Why Stassi Schroeder Isn't Thrilled About Vanderpump Rules Season 8

Vanderpump Rules Season 8 has been intense, all the way from the drama surrounding Brittany Cartwright and Jax Taylor's pre-wedding festivities to Ariana Madix's open struggle with depression. Longtime cast member Stassi Schroeder isn't exempt from the drama either, as she got into a massive fight with co-star Tom Sandoval about some miscommunication about a party she held at his bar, TomTom. "I just think Sandoval doesn't like me, that's it," Schroeder said about the fight during a Feb. 4, 2020 episode of Watch What Happens Live.

Amid the ongoing drama, the reality star chatted with In The Know's Gibson Johns in February 2020 to reveal this hasn't been her favorite season so far, venting, "We're all a little confused this year, to be honest." But before you blame the Lousiana's angst on her difficult feud with Sandoval, you might want to hear her complicated reason for feeling frustrated about Season 8. 

Ahead of Season 8's premiere, it was announced SUR and TomTom staff members Brett Caprioni, Charli Burnett, Danica Dow, Dayna Kathan, and Max Boyens had joined the Vanderpump Rules cast. These additions have sparked some questions about the series' direction, as Stassi Schroeder explained during her interview with In The Know, "Even while we were filming, we were like, 'What's going on?' It felt like we were filming two shows at once sometimes, but all we could really focus on was just doing what we normally do." She added, "I don't know what the future is for Vanderpump Rules. We all wonder about it, but it's definitely different. There are a lot of us who are a little freaked out, like, 'What the f**k is going on?'"

It seems Schroeder isn't the only person who feels this way — in fact, BuzzFeed writer Zan Romanoff wrote an entire piece analyzing why VPR is over. "Reality television isn't about happy endings," Romanoff wrote about the cast members getting married and securing successful ventures. "The whole point of the format is that it is endless, ongoing, generating intricate conflict as reliably as any mid-afternoon soap opera. So what happens when a cast starts to outgrow the roles they've been playing so successfully for so long?" 

The answer to Romanoff's question remains to be seen, but we're not too hopeful about the show's future.

If VPR ends in the near future, what's next for Stassi Schroeder? When asked if the reality star would be interested in doing a spin-off show featuring the OGs, she told In The Know, "Absolutely, especially if it's with all my friends. It's just continuing what we've already done for eight years, but we're just not working at SUR restaurant anymore." We're not sure if this would ever happen, but it's clear the reality star has a lot to look forward to if it doesn't pan out. Schroeder is set to marry her fiancé, Beau Clark, and she has a podcast called, Straight Up with Stassi. "It's really exciting because people will congratulate me and I find myself being like, 'For what?' Because I just don't know what they're congratulating me on," she shared with In The Know about her many instances of good fortune. "I'm like, that's such a good problem to have, not knowing what people are congratulating me for."

While you wait to see what happens with VPR, you can check out the untold truth of Stassi Schroeder.