Lisa Vanderpump reveals she would host this former ‘RHOBH' co-star on ‘Vanderpump Villa'
Life in Beverly Hills is a game, and Lisa Vanderpump makes the rules.
And even half way around the world, the restaurateur, 64, knows exactly who would snag an invite to her extravagant Italian castle.
Season 2 of Vanderpump's Hulu reality series 'Vanderpump Villa' will see her staff accommodate a variety of guests in Castello Rosato, a 12th-century castle — from fellow reality stars to musicians and even lovebirds celebrating their engagement.
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8 Lisa Vanderpump on 'Vanderpump Villa.'
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8 Lisa Vanderpump in 'Vanderpump Villa' Season 2.
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Although if she were to have any of her former 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' co-stars enter her breathtaking quarters, she would only ask one.
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'Garcelle [Beauvais],' Vanderpump exclusively told The Post while promoting Season 2, which drops on Thursday on Hulu. 'Garcelle. Only Garcelle.'
'Look, any of them?' the businesswoman quipped. 'I mean, I still — no Garcelle!'
In this castle, along with her staff, Vanderpump invited former 'Vanderpump Rules' alum Stassi Schroeder to be her VIP guest for the summer along with her husband, Beau Clark, and their two kids — Hartford, 4 and Messer, 1.
8 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' cast photo.
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As for the secret to keeping her sanity through it all?
'I actually hold onto mine pretty tightly,' Vanderpump admitted. 'You know, things are frustrating and you have to make allowances for people but it seems like when people are living together that becomes even more complicated. So that was something I wasn't prepared for. Normally people go home and you have this rest period and you sit back and you think. But this is constant — 24 hours — and it's like, 'What happened last night?' It was a lot.'
'I can't say I really have kept my sanity,' teased Vanderpump. 'I think most people [who] have watched me for fifteen years would testify, too.'
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8 Lisa Vanderpump and Garcelle Beauvais attend Vanderpump's grand opening of Vanderpump à Paris.
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Though spending a summer in Italy doesn't leave much to complain about.
'I think that's one of the really important factors of the show, that when you turn it on, you're immersed in this wonderful, beautiful, bucolic country side,' the television vet explained about 'Vanderpump Villa.'
'It's so majestic, the castle, and all the visuals. And then you've got the crazy and the playful and the naughty and everything.'
Vanderpump, who serves as an executive producer on the show, also wants viewers to take in more than just the drama at the castle.
8 Lisa Vanderpump and Stassi Schroeder for Vanderpump Villa.
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'It's not just a reality show,' she explained. 'Of course, it's very funny and playful and sexy and everybody kind of gets intertwined. But it's also the visuals. When you turn it on you feel like, 'Ahh, this is just [beautiful.]' And for me, a designer, to have the luxury to create this beauty, it's a very important part of the show.'
After starring on the 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' for nine seasons from 2010 to 2019, Vanderpump still stayed in the Bravo-verse. She appeared on her spinoff show 'Vanderpump Rules,' which followed the employees at SUR restaurant and lounge in West Hollywood. The series ran for 11 seasons before wrapping up in 2024.
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The humanitarian also owns Vanderpump Cocktail Garden and Vanderpump à Paris, both located in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and Wolf by Vanderpump in Lake Tahoe. Along with the restaurant business, Vanderpump has a few other ventures that she considers among her greatest successes.
8 Lisa Vanderpump in Italy during 'Vanderpump Villa' Season 2.
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'I think my design business with my partner Nick Alain, that's very important to me,' she gushed. 'I love to create beauty and I think you see that in this show. But to be nominated, two of our restaurants for design of the year in Vegas, is pretty epic.'
One business in particular, however, takes the cake.
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'I'm proud of a lot of things we've done but ultimately saving thousands of dogs. That was a gift really, to be able to start our own Vanderpump Dog Foundation,' Vanderpump told the Post. 'So much hard work and so many incredible volunteers as well.'
Every dog that goes to their forever home leaves with a special namesake: the last name Vanderpump.
8 Lisa Vanderpump on her Hulu show 'Vanderpump Villa.'
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'They always keep my name!' she quipped. 'That is just something that has been a lot of hard work. It's expensive to do it and we take on cases like nobody else does. Cases that people would have given up on the dog, medical emergencies, etc.'
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'But I have a lot of things I am proud of,' Vanderpump, who has been married to Ken Todd, 79, for 42 years and is mom to Pandora, 38, and Max, 33, expressed. 'My children I am proud of. I'm proud of Stassi, how about that?'
All 10 episodes of Season 2 airs Thursday on Hulu.
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