Vanderpump Rules put on PAUSE: Bravo show won't film this summer following ... trends now
Vanderpump Rules will not be in production this summer for its upcoming 12th season, breaking from past tradition.
The hit Bravo series, insiders told TMZ, typically begins production each May and films through July.
Bravo executives 'feel they need to give the cast a break and let their lives breathe a bit' following the long-running scandal on the show in which Tom Sandoval, 40, cheated on Ariana Madix, 38, with Rachel Leviss, 29, leading to more than a year of headlines, as well as ongoing litigation, resulting from the messy split.
The storyline surrounding the cheating scandal, sources told the outlet, 'has run dry at this point,' following 14 months of the fallout of the affair.
Producers on the show want to let the cast relax before cameras begin rolling again, sources told the outlet, leading to new storylines to explore in its post-Scandoval reboot.
Vanderpump Rules will not be in production this summer for its upcoming 12th season, breaking from past tradition. The show's season 11 cast was pictured in a group shot last year
Bravo executives 'feel they need to give the cast a break and let their lives breathe a bit' following the long-running scandal on the show in which Tom Sandoval, 40, cheated on Ariana Madix, 38, with Rachel Leviss, 29
The change in schedule is not an indicator the series could be in peril, as insiders stressed to TMZ that the show is NOT canceled.
Madix has been earmarked to host the series Peacock reality series Love Island USA, the outlet reported.
Production sources told the outlet that Madix's schedule for that series, based in Fiji, was 'an additional factor in the decision' Bravo made to delay Vanderpump Rules filming.
The show's 11th season reunion was called 'incredibly intense and electric' by Bravo's Andy Cohen, according to the outlet.
Dailymail.com has reached out to Bravo reps for comment on the story.
In the latest in the scandal, Leviss has sued Sandoval, accusing him of violating California's Revenge Porn law by recording a sexually-charged videos without her permission and keeping them on his phone.
One was a FaceTime video Madix reportedly saw when she was looking through Sandoval's phone the night she discovered the Tom Tom co-owner had been cheating on her.
Leviss is also suing for eavesdropping, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. She claimed in her suit that it was her former lover who recorded the explicit FaceTime call.
In the latest in the scandal, Leviss has sued Sandoval , accusing him of violating California 's Revenge Porn law by recording a sexually charged sex videos without her permission and keeping them on his phone
Sandoval has responded to Leviss' lawsuit against him, calling it a 'thinly veiled attempt to extend her fame and to rebrand herself as the victim instead of the other woman' (Pictured in Las Vegas in November 2023)
Sandoval earlier this week slammed Leviss' lawsuit against him and Ariana Madix in his response to the filing in his own legal documents.
The reality star branded it a 'thinly veiled attempt to extend her fame and to rebrand herself as the victim instead of the other woman' as he responded to
