Bravo followers must wait a bit longer than normal for “Vanderpump Rules” season 12 — as a result of the truth present is shaking up its manufacturing timeline … TMZ has realized.
Sources with direct data inform TMZ … the Lisa Vanderpump-led collection won’t movie this summer time — breaking from its normal custom of kicking off manufacturing in Might and maintaining cameras rolling via June and July.
The rationale … our sources say Bravo and co. really feel they should give the forged a break and let their lives breathe a bit within the wake of Scandoval — which has consumed a lot of the present season … and which has run dry at this level.
We’re instructed producers wish to let the forged do their very own factor for a bit with out leaping proper again into one other summer time of filming — all within the hopes that by the point they arrive again and shoot … there’ll have been some massive developments and new drama to seize.
Regardless of this pause in manufacturing, our sources are insistent … the present is NOT canceled. Whereas it is unclear when precisely they will choose issues up once more … we all know it will not be a 12 months.
There’s additionally this … Ariana Madix has been named Sarah Hyland‘s alternative because the host of “Love Island USA” … and sources inform us she’ll be filming in Fiji for just a few months quickly, a further issue within the resolution to pause manufacturing.
In different phrases … everybody simply wants a break for the second, and so they’ll circle again to ‘VPR’ in due time.
This information comes after a tense season 11 reunion for the forged … which has been teased by a number of folks related to ‘VPR.’ Andy Cohen, who hosts the ‘Pump Guidelines’ reunion episodes, described it as “incredibly intense and electric” — a sentiment shared by longtime star Katie Maloney.
So, the break is probably going a very good factor in the long term … though Bravoholics most likely do not agree.