Lisa Vanderpump is opening up about Puppy Gate following Tuesday's episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills where the issue was still dominating all the drama.
The 58-year-old reality star wrote a lengthy blog post on the Bravo site explaining her side of the situation and expressing disbelief that throughout everything, nobody seems to care about the abandoned puppy at the center of the drama.
Lisa has been ostracized by her castmates, who still accuse her of trying to make Dorit Kemsley look bad after it came to light that a dog Dorit adopted from Vanderpump Dogs had ended up at a kill shelter.
Just looking out for the dog: Lisa Vanderpump has written a lengthy blog about her side of Puppy Gate after this week's episode showed the women of RHOBH still turning against her
Lisa continues to insist that she was not responsible for leaking the story and has never blamed Dorit for abandoning the puppy, named Lucy Lucy Apple Juice.
Dorit has claimed, but didn't tell Lisa at the time, that Lucy bit one of her children and so she gave the puppy to a woman who had 'fallen in love with her', breaking the Vanderpump Dogs adoption agreement she signed requiring dogs to be returned to the center if it doesn't work out.
'It's ironic and beggar's belief that not once has anyone enquired after the welfare of the puppy – the beloved puppy.' Lisa wrote.
'How is she? Is she at the center? Well, she lived at the center and went home with one of our devoted employees for some time, and now she has found a loving home.' she revealed.
Lisa explained that it was difficult to 'placate' Vanderpump Dogs executive director Dr. John Sessa after he was left horrified on finding out Lucy was discovered at a kill shelter.
Rescue dog: Lucy Lucy Apple Juice was rescued by Dorit and then discovered at a kill shelter without Lisa's knowledge
Tough time: The British restaurateur was accused by the women of making Dorit Kemsley look bad without getting her hands dirty
'If our rescue staff are emphatic in their opinion of a woman that carelessly rejected the second dog we had placed with her – a puppy that was birthed in our center, a puppy that was bottle fed by Dr. John – I understand that,' Lisa wrote.
'Lucy was not a traumatized rescue dog who had a history of biting and was unsuitable for children as often stated. She started her life in a loving environment provided by our foundation.'
Lisa said that Dorit failed to mention there being an issue of biting and simply said that a woman had fallen in love with Lucy and so she was going to a new home for a 'much better life'.
Dorit was breaking the agreement she made with Vanderpump Dogs but Lisa said she felt no urgency to get a home check done and transfer of ownership signed because Dorit was a close friend.
'I wasn't angry with her, but I couldn't understand why she didn't return Lucy'.
The restaurateur reveals that it was the following weekend that Vanderpump Dogs received the notification, thanks to Lucy's microchip, that the pup had been dropped off at a shelter with euthanasia facilities.
Victim: Dorit was also upset that she had become the topic of gossip despite being the one to abandon the dog she adopted from Lisa and breaking the adoption agreement
Tough talk: Teddi confronted Vanderpump after feeling set up to spread the news by her but failed to get an apology
Text messages: Lisa was given text messages that apparently showed Teddi was being set up to leak the scandal
'The notification came through by email on police headed note paper. All of the employees were aghast at how this had transpired. The note was stating that a reality star didn't want the dog anymore.'
Lisa wrote that she and husband Ken tried to convince John Sessa not to make the issue public but he was 'enraged' and 'wanted accountability'.
'We did call and state in no uncertain terms to the staff at the rescue center that we didn't want this to gather momentum. Dr. John Sessa replied that John Blizzard had already told Teddi
