Vanderpump Rules fans demand star be fired from show after he ‘refuses’ to apologize for ‘disgusting’ behavior

VANDERPUMP Rules fans have demanded that a star be fired from the show after he refuses to apologize for his “repulsive” behavior.

Fans expressed their distaste for the reality TV star in a video posted to the Bravo network’s Instagram account on Monday.

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Captioned: “Tom Schwartz shares his perspective before the #PumpRules Reunion,” the video showed Tom, 40, sharing his thoughts on Season 10 of Vanderpump Rules and recent events leading into the Reunion.

The TV personality began by admitting “It’s been a really intense two weeks.”

Tom continued: “Just being adjacent to it has been mentally, spiritually exhausting. I can’t imagine what it’s like for Ariana.

“I feel like I’ve become a character in a soap opera [in] someone else’s life. I don’t know, it’s weird.”

The Bravo star revealed: “It feels different. The stakes feel higher,” before adding, “It just feels, it feels really heavy on my heart.”

He then described the feeling as “palpable.”

In conclusion, Tom stated: “Tensions are gonna run kinda high but I think ultimately it’ll be cathartic.”

Fans rushed the post’s comment section to weigh in on Tom’s “thoughts” before the Season 10 Reunion episode.

One person wrote: “He said a whole lot of nothing lol.”

Another fan commented: “Adjacent is a nice spin on the word accomplice.”

A third person stated: “If it was heavy on your heart then you would have spoken up months ago.”

While a fourth complained: “He has overplayed the puppy dog act.”

Others agreed with the sentiment, with one fan remarking: “Right!? I’m so over him! At some point he needs to take his big vocabulary and grow up!”

A second added: “So tired of Tom’s weaponized incompetence…. Find a new schtick.”

As a third person commented: “He’s a disaster” and “Sandoval rules his life.”

One commenter slammed the reality TV star’s overall behavior, writing: He’s shown a pattern of behavior that I find repulsive and I’m tired of it.

They continued: “He’s verbally and emotionally abusive to women. He pours drinks [onto] girls. He actively used Ariana’s depression and mental health issues to try to make us think she’s crazy. He actively participated in deceiving and gaslighting his friends and viewers so we’d think poor Tom, he’s tried to break up with Ariana multiple times, she’s a bad partner, etc.”

The commenter concluded by stating: “He’s cheated numerous times and only admits it when he’s caught and then gaslights everyone into thinking it’s no big deal. It’s a big deal and quite frankly I don’t feel sorry for him. The only reason you’re seeing any “emotions” from these guys is bc it’s impacting their ‘brand.’”

REUNION EPISODE

The Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion is scheduled to air on May 24, 2023, via Bravo.

That Wednesday, part one of the three-part special will see Lisa Vanderpump, Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, Raquel Leviss, and the other cast members come together to discuss what happened during the season.

Parts two and three are expected to air the following Wednesdays.

In order for viewers to catch up on season 10, they can head over to Peacock or Hulu to see what they’ve missed just in time for the reunion.

Bravo teased the reunion is going to be “explosive” and that the cast “uncovers the whole story” when the show’s stars all sit down with one another.

“I think we are ready for it. There are a lot of questions that need to be answered,” LVP shared with Extra.

“It’s going to be long. It’s going to be very long. But you know what? It was a very complicated situation.

“When you are invested in these people you have known for so many years, who is right or wrong when you see them absolutely hysterical? It’s been very difficult.

“It’s still hard to watch when you see emotional breakdowns like that.”

“I’m drained. I feel like I want to crawl into a hole and sob and scream,” Lala Kent told her Instagram followers.

“Anyway, I think you guys will enjoy it though, so that is the silver lining to it all.”

RENEWED FOR SEASON 11

On May 9, 2023, the network confirmed VPR has been renewed for an 11th season.

While it is unknown which cast members will return, Ariana said she’s not open to filming again with Sandoval or Raquel when the reunion schedule concludes.

“I have nothing to say to either of them,” she revealed to The New York Times.

“Our show is very real and follows a real group of friends, and neither of them are in the group of friends, so, good luck.”

VPR executive producer Alex Baskin commented: “I think how fortunate we are, that 10 years into this, we’re still this relevant.”

He said to Variety: “This is not a show that you can plug an outsider into.

“So we definitely have those conversations. And in real life, they are still all friends.”

VPR is a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills spinoff created by LVP, Alex Baskin, and Douglas Ross.

Bravo premiered its first season on January 7, 2013, and the program has been renewed an additional 10 times.

The show follows RHOBH alum LVP and the staff who work at three of the reality star’s many restaurants.

The cast members featured in the show work at her establishments SUR, Tom Tom, and Pump.

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