Vanderpump Rules fanatics are getting an inside look into how the solid renegotiated their salaries within the aftermath of Tom Sandoval and Rachel “Raquel” Leviss‘ affair.
Executive producer Alex Baskin recalled the conversations that came about about season 11 paychecks, telling the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, January 28, “This is as onerous as it’s ever been because typically, now we have a fee card, a tenure card, we’ve used in prior seasons. There are all types of asks across the board.”
There were certain requests that were instantly rejected despite the success of the show.
“Something like a producer credit score is off the desk because that isn’t something that lets open up,” Baskin noted. “But otherwise, I knew that it could take somewhat little bit of time for the forged expectations to settle. Because a large number of the time too, we are ensuring that they’re aware of the state of the industry and the truth that displays are challenged in this day and age.”
Baskin understood why the Vanderpump Rules cast used to be expecting a carry because of how Sandoval and Leviss’ scandal rocked the Bravo universe. After Sandoval’s break up from Ariana Madix (*11*) in March 2023, the entire solid reunited to movie a brand new finale for season 10. They additionally hashed out the drama all over the dramatic reunion, which delivered record-breaking scores for Bravo and Peacock.
“Their level is, rightfully, ‘You guys are touting the show’s good fortune. Where is our piece of that?’ Those are difficult conversations,” Baskin admitted on Sunday. “I did suppose that everybody, aside from Rachel, who needed to make a private decision, sought after to come back again. Everybody did higher than what they'd prior to now gotten.”
Leviss’ participation in season 11 was initially up in the air after she checked herself right into a psychological well being treatment facility in April 2023. Her three-month keep led to her missing the first weeks of manufacturing, and Leviss later confirmed her exit from Vanderpump Rules.
“I asked for equivalent pay with Tom and Ariana and for them to reimburse me for my treatment bills. They refused to pay me equally,” Leviss claimed on Bethenny Frankel‘s “ReWives” podcast in August 2023 about one of the vital reasons for her exit. “I feel like whilst you pay your staff, it in reality presentations how a lot you price them.”
Baskin, on the other hand, recently claimed that Leviss, 29, was given a “healthy offer” to return to the display. “Our fear used to be whether it was once the appropriate factor for her anyway as a result of at that time we weren’t positive,” he mentioned on the Friday, January 26, episode of Scheana Shay‘s “Scheananigans” podcast. “I assumed it might have done neatly for her. I thought it might had been the right forum for her to inform her tale. I felt good about it from that viewpoint.”
The manufacturer elaborated on the talks that took place, telling the Los Angeles Times, “We had conversations with each her reps and her directly. Our first worry was how she was once doing, and whether or not or now not it made sense for her to come back — personally, emotionally. She was once very conflicted about it.”
Baskin added: “There was, frankly, a large number of conversations about cash. Her staff was very clear that they felt that she should be rewarded. At one level, they raised the theory of her getting a building deal.”
Season 11 subsequently filmed with Sandoval, Madix, Lala Kent, Shay, Katie Maloney, Tom Schwartz and James Kennedy. Baskin has maintained that there have been no regrets about not finding a way to include Leviss in the new episodes.
“We would have favored it [if she got here back] as a result of I believe there’s an excellent hobby in how she used to be doing,” he stated on Sunday. “I believe that she would have been stunned by way of the respect that used to be given to her, and I think, as you’ll see within the first episode, there used to be a willingness to hear her out. And I’m not pronouncing that the whole thing would have healed instantly. But I feel it might were a unique revel in than she would have expected.”
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Baskin confirmed make stronger for Leviss’ determination to create space between herself and Sandoval, adding, “I will say at the different aspect of things, if she still sought after to transport on from Tom and didn’t need anything to do with him, then perhaps her absence allowed that to happen.”
When requested on Shay’s podcast whether there was once a chance Leviss could come back in the future, Baskin didn’t hesitate earlier than shutting down the theory. “I don’t see that happening,” he replied on Friday’s episode.
Season 11 of Vanderpump Rules premieres on Bravo Tuesday, January 30, at 8 p.m. ET and shall be to be had to stream on Peacock the next day to come.
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