Earlier on Friday, Bravo announced from BravoCon that Season 11 of “Vanderpump Rules” will premiere in January. That raises a big question: After a 10th season that concluded in June, during which the show became a ratings smash, a pop culture sensation and an eventual Emmy nominee —all because of the cheating scandal within the show that captured the nation’s fickle attention —where will the Bravo series go after the #Scandoval?
One place it seemingly won’t be going, at least as far as the BravoCon audience was concerned, is redemption for cast member Tom Sandoval, who last year had an affair with his former castmate Rachel Leviss — thereby blowing up his relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Ariana Madix. Every time he spoke from when he was first introduced, Sandoval received loud boos, even as moderator Karamo Brown tried to tell the crowd to stop. When an audience questioner asked everyone to “give Sandoval some fucking grace,” saying that he’s a “human,” she herself was booed.
Madix was on a separate part of the stage from Sandoval, and she maintained a chilly distance from him throughout the panel. As a contestant on this season of “Dancing With the Stars,” Madix said, “It feels amazing, except for the aches,” and added that she’ll be rehearsing in Las Vegas tonight from 11 pm to 3 am.
Bravo also released the first teaser for Season 11.
