Ariana Madix reacted to Tracy Tutor saying the “Vanderpump Rules” star should “walk away from the show.”
“You have a responsibility, when you sign up for a show like this, to show up and be accountable, vulnerable and aware,” Tutor – who stars on “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles” – said in a recent episode of the “LadyGang” podcast.
“If there are certain people that aren’t willing to do that, perhaps it’s time for them to make a decision to walk away from the show,” she continued, “or for the [Bravo] network to say, ‘If you can’t give anymore, and you have these boundaries that are now in place, then perhaps it’s time for you to move on.’”
Madix’s co-star and Something About Her business partner, Katie Maloney, responded to a snippet of the remarks on Instagram by urging Tutor to “shut up.”
Appreciative of the support, Madix replied to Maloney’s comment, “queen.”
However, Tutor insisted she wasn’t “speaking to anyone directly,” claiming she “very much understand[s] and relate[s]“ to what Madix has been through.
“But maybe it’s no longer the best avenue for you,” the realtor went on, seemingly speaking directly to Madix. “And maybe it’s your time to say, ‘I’m signing off.'”
Tutor, 49, was essentially agreeing with Lala Kent, who made similar arguments to Madix during the “Vanderpump Rules” Season 11 reunion, which aired in May and followed the aftermath of Season 10’s Scandoval.
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Madix, 39, made it clear to her castmates that she would not be friends with ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval after his months-long affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss was exposed in March 2023.
Despite Sandoval’s best efforts, Madix also refused to engage with him on camera.
Then during the reunion, Kent – who is pregnant with her second child with the help of a sperm donor – blasted Madix for enforcing “boundaries” that the former felt affected the quality of the show and thereby how she provides for her kids.
“She’s got a baby to raise,” Tutor pointed out during her podcast appearance. “She’s got another one that just landed. Like, she’s a single mom, and with all due respect, she brought it this season.”
Still, Tutor acknowledged that “Ariana was literally cameras down for, like, 10 minutes to process what the f–k she just went through on … national television, watched by millions and millions of people, and then they were like, ‘Oh, P.S., Season [11] we’re gonna start shooting in three weeks.’”
Tutor pointed out that “by the time that aired, it had been months” since the dalliance made headlines, so viewers at home “were like, ‘Get over it!'”
But Tutor admitted that that must have been “incredibly hard” for Madix, whom she called “incredibly talented” and “a gifted actress.”
Since news of Scandoval broke, Madix has appeared in various commercials, competed on “Dancing With the Stars,” starred as Roxie Hart in the Broadway musical “Chicago” and landed a gig hosting her favorite reality series, “Love Island USA.”
