Fans Think Kristen Doute Finally Got Her Redemption Arc

Fans might have been happy to see Doute return to "Vanderpump Rules," but for her part, she's ruling out a permanent return to the reality series. In a Rolling Stone interview released after the Season 10 finale, Doute says that coming back to film was terrifying, especially after her firing in 2020, and that she cried the night before appearing on the show thanks to overwhelming anxiety. In the end, she said that she put Madix's needs above her own, despite enormous misgivings about appearing on a show that painted her as a villain for so long. Doute says that she said to Madix, "'Being on Vanderpump for this one scene does me no favors but if you need me there and you want this, then we'll do it.'" Ultimately, Madix said yes: "And she was like, 'I really do. I really want you to do it.' So I said yes."

Doute does say that, before she and other cast members were fired in 2020, there was discussion of splitting "Vanderpump Rules" into two shows: one with the older original cast members, and a second with a younger generation. "If there was a world that looks like me filming with my friends again in the capacity of what Vanderpump used to look like, I would absolutely love to do that," Doute said. "Just not on that show. My time is over there."