Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsaudiences may missLisa Vanderpumpnext season, but there’s one person who’s very happy she left: Lance Bass.
On Thursday, the singer sat down withPEOPLE Nowand discussed his friend’sexit from the showafter nine seasons, admitting that he’d “been trying to get her to leave that show for years.”
“I kept telling her like, ‘Look, one season these girls are going to take you down. They are going to plan. They are going to meet up’ … and they did. They waited years to bring her down,” said Bass, 40, who added of her castmates, “they went hard at her.”
Vanderpump, 58, who had a major falling out with her costars throughout the course of filming season 9 and skipped the reunion, announced her departure in June.
“The last year was a very negative year for me,” she explainedin an interview withExtra. “I feel like we’re moving forward. They have had their resolution. I just had a horrible time with the show and the women. It was a very sad time in my life and it wasn’t made any better. I just decided to walk away.”
Bass admitted with a laugh that there was “kind of” an “I told you sotext” exchanged between the two.
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He added that “not everyone is going to approve of everything that you do, so you just need to be yourself.”
As to why Bass believes Vanderpump’s costars allegedly brought her down, he said, “They’re jealous, c’mon now.”
“She was the queen, queen bee,” Bass said. “So of course a lot of jealousy comes in, and Lisa has this wicked sense of humor, this British humor that a lot of people don’t get. So she’s always poking, she’s always making fun, which I love.”
In fact, Bass understands what theVanderpump Rulesstar’s “pokes” feel like firsthand.
“She gives it to me and my husband,” he said, referencinghusband Michael Turchin. “I mean, all the time. I mean, she’s always making fun of me. But I love it and I embrace it.”
Weeks after Vanderpump decided toquit the Bravo show,Housewivesboss and hostAndy Cohenopened up toVultureabout what it would be like to see her again on his showWatch What Happens Live.
When asked if her future appearance would be awkward,Cohen explainedthat he had no intentions of bringing up the topic and noted that if Vanderpump wanted to say something, she could have done so at theRHOBHreunion taping, which shechose to skip.
“I don’t know. I’m not going to do a Lisa rebuttal show,” hetold the outlet. “Her time to say her peace was at the reunion, and she gave up that opportunity.”
Still,Cohen is hopeful that Vanderpump will returnat some point.
“We will missLisa Vanderpump,” Cohen toldWendy Williamsin mid-July, adding that this isn’t the first departure from a high-profile star in franchise history.
“I loveLisa Vanderpump, but the great thing about theHousewivesis it’s an ensemble show. We have a group of all-stars in Beverly Hills” he said, going on to reference two stars who left and ultimately decided to come back.
He said, “New York survived whenBethenny [Frankel]left, Atlanta survived whenNeNe [Leakes]left for a bit. So People come and they go, and I hope that Lisacomes back at some point.”
Frankel, of course, recently announced she’sleavingThe Real Housewives of New York Cityfor thesecond time.
source: people.com
