Katie Maloney, Kristen Doute And Stassi Schroeder On Vanderpump Rules Season 5: “Darwinism At Its Finest”

Katie Maloney, Kristen Doute and Stassi Schroeder recently spilled all the tea about season five of Vanderpump Rules. When asked who makes it out alive this season, the ladies had interesting ways to respond. “Let's call it survival of the fittest,” Katie Maloney tells Entertainment Tonight.

While Stassi Schroeder adds: “Darwinism at its finest.”
The ladies say that there might be some truth to those rumors surrounding Lala Kent exit from the show.In July, Kent tweeted -- then deleted -- that she had decided to “part ways” with the show.

“That’s what she said,” Katie teases.

The new season is only a few episodes in, but already Lala has had multiple explosive arguments with the “OG” crew -- those who have been around since season one. Kristen admits the only way to survive this group is to join it or, at the very least, stay friendly with her, Katie and Stassi.

“It's so easy,” Stassi chimes in. “Why don't people learn? When are people going to learn?”



In reality, the group attributes reconnecting to their shared history -- the good and the bad.

“It's history from before the show, building the show and this sort of empire that Lisa [Vanderpump] has created for us and with us,” Kristen says. “You go through things together that no one else goes through. It's just... it's almost unexplainable.”

“It’s a special bond for sure,” Katie adds. “People are always like, 'But you do the worst things to each other! You screw each other over in the most extreme ways... Like, how do you [move past it]?’ I don't really have a clear answer for that, but I do think it just speaks volumes how much we do value, and really do care for, each other.”

“I'm so proud of our group of friends,” Stassi continues. “If you can overcome some really dark, dark things, you only turn out to be better friends after that. And I feel like we have this wolf pack mentality now, that's really nice and it feels safe and comforting. We won't let anyone hurt each other. Only we can hurt each other!”

From the looks of the season’s teaser trailer, there will be some pain caused this year -- but also more makeups. Katie, Stassi and Kristen note there will be some “shifts” in the group.

“Even the ‘OG’ dynamic, mine and [boyfriend Brian] Carter's relationship with Tom [Sandoval] and Ariana [Madix] is an interesting one to watch,” Kristen promises. “Having to be around each other and the way that that works out is interesting.”

“I think there's just a lot of nuance, too,” Katie shares. “I was happy to see [the shifts], and I think that people who have watched the show since the beginning will be like, yay!”

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