Season 11 of “Vanderpump Rules” will premiere in January, Bravo announced on Nov. 3. According to the press release, the show returns in “January and follows the former SURvers as they pick up the pieces following a scandal that sent shockwaves through the zeitgeist. With resentments, acceptance and shifting alliances, this group attempts to navigate the lines drawn in the sand while rebuilding friendships, developing their businesses and healing from past relationships. The cast includes Lisa Vanderpump, Ariana Madix, James Kennedy, Katie Maloney, Lala Kent, Scheana Shay, Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz, along with friends Ally Lewber and Brock Davies.”
Notably, that cast list doesn’t include Rachel Leviss, with whom Sandoval had a secret relationship during Season 10 — causing the breakup between him and longtime partner, Ariana Madix — an affair that was called the #Scandoval. More than a month after the news of the affair broke, and the cast filmed an additional episode to capture the fallout, Leviss entered into a mental health facility in Arizona, where her family lives, and stayed there for months.
Though Leviss had lengthy negotiations with Bravo and the producers of “Vanderpump Rules” over potentially returning to the show, she ultimately announced she was quitting by going on Bethenny Frankel’s podcast in August.
