Hello, everybody, and welcome to another episode of Just As If, look, there's been a lot of

shit going on in reality TV this year, and I couldn't break down all of the scandals and

the headlines by myself. So I found my favorite pop culture extraordinaire and fellow

podcaster to join me today. Please welcome Heather McDonald.

Hi, how are you?

Let's start off with Jackson, Brittany, leaving Vanderpump rules.

Do you think it could survive these changes?

Yes, Brittany and Jacks should open a restaurant in the hot part of Kentucky or whatever.

And they make it like a hard rock cafe, but Vanderpump.

So course will come and they have photos of all the Vanderpump stuff.

And then Jacks and Brittany show up just like Lisa and Ken

used to show up. And you're forever famous and you're forever the number one guy in the room.

Do you think Lisa Van DePump is at home right now being like, I think it's stressful. I interviewed

her and she interviewed me and I went to her house. I mean, I think

she has a great life, but I think this has been extremely stressful. I mean, she took the pandemic

very seriously, so she really did let all of her domestic help go. The house is huge. Jiggy just

passed. And then, you know, these restaurants, we know how bad the restaurant industry has been in L.A.

Worse than probably anywhere else, maybe Northern California and New York.

But we've gotten it the worst where they open, they close, they open the-

Oh, you 100%.

But she'll always do something.

But I think she was concerned as time went on.

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