‘Vanderpump Rules’, the Emmy-nominated Bravo reality show which launched countless memes, merchandise, podcasts, endorsement deals and scandals, is recasting its twelfth season – apart from its namesake, Lisa Vanderpump.

Bravo said in a press release Tuesday that the upcoming season will feature “a new group of tight-knit SUR verses who are as intricately involved as their iconic predecessors.”

The series debuted in 2013 as a spinoff of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” executive produced and starring Vanderpump, a restaurateur. It focused on the personal lives of select staff at her West Hollywood restaurant, SUR, with Vanderpump in the role of both boss and mother figure.

With infighting, cheating scandals, changing alliances and non-stop drama, the cast seemed destined to be followed by reality TV cameras.

“They’re in their 20s, they’re young and they’re hot,” Vanderpump said of the cast in an interview ahead of the series premiere. “They want to play and are waiting for their dream, but unfortunately it is not their dream to work in my restaurant.”

Bravo did not elaborate on its decision to cast a new group, but said the cast would be announced later and the new season would go into production next year.

“I can’t thank those who shared their lives enough. How I love you all,” Vanderpump said in the statement. “In the catering industry, one team always makes way for the other.”

As the original cast became better known, they quit working at SUR and launched their own ventures (and podcasts): Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval opened a restaurant and bar called TomTom with Vanderpump as the majority owner. The Toms, as they are known, left with different owners for a second bar called Schwartz & Sandy’s – on Monday they announced that business would be closing its doors.

In 2023, the show reached another level of attention and a wider audience with the unveiling of what became known as “Scandoval”: it was revealed that Sandoval, who lived with his family longtime partner and co-star, Ariana Madix, had had an affair with another cast member, Rachel “Raquel” Leviss. The news broke after season 10 wrapped filming, but the cameras were brought back in to film the aftermath for an additional episode. It was followed by a three-part reunion that took place weeks after the discovery.

The cast, without Leviss, returned to filming for season 11, with Sandoval attempting to make amends with the others. Madix filmed group scenes with Sandoval, but refused to communicate with him on a 1:1 basis, which led to friction within the group. At this year’s reunion, Madix tearfully told Sandoval, “I just want you away from me.” Shortly afterwards it was revealed that the show was ‘on hiatus’.

While many key “Vanderpump” cast members did not release statements or immediately respond to requests for comment, a few shared complicated sentiments online.

“I am at peace with closing this chapter and excited for all that is to come,” Madix posted on Instagram. “I don’t know if those were the best days of our lives, but it was definitely something special.”

However, the scandal and its fallout made Madix America’s sweetheart. She received a plethora of endorsement deals, was cast in ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and on Broadway as Roxie Hart in ‘Chicago’. She was also mentioned the new host of “Love Island USA.” Earlier this year, Madix opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles called Something About Her with another “Vanderpump” star, Katie Maloney.

“It’s a mixed bag. But I wouldn’t change a thing,” Maloney, whose rocky relationship with now ex-husband Tom Schwartz was chronicled in the series, said in an Instagram story. “Thank you for the memories and love over the past 11 years.”

“I have such mixed feelings right now. It’s no secret that I don’t like change. This is the exception,” Lala Kent posted on Instagram. Kent previously told the Associated Press she profited from Scandoval with merchandise sales. She – along with current and former cast members – also devoted episodes of their individual podcasts to dissecting the drama.

Kent, Shay and Schwartz will appear in the second season of the hit “Vanderpump” spin-off, “The Valley,” airing next year. That show stars Kristen Doute, a former “Vanderpump” star along with Stassi, Schroeder was fired in 2020 for racially profiling a black colleague. Two others, Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni, were also released at the time due to tweets containing racist comments.

Bravo will also air a retrospective for the original show in 2025.