Ariana Madix is opening up about leaving Vanderpump Rules and reveals she never returned to the Bravo reality series after walking off in the Season 11 finale.

Ariana Madix recently revealed she was "never" planning to go back to "Vanderpump Rules," but it's not for the reason you'd expect.

Ariana Madix reveals she was "never" going to go back to filming Vanderpump Rules and explains why she hates the term "Scandoval."

Bravo announced 'Vanderpump Rules' would be rebooting its cast with fresh faces after an explosive season 11 finale, a production break and months of speculation. At the time, a source told PEOPLE that the network felt they needed to move on with a new group because there were “so many fractions” among the cast.

News broke in November 2024 that the next season of VPR would feature an all-new class of “close-knit SUR-vers” at Lisa Vanderpump ’s Hollywood eatery. Per a press release from Bravo, the cast is “as complicatedly involved with one another as their iconic predecessors.”

After meeting at a mutual friend’s wedding in Mexico, Ariana Madix and boyfriend Daniel Wai took their budding romance to Coachella where they were seen packing on the PDA in April 2023. By May 2023,

Vanderpump Rules alum Ariana Madix reflected on ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval's cheating scandal and the moment she decided to leave the Bravo reality series prior to the show's season 12 recasting.