Controversial Vanderpump Rules Star Stassi Schroeder is returning to reality TV. As part of a development deal with Hulu, Schroeder will lead her own series. Stassi saysand reunite with former Lisa Vanderpump for season 2 of Vanderpump Mansion (via Deadline). Schroeder moved to Bravo Vanderpump Rules as an original cast member in 2013 and appeared on the show until its eighth season (in 2020), when she was fired along with cast mate Kristen Doute for racially insensitive behavior. Doute returned with Bravo’s The valley beginning of the year.
Schroeder was a co-designer Stassi says next to former Vanderpump Rules Producers Erin Foye and Jenna Rosenfeld. The trio will produce the series together with Scout Productions. The official logline of the show is:
“Infinitely relatable, completely hysterical and of questionable sanity, Stassi is the anchor of a fresh ensemble of comical and chaotic characters grappling with identity crises and their own major life transitions – and Stassi is the one who has to keep them all afloat.”
Schroeder will also be in the upcoming second season of Vanderpump Mansionwhich follows the handpicked crew of Vanderpump’s opulent French villa, Château Rosabelle, as they live and work together to fulfill the extravagant desires of their wealthy visitors. Vanderpump celebrated Schroeder’s addition to the cast of the show’s second season with a celebratory shared Instagram reel.
Stassi Schroeder’s second act
In 2018, Schroeder and Doute called the police on black colleague Faith Stowers, claiming she was a woman wanted for robbery (the incident followed a cheating scandal between Stowers and Vanderpump Rules alumnus Jax Taylor, who was dating Brittany Cartwright at the time). Stowers brought the incident to light in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter protests, which led to Schroeder and Doute’s termination in June 2020. Schroeder and Doute apologized for their behavior, but their apologies were met with skepticism. Critics felt the women lacked authenticity and remorse, and the two did not understand the severity of the impact of their actions.
In September, after she was fired from Bravo, Schroeder spoke to journalist Tamron Hall and said she was taking time to learn from her mistake:
“I’ve been working with a teacher for the last three months and I’ve learned so much that I didn’t know. I didn’t understand that just because it’s not about race for me, it’s not the same for the other person,” she said. “I bring my experience as a privileged white woman to this situation, and she brings her experience as a black woman to this situation. Because it’s about race for her, it’s about race. That’s something I realized.”
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Before the main role in Vanderpump RulesSchroeder appeared in season 8 of The amazing race and the show Queen bees. But it was the Emmy-nominated Vanderpump Rules that made her a household name. Schroeder, whose “I’m not really sure what I did to you, but I’ll have a Pinot Grigio” line is one of the most quoted in reality TV history, quickly became a favorite for her memorable (if often mean) comments toward her fellow cast members. During her appearance on Vanderpump RulesSchroeder published her first book, Next Level Basic: The ultimate basic manual for bitches. Since leaving the series in 2020, Schroeder has married, had two children and published a second book, Off with my head. She is the host of her podcast, Stassi.
So will Schroeder return to reality TV to cheers or boos? If we judge by social media, Vanderpump Rules Graduate will experience a triumphant return. After diversity coaching and four years without television, Schroeder is celebrating her comeback.
