Vanderpump Rules vet Stassi Schroeder and Beau Clark have acclimated to being first time parents quite well.
The 32-year-old Next Level Basic author and her husband stepped out for lunch in Los Angeles with their newborn daughter Hartford, and were the ever-doting parents while dining al fresco.
The sighting comes as Lisa Vanderpump revealed to Us Weekly that she and Stassi ‘haven’t spoken’ since she was fired from Bravo in June amid problematic racist behavior.
Lunch date: New parents Stassi Schroeder and Beau Clark took their newborn daughter Hartford out for lunch in Los Angeles, as Lisa Vanderpump shares she and Stassi ‘haven’t spoken’ since her June firing
Stassi bundled up for a brisk day in a stylish white turtleneck and a pair of blue jeans, leaving her platinum tresses down.
The couple were blessed with some extra assistance from a pal who helped hoist the stroller up a few flights of stairs, making sure Hartford was safe in the process.
Beau rocked a blue flannel and an LA baseball cap, as he cradled their daughter who was soothed with a pacifier.
The pair recently announced their new podcast on Patreon, The Good The Bad The Baby, where they promise exclusive access to a glimpse into their lives as parents for $8.99 a month.
Balancing act: The reality stars seemed to be acclimating to parenthood quite well as they shared duties while having a bite to eat
Daddy duties: The LA native was seen beaming over his daughter during lunch, holding her as she sucked on a pacifier
Stassi teased on Tuesday that their birth story video would be dropping on Wednesday, adding ‘I weep every time I watch it.’
They had already released details of Hartford’s birth in podcast form last week, but have shared they will be giving access to a range of content for fans who are opting to pay the fee.
Though some have already thrown their support behind the couple as a way to catch up with their lives after she was fired from the hit Bravo show in June over re-surfaced racist behavior, others took issue with the cost.
A reddit channel called Bravo Uncensored received a flurry of comments from fans who said they would ‘absolutely not’ be paying for it, one user writing ‘hard pass,’ and another writing: ‘Can someone please tell me who tf Stassi and Beau think they are charging $8.99 a month on Patreon for their new podcast about parenting?’
Patreon drama: The pair announced the launch of their podcast The Good The Bad The Baby on Patreon last month, but many fans have taken issue with them charging $8.99 for exclusive content when they said it should be free
Family of three: The Next Level Basic author shared that Hartfords birth story video would be coming to their Patreon channel this week, adding ‘I weep every time I watch it’; pictured March 5
Stassi may have thought it to be a smart move to require a pay-for-content model, since comments made on her last podcast Straight Up With Stassi, aided in her firing from Bravo.
In 2017, she had talked about her gripe with award shows being made about ‘race’ while discussing the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag. ‘I’m like, really sick of everyone making everything about race — I’m kind of over it,’ she said.
Stassi continued to acknowledge that she was ‘white’ and ‘privileged’ before elaborating on the politicization of award shows. ‘Everyone giving their impassioned speeches about race and all of that stuff, I’m like, “Why is it always just about African Americans?”‘
Her show was subsequently pulled from all streaming platforms and a bevy of problematic behavior was exposed, including an ‘OOTD’ (outfit of the day) post where she referred to something as ‘nazi chic.
Problematic past: She and Doute were fired from Bravo in June after a former SUR employee Faith revealed the duo had called the cops on her as a ‘joke’ after seeing a photo of a Black woman accused of a crime that they thought vaguely resembled her; pictured 2016
No contact: Lisa told Us Weekly on Tuesday that she and Stassi ‘haven’t spoken’ since her June firing; pictured 2019
The most problematic of it all was she and castmate Kristen Doute’s decision to call the cops on former SUR employee, Faith Stowers, who revealed the pair had done it ‘as a joke’ after seeing an article about a Black woman accused of a crime who they thought vaguely resembled her.
On her Patreon Stassi addressed the firing and how being pregnant amid the controversy made it easier for her.
‘I think [it] made me so much better to be pregnant while I was going through a hard time. If I wasn’t pregnant, I probably would have just like…gone to alcoholism, Xanax. I would have lashed out, dark passenger-ed. And I think our baby 100 percent saved me,’ she told Clark.
Lisa Vanderpump — who heads the spinoff show after finding fame on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills — told Us Weekly on Monday that she still has not heard from Stassi amid the firing.
‘I haven’t spoken to her. I did reach out to her a couple of times, but she never responded after she was let go,’ she shared, adding, ‘that’s her choice, you know. That’s OK.’
The pair had filmed the show together since Season 1, growing so close after Stassi decided to move on from her waitressing gig that Lisa mentored her in the world of event planning, also throwing she and Clark an engagement party at her Villa Rosa estate in Beverly Hills.
One person Stassi has spoken to is her good pal Lala Kent who gave birth to her first child Ocean Kent Emmett with fiance Randall Emmett on Monday.
Stassi posted a video of Hartford as she gushed over Kent’s new arrival, sharing that their girls would be ‘future besties.’
Future besties: Castmate Lala gave birth to her first daughter Ocean Kent Emmett on Monday, Stassi teasing that their daughters would be ‘future besties’