Scheana Shay surprised Bravo fans when she revealed she hasn’t just had a falling out with Lisa Vanderpump — she developed a “trauma response” since Vanderpump Rules came to an end.
“I literally have a trauma response when she calls me,” Scheana, 40, said on the Friday, May 16, episode of her “Scheananigans” podcast. “It’s always something. It was [always,] like, what I did wrong or what could I do for her? The last time she called me, it was a question about Marciano [Brunette] and Demi [Engemann]. Nothing about me or anything like that.”
Scheana wasn’t surprised to get a call about Vanderpump Villa and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives drama, but she was disappointed.
“She was just like, ‘I need you to tell me exactly what happened.’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t owe you anything,'” she noted. “But also, ‘If you’re thinking this about my friends, I’m going to tell you the truth because I don’t want my friends getting in trouble for something that’s not true.'”
Scheana’s guest, podcast host Gibson Johns, subsequently brought up comments Lisa, 64, made about how Vanderpump Rules, which is often billed as Lisa’s show, provided the cast with career success. Scheana said she doesn’t exactly see it that way.
“First of all, Bravo gave me this opportunity. The success of VPR is due mostly to a messy group of friends. Of course, Lisa’s name is attached to the show. I started the show with a scandal I was involved in. People were invested in watching the show for the six of us,” she continued. “No offense to Lisa, but I think very few viewers were tuning in to see Lisa’s life because she’s not sharing a bunch of her life on the show. It was about us. Because of the success, she’s been able to expand her empire.”
Scheana, who played a big part in the VPR and RHOBH crossover thanks to her past with then-Housewife Brandi Glanville’s ex-husband, Eddie Cibrian, admitted she doesn’t feel she owes Lisa “anything.”
“She’s my former employer and producer. She’s not my family and she doesn’t treat me like a friend,” Scheana added. “I just feel like that’s been made pretty clear over the last few years.”
Vanderpump Rules viewers have wondered where Scheana and Lisa stand since the show was overhauled ahead of season 12. Scheana was asked about her current relationship with Lisa in April on the “Two T’s With a Pod” podcast, and she admitted, “I don’t talk to her too often. She usually calls when she needs something.”