Kristen Doute might be returning to Vanderpump Rules.
As she and different members of the solid proceed to supply help to Ariana Madix, who realized her longtime boyfriend, Tom Sandoval, allegedly engaged in a months-long affair with their co-star and mutual pal, Raquel Leviss, final Friday, Kristen has reportedly been in contact with producers.
“Vanderpump Guidelines producers have approached Kristen to return again on the present to speak about this,” an insider revealed to PEOPLE on March 6. “She’s had her justifiable share of ups and downs with Sandoval through the years, however proper now she’s utterly supporting Ariana.”
As Pump Guidelines followers will recall, Kristen, together with Stassi Schroeder, Max Boyens, and Brett Caprioni, was fired from the show in June 2020 after being accused of racially-insensitive habits towards Faith Stowers, the present’s solely Black solid member.
Now, almost three years later, regardless of having “put the present behind her” in recent times, Kristen is considering a comeback — so long as Ariana is okay with it.
“She’s contemplating it,” the supply stated. “It’ll rely if Ariana desires her to do it and is comfy as that’s the one approach she would ever return on the present. It’s a dialog she and Ariana are having proper now. The women have all been spending time with Ariana.”
Following the information of Sandoval’s alleged affair with Raquel on Friday, Kristen shared a video of herself and Ariana, during which she instructed her followers and followers she “[stans] Ariana.”
“I like you a lot,” Kristen instructed her pal, providing a kiss. “I like you greater than something in the entire vast world, and I’ll kill folks for you.”
Kristen additionally shared a submit on her Instagram Story during which she confirmed she’s “Staff Ariana.”
“I don’t know why I really feel like I have to make this clear, however there’s so many individuals proper now questioning if that is making me completely satisfied,” she stated in a clip. “You guys, Ariana and I’ve been actually good buddies for a lot of, a few years now so I’m Staff Ariana, all day, daily. That’s what’s up.”
“Karma is certainly coming, so Raquel ought to simply transfer house,” she added in a caption.
In the meantime, on their very own Instagram web page, Bravo confirmed that manufacturing on season 10 has resumed.
“We’ve got resumed filming on [Pump Rules] and this story will probably be unfolding on digital camera,” the community wrote on March 6, together with a photograph of James Kennedy filming a solid confessional for what has been deemed “Scandoval.”
Vanderpump Rules season 10 airs Wednesdays at 9/8c Bravo.