“I think that was a pretty dramatic, heightened account of what happened.”
That’s something that Alex Baskin —the boss of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules” —said at PvNew’s TV FYC Fest, during a panel called “Reality Producers Tell All.” He was refuting recent claims made by “Vanderpump Rules” cast member Scheana Shay, who has said of late that during production on the show’s 11th season last summer, Baskin made a veiled threat to the cast about canceling the show if it didn’t improve.
“I know Alex Baskin has said that midseason, the show was not in a good place,” Shay said on her May 31 “Scheananigans” podcast. “It was, you know, ‘X, Y and Z needs to happen. Or we’re going to have a short season, and the show’s going to be canceled and that’s it. Go live your lives.’”