Breaking News: Dakota is OUT of the Villa!

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🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Dakota Mortensen has been officially edited out of Vanderpump Villa, but what does this mean for the rest of DadTok? And his participation in Alex Cooper’s Unwell Winter Games?

Ben and Producer Heather have all the details on what happened and how it could affect his future in reality TV.

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0:39.1	It's the almost famous podcast. We're here today with some breaking news. I am joined by our
0:45.6	wonderful producer and now I guess we could call her like a co-co host. She jumps in a lot.
0:52.8	Heather, because the breaking news has happened and it's not stopping.
0:57.8	And so on a whim, Heather sends me a text.
1:02.0	She says, can we jump on and record?
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1:04.9	And Heather's always there to be our trusty, fill in, an expert on all that's happening in pop culture.
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