In true reality show fashion, three ladies on Vanderpump Rules are all expecting babies this spring; Scheana Shay, Brittany Cartwright, and Lala Kent.
On Thursday former cast member Kristen Doute, 38, — who got the axe in June from Bravo on account of racially problematic behavior — showed her support for Scheana as she attended her baby shower in Los Angeles.
Not in attendance for the event were Lala or new mom Stassi Schroeder after both had friendship fallouts with the 35-year-old mom-to-be.
Momma drama: Kristen Doute, 38, attends the baby shower of Vanderpump Rules’ Scheana Shay along with Brittany Cartwright, Ariana Madix and Katie Schwartz…but Lala Kent and Stassi Schroeder were excluded after their fallouts with Shay
Kristen has had her fair share of ups and downs with the ladies on the Bravo show but was included in Scheana’s special day at her parents house.
She gushed ‘Scheana bean is about to be a momma!! I can’t believe it’s this real. I’m so excited and I can’t wait to be an aunt/babysitter!’
The James Mae designer posed for a group photo with fellow castmates Ariana Madix, Katie Schwartz and very pregnant duo Scheana and Brittany who are both expecting their first child in April.
The backyard celebration featured pink balloons and sweet treats including unicorn cookie pops, and guests walked away with goodie bags full of face masks and makeup towels among other things.
Vanderpump affair: The celebration also included castmates Charli Burnett and Raquel Leviss
Longtime friends: Her oldest friend from the group Ariana was seen resting her hand on Shay’s belly
Mended friendship: Doute and Stassi appeared to be on a good track with their friendship despite serious drama and mean girl antics last season on the show, with Doute paying a visit to Hartford on Thursday
Shay was surrounded by a group of good friends that no longer includes Lala or Stassi in her life.
Doute however seemed to make amends with Stassi despite a serious wedge in their friendship in recent seasons, as she posted a photo holding she and Beau Clark’s baby Hartford on Thursday.
Things went south between Scheana and Lala when she claimed she was not there for her after she suffered a miscarriage over the summer, saying she was not able to see her because she was in Palm Springs with her fiance Randall Emmett and new Hollywood couple Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly.
Scheana recounted details of the situation on Instagram live. ‘I said, ‘I need you. Can you come over?’ And [she] said, ‘I can’t right now because I have dinner. Can I check on you later?’
On the outs: Things between Scheana and Lala went south when Shay felt the Give Them Lala Beauty founder was not there for her after her miscarriage which prompted a nasty back and forth between the pair; Kent pictured March 3
Bad blood: Stassi and Scheana’s friendship ended in the fall over text messages and they both unfollowed each other on Instagram; Stassi pictured February 24
‘And I’m like, ‘I don’t need you later. Later my boyfriend will be here. I need you now.’ And she even said in the text message that she sent me — which, this is just so Lala — she said she was there for me that day in the same capacity as my mother…a whole new low for her,’ Shay said.
Kent denied Shay’s take on the situation clapping back: ‘I’m not trippin too hard. In her mind that’s how it happened. She would rather focus on me ‘not being there for her’ than the fact her man said he was working, turned his phone off and went golfing.’
In October the Scheananigans podcast host told #NoFilter host Zack Peter ‘I never see a friendship with her again. And I am completely fine with that.’
Kent said in December that their relationship was ‘non existent’ but ‘wished her all the best’ on her pregnancy.
No time for drama: Shay says she doesn’t see herself being friends with either of the ladies ever again but is instead focusing on motherhood; pictured February 20
Stassi and Scheana had also had a relatively fraught relationship which came to a head when the Next Level Basic author was angered that Shay shared texts between them.
‘Long story short, she thought that I was sharing her private messages,’ Shay said, detailing that one was a text received about her miscarriage and another text about Stassi getting fired from the show for her past racism (she claims she checked in but only heard from her husband Beau).
‘One of those pissed her off and she said that she had no desire to talk this out with me, and she wanted to remain surface level,’ Shay said while calling her response ‘bulls**t’, both unfollowing each other on social media.
Despite the absence of Doute, Schroeder, Cartwright and her husband Jax Taylor from the upcoming season of the Bravo show, there are few dull moments in the explosive series that follows Lisa Vanderpump’s restaurant staff.
Vanderpump Rules: Filming for the upcoming season is on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will no longer feature Stassi, Kristen, Brittany or Jax – the network parting ways with them following problematic past behavior; pictured 2019
Ariana and Tom Sandoval spoke to Page Six about the upcoming season nine where they revealed that ‘filming is on hold’ due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
‘Obviously, they want to do another season and they have every plan and intention of doing that, but it’s just because of the industry that we’re in, they don’t want to see us just like sitting in our houses,’ Sandoval said.
‘We’re kind of just waiting and seeing,’ Madix shared adding that everyone is prioritizing safety at this time.
Good tv: ‘Because of the industry that we’re in, they don’t want to see us just like sitting in our houses,’ Sandoval told Page Six while discussing shooting; pictured November