Vanderpump Fools: The Witch Trials of WeHo
Eating For Free
Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson
4.8 • 536 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2024
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Sources [may cutoff in certain apps]:
- Intro Clip: Vanderpump Rules: Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute Fired For Racist Actions [ET - YouTube]
- Inside the Underground Market for Fake Amazon Reviews [Wired]
- Stassi Schroeder: My Friends Will Complain About Attending My Destination Wedding—And That's Okay, 01/08/20 [Glamour]
- Stassi Schroeder: Why Being Basic Is Good Business, 02/27/20 [Forbes]
- You know her as 'Crazy' Kristen Doute on 'Vanderpump Rules.' Now she wants you to know her on her own terms., 06/02/20 [WP]
- Vanderpump Rules' Faith Stowers on Her Experience as the Only Black Cast Member: 'It Was a Lot', 06/04/20 [People]
- 'Vanderpump Rules' Fires Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute For Racist Actions, 06/09/20 [Variety]
- Brittany Cartwright Speaks Out on Faith Stowers' Vanderpump Rules Claims, 06/08/20 [E!]
- Jax Taylor once accused Faith Stowers of committing crimes, 06/09/20 [Page Six]
- Faith Stowers feels 'vindicated' after 'Vanderpump Rules' firings, 06/09/20 [Page Six]
- Faith Stowers Says Jax Taylor Should Be 'Reprimanded' Too as 4 Vanderpump Rules Stars Are Fired, 06/11/20 [People]
- Stassi Schroeder & Kristen Doute Hire Crisis Management Rep After 'Vanderpump Rules' Firing, 06/12/20 [Deadline]
- 'Vanderpump Rules' Alum Stassi Schroeder Expecting First Child with Fiancé Beau Clark, 06/16/20 [People]
- Kristen Doute Speaks Out in First Interview Since Vanderpump Rules Firing, 07/15/20 [E!]
- Stassi Schroeder, Beau Clark reunite with 'Vanderpump Rules' cast on houseboat, 08/16/20 [Page Six]
- Lala Kent and Randall Emmett on Their 'Breakup,' the Future of 'Pump Rules' and Matchmaking for Megan Fox, 08/06/20 [ET]
- Stassi Schroeder Reveals the "Hardest Part" of Vanderpump Rules Firing in First Interview, 09/17/20 [E!]
- How Stassi Schroeder Really Felt About Her 'Awkward' Interview With Tamron Hall (Exclusive), 09/18/20 [Us Weekly]
- Kristen Doute Claims She Wasn't Fired From Vanderpump Rules and Insists She Never Turned Faith Stowers in to Police or Put Her in "Harm's Way," Says She's Sick of Rumors, 09/18/20 [Reality Blurb]
- Tamron Hall Speaks Out About Her Interview With Former 'Vanderpump Rules' Star Stassi Schroeder, 09/22/20 [Variety]
- Faith Stowers is happy Jax Taylor is off 'Vanderpump Rules', 12/17/20 [Page Six]
- All the Bombshells From Vanderpump Rules Alum Stassi Schroeder's New Book 'Off With My Head', 04/26/22 [E!]
- The Future of Vanderpump Rules Revealed, 11/12/20 [E!]
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Stossie Schroeder and Kristen Doty fired from Vanderpump rules after past racist actions against Faith Stowers resurfaced. |
| 0:08.0 | It hit the ceiling for me and made me really want to run for the hills when Kristen and Stasi decided they were going to call the cops on me. |
| 0:17.0 | This is when I quit. Like I left the show, I was invited back, but, you know, to tell my truth, but decided it wasn't going to do anything for me. So I ended up knocking me back. |
| 0:25.6 | Faith recently shared that experience on Instagram Live, recalling how Stasi and Kristen falsely attempted to identify her as a woman police were looking for in a string of robberies. That Instagram Live led to a call for action from the network, ultimately leading to the |
| 0:40.3 | dismissal of OG stars Stasi and Kristen from the show, as well as newer castmates Max Boyans |
| 0:46.4 | and Brett Caprioni, whose own racist tweets resurfaced at the start of season eight. |
| 0:51.6 | It was like they wanted to attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack. |
| 0:54.1 | Like, you know, I was wrong and I was this and I was that calling me names. start of season eight. It was like they wanted to attack, attack, attack, attack, attack. |
| 0:58.3 | Like, you know, I was wrong and I was this and I was that calling me names. |
| 0:59.8 | Sam, my hair was naphty. |
| 1:05.4 | These gays, they're trying to murder me. Okay. What do I think of her? |
| 1:18.7 | Yes. |
| 1:20.2 | I don't think of her. |
| 1:25.5 | Read about that in the New York fucking post. |
| 1:29.5 | I am really struggling with how to start this episode in particular |
| 1:35.0 | because I feel positively incandescent with rage. |
| 1:43.2 | Yeah, this isn't going to be very fun. |
| 1:46.7 | I am truly incandescent with rage after the episode of Vanderpump Rules that we all just |
| 1:53.3 | experienced. |
| 1:54.8 | I... |
| 1:55.8 | Are you talking about last night's episode? |
| 1:59.3 | Last night's episode. |
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