Bravo star Lisa Vanderpump is using her platform to help save lives.
The business mogul has been a longtime advocate for the LGBTQ community and has worked with The Trevor Project for years, most recently partnering with them for a new powerful public service announcement.
Lisa sat down with DailyMailTV to open up about the cause that is so dear to her heart and also dropped the bombshell that she's not returning to the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and will be skipping the reunion.
Giving back: Lisa Vanderpump spoke exclusively to DailyMailTV about her important new PSA with The Trevor Project and confirmed she is officially QUITTING Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and will SKIP the reunion
Suicide has touched Lisa's life personally. Last year her beloved brother Mark took his own life and the reality star grieved the loss as cameras rolled for the RHOBH.
Lisa's new PSA with The Trevor Project, an organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention to youths in the LGBTQ community, is all about bringing awareness.
'It's something that we should talk to our children about, especially our LGBTQ youth,' Lisa said. 'They're four or five times more likely to take their own lives and that is a statistic that I would say is unacceptable.'
Those staggering stats are something that Lisa and The Trevor Project are working tirelessly to combat by throwing a lifeline to those in crisis.
LGBTQ advocate: Lisa's new PSA with The Trevor Project, an organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention to youths in the LGBTQ community, is all about bringing awareness
'I know how important it is for LGBTQ youth to get the support they deserve,' she says in the PSA. 'The Trevor Project is always here for you 24/7.'
Last year alone, the organization served over 68,000 calls, texts, and chats from LGBTQ youth in crisis and they, along with Lisa, strive to do more.
'I think with celebrity, and I use that word loosely, a responsibility comes with supporting your causes,' Lisa explained.
Aside from her work as an advocate for the LGBTQ community, Lisa also operates the Vanderpump Dog Foundation which recently found loving forever homes for 1,000 dogs.
'A lot of people really feel that they're at the end of their tether,' Lisa told DailyMailTV. 'If you ever get to that position ... there's somebody there that wants to talk to you - and kind of talk you down form the ledge.'
Helping those in need is something that the Vanderpump Rules star has always been passionate about and she seemed to have doubled her efforts in the wake of her brother's death.
'I have an understanding [of] the devastation that radiates through a family,' she said.
'A lot of people really feel that they're at the end of their tether,' Lisa continued. 'If you ever get to that position ... there's somebody there that wants to talk to you - and kind of talk you down form the ledge.'
'Together, we can build a future where every LGBTQ young person knows they are valid, loved, and worthy of dignity.'
'It's something that we should talk to our children about, especially our LGBTQ youth,' Lisa said. 'They're four or five times more likely to take their own lives and that is a statistic that I would say is unacceptable.'
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