Save Vanderpump Rules from the Axis of Evil

The Issue

In the eternal words of Taylor Armstrong: enough. ENOUGH!!!! We the viewers of Vanderpump Rules have had ENOUGH of this newly formed Axis of Evil, as Jax Taylor, Lala Kent, Katie Maloney, Kristen Doute and production continue gaslighting viewers and bullying fellow castmates.

Our grievances are as follows:

1. The normalization of abusive behaviors is destructive for not only the cast, but also for viewers. Members of the original cast have continuously abused other castmates, and then ally with one another to legitimize that abuse. Examples include Katie Maloney gaslighting James Kennedy about his own family trauma, emotional abuse by Jax Taylor to his fiancée, and Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz continuously verbally abusing one another. 

2. The original cast (namely Katie, Kristen, Jax, Stassi, and their allies) has gained too much authority on the show, controlling the narrative in order to bully castmates, block rising stars from getting screen time, self-promote, and gaslight viewers about their past behaviors. 

3. Meemaw DID NOT invent beer cheese. 

4. Offending members of the original cast are no longer able and/or willing to uphold the core premise of the show as the messy staff of Lisa Vanderpump's restaurants. The show is not meant to be aspirational the way the cast now seeks to portray themselves, and watching a bunch of toxic people settle down and buy houses does not make for good TV. The original cast has aged out of their reality TV-worthy ways.

5. Production refuses to acknowledge the cast's fame in order to preserve the original concept of the show, creating forced and bizarre scenes in which the cast pretends to work at SUR. There's a fundamental tension with the show's premise (following a bunch of crazy SUR waitstaff) and their newfound fame due to the show. In order to maintain the integrity of the show's core concept without breaking the fourth wall, you have to clean house on the original cast. 

6. Lala sucks now.

7. Viewers have largely sided against most of the original cast members this season due to bullying, per social media. You cannot have a show with 8 goliath villains beating up on 2 disempowered castmates and expect to maintain fans/viewers. 

Our demands are simple: Buy out the contracts of the offenders in the original cast and their allies, either demoting them to "friend of the cast" or preferably removing them from the show entirely. The main offenders from the original cast include Katie Maloney, Jax Taylor, and Kristen Doute. Newer cast members who have actively perpetuated abuse include Lala Kent and Brittany Cartwright. 

SAVE US, Daddy Andy Cohen! LISA VANDERPUMP, HEAR OUR CRIES !!

 

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The Issue

In the eternal words of Taylor Armstrong: enough. ENOUGH!!!! We the viewers of Vanderpump Rules have had ENOUGH of this newly formed Axis of Evil, as Jax Taylor, Lala Kent, Katie Maloney, Kristen Doute and production continue gaslighting viewers and bullying fellow castmates.

Our grievances are as follows:

1. The normalization of abusive behaviors is destructive for not only the cast, but also for viewers. Members of the original cast have continuously abused other castmates, and then ally with one another to legitimize that abuse. Examples include Katie Maloney gaslighting James Kennedy about his own family trauma, emotional abuse by Jax Taylor to his fiancée, and Katie Maloney and Tom Schwartz continuously verbally abusing one another. 

2. The original cast (namely Katie, Kristen, Jax, Stassi, and their allies) has gained too much authority on the show, controlling the narrative in order to bully castmates, block rising stars from getting screen time, self-promote, and gaslight viewers about their past behaviors. 

3. Meemaw DID NOT invent beer cheese. 

4. Offending members of the original cast are no longer able and/or willing to uphold the core premise of the show as the messy staff of Lisa Vanderpump's restaurants. The show is not meant to be aspirational the way the cast now seeks to portray themselves, and watching a bunch of toxic people settle down and buy houses does not make for good TV. The original cast has aged out of their reality TV-worthy ways.

5. Production refuses to acknowledge the cast's fame in order to preserve the original concept of the show, creating forced and bizarre scenes in which the cast pretends to work at SUR. There's a fundamental tension with the show's premise (following a bunch of crazy SUR waitstaff) and their newfound fame due to the show. In order to maintain the integrity of the show's core concept without breaking the fourth wall, you have to clean house on the original cast. 

6. Lala sucks now.

7. Viewers have largely sided against most of the original cast members this season due to bullying, per social media. You cannot have a show with 8 goliath villains beating up on 2 disempowered castmates and expect to maintain fans/viewers. 

Our demands are simple: Buy out the contracts of the offenders in the original cast and their allies, either demoting them to "friend of the cast" or preferably removing them from the show entirely. The main offenders from the original cast include Katie Maloney, Jax Taylor, and Kristen Doute. Newer cast members who have actively perpetuated abuse include Lala Kent and Brittany Cartwright. 

SAVE US, Daddy Andy Cohen! LISA VANDERPUMP, HEAR OUR CRIES !!

 

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Petition created on May 14, 2019