Ally Lewber and James Kennedy are stronger than they’ve ever been.
Lewber, 28, spoke to The Put up in regards to the “Vanderpump Rules” reboot information, revealing the shortage of cameras has been nice for her nearly three-year relationship with Kennedy.
“We’ve been the best that we’ve ever been. And I think it probably has to do with the fact that we haven’t been filming in a while,” Lewber shared throughout Tuesday’s occasion for Mediterranean-inspired pet meals model REÁL MESA at 1 Resort West Hollywood.
Final month, Bravo introduced that “Vanderpump Rules” will return for Season 12 however with a brand new solid — and Lewber isn’t sweating it.
“I’m excited to just kind of let our relationship almost breathe and not have the pressure [of filming],” she informed The Put up, including that she seems ahead to beginning the brand new yr with out a digicam crew.
“I think it’ll be nice to just feel like we have some privacy and, like, [we] can actually focus on us,” she shared in the course of the occasion with their canine, Hippie.
On Nov. 26, the community revealed that the following season of “Vanderpump Rules” will characteristic Lisa Vanderpump and a brand new group of “close-knit SUR-vers who are as complicatedly involved with one another as their iconic predecessors.”
Manufacturing will start subsequent yr, and casting has but to be set. Nevertheless, Lewber had concepts about which SUR servers she’d wish to see on the reboot.
“There’s two girls, Demi and Hannah,” she shared. “I love them, and I’m not sure if they’re part of that, but I suspect they are in some way.”
Lewber continued, “I hope that they’re part of it, if that’s what they want.”
She additionally shared with The Put up that the “Vanderpump Rules” solid came upon about Bravo’s resolution “the night before everyone else.” Nevertheless, she mentioned all of them had their suspicions after a turbulent final season following the “Scandoval” drama.
“So it wasn’t necessarily, like, a big shock, but still shocking, especially for James,” Lewber mentioned, including that they “had a day or two days to process it,” and now, “It feels right. It makes sense.”
Ally isn’t the one solid member who’s wanting ahead as an alternative of within the rearview mirror amid the reboot information.
The Put up caught up with Ariana Madix earlier this week, who had some sound recommendation for the brand new “Vanderpump Rules” solid, whoever they could be.
“I would say this sounds cliché, but be yourself. I don’t think it would work to try to be anybody else,” she mentioned at TheWrap’s Energy Girls Summit 2024 on Tuesday. “And not only that, if you’re comparing yourself to past cast, and I know people say big shoes to fill, and yes, that’s true; but at the same time, if you’re trying to fill those shoes by being someone else, it’s never gonna work.”
“Vanderpump Rules” made its TV debut in 2013 as a derivative of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and adopted a gaggle of servers on the West Hollywood restaurant SUR, together with Tom Sandoval, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay,Tom Schwartz, Kristen Doute, Jax Taylor and Stassi Schroeder.
The final three above had been axed in 2020 following allegations of racism.
Lala Kent, Raquel Leviss, Kennedy and Lewber joined the solid in later seasons; nevertheless, chaos erupted in March 2023 when Sandoval was caught dishonest on his then-girlfriend Madix along with her greatest good friend Leviss. The scandal was dubbed “Scandoval.”
Cameras shortly caught the aftermath of the affair drama, however Madix refused to movie with Sandoval once they returned for Season 11, which turned out to be their final.