Exclusive Interview
August 19, 2020 2:21AM EDT
Katie Maloney EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife how she, Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute put their ‘differences aside’ after the ‘Vanderpump Rules’ firings.
Amid everything that has happened throughout 2020, Katie Maloney especially didn’t see one thing “coming”: the Witches of WeHo reuniting. This was what Katie and her co-stars Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute infamously referred to themselves as, until Kristen had a falling out with Katie and Stassi in Season 8 of Vanderpump Rules. That all changed, however, when Bravo fired Stassi and Kristen in June after it had come to the public’s attention that they reported their co-star, Faith Stowers, to the police for a crime she did not commit in 2018. After the Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum this summer, Faith had expressed her hurt over the situation, which sparked public criticism of Stassi and Kristen (they have since apologized). While appearing on the Aug. 17 episode of HollywoodLife TVTalk, Katie EXCLUSIVELY told us how the incident ended their feud.
Kristen Doute (pictured above) fell out with her former Vanderpump Rules co-stars, Katie Maloney and Stassi Schroeder, in 2019. (BRAVO)
“It was just when Kristen and Stassi got fired or they announced that they wouldn’t be coming back to the show, we just put our differences aside and just came back together just to support,” Katie revealed. “We’ve been like sisters for a long time and when one of us is going to go through something like that, it doesn’t matter where we are at, we’re going to drop what we’re doing to be together and be there for one another. That was the moment, I guess, that brought us back together.”
Stassi Schroeder (pictured above) remained friends with Katie Maloney, and has recently reunited with Kristen Doute after their falling out in 2019. After the feud, Stassi revealed that she wanted to leave the “Witches of WeHo” wine line that she created with Katie and Kristen once her contract ran up. (BRAVO)
The reunion was organic, since Katie added that she immediately decided she was “coming over” on the very same day it was announced that Kristen and Stassi were let go from the show. However, Katie admitted she “definitely didn’t see that coming” — AKA, their patched-up friendship — and it was also shocking for fans to see Katie and Stassi reunite with their former frenemy, Kristen, for a lunch date at The Grove in Los Angeles on July 8.
On Season 8 of Vanderpump Rules, Kristen faced friction in her friendships with Katie and Stassi as they grew increasingly frustrated with Kristen’s ongoing drama with her ex, Brian Carter. “When they got fired, it was like all of our drama that we had and last summer — Carter this and Carter that — it just all seemed so petty,” Katie explained.
