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Stassi Schroeder said the Summer House reunion was “handled” in a “crazy” way, as she seemingly shaded Amanda Batula and West Wilson’s actions. The Vanderpump Rules star also shut down reports that she used extreme dieting to prepare for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Show.
Earlier this month, a source told The Daily Mail that Stassi was skipping meals and eating about 600 calories a day for months before she walked in the swimsuit show. In the article, the source alleged that Stassi did it to look “incredible for the show.” Many fans expressed their criticism on social media.
On June 9, Summer House aired its final reunion episode for season 10. In it, Amanda and West seemed more interested in defending themselves than apologizing to their friends for lying about their secret romance. At the end of the reunion, castmate Lindsay Hubbard suggested that nothing was learned – seemingly implying that the couple shared very little.
Speaking with PEOPLE, Stassi addressed the Summer House reunion.
“I’m shook by it all,” she said of the Amanda and West controversy. “It is like Scandoval all over again. The way the reunion was handled was so crazy to me. Like, the approach was so crazy to me.”
“That’s how you wanted to go in and do this?” she asked, seemingly referring to Amanda and West’s actions at the reunion. “It’s like, you could just go in and say ‘I’m sorry.'”
Around the same time, Stassi shut down reports of her alleged extreme dieting.
“I never said that,” wrote Stassi in the comments of a Reality Blurb Instagram post referring to the Daily Mail article. “Completely made up article, talked about it on my podcast. Also this comment section. Yikes. I shouldn’t have wandered here.”
In The Daily Mail article, the source alleged that Stassi “really wanted to look incredible for the show so [she] went on a massive diet.”
“She skipped breakfast, had only a salad for lunch and then did not touch a carb after 5pm, so she was having only about 600 calories a day,” the source claimed. “The weight just melted off her body, but that kind of diet is very hard to do because the cravings are insane, Stassi said. It’s not easy for her to diet that hardcore, but the results are amazing and she felt great about herself.”