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Sex and the SUR: The Slow, Painful Death of ‘Vanderpump Rules’

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The once-hit Bravo reality show about a group of strivers in LA—and their Real Housewife boss—has transformed into a monster.

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“Ken and I own two restaurants in California,” reality star Lisa Vanderpump says at the start of the first episode of Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules. “Villa Blanca is where you take your wife—and SUR is where you take your mistress.”

By 2013, when the premiere aired, fans already knew Vanderpump well.

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