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        <title><![CDATA[Reza Farahan supports ‘Vanderpump Rules’ firings, addresses LeeAnne Locken exit]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reza Farahan stands with Bravo&#8217;s decision to <strong>fire Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute</strong> from &#8220;Vanderpump Rules&#8221; over their racist behavior.</p><p>During an Instagram Live on Tuesday, the &#8220;Shahs of Sunset&#8221; star, 46, discussed his support for the Black Lives Matter movement and addressed the shakeup at the network.</p><p>&#8220;Apparently there have been a bunch of people that have been fired and I&#8217;m for it. I&#8217;m for it &#8230; when I hear people that are caucasian, like white American people, say things &#8230; I&#8217;m not going to say the person&#8217;s name, but I was listening to a podcast of this person and this person was talking about race and why and oh, my God, I was disgusted and my heart was broken.&#8221;</p><p>Farahan&#8217;s video came hours after a rep for Bravo told Page Six, &#8220;Bravo and Evolution Media confirmed today that Stassi Schroeder, Kristen Doute, Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni will not be returning to ‘Vanderpump Rules.&#8217;”</p><p>Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni were let go after <strong>past racist tweets surfaced</strong>.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really, really broken-hearted,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m gay. I&#8217;m Middle Eastern. I&#8217;m half Muslim. I&#8217;m half Jewish. I can&#8217;t claim to know what anyone else goes through, but I can tell you what I&#8217;ve gone through in my life. And if I didn&#8217;t have money, you know, luckily financially, my family, from a time when I was very young, always had money. And I think money was the barrier and it was one layer of protection from the police. But discrimination is real, you guys. It&#8217;s so real.&#8221;</p><p>Last week, <strong>former &#8220;Vanderpump Rules&#8221; cast member Faith Stowers</strong> discussed a 2018 incident in which Schroeder, 31, and Doute, 37, made a false police report against her. Schroeder also bragged about the situation on the &#8220;Bitch Bible&#8221; podcast at the time.</p><p>Schroeder also came under fire after an old episode of her &#8220;Straight Up with Stassi&#8221; podcast that <strong>featured remarks she made regarding the Oscars So White campaign</strong> began to recirculate. “Why aren’t the Asians being like, ‘We’re not represented?’&#8221; she said. &#8220;Why aren’t Native Americans and Latinos being like, ‘We’re not represented?’ And whenever they get upset everyone has to go above and beyond to then make them happy.”</p><p>The “them” referred to black people.</p><p><strong>Both Schroeder and Doute apologized</strong> for their past behavior on Monday, but that wasn&#8217;t enough to save them from the chopping block.</p><p>Farahan also addressed another Bravo star who has been called out for racist behavior in recent months. During his Live, he said he believed that &#8220;Real Housewives of Dallas&#8221; star LeeAnne Locken has faced consequences for calling her castmate Kary Brittingham a &#8220;chirpy Mexican&#8221; during the show&#8217;s fourth season.</p><p>&#8220;Listen, I love LeeAnne, but I don&#8217;t appreciate [that] she said Mexicans like that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And I don&#8217;t know if she left, [if] they asked her to leave or how that went, but I do know because people are asking me about Leanne on here, yeah, Leanne is paying for her actions and I think she realizes it. And I think whether Stassi gets another chance next season or not, I&#8217;m not saying Bravo shouldn&#8217;t give her another chance, but I&#8217;m saying when you realize it, take some action.&#8221;</p><p>Locken announced that she was <strong>exiting the franchise to focus on philanthropy</strong> in February.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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