with friends always comes with risks and this is why I’m a cat person.
Dorit has about 14 versions of this tale. However, this was the second attempt at an adoption through LVP. I get that LVP and PK (and Dorit) were “friends” at the time. Although LVP says she didn’t know Dorit until Dorit started the show, and PK was someone she knew of through the same British social circles. LVP admitted she relaxed the rules for these two, and well, this is what happens. If anything the rules should’ve been even stricter.
Erika looked as bored hearing the story about #puppygate as the rest of the internet, but I believe them. I noticed how LVC’s story has changed from Lucy being dropped off at a kill shelter…to being dropped of at a center that has “euthanasia facilities” Well, I own a gun and keep it in my house for protection, does that make me a murderer?
Yes, LVP did change up that it was not a Kill Shelter but one that had euthanasia facilities. That is why I don’t see this issue as black and white but one with may layers and varying explanations of what actually happened.
Well all we will get is the other wives version because LVC decided not to go to the reunion and tell her side. I’ve said all along that I believe it was one of her Johns who sold the story to Radar, possibly at Lisa’s direction, or at least with her permission.
LVP has NEVER said it was a kill shelter, that it had euthanasia facilities. Even dumb Dorit just said on this video it wasn’t a kill shelter but euthanized 1%. Dorit takes no responsibility, it’s all someone else’s fault. First it’s the kids wanting a dog; John Sessa pushing a puppy; PK saying dog should go to mysterious lady; lady dumping dog (bet it was Dorit). Ridiculous that LVP is blamed for anything. That’s how irrational hate works. At least Kyle earns it along with that bovine Erika who has been named in a AZ lawsuit with Grandhubby.
Well summed up, Spunky! Dorit always rationalizes everything to shift blame to others.
It certainly wasn’t Dorit who said it was a kill shelter. She is the one who said she got a call or text from Lisa or John Sessa saying the dog was dropped off at a kill shelter, so it came from someone in LVC’s camp. I’m sure during the reunion we will see some REAL proof about what went on with #Puppygate. Of course the #LisaLovers wont see the truth because they are boycotting the show
@Mike: Listen to Dorit video again. She first said it wasn’t a kill shelter then said they euthanized 1%. LVP’s story has been consistent all along.
Exactly… Even if they euthanize 1% it still considered a kill shelter… Dorit should have giving a him back to the center and let the lady re adopt him… Delete didn’t have the $5000 to pay let’s be all the way honest here..
A “no-kill” shelter is an animal shelter that does not kill healthy or treatable animals even when the shelter is full, reserving euthanasia for terminally ill animals or those considered dangerous to public safety. The shelter Lucy was dropped off at says they euthanize about 1% of their dogs. Sometimes there are reason when you have to put a dog down, such as sickness. Not all shelters have millionaires backing them and probably can’t afford to take their sick dogs to a vet for life saving medical care. Does that facility euthanize some of their dogs because of overcapacity? I don’t know, do you? That’s what I consider a kill shelter. If you want to say that facility was a kill shelter, fine, call it that. What does Vanderpump Dogs do when a sick animal is brought into their facility. Do they spare no expense for treatment or do they just let it die in their shop? I don’t know, ask Lisa. I’m sure if they have an animal that is sick enough, they send it out to have it put down. They may not do it at Vanderpump Dogs but sometimes there isn’t any other option.
Shelters will certainly kill dogs that people say but children. Those kids may have been using food to tease the puppy and then pulling the food away. They would think it was a game but the puppy would get agitated. I saw this interview a couple of weeks ago and it is so rehearsed. Erica and a Dorit aren’t even friends so that was just weird. The facts are that LVP has never blamed Dorit for this only said she should have returned the puppy to them. Teddi will never admit her part and she may say she won’t do people’s dirty work but drunk Teddi is letting the truth out and doing Kyle’s dirty work. Puppy gate needs to end 100%.
Perhaps though, LVP, instead of looking at Dorit and PK as “friends” but as folks making their second attempt at adopting a dog, had not relaxed ruled, but made them stricter, none of this would’ve happened at all.
The relaxed rule was after, meaning Kemsley’s didn’t pay the $. So now it’s LVP’s fault they are irresponsible? LOL
If anything , Lisa looks bad letting them get away with not paying because they are friends.
I somehow doubt this is ‘the truth’ about this whole affair. Dorit is as truthful as she is wealthy, not a bit. If the Kemsley’s gave the puppy to a woman with a beautiful home, and this woman loved and cared for dogs so much that she had a stroller and car seat and daily outing to the dog beach, why would this wonderful loving woman not call her business associate PK & tell them her circumstances had changed & she needed to give the pup back or it would go to a shelter. She had time to inquire whether the shelter would kill the pup who bit children & barked so much the neighbors complained but didnt call the Kemsleys. Obviously Dorit had her number, didnt she have theirs?
This wonderful woman took the dog from a home with a $500 dog bed from a family that gave her the dog only because she fell in love with it, but takes it to a shelter instead.
Also what does LVP say at about 9:47? A police shelter?
Idk and I don’t care. Show much better without LVP. Kinda like when Jill left RHONY. Just an easier, less one-up vibe. I did love how Erica (Who called her Bovine in comments? Not nice or necessary!) had to keep her on track and the story moving. And the picture of Erica is EVERYTHING!! “No glam in Provence, (I look good enough.”). Yes you do honey. You all need a break from “The Glam” which is effing ridiculous. Maybe she’s low on $$$?
I love how everyone is like this would have never happened if Dorit would have just given the dog back. True but would this have ever happened if Dorit wasn’t given a second dog? And a puppy no less. The shelter I got my dog at in BFE Georgia steered us away from three dogs because they had some personality quirks, so you’re telling me not one person at VP dogs couldn’t see this going wrong? They’re the experts and Dorit seems stupid as hell to make these kinds of decisions herself. A chihuahua puppy is what they let Dorit leave with after she returned her other dog for biting? That’s irresponsible AF. How anyone is removing themselves of any accountability in this situation is mind blowing to me.
Two things I don’t understand. Why would Sessa recommend a chihauhau puppy to anyone with children? Do we think there was ever a contract? I mean weren’t we told LVP didn’t even do a contract with the two Tom’s with the restaurant?
I was thinking this, too. Who recommends a chihuahua mix to a family with toddlers?
Stupid dog to get when you don’t know what you’re doing.
Sessa’s bio on Vanderpumpdogs.org indicates he has a BA and an MBA and a doctorate in business administration. The bio also states that he is an animal rights activist and interested in renewable energy. His bio would suggest that he doesn’t have the necessary pedigree (pun intended) to advise on the selection of dogs that would be a good fit for a family.
The same sequence of events are told from different perspectives and that those perspectives are their truth. Regardless. Anyone who would give a Chihuahua mix puppy to someone with very young children is a complete moron and has no idea of the breed. Particularly if that person is a first time dog owner. I am over BH. It has now become a version of OC, just with a little more money and more famous or fame adjacent. Where is the fabulosity of the first season? I’ll stick with my NY ladies. They are more authentic even if much of the story is production driven. Their wealth is not so in your face. It’s like the old saying of money talks but true wealth whispers.
Dorits a know liar. She should have given the dog back per the contract. More like their version of the truth.
No one is going to back LVP. This year has been a bore. BH used to be more glamor and fun, not such petty stuff. I am all for a cast shake up as none of the ladies on there now, make me care to watch.
thankful that I am losing interest in so many Bravo things!!
Sorry, but no one looks better. The public doesn’t consist of uncomprehending idiots, so we don’t need “clarifying” information. Take responsibility for your actions. Puppies nip. Small children and new puppies are not a good, unsupervised mix. A shelter dog will become attached to the person it sees as its protector and adjustment will take time and care. Three whole hours — not enough. She’s doing a real disservice to dogs in need of homes and owners who’ve done right by them.
What’s next? A Dorit performance with all the supporting players as to how she and PK were talked into starting to gamble and talked into continuing and talked into not paying the debt and talked into….. Arrrgh.
Exactly. Dorit takes no responsibility for anything but her appearance – that is why she is such a repellent person.
Remember when she kept ( Teddi? ) waiting to meet up at a bar, while Dorit just continued on with what she was doing for well over an hour? Back home Teddi had hired childcare and then got to the place on time. Dorit then acted surprised, minimised the time she was late, did not apologize as it was “not” her fault, and she made a big deal out of Teddi mentioning it to Kyle – and made out Teddi was lying. This Lucy issue is all so similar.
Any dog new into a home, especially a rescue dog, will take about a month to settle, relax and show its true personality. Dorit did not give the dogs a chance and likely treated Lucy more as an accessory or toy and her kids followed suit. My 12 year old dog has never been a biter but I keep him away from careless little kids as he is a dog and could easily nip if provoked.
Yes. She behaves (and unfortunately the rest with her in the vid) as if she can talk her way out of it. The story about the previous rescue just makes her look worse, not better. A repeat of the same problem, OPRAH’s TRAINER, we must know, or not – like that matters – means she and PK should have been more careful in their choice and handling of the dogs.
so wrong and they are all full of shit. Adopting a dog is a huge undertaking, Dorit did NOT think it through, adopting a dog who LOVED her too much, then taking it back, adopting a puppy who nips as all puppies do, adopting a smaller breed mix who are more likely to be agitated. She must have signed a contract as all shelters make you do, if they are above board (huh) Wrong wrong wrong. John Sessa is wrong by telling everyone, AND by letting Dorit take home another dog! LISA, who said she didnt know what the Johns were doing (lies) and still dresses up her other dog in stupid clothing even though this dog does not have alopecia like Giggy does, is wrong wrong for lying, and she is still lying in the interview.
Normally I dont care about Bravo taking apart every petty thing but there are helpless animals involved and these people are not equipped to handle them.
Why hasn’t this mysterious “Beautiful Home” person adopter come forward and said anything?
Why hasn’t anyone from this “kill” shelter come forward?
No one?
Something stinks.
Rashomon.
Amen
Good god, this is some overwrought BS. They’re all egomaniacs milking this for far more than it’s worth (I’m here for the egomania – just not this storyline). Dorit obviously gave the dog to “the help.” A maid service probably came through and one of them loved the dog and Dorit said “Great, take her. I was promised she’d be the next Giggy but I’m over it.” Why are they acting like it’s gross that Sessna pitched Lucy Goosey as the heir to Giggy’s fame? Dorit totally fell for that promise. I don’t buy that Dorit devoted herself to these two Vanderpump dogs like they were toddlers adopted from an orphanage and imprinted with psychological trauma from their war-torn homeland. Come ON. Even my blind diabetic senior Chihuahua mix rescue is giving all of this the side eye. Wow, Oprah’s trainer. Wonder how much it cost them for that one 3 hr session just so they could name drop Oprah in an after-show. Also, life is too short to waste any more time on LVP’s dramatic pauses. Of course no one paid a $5k penalty for the dog turning up at a puppy murder mill, from whence it was rescued mere seconds before the puppy guillotine fell. Everyone needs to channel this outrage where it belongs – on Teddi. “I’ll NEVER do your dirty work! …. But like, I’ll agree to do your dirty work and be totally complicit up until I wimp out and can’t go through with it. And then I’ll claim I NEVER lie even though oops, you can prove in writing that I was totally on board but switched sides only after I helped LVP tee up the takedown.” She’s outta her depth.
I am totally on board with burning Teddi at the stake!
Is there a line? I want in on this.
Let me tell you that shelter in Orange County is the major kill shelter here, way more that 1 percent since that is where people know to take dogs to be put down if not adopted in a few days. I was just there last week looking for a dog and I hope they filmed whoever dropped off Lucy since they have cameras on the premises.. Otherwise,I, along with all of you will be anxiously waiting for the nice lady who took Lucy to be identified at the reunion. I will all be waiting.!
Lord, Dorit’s comment about hiring a trainer that Oprah signs off on is beyond the pale. She needs to just shut up.
Why is Erika referred to as “Erika Jayne” and not “Erika Girardi”? I thought Erika Jayne was only a stage persona?
It’s a stage persona when Erica wants it to be.
I didn’t even watch the video. Dorit caused the entire #puppygate situation in the first place. By not returning the dog to VP dogs. Personally I could give two f*cks who sold the story to the tabloids.
I’m glad it came out and have zero sympathy for the flack Dorit got over it. FYI – There are no actual no kill shelters. I volunteered for over 11 years with a shelter that would keep the animals as long as it took for them to find their Furever Home.
One dog I worked with was at the shelter over 400 days. However, if an animal was deemed not adoptable for medical or behavioral reasons it will be euthanized.
Bottom line no one is blameless. However, the entire situation started due to Dorit being an irresponsible asshole
The true downfall of this franchise! Thx for my extra hour back!!
Whoever uses the word “nip” is the guilty party who sold the story to ROL. Isn’t that Dorit’s claim? Smoking Gun. Other than that, I call this clip Two Broke Morons Wearing Wigs.
Dorit is such a liar and spinner. I agree with the others who point out how she just says “a woman who came to my home” with no more details. A friend? the cleaning service? And show us those pictures if you have them. She just blames everyone else.
The fact that Dorit makes the jab about the $500 bed from Vanderpump Dogs reveals her real motive: make Lisa look bad.
This was a ridiculous thing to ruin a friendship over (Kyle and Lisa’s). I will not be watching RHOBH next year if they still have Dorit on. Erika is too aloof and unengaging. I don’t need to see more scenes of her with her glam squad that makes her look ridiculous. LVP and Kyle were fun and glamorous.
None of her long, self aggrandizing story has a thing to do with the problem. As far as Kyle and Erica’s credibility goes, their information came from the ever-exaggerating Dorit.
Whatever the surprising detail about Giggy is will have to stay shrouded in mystery as far as I’m concerned, because I can’t get through Dorit’s story and wouldn’t believe most of it if I did.
Y’all, no nice lady is going to come forward, even if she does exist. These women have received death threats and nasty messages from crazy fans. No way is some lady going raise her hand during this cluster fuck to say oh yeah, bring me into this shit too.
No, but the shelter has video. Want to bet they haven’t erased it?
I think Dorit wanted to avoid the $5,000 fine because she’s broke and in hot water already.
does Bravo think I’m going to watch a 13 minute video on this tired nonsense. As far as I see it, some of the legacy RH are in crisis, do they kill or save–BH, OC. I’d rather have them killed or completely rebooted than see tired drama nonsense like puppygate, glass gate, etc.
Send them to the “1%” kill shelter and see how they fare.
Dorit practiced enough over the past year that she has her story down pat and believes herself. Can’t believe she went to law school; she sounds so dumb and looks so fake and dumb. But then, of course, they all do. LVP did herself no favors in this video. The pregnant pause was so telling. LVP is not being completely honest. All liars. Over a dog. Pathetic. Glad I don’t watch.
I found Dorit’s version of what happened very authentic. Clears up a lot for me.
LOL!! I can only hope you are joking.
Has anyone noticed that Vanderpump Dog Rescue seems to have only puppies? Are they being bred there or are they indeed rescued. Isn’t it more likely that older dogs are abandoned and/or abused? Does she only like those dogs that can fit into Ken’s open shirt?
I used to try to point this out to the people who believe that LVP does so much for rescue dogs. She’s always cherry picked puppies. And Sessa admits that the puppy that Dorit got was born at the “dog rescue.” I’ve also mentioned that she has a for profit business in the same building as a non-profit and that is usually a red flag for the IRS… I’ve also mentioned that Kyle has several rescue dogs that don’t fit in Ken’s open shirt.
The LVP stans are not hearing any of it.
We have to keep up the good fight. LVP is a fraud on so many levels.
Kyle’s home has the chaotic vibe of a home with a lot of dogs. LVP’s home definitely does not have a dogs live here vibe. Where the heck are her two Golden Retrievers? She only brings them out for photo ops. I guarantee you that two Golden Retrievers do not live in that house. They would clear her coffee table with their tails.
My favorite Umansky moments are when you see the golden in the background doing something.
I had totally forgotten that LVP allegedly owns Goldens. There is NOTHING wrong with adopting little dogs b/c they suit you more. Goldens are awesome dogs, but they want their time on the couch, they shed EVERYWHERE, and honestly, how on earth would they keep them out of the goose ponds??? I completely can see in my head Kyle’s girls hanging out in the dogpile, esp. with the goldie, or swimming with them in the pool. I just don’t see Ken throwing a ball endlessly for an energetic golden.
Seriously? I stopped the video about 3 minutes in. Erika looks so disinterested, like she HAS to be there to help Dorit. And I really think saying Erika and Dorit have the truth is stretching it. These two broads are the biggest phonies. Bottom line: it was the Kemsley’s choice to get a dog (both times). The dog should have gone back to the shelter. Sessa joking about Giggy being yesterdays news is obviously a freaking joke. And probably a tactic to get her to adopt. SO what? There’s no smoking gun here. Just two lying liar faces trying to keep a story going because neither of them are that interesting. A day late and a dollar short for me. And no, I’m not an LVP deranged fan. I just know bs when I see it.
Dorit’s first dog from Vanderpump Dogs was 3 years old, not a puppy. If you look at the Vanderpump Dogs website there are a lot of dogs up for adoption with white in their faces. While I admit that all of her rescues seem to be small breeds, I don’t think that’s out of the ordinary. Lots of rescues specialize in certain breeds or types of dog.
So is she a rescue or a shelter? And if she is a rescue, why is she only rescuing the dogs that are MOST likely to be adopted and charging huge fees to “get them in good homes?” And why is John Sessa “bottle feeding” so many puppies that are of small breeds?
AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY DOES NO ONE SEE THIS?
I think a rescue, since most shelters are Government run.
Looking at the comments it doesn’t seem like small chihuahua mixes are that easy to place. I myself prefer giant breed dogs and support a few rescues who only take in giant breed dogs.
If she charges a lot and makes people sign a contract that’s in the best interest of the dog. Look what happens when you don’t enforce the rules, the poor dog is tossed out like yesterday’s trash. I’m only mad LVP didn’t fully hold Dorit responsible.
And yet, when my dog rescued me, there were no rules, and I felt like a first time mom bringing Banjo home. I couldn’t even get him into my car without someone who was dog shopping tossing a treat into my car. I also cried when I got to “just take him home,” Despite the people who sit outside and PetSmart and interrogate you and demand home visits. Those dogs are already “helping dogs” by insisting on a home visit because OBVIOUSLY they are capable of determining who is a good dog owner. Much like LVP. #eyeroll
TT, I get your point to an extent. My Mom as always took in unwanted dogs and made people sign a similar contract when she found them homes. I can remember a husband and wife who split up, he banged on our door and handed us the leash to the dog they adopted from us, while their other dogs ended up in the pound. It happens all of the time with people who think of animals as temporary objects and it’s the animals who suffer in the end. Look at the pet section of Craigslist sometime and you will see ads from people who are moving and their new place doesn’t accept pets, or they have a 7 year old dog that they no longer have time for and they really don’t care who the animal ends up with or how many times it gets bounced around. I wish everyone was like you and loved their pet like a child and were as dedicated to them as you are to Banjo, but sadly that’s not the case sometimes.
I am not an authority on this but the laws changed in California regarding pet stores can only sell dogs that are from shelters or non-profits, this includes all animals, cats, rabbits. No puppy mill dogs can be sold or home breeders. So If you have a litter you cannot even specify that you are selling dogs on Craigslist you have to say you are re-homing and asking for a donation. Now, there are so many rescues around just here all of a sudden so I don’t know but I am sure they are making money since most of the pet stores have gone out of business.
Happy Birthday Tamara. Give Banjo a big kiss from me and Beau.
Alot of the rescues here get the best dogs and are owner relinquished by family due to deaths, etc. or picked up at shelters to save. When I was at the OC Shelter last week I can say that most of the dogs there were either Pit Bulls, Chihuahua’s or Boxers. There were only two fluffy white dogs and they were on hold. There is always a rescue here at Petsmart on weekends. They have to best looking furry dogs that I never see at shelters but you have sign up for consideration, be on a list, and interviewed in your home to be considered.
Boxers??? OMG, they are so sweet! I see a lot of pits – and I’m sure they can be fine, sweet dogs. But they usually come with baggage that I’m not skilled enough to overcome, nor rich enough to hire Andy Cohen’s trainer (as much as I’d like that man to train me on something. Hubba hubba)
Isn’t Brandon THE BEST! (And a hunky surfer to boot!) He won’t let one of his dogs go to a home without vetting it first and “tests” every dog going to homes with kids.
Oh gimme a break. Dorit is either a liar or an idiot who doesn’t read the contracts she signs. No matter who much she tries to shift the blame to LVP, Dorit is the one at fault, the fact the dog was found at the shelter at all is only because it was chipped. Millions of dogs each year get killed because of feckless idiots like Dorit. She even has the nerve to play victim, as though the dogs were forced on her against her better judgment. Seriously, Dorit and her wingman Erika both need to fuck off.
I do blame Sessa and Vanderpump dogs for allowing puppies that young to be adopted, and I also blame the trainer Dorit hired. (Maybe that’s not fair though, since good training can get ruined by stupid owners.) Vanderpump Dogs needs to go, animals don’t need some dilettante “rescue” outfit with sketchy bookkeeping, they need real advocates.
I so agree with about Vanderpump dogs. They are alternately referred to a “center” and a “foundation”. Sounds like a money-making operation for sure and more inclined to line their own pockets than to do good for dogs. One look at the “center” and you can tell that the rent and expenses are astronomical and they have to be “pumping” out dogs day and night to cover their expenses. Something’s off about the whole situation.
100% @FROSTY. I agree with everything you said. Well put.
I am (un)lucky enough to check out my Instagram once or twice a week on slow days. LVP is posting sad pictures about dogs getting boiled alive and eaten in China. Apparently, it is time for the Yulin Festival again. It’s such an exaggeration. Many countries eat dog meat. A large portion of India feels that cows are sacred. They are not trying to tell other countries which animal proteins are acceptable to eat.
And LVP had a full episode where she pretended like she had stopped the eating of dog meat in China over by getting a US bill passed. The bill has no effect on China. AT ALL. It was simply an official statement that said eating dogs is bad. No one cares about our opinion.
But see is asking, through her grief that you send her non-profit money to stop the Chinese from eating dog meat. And she wants you to believe that she has a charity for this purpose IN CHINA.
Stop the fucking madness people. You would not believe the number of LVP stans trying to comment on this post for the first time. WE ARE FULL. WE HAVE OUR QUOTA OF LVP stans here. We like the ones we have grandfathered in because their brains seem to function better on other topics, many of us, myself included used to be LVP fans. Some people take longer to figure things out than others,
But why on EARTH would anyone think LVP or Donald Trump or whatever reality star they hold in high regard has any fucking say so at all about the dietary habits of the people of CHINA?
Don’t we have a enough shit to worry about in this country? I’m sure the people in Flint Michigan would really like it if someone was this passionate about getting them water that is safe to drink. Or the people in red states would really like to be able to afford the healthcare that is available in blue states. Or perhaps we should not be separating children and parents at the border.
But CHINA is going to make their laws about what is acceptable in China.
Also, LVP seems clueless that is is legal to eat dogs and cats in the US in nearly every state.
What is she doing about that?
Amen!
Hear, hear!! Oxfam, Medicins sans Frontieres, local food banks and charities need money, not LVP!
Hear, hear!
Well, I agree with you on this. As repellent as I find the idea of eating dogs, I’m aware that others are just as repulsed by foods we eat.
I get what you’re saying. But vegans feel the same way about any sentient being. Should vegans stop trying to end the killing and eating of animals? No. I’m not vegan, but I respect those that support the cause. Dogs are a cause LVP claims to be passionate about. I’m passionate about child sex trafficking. That’s the cause that touches my heart. You can’t support and stop every bad thing that happens. I don’t know anything about her charity dealings, but now I’m curious if it’s on the up and up.
So let’s say you are vegan. You’re an extremist vegan who feels that not only do you not want to eat meat. You don’t want ANYONE ANYWHERE to eat meat. This is your PASSION. Your PLATFORM. And you are drawing attention to yourself because this is YOUR CAUSE.
Do you:
a) Donate a lot of money to anti-meat charities and speak about the atrosity of meat eating on your two popular TV shows.
b) Try to support local people who are trying to insure at the very least humane killings and at best support vegan restaurants and other vegans who want the world to know that it’s a horrible thing to eat meat. (You know, despite the whole food chain that happens in the world).
c) Completely ignore the fact that people eat (dog) meat in this country and decide that first you must make a huge ass deal about the Chinese people who eat (dog) meat and pretend you are going to put a stop to it.
Because option C is grandstanding for attention.
Fun fact. When I was attending UGA there was a Chinese Restaurant we called Takee Outee because that was how they spelled it so it was probably really authentic and it was definitely very good. We would go there to get “cat balls.” I still don’t know what they were but they were delicious. I’ve eaten goat, camel, and God knows what else living in Libya. Oh an probably horse, we were not sure… eek.
As for having a non-profit and a for-profit under the same roof? That is what is really going to bring her down. Allegedly. I mean how would I know.
Preach
Dorit is as fake as her accent. How could anyone take anything she says seriously?
Maybe I’m in the minority here, but I read every contract I sign. The shelter I volunteered with in San Diego had adopters sign a contract. They also did home visits. And tried to make sure the dog was a good fit for whomever was adopting them
They do all these things to try to prevent people from bringing dogs they adopt back to the shelter. They do charge a nominal adoption fee. And ask for a $40 donation when you relinquish an animal.
It’s a Non-Profit organization. No idea if VP Dogs is. LVPs motives might be questionable, but has brought a lot of attention to shelter animals. And the Yulin Festival
Personally I think the Yulin Festival is disgusting. Especially since peoples pets are stolen to be eaten during it. However, like TT said China could give two fucks what we think about the Yulin Festival.
I do think as more of the older generation passes away the Yulin Festival will die out too. Just like I’m seeing things that once were accepted here in the US dying out to.
P.S. – I do like Lisa, but I’m not naive. She is far from perfect.
This is all so outlandish and was a good story line for Lisa V. I believe Dorit 100%. I have a rescue dog and I also did not read the contract. Just signed, took my little one and left. I think this John S. that is an employee of Lisa is a liar along with her. In the long run it was the children that lost on this crap. They did not get a dog. And Lisa saying this is so devastating for HER having gone through it for 8 months is BS. I know most of you dislike Dorit and I am not to fond of her myself but I do believe her on this. Also, PK told her to pass the dog along to the other lady. Why did not Lisa attack him instead of going after Dorit?
Incredible how Dorit throws everyone under the bus, including her own husband! But WAS this whole mess only about LVP wanting to make Dorit look bad? Forgive me if I’m not allowed to speculate so I will understand if I’m not posted. That photo of PK looking at the camera in complete distress with a little scratch on his nose–like an image one might see in a domestic violence case–were they getting ready to sue some LVP entity to solve their money problems and so LVP threw a pre-emptive strike? Maybe a stretch. Anyway, I liked this storyline for perhaps educating a lot of people about pet adoption as well as showcasing the true, hypocritical and manipulative nature of a couple of cast members.
omg, enough about the dogs. stupid season. i was down to just rhny, which has always been my fav.
still the only one worth watching. why was lvp puppygate even the prime theme for the season. boring.
i am a huge dog lover, but never expect other people to want to watch a show about my love of dogs.
so still loving new york. maybe because i am from the northeast, in a major city. but i just find the others
vulgar, boring, stupid. an insult to any adult. just saying.
Frankly I don’t care about this story line. LVP is gone and that is good enough for me.
Crickets lazily chirp….tumbleweed drifts in the distance…..Old whore silently shuffles by. Puppygate is exactly that interesting.
One more thing. Having volunteered at an animal shelter for quite a while. I met my share of “Dorits”. How I didn’t punch one of them in the face I will never know. Thankfully 95% of the time their adoption requests were declined??
The best thing about the video was Dorit’s (unintended?) impressions of LVP. Every time Dorit repeated something LVP said she would change her voice into a pretty accurate impression of LVP–dahling. It was delicious!!
I have only been around a few chihuahua’s and first, they were adorable little nippers and secondly, and more importantly, are very attached to their owner. Given Dorit’s history this breed was exactly the wrong one for Dorit.
I don’t think anyone is all that wrong — what Dorit did wasn’t awful (now that we know the full story) — what LVP did wasn’t awful — it is just a bunch of drama over nothing. The only issue I have is that I have been on to LVP for a very long time and believe that she 100% was using puppygate to score points against Dorit. I believe that she wanted Teddi to do her dirty work while she, LVP, sat pretty. LVP has thrown rocks and hidden her hand season after season.