SorryLisa Vanderpump, it looks likeErika Girardiis siding withTeddi Mellencamp ArroyaveinThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘ongoing “PuppyGate” scandal.
AsRHOBHfans know, Vanderpump has been in the hot seat this season, with Mellencamp Arroyave accusing the SUR restauranteur of manipulating her into bringing up damaging claims involving a dogDorit Kemsleyhad adopted from Vanderpump Dogs.
For the most part, Girardi has remained quiet about the case on the show, listening to Mellencamp Arroyave’s accusation without going directly against Vanderpump. But onEllen, she told Kunis that she was on Mellencamp Arroyave’s side — saying that she believed “100 percent” that Vanderpump wanted the story out there and manipulated someone else to produce the drama.
“I’m on the truth side,” Girardi said, explaining that she knew Mellencamp Arroyave wasn’t completely innocent in manners. “I think Teddi got cold feet and she got caught. She backed out at the very last minute. But listen, it takes a lot to want to do something like that.”
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“What are we going to talk about?” Girardi wondered.
Girardi added that she doesn’t know whether Vanderpump will be returning for another season or for June’s season 9 reunion taping.
“I don’t know if she’s quitting the show. I know that she stopped showing up mid-season and we were stuck looking at each other like, ‘What’s going on?’ ” Girardi said onEllen.
It’s unclear who, if anyone, Vanderpumpisstill speaking to onRHOBH.
Kyle Richardspreviously said thatthe two haven’t spoken since they got into a blowout fight at Vanderpump’s house(in a scene teased in the season premiere). In turn, Vanderpump wrote in her Bravo blog thattheir friendship “finished.”
Other costars — includingLisa Rinna, Kemsley, and Mellencamp Arroyave — have all said that they also haven’t been in communication with Vanderpump.
Vanderpump attended theRHOBHpremiere party last month but left before the rest of her cast arrived.
She previously told PEOPLE that she almost exited the reality show after thedeath of her brother, Mark Vanderpump, last April.
“I did talk to Bravo… and said it would probably be for the best for me if I didn’t come back toHousewivesthis year,” the reality star said. “I just had such a hard time in my personal life I probably wasn’t strong enough to do the show.”
TheEllen DeGeneresShowairs weekdays in syndication.The Real Housewives of Beverly Hillsairs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
