Lisa Vanderpump Addresses Rachel Leviss Not Returning to 'Vanderpump Rules' for Season 11

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Lisa Vanderpump wishes Rachel Leviss would have chosen to return for season 11 of Vanderpump Rules to tell the world, in her own words, how she's doing, what her thoughts were and show «contrition.»Vanderpump and Alex Baskin, the executive producer of the hit Bravo series, appeared at an FYC event hosted by the, and shared that there had been some back-and-forth with Leviss about returning, though much of those «conversations» were taking place via e-mail and text messages.«I'd like to have seen her sit down with me and also let the audience know where she was, how she was doing, what her thoughts were, how much contrition there was,» said Vanderpump after someone in the audience asked for an update on Leviss. «And she kind of chose not to.

She did, her team, did reach out to us to talk about coming back on emails and texts and we, of course, were open to it.»Vanderpump admitted she didn't know «whether the cast would necessarily be friendly» but added that she was adamant the cast had moved past the visceral reaction aimed at Leviss during the explosive three-part reunion.The star also said she's been «emotionally invested» in Leviss, and had hoped to see her return to the show and see some personal growth.

Raquel Leviss called out Bravo and VPR in her interview with Bethenny Frankel and claimed she had no safe space or resources but in a Q&A with the LA Times the same day part 2 of Raquel’s interview was released, VPR executive producer Alex Baskin and Lisa Vanderpump claim otherwise. «I've always been a big supporter of her coming out of her, you know, she was kind of living within shackles of insecurity, so to speak,» Vanderpump added.