Stassi Schroeder Reacts to Kristen’s Vanderpump Rules Return, Scandoval, and Admits She Missed Reality TV, Plus Which Co-Star Learned of Pregnancy First

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Stassi Schroeder believes it’s the perfect time for Kristen Doute to return to Vanderpump Rules.

Weeks after Kristen rejoined the cast, following her and Stassi’s firings in June 2020, to support Ariana Madix amid the fallout of Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss‘ affair, Stassi reacted to the news while also sharing her thoughts on Scandoval and revealing which of her former co-stars learned of her second pregnancy first.

“That feels so vintage,” Stassi told Us Weekly weeks ago. “I saw the photos of her walking up and, like, seeing the crew in the back, and I’m like, ‘Oh, my gosh, what does that feel like?’”

According to Stassi, there’s no better person than Kristen to get to the bottom of Sandoval and Raquel’s betrayal.

“Listen, if there was ever a moment for Kristen to come back, this is when they need her,” Stassi noted. “This is when Kristen shines, thrives — she can uncover anything. She can confront anyone. She gets sh-t done. She has people’s backs, she rallies for a cause like this.”

“Kristen is what the people need right now,” Stassi added.

Then, when asked about her own reaction to Scandoval, Stassi made it clear she’s Team Ariana.

“If you’re not Team Ariana, get the f-ck outta here,” she demanded. “Like, it shouldn’t even be a question. Is there somebody out there who’s like, ‘I’m Team Tom.’ Is someone Team Tom? Show me that person.”

While Stassi isn’t planning to rejoin Pump Rules herself, she said she isn’t opposed to returning to television in another manner.

“I love doing reality TV,” she admitted. “I miss it all the time. I think one day, there would be something that feels like, ‘Oh, this makes sense for me to film something.’ I don’t know what that is right now, but I’m definitely open to filming reality TV again.”

For now, Stassi’s focused on her 2-year-old daughter, Hartford, and her son, who is due later this year.

“Of course, Katie knew [early]. Katie was one of the first people that I told I was pregnant and she knew that I was trying [to conceive] so she was waiting for it,” Stassi revealed, also to Us Weekly, of which Pump Rules castmate learned of her pregnancy first.

“We used to do this workout every Monday for, like, a year and a half. We were doing [electric muscle stimulation (EMS) training] at my house every Monday … and I obviously can’t do that when I’m pregnant, and I was scared to do it even when I was trying,” she continued. “But, yeah, Katie knew [and Tom Schwartz] knew, [because my husband], [Beau Clark], is really close to Schwartz. I mean, so am I.”

Because Stassi can no longer do the same workouts, she hasn’t been seeing Katie as much. And, Katie, who is Hartford’s godmother, hasn’t been seeing the toddler as frequently.

“[Katie] used to see [Hartford] every Monday,” Stassi explained. “It’s so weird when you’re used to seeing somebody every single Monday, like, [you have a] routine, and then you get pregnant, and it’s like, ‘Wait, I miss you.’ But, she’s the best, and she loves Hartford.”

Although the rest of the Pump Rules cast learned of her pregnancy on social media, just about everyone reached out to congratulate her.

“We’re all really good at putting our differences aside when there’s something important, like a baby being born. It’s like, who cares if you’re fighting? You congratulate each other on that, you know?” she asked.

As for her upcoming Mommy Dearest tour, Stassi acknowledged that it’d be different than her last since she can’t throw back any Aperol Spritz cocktails.

“I feel like I’ll be way more focused, I’ll be way more motivated,” Stassi confessed. “There’s something that happens when I get pregnant where I just feel like I want to do more, more, more, more. So, I just feel like this is gonna be a completely different experience than what it was like the first time I went on tour.”

Vanderpump Rules season 10 airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.