Why isn’t Stassi in The Valley?

Anyone who has watched Bravo reality shows knows the network loves a good comeback story. It’s why Phaedra Parks, who was fired from The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2017, has found a new home on Married to Medicine. More recently, Bravo introduced a new show starring several former Vanderpump Rules stars.

In January 2024, fans learned of a new show, The Valley, that is practically like a VPR reunion, and The Hills: New Beginnings had a baby.

The show includes former cast members Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright, Kristen Doute, and their LA-based friends (many of whom were also SURvers!)

One person who won’t be a part of The Valley cast is former VPR star Stassi Schroeder, though she’s still close with some of her past castmates. So, why is The Valley happening without Stassi? Here’s what we know.

Although Stassi, who left Vanderpump Rules in 2020, is old friends with Kristen and is close with current VPR stars Lala Kent and Katie Maloney, she wasn’t asked to join The Valley. While Bravo nor Stassi has given an official reason why she didn’t join the cast, she’s had several life changes since fans of the bar melodrama saw her last.

Stassi, a fixture on Vanderpump Rules from Seasons 1-8, was fired from the show in 2020, along with Kristen. The longtime friends were let go after their former colleague and VPR star Faith Stowers, a Black woman, revealed on Instagram that the friends, who are white, called the police on her as a prank. Stassi’s firing occurred during her pregnancy with her daughter, Hartford Charlie Rose, and her marriage to Beau Clark that same year. She also welcomed a son, Messer Rhys Clark, in September 2023.