2 white 'Vanderpump Rules' stars are apologizing after their Black former co-star says they falsely accused her of robbery and called the police

• Two white "Vanderpump Rules" reality stars have apologized after their former Black co-star says the two repeatedly tried to report her to the police over robberies she didn't commit.
• At least two brands — shaving brand Billie and vitamin company Ritual — have now cut ties with Stassi Schroeder, who told her 2 million Instagram followers that she also made "racially insensitive comments" in the past.
• On an episode of "The B---- Bible" podcast, Schroeder seemingly bragged about how she and Kristen Doute (who also apologized) called police multiple times after misidentifying a robbery suspect pictured in articles in the Daily Mail and NBC as their former co-star Faith Stowers.

Two white "Vanderpump Rules" stars have apologized for a 2018 incident when they repeatedly called police to wrongfully identify their Black former co-star as a robbery suspect. One of the stars, Stassi Schroeder, seemingly bragged about doing this on the "B---- Bible" podcast, and those comments have resurfaced after the co-star, Faith Stowers, opened up about the incident during an Instagram Live.

Now, Schroeder and Kristen Doute are apologizing for their behavior, and Schroeder, who has more than 2 million Instagram followers, is losing sponsorships over the backlash.

In her statement, Schroeder also referenced "racially insensitive comments" that have resurfaced. These include Schroeder talking about race in May 2017 on the "Straight Up With Stassi" podcast.

"Everyone giving their impassioned speeches about race and all that stuff, I'm like why is it always just about African-Americans? Like, why aren't the Asians being like 'We're not represented?'" Schroeder said on "Straight Up."

"Why aren't like, I don't know, like Native Americans and Latinos being like 'We're not represented?' Why is it always just that? And then like whenever they get upset, then everybody has to go above and beyond to make them happy," she continued.

In her apology, Schroeder wrote that she has "grown significantly" since making the comments. She also addressed the incident during which she and Doute called the police on Stowers, writing:

"My emotions over something that happened between our friends outweighed my logic, and there is no excuse for that. I did not recognize then the serious ramifications that could have transpired because of my actions."

Vitamin company Ritual replied to a tweet asking about Ritual's sponsorship of the "B---- Bible" podcast and stated that it "ended the partnership and will be doing more thorough diligence going forward."

Shaving brand Billie confirmed to US Weekly that it was cutting ties with Schroeder too. The backlash isn't over, and "Vanderpump Rules" watchers are putting pressure on Bravo, the network that runs "Vanderpump Rules," to take more action, especially as more details continue to emerge – and as Stowers told a fan over Instagram DM that Schroeder and Doute have yet to reach out to her personally.

Not only did Stowers explain what happened on Instagram Live, provoking backlash against Schroeder and Doute, but both "Vanderpump Rules" stars publicly paraded their actions.

Stowers, who appeared on the Bravo reality series between 2015 and 2017, discussed being the only Black person on "Vanderpump Rules" in a recent Instagram Live discussion with influencer Candace Renee Rice.

"I believe it hit the ceiling for me, and made me really want to run for the hills, when Kristen and Stassi decided they were going to call the cops on me," Stowers told Rice, referring to Schroeder and Doute.

"There was this article on [...] Daily Mail where there was an African American lady [...] They showcased her, and I guess this woman was robbing people [...] It was just funny, because they thought it was me because it was a black woman with a weave. So, they just assumed it would be me, and they called the cops on me [...] It didn't work, so they were upset about that."

In addition to Stowers' re-telling of what happened, both Schroeder and Stowers have publicly touted their unfounded accusations. In an April 2018 tweet that Doute deleted on June 8, 2020, Doute misidentified a Black robbery suspect as an "ex #pumprules thief," implying that it was Stowers (the only Black ex-"Vanderpump Rules" main cast member).

The local NBC Los Angeles news article that Doute had linked to describes the then at-large suspect accused of drugging men she met at Hollywood nightclubs and then robbing them of their valuables at their homes.

Apparently, reports that also included a Daily Mail article about the suspect prompted Doute and Schroeder to call the Los Angeles police and report that the suspect they were looking for was Stowers. The suspect was not Stowers, everyone involved now clarifies, and the police did not follow up on the "Vanderpump Rules" stars' calls — although Schroeder complained in a "B---- Bible" podcast episode that they should have.

"Kristen goes 'Oh my God, wait.' [...] She goes 'Stassi, I saw this article on like the Daily Mail or something, national, like national news, saying a woman who stole like $300,000 worth of money and watches, drugged two dudes at a club in LA, in West Hollywood or something, and she goes 'Let me just bring that up,'" Schroeder told "B---- Bible" host Jackie Schimmel. "Her intuition was just going nuts and I go 'Kristen' — she brings up the article — 'That is 100 percent Faith.' They had video footage stills of her walking in someplace."

Schroeder went on to tell Schimmel that the police ignored the initial calls, so Doute followed up.

"We're like 'We just solved a f---ing crime,' we're at Gracias Madre getting wasted and we solved a crime," Schroeder said on "B---- Bible."

"We start calling the police. Yes. Police don't give a f---. First of all, it's very hard to get in touch with the police unless it's an emergency. We start calling the West Hollywood police, they don't care either. Finally a month later Kristen sees that she is at Bootsy Bellows, a club that's in West Hollywood, and Kristen is like 'I'm going.' Kristen goes. Calls the West Hollywood police again," she continued.

Doute has now also apologized on Instagram for her role in the incident, writing "Although, my actions were not racially driven, I am now completely aware of how my privilege blinded me from the reality of law enforcement's treatment of the black community, and how dangerous my actions could have been to her."

Both Schroeder and Doute had to apologize for multiple "racially insensitive" remarks and incidents this week. Just days prior to releasing her apology, Doute clarified on Instagram that "destruction overshadows the thousands of protesters who took to the streets peacefully," since some fans were angry that she was choosing to focus on and post videos of property destruction during the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests on Instagram.

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