74 Fun Facts About Vanderpump Rules

Vanderpump Rules began in 2013 as the first spin-off of The Real Housewives of where?

Beverly Hills: Lisa Vanderpump was one of that show's original Housewives, and Bravo built the spin-off around the young staff of SUR, her West Hollywood restaurant.

Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz's joint bachelor and bachelorette party took the cast to which city?

New Orleans, Stassi's hometown: the Bourbon Street weekend sent the groomsmen on a gator tour and put Schwartz and Sandoval in full drag, a night that erupted in a fight over cheating accusations.

What is the name SUR short for?

Sexy Unique Restaurant: SUR was Guillermo Zapata's place before Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd came on board and expanded it into a restaurant and lounge.

On Stassi's podcast in season five of Vanderpump Rules, a test showed Jax to be a certifiable what?

Sociopath: Stassi had her ex on to answer for his old behaviour, then ran him through an online quiz that delivered the verdict.

New SUR waitress Scheana arrived in season one known for dating which Real Housewife's then-husband?

Brandi Glanville was still married to actor Eddie Cibrian when he dated Scheana, who says she didn't know; the clash between waitress and Housewife launched the spin-off.

Which sport has Ariana Madix practised since childhood, falling during training in season six?

Horse riding: Madix started at six, a self-described 'horse girl', and season six showed her thrown from her horse in practice before getting back in the saddle.

In the Vanderpump Rules season two premiere, the SUR staff catered a party for which Real Housewife?

Kyle Richards' party was the staff's big catering job in the premiere, which also saw Scheana's birthday end in a fight that turned SUR against her once again.

How did Jax try to prove his love to Stassi early in season two?

A tattoo of her name was Jax's grand gesture, but it soured before the ink was dry: at dinner Stassi revealed there was another man in her life.

In season seven, Lisa and Ken opened which West Hollywood bar with Sandoval and Schwartz?

Tom Tom opened in August 2018; Lisa said the name honoured both Toms, who each put in $50,000 for a five percent stake in the bar.

What is the title of Scheana Shay's 2025 memoir, a New York Times best seller?

My Good Side revisits the fling with a married actor that made Scheana tabloid fodder before the show began, and the betrayals and fertility struggles that followed.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, how was Vanderpump Rules' season eight reunion recorded in 2020?

Virtually, over Zoom: the cast joined by video chat, and before the three-part reunion finished airing in June, Bravo had dropped four of them.

Kristen Doute and Stassi Schroeder were fired in June 2020 following accusations by which former co-star?

Faith Stowers revealed that the pair had reported her to police in 2018 over thefts she had nothing to do with; Bravo dropped both a week after she spoke out.

Katie Maloney's combative alter ego on Vanderpump Rules is nicknamed after which drink?

Tequila Katie was behind season five's middle-of-the-night rage texts, to Scheana and to her own fiancé; Scheana put hers down to an evening of Stassi and tequila.

Which celebration closed season nine of Vanderpump Rules?

Kennedy and Leviss's engagement party capped a season that featured his Coachella-themed 'Rachella' proposal; the pair had called it off before the reunion aired.

Which alternative therapy did Jax take up in season six to deal with his anger?

Reiki became Jax's unlikely outlet for his anger after his infidelity came out, and the season even titled an episode 'Reiki Breaky Heart'.

How did Ariana Madix discover Tom Sandoval's affair?

A phone recording gave it away: Madix was minding his phone while he played a gig with his band, tried the old passcode and found a screen recording of his video call with Raquel Leviss.

Production traditionally started around which West Hollywood celebration, one of the busiest weekends at Lisa's venues?

Pride packed Lisa's venues every June, so the cameras caught the staff working the parade and parties most seasons; skipping the 2024 summer shoot marked the show's hiatus.

How did Lala Kent take her girlfriends to Solvang in season seven, a glimpse of her new lifestyle?

By private jet: the trip was meant to show the good life, though Kristen's travel anxiety nearly derailed it, and the season later titled an episode 'PJs on the PJ'.

What nickname did the media give the 2023 cheating affair that upended Vanderpump Rules?

Scandoval, a blend of scandal and Sandoval, became the media's name for the March 2023 affair; with season ten still airing, Bravo sent the cameras back up to film the fallout.

Where did the SUR staff travel for Stassi's 25th birthday in season two?

Cabo, in an episode titled 'SUR of the Border': a crude remark from Scheana started a catfight, and a later argument ended with a drink thrown in Katie's face.

Why did Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney hold a second wedding in 2019, shown in season eight?

The first was never legal: Lisa took the pair to task for failing to make the 2016 marriage official, so they wed again in Las Vegas in July 2019.

What colour was the cut-out 'revenge dress' Ariana Madix wore to Vanderpump Rules' season ten reunion?

Red: the cropped jacket and cut-out skirt went viral as her 'revenge dress', a term coined for the black gown Princess Diana wore on the night Prince Charles admitted his affair in a TV interview.

Madix's hosting commitment to which dating show was rumoured to have contributed to the 2024 filming hiatus?

Love Island USA named Madix its host in March 2024, replacing Sarah Hyland; with her due in Fiji for the summer, reports linked the job to Bravo skipping its usual shoot.

Lisa Vanderpump's daughter, who appeared in the show's early seasons, is named what?

Pandora Vanderpump Sabo turned up in the early seasons and later threw Katie a pre-wedding spa day; in November 2021 she made Lisa a grandmother with son Teddy.

Which title did Bravo give its 2025 special looking back on Vanderpump Rules?

Raise Your Glass to 11 Seasons aired on November 25, 2025, mixing never-seen footage with a first look at the new crew who took over the show a week later.

Which boy-band singer teamed up with Lisa Vanderpump to host a puppy adoption at Pump in season three?

Lance Bass of NSYNC co-hosted the adoption day at Lisa's restaurant, years before rescue dogs became her second calling with a Los Angeles centre of her own.

Which spin-off launched in 2024 follows former Vanderpump Rules cast members settling into family life?

The Valley followed Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright, Kristen Doute and friends into suburban parenthood, but its second season ended up chronicling the end of Jax and Brittany's marriage.

What role did Lisa Vanderpump play at Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney's wedding in season five?

She officiated the woodsy ceremony, but only after first refusing, a move that forced Katie and Tom to re-examine their whole relationship before the big day.

Which 2017 spin-off followed Jax and his then-girlfriend on a visit to her hometown?

Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky sent city-boy Jax to her family's farm for six episodes in 2017; two years later the couple went back to the state to get married.

In which city was Lisa Vanderpump born?

London: Lisa was born in Dulwich, in the south of the city, started ballet at three and entered the Corona Academy drama school at nine, making her film debut at 13.

What breed was Giggy, Lisa Vanderpump's famously dressed-up dog?

Giggy was a Pomeranian with alopecia, which is why Lisa Vanderpump kept him in outfits on camera; he died in December 2020.

Lisa quit her original Bravo series in 2019 after which rescue-dog controversy?

Puppygate began when a dog Dorit Kemsley adopted from Lisa's rescue ended up in a shelter; accused of leaking the story, Lisa took a lie detector test and skipped the reunion.

On Dancing with the Stars in 2013, Lisa was paired with which professional making his US debut?

Gleb Savchenko had just come over from the Australian version; Lisa fainted in rehearsals but danced on, and the pair were the second couple voted off.

Lisa's Hulu series about the staff of a European estate is called what?

Vanderpump Villa follows Lisa's hand-picked staff at a luxury estate; its second season in 2025 marked Stassi Schroeder's return to reality TV, five years after Bravo dropped her.

Lisa Vanderpump's Hulu series about a luxury estate's staff set its first season where?

Chateau Rosabelle, France was home to season one's staff and guests; for season two Lisa moved the operation to Castello Rosato, a 12th-century castle in Italy.

Vanderpump Dogs, the series about Lisa's rescue centre, was released in 2021 on which streaming service?

Peacock's Vanderpump Dogs follows the staff of Lisa's Los Angeles rescue centre; in 2015 she had led a march through the city against China's Yulin dog meat festival.

Lisa once contrasted two of her restaurants by saying which one is 'where you take your wife'?

Villa Blanca was 'where you take your wife', Lisa said, while SUR was 'where you take your mistress'; the pandemic closed the Mediterranean restaurant for good in 2020.

Why did Lisa Vanderpump close Pump in July 2023?

Lease ran out: Lisa's team said renewing for ten more years came with a huge rent increase, ending a decade of evenings under the courtyard's olive trees.

Lisa Vanderpump appeared in a 2014 music video for which pop star?

Lady Gaga cast Lisa and fellow Housewives in 'G.U.Y.', shot at Hearst Castle: the Housewives mime as her backing band, and Lisa helps her take revenge on a roomful of corporate suits.

Lisa's first Las Vegas venue, opened in 2019 at Caesars Palace, was called what?

Vanderpump Cocktail Garden opened with a star-studded party in March 2019, and Lisa showed it off on camera when the cast came to town for a wedding in season eight.

Madix made her Broadway debut in 2024 playing which role?

Ariana Madix made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago on January 29, 2024, and her opening week was reported as the show's highest-grossing non-holiday week.

Where did Madix and partner Pasha Pashkov finish on season 32 of Dancing with the Stars?

Third place went to Madix and Pasha Pashkov; judge Derek Hough had revealed her casting live on Good Morning America, four months after the affair became public.

What is the name of the sandwich shop Madix opened with Katie Maloney in 2024?

Something About Her, the Madix and Maloney sandwich shop in West Hollywood, opened on May 22, 2024 after years of delays, with guests queuing up to three hours.

Madix and Sandoval co-wrote a 2019 cocktail book with what title?

Fancy AF Cocktails came out in December 2019, three years after a season five fight in which Madix bristled at Sandoval muscling in on her cocktail-book idea.

While in college, Madix worked as a costumed character at which theme park?

Disney World hired Madix to play princesses including Aurora while she studied at Flagler College; years later she posted a photo of herself in full costume.

Which reality competition did Stassi Schroeder appear on with her family in 2005, years before SUR?

The Amazing Race: Family Edition featured 17-year-old Stassi with her father, stepmother and brother; Hurricane Katrina destroyed their home after filming, and a rival team took them in.

Stassi's 2019 best-selling first book was titled what?

Next Level Basic became a New York Times best seller in 2019, and its launch party set off a season eight feud when Sandoval sent Stassi furious texts about the planning.

Stassi married which casting agent in September 2020?

Beau Clark proposed on camera in season eight, and the pair married in a small ceremony in September 2020, three months after Bravo dropped Stassi from the show.

Which signature Scheana Shay single got an emo remake with the band The 27s in 2023?

Good as Gold was the dance-pop single she pushed in the show's early years; a decade on, The 27s helped her re-record it as an emo track.

Shay played the female lead in a 2009 music video for which band?

Scheana Shay was the female lead in the Jonas Brothers' 2009 'Pizza Girl' video, made for their Disney Channel series JONAS.

On The Masked Singer in 2025, Scheana Shay called herself 'a creature of the night' in which costume?

Bat was her disguise: she sang Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso', went out first in her group, and the panel guessed Housewives such as Lisa Rinna instead.

Where did Shay and Brock Davies hold their August 2022 wedding celebration?

Cancún, Mexico hosted the couple's lavish August 2022 wedding celebration, which made headlines for Tom Schwartz and Raquel Leviss kissing there.

What is Jax Taylor's real name?

Jason Cauchi is his real name, and season six made a plot of it: bent on getting in touch with his true self, he told his therapist to call him Jason.

Before his modelling career, Jax Taylor served in which branch of the U.S. military?

Navy: Jax says he was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, on the carrier Roosevelt, yet in season six he struggled in the water during a near-death scare at Big Bear.

What is the name of Kristen Doute's clothing line?

James Mae is named after Kristen Doute's nephew James and niece Mae, and built its range on vintage rock-and-roll graphic tees.

The cast's 'Basic Witch Potion No. 1' wine was made with Nocking Point, co-founded by which superhero-TV actor?

Stephen Amell, the star of Arrow, co-founded Nocking Point; the winery pulled the Basic Witch bottles from sale in June 2020, the day Bravo fired two of the three women.

Kristen Doute's 2020 book, a humorous guide to relationships, is titled what?

He's Making You Crazy came out on June 2, 2020; within a week Bravo had fired its author and her literary agency had dropped her.

On which reality competition did Sandoval compete in the season that aired in early 2025?

The Traitors put Sandoval in a Scottish castle with host Alan Cumming for its 2025 US season; he lasted until episode ten, when the Traitors 'murdered' him.

Long before SUR, Sandoval played the cheating boyfriend in the 2002 video for 'Misunderstood' by which band?

Bon Jovi cast a young Sandoval as Jack, caught in bed with a woman played by Camila Alves; he says his professionalism got him invited back for the band's next video.

Sandoval's band auditioned on America's Got Talent in 2025 under what name?

The Most Extras got through their audition with Sandoval out front, but went out in the first live show, where Simon Cowell hit his buzzer on them.

Tom Schwartz was born and raised in which state?

Minnesota: Schwartz grew up in Woodbury and studied pre-med at Florida State; his triplet brothers Bert, Billy and Brandon were flown in to surprise him at his wedding.

On a Vanderpump Rules cast trip to which U.S. state was Jax Taylor jailed for shoplifting in season four?

Hawaii hosted the cast's season four birthday trip; hours before leaving, Jax wound up in jail, and he came home accused of felony shoplifting and answering to Lisa.

What job did James Kennedy hold at SUR before becoming a DJ?

Busboy was James Kennedy's first job at SUR before he became its DJ; in season seven he lost his DJ night after Katie Maloney gave Lisa an ultimatum over his body-shaming insults.

What was Lala Kent's job at SUR when she joined the show in 2015?

Hostess was Lala Kent's first SUR job in season four; when Scheana and Katie caught her lying about a modeling job in Italy, Lisa turned the tables on them for picking on the new girl.

On Vanderpump Rules, Lala Kent's then-fiancé and the father of her first child worked in which profession?

Film producer was his trade, with a financing credit on The Irishman; Lala ended the engagement in October 2021, months after their daughter was born, when reports of his cheating broke.

Who was the SUR manager who appeared as a recurring cast member from season one onward?

Peter Madrigal, SUR's manager, was recurring for the first eight seasons; his 30th birthday party in season two ended with Scheana run out after giving him a lap dance.

At which venue did Jax and Brittany marry in June 2019?

The Kentucky Castle in Versailles hosted the June 2019 wedding that anchored season eight, in which Jax kicked Tom Sandoval out of the wedding party, then took him back as best man.

What did Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent name her first daughter, born in March 2021?

Ocean arrived on March 15, 2021, in a cast baby boom: Stassi's daughter Hartford was born that January and Jax and Brittany's son Cruz followed in April.

In season seven of Vanderpump Rules, Jax and Brittany started a company selling which food?

Beer cheese, made from a Cartwright family recipe, became the couple's business in season seven, and they debuted it to their friends at a dinner party.

In season three of Vanderpump Rules, Tom Schwartz gave Katie Maloney a ring attached to what?

A string held the ring Schwartz gave Katie as an apology gift, which left her in tears; he finally planned a real down-on-one-knee proposal in season four.

Which former Vanderpump Rules cast member said in December 2022 that he 'never wanted to be on' the show?

Randall Emmett said it in a December 2022 interview, a year after his split from Lala Kent, confirming he would not be back for season ten, which had already finished filming.

In Vanderpump Rules season 11, Lisa planned a new restaurant beside which lake?

Lake Tahoe became Lisa's focus after she closed a West Hollywood mainstay: season 11 filmed there, and her restaurant at Harveys Lake Tahoe opened in April 2024.

Which new cast member of the rebooted season 12 was the only addition who did not work at SUR?

Shayne Davis is the only one of the new friend group who doesn't work at SUR, yet the actor and screenwriter still winds up at the centre of its drama.

James Kennedy's eruption at Lala Kent gave a season six Vanderpump Rules episode the title 'It's Not About the' what?

Pasta: 'It's Not About the Pasta' has James erupt at Lala after she insults his girlfriend, and season eight punned on the line with 'It's Not About the Pastor'.