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Nick Viall claimed a Vanderpump Guidelines producer instructed him there’s a “backup plan” if Ariana Madix walks away from the present. The podcast host hinted that Ariana can be “substitute[d],” and he alleged that she makes “a lot extra” on Pump Guidelines than Broadway or Love Island.
Final season on the present, Ariana filmed as few scenes as potential with Tom Sandoval, her ex who cheated. The rankings have been considerably decrease than season 10, although castmates’ salaries elevated. Now, experiences are claiming that sure costars are enjoying hardball relating to pay negotiations for subsequent season.
“I ran right into a producer of Vanderpump,” mentioned Nick on his “Viall Information” podcast, by way of @breakingtherulespodclips on Instagram. “It was some time again and I heard they’ve a backup plan to interchange Ariana.”
“They’ve been getting ready for the opportunity of Ariana not coming again,” he went on. “Additionally they identified to me that like no matter all of the issues that Ariana is doing — whether or not it’s Love Island or Broadway — what she makes on Vanderpump is a lot extra.”
Nick urged that her Love Island wage is “drastically totally different” than her wage on Vanderpump Guidelines.
“Say what you need about not eager to movie or do scenes, however like how a lot is just not sufficient? Like 1,000,000 {dollars}? Two?” he requested.
His co-host then commented, “I might speak to Tom Sandoval for a pair mil.”
“So [there’s] loads of hypothesis … about Vanderpump and why it might not come again,” mentioned Nick. “And there’s loads of hypothesis that they’re simply having a tough time affording all these individuals.”
One co-host speculated that Ariana is “probably the most costly” castmates.
In an October 16 interview for The U.S. Solar, writer Thea de Sousa make clear the present’s alleged future.
“Bravo’s nonetheless saying that they for positive plan on doing one other season, which can almost definitely be the final one,” she mentioned. “And the explanation why is as a result of this present has gotten very costly for Bravo.”
“Each solid member will get a compulsory wage bump every season. So now we’re as much as season 12, so you may think about how utterly simply underwater that Bravo is when it comes to paying this solid and that’s been the problem since spring,” the writer added. “The explanation why they didn’t movie over the summer season was they couldn’t deal with the identical contracts.”
